Military chiefs in uniform, with medals, saluting parade of armed forces in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Military chiefs in uniform watching parade of armed forces in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Statue of a military officer on Spirit Way at the Ming Tombs site, Beijing (Peking), China

Officer taking the Passing Out Parade at Sandhurst, Surrey, United Kingdom.

Close up detail of the uniform and tack of a mounted guardsman of the Lifeguards at the Trooping the Colour ceremony, London

Soldiers salute while marching in Tiananmen Square with a red flag in Beijing (Peking), China

Officer cadets at the Passing Out Parade at Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, Surrey.

Officer cadets at the Passing Out Parade at Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, Surrey.

The Household Division Irish Guards on parade under inspection by senior officer in London, UK

Statue of a military officer on Spirit Way at the Ming Tombs site, Changling, Beijing, China

United States Military Guard of Honour with rifles raised parade on the White House Lawn, Washington, USA

Chief Petty Officer Dudley Malgas using a wooden ram rod to push the charge into the muzzle of the noon gun cannon in Cape Town. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

Chief Petty Officer Dudley Malgas of the South African Navy posing alongside the noon gun cannon in Cape Town. CPO Malgas has been in charge of firing the canon since 1995. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

Italy, Rome, San Giovanni De Latrano Basilica, Annual Mass For The Army Officers

Afghan police and military checkpoint looking for suspected terrorists

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan

Afghan police and military checkpoint looking for suspected terrorists, just outide Maidan city.

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan

Manhattan Project Badge Montage

Mamoru Shigemitsu Signs Surrender, 1945

Michael Anderson, American Astronaut

Fu Shou Yuan cemetery, artist, cemetery during Ching Ming Festival, artist Wang Song Yin, 5th of April, sculpture of a tombstone for a former military officer, Bildhauer, sculptor

Members of the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps from the Detroit Public Schools participate in a Veterans Day ceremony, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Statue of Ferdinand von Schill, a Prussian officer, Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Rumanian flag, Cercul Militar National, officers' mess, military building, restaurant, museum, Bucharest, Romania, Eastern Europe, PublicGround

Cercul Militar National, officers' mess, military building, restaurant, museum, Bucharest, Romania, Eastern Europe, PublicGround

Cercul Militar National, officers' mess, military building, restaurant, museum, Bucharest, Romania, Eastern Europe, PublicGround