Great Photos of Men In Uniform Getting Kissed

On his graduation day in June of 1995, a young lieutenant gets kissed by two women in Moscow’s Red Square. Take a look through photos of other uniformed men—from across the world and across the ages—embracing admiring females.

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In this illustration from 1919 a female allegory of France, wearing a Phrygian cap, kisses a soldier on the cheek. The caption says “thank you.”
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Private D.N. Daniels kisses his wife goodbye at the Greyhound bus terminal during WWII in September1943. Photos of dramatic farewells are known for inspiring sympathy during wartime. They personalize the military, forcing viewers to consider what’s going on with the troops, says author Susan Linfield, director of cultural reporting and criticism at NYU’s Journalism Institute.
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V-J Day in Times Square, taken on Aug. 14, 1945, is arguably the most famous photograph in the world. A young sailor passionately kisses a nurse as thousands celebrate Japan’s surrender in WWII. The photograph was published in a Life magazine victory spread, along with several other smooch photos.
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There’s Something About a Solider, the title of a 1943 film, speaks to that je ne sais quoi that may draw women to men in uniform.
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Along with farewells and reunions, graduation ceremonies are always good excuses to photograph handsome young soldiers in lustful embraces. Here, an Israeli Air Force cadet kisses his girlfriend before being sworn in for duty at Jerusalem’s Western Wall on Sept. 23, 2003.
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The Navy photographer at right seems to know he got the image he needed, applauding as hospital corpsman Paul Manansala kisses his wife, Amanda, after returning to Baltimore from the Persian Gulf in 2003.
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Lance Cpl. Derrick Rogers gets a kiss through a bus window at Camp Pendleton, Calif., as he prepares to depart for Iraq on Sept. 11, 2004.
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The return of the 24^th Marine Expeditionary Unit to North Carolina—after a tour that included Kosovo, Kenya, northeast Africa, and Iraq—apparently necessitated an impromptu kissathon.
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Wearing a uniform can have benefits for men of all ages. Here a Red Army WWII veteran gets a sweet greeting in May 2005 as he arrives in Moscow for celebrations marking the 60^th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany.
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Some sexologists argue that it’s the danger and excitement implied by a uniform that turns women on. The German sailor in this particular image gets a kiss before departing on an anti-pirate mission off the Horn of Africa in 2009, which does indeed sound very dangerous and rather exciting.
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Australian photographers are suckers for uniformed-kiss shots as much as photographers of any other nationality. Here, Pvt. Stephen Kable of Reconstruction Task Force Three embraces his wife, Tracey, after returning home from Afghanistan on April 20, 2008, in Townsville, Australia.
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Would Marine Lance Cpl. Denis Newton look as mature and alluring without his uniform? It’s impossible to say. But regardless, his fiancee Haylie Murray is eager to kiss him upon his return to Hawaii from Afghanistan on June 13, 2010.

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