HED: Hitting the target, 2018 Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, July 14, 2018: Lance Cpl. Dwight Weatherford, an assaultman with the Marines 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, fires a LAW rocket at a target while training with Ukrainian Marines during Exercise Sea Breeze. Read the article on Exercise Sea Breeze and see additional photos here. https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2018-07-15/ukrainian-troops-keep-russia-on-their-minds-as-they-train-with-us-marines-1508901.html1 META TAGS: Ukraine; Russia; war in Ukraine; training; exercise; multi-national;

Hitting the target, 2018

Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, July 14, 2018: Lance Cpl. Dwight Weatherford, an assaultman with the Marines 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, fires a LAW rocket at a target while training with Ukrainian Marines during Exercise Sea Breeze.

Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, April 17, 2002: A North Korean military officer takes a peek from the North Korean recreation building at the truce village of Panmunjom, north of Seoul. META TAGS: Korean War; armistice; DMZ;

View from a window, 2002

Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, April 17, 2002: A North Korean military officer takes a peek from the North Korean recreation building at the truce village of Panmunjom, north of Seoul.

Bad Kreuznach, Germany, 30 May, 1998: The youngest American Indian dancer of the Native American Association of Germany danced his heart out during the afternoon Powwow at Intercamp 98' in Bad Kreuznach, Germany. Held first in 1967, Intercamp is one of the largest Scout jamborees in Europe and hosts Boy and Girl Scout troops from various European nations. META TAGS: Boy Scouts of America; Native American culture; Native American Heritage Month;

Afternoon powwow, 1998

Bad Kreuznach, Germany, May 30, 1998: The youngest American Indian dancer of the Native American Association of Germany danced his heart out during the afternoon Powwow at Intercamp 98’ in Bad Kreuznach, Germany.

Khost province, Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2013: Sgt. Joshua Sutherland, left, helps 2nd Lt. George Fletcher up a waterfall as Sgt. Damon Miers looks on. The members of Easy Company were assisting Afghan security forces in searching a remote village in Khost province. Assigned to the 4th Combat Brigade Team, 101st Airborne Division, the men of 1st Platoon are members of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, one of the most famed units in the U.S. Army thanks to the book, later made into an HBO miniseries, “Band of Brothers.” The sun-baked mountains of Afghanistan are far removed from the hedgerows of Normandy and the frozen forests of Belgium where Easy Company first made a name for itself during World War II, but the soldiers today are keen to live up to that heritage. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/migration/modern-band-of-brothers-unit-draws-on-historic-bonds-while-forging-their-own-1.migrated META TAGS: Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan; Band of Brothers; Easy Company; Wars on Terror; U.S. Army

Climbing a waterfall in Afghanistan, 2013

Khost province, Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2013: Sgt. Joshua Sutherland, left, helps 2nd Lt. George Fletcher up a waterfall as Sgt. Damon Miers looks on.

A group of MP's grabs a bite of chow, protected by camouflage netting, while on field assignment. The 7th Military Police Company (Prov.) - the Army's first pentomic MP company - was on a five-day field exercise with the 7th Infantry Division, pulling guard duty and local road patrols in the battle-scarred mountains of north-central South Korea. Pictured here is a scan of the original 1958 print created by Stars and Stripes Pacific's photo department to run in the print newspaper. The red marks indicate the crop lines. Only the middle part of the image would appear in the newspaper. As the vast majority of pre-1964 Stars and Stripes Pacific negatives and slides were unwittingly destroyed by poor temporary storage in 1963, the prints developed from the late 1940s through 1963 are the only images left of Stripes' news photography from those decades – with the exception the negatives of some 190 pre-1964 photo assignment found recently. Stars and Stripes' archives team is scanning these prints and negatives to ensure their preservation. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: 7th Infantry Division; U.S. Army; Military Police; MP; servicemember; pentomic; training; exercise; Northwind; combat MP training; military life; meal; food; cooking; African American

Chow time in South Korea, 1958

South Korea, 1958: A group of MPs grabs a bite of chow, protected by camouflage netting, while on field assignment.

