Ski techniques

1/25/2011 By Lance Cpl. Sarah Anderson

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms

Marines in the Scout Skiers Course practice downhill ski techniques Jan. 25, 2011, at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif. The Marines were taught multiple ski techniques, as well as winter survival skills.

USS Peleliu (LHA 5)

SAN DIEGO (Dec. 18, 2010) The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) transits San Diego Harbor after a seven-month deployment. The Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group deployed to the U.S. 7th and U.S. 5th Fleet areas of responsibility conducting humanitarian relief in Pakistan and counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eva-Marie Ramsaran/Released)

EA-6B Prowler

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 25, 2011) A shooter launches an EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Rooks of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 137 from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise is deployed as part of the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jared M. King/Released)

Great White Egret

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A great white egret is perched in some brush just north of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kennedy coexists with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, habitat to more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fish and 65 amphibians and reptiles. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin

Space shuttle Discovery

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery awaits its move, called rollback, from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Rollback was scheduled for 12:30 a.m., but was postponed until 10 p.m. so technicians could resolve an issue with a leveling system on the crawler-transporter, which is in front of the shuttle. Once inside the VAB, Discovery's external fuel tank will be examined and foam reapplied where 89 sensors were installed on the tank's aluminum skin for an instrumented tanking test on Dec. 17. The sensors were used to measure changes in the tank as super-cold propellants were pumped in and drained out. Data and analysis from the test will be used to determine what caused the tops of two, 21-foot-long support beams, called stringers, on the outside of the intertank to crack during fueling on Nov. 5. Discovery's next launch opportunity to the International Space Station on the STS-133 mission is no earlier than Feb. 3, 2011. For more information on STS-133, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts133/. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

Alligator

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A gator sunbathes just north of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kennedy coexists with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, habitat to more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fish and 65 amphibians and reptiles. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin

The dextrous trimmer or Pool Pill Garlick left in the suds

Blue Angels (Public Domain)

EL CENTRO, Calif. (Jan. 20, 2011) Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Brandon Settle, from Pensacola, Fla., assigned to the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, performs the duties of ground safety observer while members of the crew chief work center conduct turn instruction during a morning turns evolution in El Centro, Calif. The Blue Angels are deployed to El Centro to prepare for the upcoming show season. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew Johnson/Released)

US Civil War Photographs

A "New" Direction

If you follow this site with regularity, you've noticed that it no longer features advertisements. I made the decision to remove all ads for a  range of reasons. One of the biggest reasons is that the ads were not yielding much revenue... not even enough to pay for the annual cost of web address. I have nothing against ads, and I believe they are the key to generating revenue for a lot of different kinds of online media but this site doesn't have the traffic to generate any meaningful level of revenue. So, going forward, this site will try a few new things to try to cover the cost of time and effort that goes into it (mostly research). You'll soon see Amazon links on the side that feature relevant products... books, mostly. If you click on the links and purchase said items, this site will receive a modest commission for each item. There are other things in works, too, but it's a little early to talk about them.


Overall, I am excited about this site... even well over 5 years after I started it. I hope you continue to enjoy seeing examples of public domain material.

Mitch

T-34 Aircraft (Public Domain)

WHITING FIELD, Fla. (Jan. 13, 2011) A unique T-34 "Turbo Mentor" passes in front of several other T-34s painted in the current orange and white colors. The aircraft's grey and yellow paint scheme, with Marine markings, are a part of the Centennial of Naval Aviation's 2011 celebration. At least one aircraft of each type in the Navy inventory will be painted to replicate a design from aviation history. This version dates back to the 1930s, and is the fourth historically painted aircraft received by Naval Air Station Whiting Field. (U.S. Navy photo by 2nd Lt. Molly LeBlanc/Released)

Japanese Artwork from 1800's

Unidentified man (Public Domain)

Unidentified man, about 50 years of age, head-and-shoulders portrait, the face nearly in profile to the left.

SH-60B Sea Hawk

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 10, 2011) An SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 49 flies over the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Kurama (DDH 144) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) during a passing exercise between Kurama, Gridley, and the guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106), not pictured. Stockdale and Gridley are underway with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group on a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released)

Sign board says, "Do not climb this tree" (black pine tree)

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 14, 2011) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is underway after departing Busan, Republic of Korea. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are currently on deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher K. Hwang/Released)

F/A-18 Super Hornets

ATSUGI, Japan (Jan. 12, 2011) Capt. Daniel Cave, deputy commander of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, takes the lead between the two F/A-18 Super Hornets as he relieves Capt. Ross Myers as the commanding officer of CVW-5. The aerial change of command took place over Naval Air Facility Atsugi. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Justin Smelley/Released)

Atlantis

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, engine #2, the last of three space shuttle main engines is installed in shuttle Atlantis. Each engine is 14 feet long, weighs about 6,700 pounds, and is 7.5 feet in diameter at the end of the nozzle. This is the final planned engine installation for the Space Shuttle Program. Atlantis is being prepared for the "launch on need," or potential rescue mission, for the final planned shuttle flight, Endeavour's STS-134 mission. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/shuttle. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

Photochrom (Public Domain)

Marine Forces Reserve

Scottish Highlander role players fire muskets during a demonstration. The Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve hosted a series of living history events on the Chalmette Battlefield in Chalmette, La., Jan. 7-8 in remembrance of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jad Sleiman)

USS Abraham Lincoln

ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 8, 2011) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln conduct launch and recovery operations. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian Morales/Released)

World War I Poster

Alfred Sisley

Albrecht Dürer

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 1, 2011) Sailors ring in the new year at midnight with a qualification fire of pencil flares in the first time zone west of the International Date Line aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are on a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released)

Roseate spoonbills

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Roseate spoonbills wade through brackish water just north of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kennedy coexists with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, habitat to more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fish and 65 amphibians and reptiles. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin

Chideh--Apache

• Title: Chideh--Apache
• Creator(s): Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, photographer
• Date Created/Published: c1903.
• Medium: 1 photographic print.
• Summary: Head-and-shoulders portrait of an Apache youth, facing front.
• Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-8846 (color film copy transparency)
• Call Number: LOT 12331, box 2 [item] [P&P]
• Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
• Notes:
  • Curtis no. 124.
  • LC no. 33.
  • Copyright by E.S. Curtis.
  • Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).
  • Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, Suppl. v. 1, pl. 18.

Navy Planes

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 7, 2011) An EA-6B Prowler assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 134 and an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 launch simultaneously from the bow and waist catapults on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are on a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans/Released)

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Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 1, 2011) Final checkers assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113 signal a thumbs up before launch of an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are on a deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Nicolas Lopez/Released)

Whitelaw Reid

Bv't. Maj. General Joseph Holt and group

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MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter

PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 29, 2010) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 transports cargo to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during vertical replenishment. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are on a deployment to the U.S. 7th and U.S. 5th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher K. Hwang/Released)

USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74)

INDIAN ISLAND, Wash. (Dec. 17, 2010) Stacked ordnance sits on the pier at Indian Island ready to be loaded aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is returning to homeport in Bremerton, Wash. after completing sea trials during the final phase of a six-month planned incremental availability in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Abbate/Released)