Coastal Recovery Missions

Military personnel unstrap and prepare equipment for underwater recovery missions, including coastal clean-up efforts and excavation operations.

U.S. Navy sailors aboard Navy Destroyers, USS Farragut (DDG 99) and USS Lassen (DDG 82), repaint a curb during Navy Fleet Week New Orleans, at Louis Armstrong Park, April 20, 2022. This year marks the 4th Fleet Week in New Orleans since Fleet Weeks began in 2012 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Class Allen Jones, a diver assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), unstraps equipment during an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, Aug. 29, 2022. DPAA personnel conducted an underwater excavation operation in an effort to find a U.S. aircraft crew lost over Papua New Guinea during World War II. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel dig a test pit and screen dirt in a rice paddy in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) on Jan. 14, 2024. A DPAA team spent several weeks surveying sites in Southern China in order to provide vital information for future recovery missions. Approximately690 unaccounted-for American personnel from World War II are believed to be located within modern-day PRC.

U.S. Navy sailors aboard Navy Destroyers, USS Farragut (DDG 99) and USS Lassen (DDG 82), repaint a curb during Navy Fleet Week New Orleans, at Louis Armstrong Park, April 20, 2022. This year marks the 4th Fleet Week in New Orleans since Fleet Weeks began in 2012 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans

100522-N-KD414-7712 SAN NICOLAS ISLAND, Calif. (NNS) (Oct. 5, 2022) - The U.S. Navy conducted an annual coastal cleanup on the remote beaches of San Nicolas Island (SNI), the most isolated of the California Channel Islands, located sixty-five miles offshore, and South of Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu. The cleanup team consisted of nearly fifty volunteer Navy Sailors and civilians assigned to NBVC and Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, who removed over two-thousand pounds of trash and debris on three SNI beaches. NBVC is a strategically located Naval installation composed of three operating facilities: Point Mugu, Port Hueneme and San Nicolas Island. NBVC is the home of the Pacific Seabees, West Coast E-2C Hawkeyes, 3 warfare centers and 80 tenants.

100522-N-KD414-7712 SAN NICOLAS ISLAND, Calif. (NNS) (Oct. 5, 2022) - The U.S. Navy conducted an annual coastal cleanup on the remote beaches of San Nicolas Island (SNI), the most isolated of the California Channel Islands, located sixty-five miles offshore, and South of Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu. The cleanup team consisted of nearly fifty volunteer Navy Sailors and civilians assigned to NBVC and Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, who removed over two-thousand pounds of trash and debris on three SNI beaches. NBVC is a strategically located Naval installation composed of three operating facilities: Point Mugu, Port Hueneme and San Nicolas Island. NBVC is the home of the Pacific Seabees, West Coast E-2C Hawkeyes, 3 warfare centers and 80 tenants.

U.S. Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agencys (DPAA) Investigation Team (IT) and Laos nationals, excavate a small test pit during an IT in Attapeu Province on March 15, 2023. ITs are an important process where small teams deploy to various locations throughout Laos, to gather as much information for future operations.

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer John Leahy, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician, digs inside a unit during a recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Sept. 23, 2022. EOD is responsible for locating any unexploded ordnance that may be found while excavating new dig sites. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-382-82. Hurricane Katrina

From left, U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer John Leahy, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) explosive ordnance disposal technician, and a Milsearch Lao Peoples Democratic Republic EOD technician, dig inside a unit during a recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Sept. 23, 2022. EOD is responsible for locating any unexploded ordnance that may be found while excavating new dig sites. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agencys (DPAA) Recover Team, build screening stations during a recovery mission in Kham district, Xiengkhoang Province on Sep. 21, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, lay down a moisture barrier at the Ban Prakaet school in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 14, 2024. Marines of MWSS-171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Justin Kearns and Staff Sgt. Christopher VanAken of the 110th Civil Engineer Squadron, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Michigan, use a concrete saw to remove concrete at the Tama Hills Recreational Area, a U.S. Armed Forces recreational area near Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 14, 2022. Members of the 110th CES participated in a Deployment for Training (DFT) exercise in Japan to renovate the Boy Scout camp located at the recreational area.The DFT program provides valuable training opportunities normally not available in home station scenarios, allowing Airmen to train on equipment they will likely operate during a deployment, but might not have access to on their home base.

030303-M-0367H-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7-Jan

A 20th Fighter Wing pilot builds a shelter during Combat Survival Training at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, June 6, 2022. Pilots were undergoing Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) training in which they had to survive and make contact with the proper sources after landing in enemy territory.

Lead Anthropologist and Supervisory Scientific Recovery Expert (SRE) Robert Ingraham MSc, an employee of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agencys (DPAA) Investigation Team (IT), collects dirt samples during an IT mission in Attapeu Province on March 11, 2023. ITs are an important process where small teams deploy to various locations throughout Laos, to gather as much information for future operations.