Paris, France, November 1992: Inside the Sainte-Chapelle, a small medieval chapel tucked away in the courtyard of a government building on the Ille de la Cite. Looking for a weekend escape? Check out the travel section of Stars and Stripes' Community sites. Whether you're stationed in Europe, Japan, Guam or Korea, we got you covered! https://www.stripes.com/communities/ META TAGS: Paris; architecture; travel; chapel; religion;

Inside the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, 1992

Paris, France, November 1992: Inside the Sainte-Chapelle, a small medieval chapel tucked away in the courtyard of a government building on the Ille de la Cite.

Saigon, Vietnam, May 5, 1968: Army of the Republic of Vietnam soldiers guard a captured and blindfolded Viet Cong fighter in a jeep. End of April 1968 the VC and North Vietnamese launched an attack shelling more than 120 provincial capitals, towns and allied military installations across South Vietnam and battled government troops inside the capital city of Saigon. The offensive - dubbed the May Offensive or Little Tet - would last until the end of May. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ coverage of the Vietnam War? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: Vietnam War; combat; urban warfare; war; city; Viet Cong; VC; POW; prisoner

Viet Cong fighter captured, 1968

Saigon, Vietnam, May 5, 1968: Army of the Republic of Vietnam soldiers guard a captured and blindfolded Viet Cong fighter in a jeep.

Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, July 24, 1985: A construction worker is silhouetted as he works on part of the enormous building program underway at Lajes Field in the Azores. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: Europe; military housing; construction; family; way of life; renovation; air base; Air Force; Azores; Lajes; civilians; military base

Man at work in Portugal, 1985

Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, July 24, 1985: A construction worker is silhouetted as he works on part of the enormous building program underway at Lajes Field in the Azores.

Somewhere in the mountains, South Korea, Jan. 5, 1962: Privates First Class Robert Andalis (front) and John Barnes of A Company, 2nd Battle Group, 12th Cavalry Regiment check and defuse landmines found on the road. The men of the 12th Cavalry Regiment participated in a month-long Army training test. The training, which began Jan. 2, is held in the mountain areas of South Korea where the cavalrymen honed their skills in varied terrains such as jungles and expansive open agricultural paddies. Part of the combat exercise was devoted to learning to spot and defuse so-called boobytraps - often hidden anti-personnel mines. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: 12th Cavalry Regiment; 1st Cavalry Division; U.S. Army; boobytrap; booby trap; IED; improvised explosive device; mine; anti-personnel mine

Defusing landmines in South Korea, 1962

Somewhere in the mountains, South Korea, Jan. 5, 1962: Privates First Class Robert Andalis (front) and John Barnes of A Company, 2nd Battle Group, 12th Cavalry Regiment check and defuse landmines found on the road.

Tokyo, Japan, July 24, 1964: Young guests and visitors drink at chat in the cocktail lounge of the Sanno Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. The Sanno Hotel was once the most famous and prominent building on Sotobori-dori, a wide, busy boulevard that winds through the scenic heart of Tokyo. Serving as a transient billeting facility for field grade officers and their families in 1964, the American military was not always welcome at the Sanno. The building - built in 1932 - was once the spawning nest for " ni-ni-roku" (2-2-6), the February 26, 1936 military revolt that shook Japan but failed to overthrow the government. The New Sanno Hotel opened in 1983, replacing the old facility which was demolished. META TAGS: hospitality industry; Sanno Hotel; military life; Military history;

Guests drink and chat in the cocktail lounge of the Sanno Hotel in Tokyo, 1964

Tokyo, Japan, July 24, 1964: Young guests and visitors drink and chat in the cocktail lounge of the Sanno Hotel in Tokyo, Japan.

From the Archives: Stripes Man on Scene in Saigon

When the Presidential Palace in Saigon was bombed Tuesday. Pacific Stars and Stripes Photographer M/Sgt. Al Chang was in the street near the palace preparing for a photographic assignment. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Mar. 1, 1962. It is republished unedited in its original form.

