Splat! 2002

Here is a photo from the Stars and Stripes archives of a Marine launching a volley of paintball shots during a paintball game at Camp Hansen’s Paintball Range in Camp Hansen, Okinawa on Sept. 19, 2002.

David Lynch in Tokyo for Dune, 1984

Here is a photo of director David Lynch at a press conference in Tokyo, in town to promote his latest film “Dune,” based on Frank Herbert’s best-selling science fiction novel.

Manas Air Base, 2002

Here is a photo from the Stars and Stripes archives of Cpl. Randy Novak, an aircraft mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 checking the refueling cone on an F/A-18D Hornet in Peter J. Ganci Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, on June 11, 2002.

Getting ready for Thunderdome, 2004

Here is a photo from the Stars and Stripes archives of Pfc. Mark Greene of the 699th Maintenance Company working on an armored door at the Camp Buehring “Mad Max” shop in Camp Buehring, Kuwait on Aug. 17, 2004.

Coming for you, 2004

Here is a photo from the Stars and Stripes archives of Staff Sgt. Ron Ellis as he fast ropes in from an MH-60 helicopter during a Combat Search and Rescue exercise in Hohenfels, Germany, Mar. 31, 2004.

Taking Old Glory for a ride, 2008

Here is a photo from the Stars and Stripes archives of an American flag sitting in the cockpit of an Apache helicopter that Chief Warrant Officer 3 Sean Merrill checks on Feb. 28, 2008 in Balad, Iraq, before he leaves on a mission.

Trotting along, 2002

Kandahar, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2002: Horse power is a common source of transportation in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Rota rules! 2009

Here’s a photo from the Stars and Stripes archives of the aftermath of the 2009 the DODDS-Europe Division IV girls soccer championship game.

Famous Fulda High Alum, 2001

Vogelweh, Germany, July 27, 2001: Shaquille O’Neal, who played basketball at Fulda High School as a sophomore, signs a basketball for a young fan at the Vogelweh Powerzone.

Back on friendly turf, 2003

Spangdahlem Air Base, Nov. 24, 2003: Carol Malackowski, wife of Lt. Col. Patrick Malackowski, waves her husband in as he pilots his A-10 Thunderbolt II to a Spangdahlem Air Base hangar.

Swoosh, swoosh, 2003

A snowboarder kicks up a curtain of snow as he comes down the Tiefenbach glacier at Sölden, Austria, on Oct. 1, 2003.

Wynton Marsalis at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, 1993

Frankfurt, Germany, May 5, 1993: Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis plays at the Alte Oper, one of the first stops of his 1993 European tour.

Dashing through the snow, 2002

A pair of young sledders kick up snow as they try to come to a stop on the slopes of Grindelwald, Switzerland, on Jan. 2, 2002.

Keeping the bad guys out, 2003

Kirkuk, Iraq, May 5, 2003: Air Force Master Sgt. Daniel Wear, Staff Sgt. Chip Davidson, and Staff Sgt. Brian Curtis, left to right, hoist a strand of concertina wire to help secure a living area.

Puerto Rican nationalists attacked the Capitol; Jimmy Carter freed them

When President Jimmy Carter commuted the prison sentences of the four Puerto Rican nationalists who attacked members of Congress and President Harry S. Truman in the 1950s, he cited “humane considerations.”

Entering Baghdad, 2003

Baghdad, Iraq, April 8, 2003: A Marine mans a M-240G machine gun on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, as smoke from a burning building billows by.