At ease, it’s Armed Forces Day May 19, 2018

At ease, it’s Armed Forces Day

It’s the third Saturday in May, and that means we"re celebrating all five branches of the US military on Armed Forces Day. To commemorate our enlisted personnel on this occasion, we bring you this image of paratroopers filling the sky over Fort Bragg in North Carolina, for the annual charity event called Operation Toy Drop. Every December since 1998, Army and Air Force personnel have brought toys to donate to needy children, and in return, earned their foreign jump wings by taking a parachute-aided dive.

© Stocktrek Images/SuperStock

palette

Today in History

May 19, 2019High trekking season in Upper Mustang
May 19, 2020Loud waters
May 19, 2021A path lain with petals
May 19, 2022Glass footbridge in Zhangjiajie, China
May 19, 2023Endangered Species Day
May 19, 2024Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy
May 19, 2025Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jun 29, 2019It s National Camera Day. Get the picture?
Dec 22, 2021Illuminating Annecy
Jul 10, 2019Put your helmet on, we’re going for a hike
Jan 8, 2023Breckenridge, Colorado
Feb 26, 2022Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Oct 13, 2025Cedar Mesa, Utah, for Indigenous Peoples Day
Feb 21, 2023New Orleans for Mardi Gras
Jul 29, 2024International Tiger Day
Apr 20, 2021Terraced fields of green
May 15, 2020The last thing seen by Wile E. Coyote
Jul 21, 2019A peek behind the royal curtain
Dec 14, 2022National Audubon Society s Christmas Bird Count
Oct 23, 2018Of moles and liquid nitrogen
Feb 25, 2023Bryce Canyon National Park turns 100
May 5, 2022Cinco de Mayo
Nov 19, 2020That bill s just not going to fit
Dec 26, 2019It s Slovenia s Independence and Unity Day
Jun 30, 2022Asteroid Day
May 23, 2018Everybody loves World Turtle Day
May 25, 2023Saksun, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Jan 22, 2019Is this Minecraft headquarters?
Sep 16, 2024Wallabies at sunrise, Australia
Oct 26, 2023Schönbrunn Palace Park, Vienna, Austria
Jun 18, 2025Pollinator Week
Jan 11, 2022Porcupine
Aug 17, 2024International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
Nov 15, 2018‘Ocian in view! O! The joy.’
Jul 20, 2024International Moon Day
Feb 19, 2024Presidents Day
Aug 20, 2018Looking back at Yellowstone, 30 years after the fires