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1 August 2022. A Bell AH-1Z Viper of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 (HMLA-169) refuels on the flight deck of HMAS Canberra (L02) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. (1200 x 801)
Vietnam War. Mekong Delta. November 1967. A US Navy Patrol Boat River (PBR) sailor mans the forward .50 caliber gun during Operation Coronado I on the Go Cong River. (2048 x 1025)


    • Korean War. Kapyong Valley. 15 April 1952. Private Best of Sniper Section, 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), displaying the Sniperscope attached to an M1 carbine. (640 x 504)
    WWII. New Guinea Campaign. Battle of Sattelberg. 16 November 1943. Australian troops moved in behind Matilda tanks for a dawn attack on the Japanese held village of Sattelberg. A wounded soldier is carried back from the forward area. (640 x 506)
    Afghanistan. Uruzgan Province. May 2008. An Australian soldier from Reconstruction Task Force Four (RTF-4) chats with boys during a meeting with leaders in a village north of Tarin Kot. (900 x 689)
    Vietnam War. Phuoc Tuy Province. October 1966. Firing a captured Chicom Type 56 Light Machine Gun during an evaluation test is Private Ken Tronc. The weapon was captured by D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), during the Battle of Long Tan. (639 x 444)
    Boer War, South Africa. c 1900. Men from the 2nd South Australian (Mounted Rifles) Contingent. Third from left is Trooper Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant. (640 x 443)
    Afghanistan. July 2010. A combat engineer from Mentoring Team-Delta (MT-D), 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), patrols through a creek bed near Patrol Base Razaq in Uruzgan Province. (640 x 411)
    Korean War. Hill 614, Sokkong Valley Area. February 1951. Kneeling behind the wall of their dugout, two soldiers of 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), aim their weapons towards enemy positions. (633 x 654)
    Gulf War. Persian Gulf. 1 February 1991. A member of the US Navy’s SEAL Team 8 checks his M-14 rifle aboard the fleet oiler USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188). The SEALs provided boarding teams to assist the Maritime Interception Force in enforcing UN sanctions against Iraq. (800 x 1215)
    Vietnam War. Phuoc Tuy Province. 2 September 1966. Private Gordon Phillips of 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), takes his turn guarding the perimeter of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF) base at Nui Dat. (640 x 446)
    WWI. Liverpool, NSW. 1915. Men of the Australian Light Horse in training early in the year. (639 x 491)
    WWII. Borneo Campaign. Battle of Balikpapan. July 1945. A platoon of Australian infantry from 7th Division move forward to clear the suburb of Klandasan of any remaining Japanese. (640 x 438)
    WWI. France. Battle of Cambrai. 20 November 1917. Scottish troops of 4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (51st Division), cross a trench at Ribecourt on the first day of the battle. (800 x 631)
    Qatar. May 2003. Brigadier Maurie McNarn, Australian National Commander Middle East Area of Operations, at the United States Central Command military base Camp As Sayliyah during the war in Iraq. (640 x 447)
    Vietnam War. 1968. A US Army M107 175mm self-propelled gun of C Battery , 1st Battalion, 83rd Artillery, 54th Artillery Group providing fire support. (1280 x 994)
    Iraq. 24 April 2003. Two troopers of the Australian Army’s Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) patrol outside the Al Asad Airbase in western Iraq. (426 x 654)
    Vietnam War. Battle of Coral-Balmoral. Bien Hoa Province. May-June 1968. A US Army M42 ‘Duster’ 40 mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun arrives at the Australian Army’s Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral. The soldiers at right are on their way to a church service. (640 x 446)
    Vietnam War. September 1967. Soldiers of A Company, 2RAR/NZ (ANZAC) (The ANZAC Battalion comprising 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and a component from 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), move through deep water to cross a paddy field in Phuoc Tuy Province. (640 x 444)
    Australia. January 2021. Leading Aircraftman Nicholas Catling and his MWD Ben at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. (2048 x 1482)
    Afghanistan. 2005. Snipers with the French Foreign Legion’s 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment (2e Régiment Étranger d’Infanterie, 2e REI). (1280 x 936)
    WWII. Aitape – Wewak Campaign. Karawop, New Guinea. 22 April 1945. A forward observation patrol from C company, 2/1st Battalion (Australia) enjoy a smoke and a rest after striking level ground once more. (640 x 495)
    Vietnam War. September 1968. A blood plasma bottle left by fleeing VC in a bunker complex is examined by Sergeant Dave Pedel (left), and Lance Corporal Rod Bourke. Both are soldiers of B Company, 4RAR/NZ (ANZAC), which located the complex during Operation Hawkesbury north of Nui Dat. (640 x 445)