Saigon, South Vietnam, Feb. 27, 1962: A tank can be seen moving toward the Presidential Palace in Saigon, a Jeep already standing in front of the palace gates, as smoke and flames billow out of the west wing of the palace after it was hit during the Feb. 27, 1962 surprise strafing-bombing attack. The attack -- carried out by two dissenting Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots -- killed three and wounded 30. Stars and Stripes photographer Al Chang - in Saigon on another assignment that day - happened to be near the presidential palace early morning and rushed to the scene to document it. Although his original negatives are not in Stars and Stripes' archives, we do have three of the six original photo prints of the images that ran in the paper. The prints were created by Stars and Stripes Pacific's photo department at the time to run in the print newspaper and are often the only images we have of much of Pacific Stars and Stripes' news photography from the years prior to 1964 as the vast majority of pre-1964 Stars and Stripes Pacific negatives and slides were unwittingly destroyed by poor temporary storage in 1963. Check out the images of the other two prints found, as well as the original published photo spread here. Looking for more Stars and Stripes’ coverage of the early days of the US involvement in Vietnam? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: Pacific; South Vietnam; Vietnam War; attack; bombing; Independence Palace bombing

Presidential Palace in Saigon in flames, 1962

Saigon, South Vietnam, Feb. 27, 1962: A tank can be seen moving toward the Presidential Palace in Saigon, and a Jeep already is standing in front of the palace gates, as smoke and flames billow out of the west wing of the palace after it was hit during the Feb. 27, 1962, surprise strafing-bombing attack.

Sergeant First Class Freeman Tuberville, who serves with the 760th Field Artillery Battalion, B Battery, measures the firing range for the cannon behind him, assisted by an unknown Black soldier. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: Army; Air Force; military family; way of life; military life; artillery; African-American; firing range; cannon

Measuring the firing range, 1955

Darmstadt, Germany, July 7, 1955: Sgt. 1st Class Freeman Tuberville, left, who serves with the 760th Field Artillery Battalion, B Battery, measures the firing range for the cannon behind him, assisted by an unknown soldier.

97th General Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany, Feb. 1, 1957: Unidentified nurse feeds a premature baby in its incubator at the 97th General Hospital Maternity Ward in Frankfurt, Germany. Read the 1957 article and see additional photos here. https://www.stripes.com/history/2023-04-11/usareur-hospitals-baby-care-9761289.html META TAGS: military medical; fixed medical treatment facility; way of life; hospital; pregnancy; maternity; health service support; military family; health care;

97th General Hospital Maternity Ward in Germany, 1957

97th General Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany, Feb. 1, 1957: Unidentified nurse feeds a premature baby in its incubator at the 97th General Hospital Maternity Ward in Frankfurt, Germany.

Pvt. Foster Stevens in his Marine uniform.

A century later, a taped message solves the mystery of a WWI doughboy’s death

Foster Stevens was killed nine days before the Nov. 11, 1918, armistice that ended World War I. Now his family knows about the man who was with him when he died.

Seoul, South Korea, May 23, 1955: Singer and actress Debbie Reynolds performs before some 5,000 U.S. Army Korea soldiers who jammed the baseball field at the Seoul Military Post. Miss Reynolds was one of the acts of the "Johnny Grant Galaxy" show. Disc jockey Johhny Grant and his troup's week-long tour includes stops in both South Korea as well as Japan. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ historic coverage? Subscribe to Stars and Stripes’ historic newspaper archive! We have digitized our 1948-1999 European and Pacific editions, as well as several of our WWII editions and made them available online through https://starsandstripes.newspaperarchive.com/ META TAGS: Pacific; Korea; actor; celebrity; entertainment; musician; singer; performance; servicemembers; Army; soldiers; Chuck Taylor; audience

Debbie Reynolds wows crowd in Seoul, 1955

Seoul, South Korea, May 23, 1955: Singer and actress Debbie Reynolds performs before some 5,000 U.S. Army Korea soldiers who jammed the baseball field at the Seoul Military Post.