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Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 28, 2016: Trayton Luna of the Rota Admirals gets a celebratory Gatorade shower after his game-winning hit in the DODEA-Europe Division II/III baseball championship.

Temporary living quarters in Iraq, 2004

Somewhere in western Iraq, Sept. 3, 2004: Manchus from 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment are living in a morgue while they wait to move in to their barracks.



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Processing ‘red gold’ in Afghanistan, 2018

Herat, Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2018: A woman inspects red stigmas from a purple crocus flower for impurities in one of three saffron processing centers opened by Rumi Spice, a Chicago-based spice company founded by U.S. Army veterans.

Water sellers in Morocco, 1960

Marrakesh, Morocco, February 1960: Among the prime photographic targets for tourists visiting colorful Marrakesh were these water sellers with tasseled hats, kilt-like garb and strings of brass cups.

St. Patrick’s Day in Tokyo, 2008

Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2008: A young Japanese spectator at the 17th annual Tokyo St. Patrick’s Day Parade looks suspiciously at a photographer while her mother tries to talk her into letting him snap her image.  

Nishiki River in Japan, 2009

Iwakuni, Japan, April 2009: The shallow waters of the beautiful Nishiki River that runs under Kintai Bridge glisten on a spring day.

IED detonation in Iraq, 2003

Iraq, Oct. 19, 2003: Soldiers from the 270th Military Police Company of the California Army National Guard watch as members of the 789th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company detonate an improvised explosive device.

Brig. Gen. Anna Mae Hays in Japan, 1971

Camp Zama, Japan, February 1971: A portrait of Brig. Gen. Anna Mae Hays, chief of the Army Nurse Corps, taken during an interview at Zama Hospital during a Far East inspection tour that also included stops in Korea and Vietnam.

Spring snow in Germany, 2008

Miesenbach, Germany, April 7, 2008: Walking paths and forest roads in the Kaiserslautern area were a scene of enchanted tranquility after a spring break snowstorm covered communities throughout western Germany with a couple of inches of spring snow.

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