From the Stars and Stripes archives: A flight deck worker rests on the nose of a fighter jet in between takeoffs Thursday, Mar.ch 20, 2003 on the USS Kitty Hawk.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Iraqi civilians flee during a firefight between American and Iraqi forces at a bridge near As Samawah, Iraq, March 24, 2003.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) paratroopers and skydivers demonstrate their skillful jumping on Da Nang river in South Vietnam, Aug. 15, 1968.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Singer-songwriter John Denver talks to the press about his upbringing as a military brat during his 12-city concert tour of Germany, October 3, 1979.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy leans from his automobile to shake hands outside the University of Heidelberg’s auditorium in Heidelberg, Germany, June 27, 1964.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: M. Sgt. William F. Garland, of Hq Co., 18th Inf., his wife, Helen, and their three daughters stand on the balcony of their new apartment, one of the 156 newly constructed apartment units for servicemembers in Aschaffenburg, Germany, 1950.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: After a flight in a Prowler, Lt. Silas “Shibaz” Bouyer, right, 26, a naval flight officer from Detroit, smiles while chatting with a flight deck sailor on the USS Kitty Hawk, Mar. 22, 2003.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A local Vietnamese woman makes her way down a dirt path in Que Son Valley.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Dorothy Patterson sings a solo during the graduation ceremony which awarded her and 32 of her fellow seniors from Frankfurt Dependents High School — and one from Berlin High School — their graduation diplomas in Frankfurt, Germany, June 8, 1949.

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Ehlija McKain, left, 2, and Eric Graham, 3, participate in a parade at Wiesbaden Army Airfield in Germany to mark the U.S. Army’s 234th birthday, June 12, 2009.