Afghanistan. Uruzgan Province. 16 August 2008. ISAF troops from 2nd Platoon, 3rd Battalion (Para), Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), patrolling the town of Tarin Kowt. [2836 x 1568]
Delta Upsilon Kids having a psychedelic party in the 60s. Random photograph I found at the thrift sotre.
My very cool grandpa in the 1950s holding a fish, smoking a cigarette, with a book tucked into his pants and cigarette pack in his sleeve.
Vietnam – HCMC Militia demonstrating K20 pattern combat gear project in a “innovation competition”. Jan 2023 [1080×608]
New Chinese QN-202 “miniature guided missile weapon system”, a 1.3kg micro missile with a range of 2 kilometers [2000 x 2000]
British soldiers of the 4th Battalion of the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment training for mountain warfare with the 9th Alpini Regiment in the Abruzzi Appennines. 14 September 2023 [1200×800]
“Support Afghan Freedom Fighters. Support the brave people of Afghanistan in their fight for freedom against Soviet aggression and occupation.” — Soldier of Fortune magazine (1981)
Former Navy SEAL Jonny Kim with Mk 12 MOD 1 SPR. (SEAL Team 3 sniper/combat medic/point man/navigator), Bachelor of Mathematics (summa cum laude), Physician (Harvard Medical School), NASA astronaut, Navy flight surgeon, and Naval Aviator. [2160×1390]
I don’t know about you all, but seeing ads like this make me less likely to ever want to watch the show. Keep the damn helmet on.
French postcard (made during the Russo-Japanese War) showing a Japanese woman seducing a Russian guard, circa 1904-1905
“This is how Bolshevik punishment platoon of Latvians and Chinese forcibly took away grain, ravaged villages and shot peasants”, White Army Poster about Latvians and Chinese in Red Army, 1918-1920