U.S. Army Capt. Joseph Matson, Team Leader, assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agencys (DPAA) Investigation Team (IT) and Laos nationals, discuss operations during an IT in Attapeu Province on March 7, 2023. ITs are an important process where small teams deploy to various locations throughout Laos, to gather as much information for future operations.

U.S. Marine Capt. Jon Tamanah, team leader assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), uses a metal detector to probe for subsurface metal contacts during an investigation mission at Ulingan, Bogia District, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea on Sept. 28, 2022. The investigation team visited multiple areas across the coastal Madang Province in hopes of recovering missing U.S. service members lost during World War II. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

060827-N-9076B-201. State: Dili Country: East Timor (TMP)

Greg Stratton, a senior research expert assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), left, screens dirt as part of an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea on Sept. 05, 2022. DPAA personnel arrived to conduct an underwater excavation operation in an effort to find a U.S. aircraft crew lost over Papua New Guinea during World War II. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

U.S. Marines and a civilian with Headquarters Battalion, Ammunition Supply Point, clamp metal straps and secure ammunition crates to pallets, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Nov. 17, 2022. Various units on MCBH, including the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, were supplied ammunition to support training exercises and ranges.

SAN DIEGO (July 20, 2022) Japanese and Australian service members handle line for a mine exploitation exercise during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), participate in a trash clean up event outside of Newport News Shipbuilding, in Newport News, Virginia, March, 31, 2022. The John C. Stennis is in Newport News Shipyard working alongside NNS, NAVSEA and contractors conducting Refueling and Complex Overhaul as part of the mission to deliver the warship back in the fight, on time and on budget, to resume its duty of defending the United States.

220506-N-PC065-1050 VOLOS, Greece (May 6, 2022) - Religious Program Specialist 1st Class Brandon Peterkin, assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), participates in a beach beautification community relations project during a port visit in Volos, Greece, May 6, 2022. Arlington, assigned to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, is on a scheduled deployment under the command and control of Task Force 61/2 operating in U.S. Sixth Fleet in support of U.S., Allied and partner interests in Europe and Africa.

A Soldier assigned to Bravo Company, 52nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, uses an axe to demolish a decommissioned climbing tower at Ft. Carson, Colo., Sept. 7. The unit demolished the area to improve site conditions and make room for future projects. U.S. Army photo by Maj. Jason Elmore.

Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers from the Madison, Wis.-based 1st Squadron, 105th Cavalry, build a sandbag retaining wall around a residence in Madison Aug. 27. Approximately 85 Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers and Airmen were called to state active duty to assist civil authorities in the wake of torrential rains Aug. 20-21. Wisconsin National Guard

U.S. Navy Sailors, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), dismantle a fence at Willow Woods Equine Sanctuary as part of a community relations event, in Hampton, Virginia, July 16, 2022. The John C. Stennis is in Newport News Shipyard working alongside NNS, NAVSEA and contractors conducting Refueling and Complex Overhaul as part of the mission to deliver the warship back in the fight, on time and on budget, to resume its duty of defending the United States.

SAN DIEGO (July 20, 2022) Australian and Japanese service members handle line during a mine exploitation exercise during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua McEnroe, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, and native of Massachusetts, and Royal Thai marines with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of Combat Engineers lay bricks at the Ban Prakaet School in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 18, 2024. Marines of MWSS-171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

U.S. Army Capt. William Ryan, recovery team leader, clears debris from a wet-screen during excavation operations in Quang Binh Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Feb. 26, 2023. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

A crew member paints the side of the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62) while at anchor. Country: Unknown

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (Mar. 16, 2023) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, Utilize an auto level and Philadelphia rod to sight the pad height in order to set up the batter boards at the Naval Station Rota, Camp Mitchel Seabee technical trainer worksite. NMCB 1 operates as a part of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command and is assigned to Commander, Task Force 68 for deployment across the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa area of operations to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests.

Dr. Janet Finlayson, a scientific recovery expert with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), works in a rice paddy in Quang Binh Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, March 6, 2023. During his distinguished visit, Knapper witnessed the recovery efforts for a missing U.S. service member lost during the Vietnam War. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team put soil into buckets during a DPAA recovery mission in England, May 27, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

040311-F-5677R-002. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group, buries a training device during a joint counter improvised explosive device (C-IED) exercise with soldiers from the Nigerien Armed Forces (French language: Forces Armées Nigeriennes - FAN) at the FANs Genie Compound in Agadez, Niger, May 19, 2022. These C-IED joint training opportunities occur twice weekly, allowing both the FAN and U.S. forces to hone and bolster their skill sets, enabling increased security and stability for the government of Niger and its citizens.

U.S. Air National Guard Airmen from the 186th Air Refueling Wing Civil Engineer Squadron, Meridian, Mississippi, perform vegetative debris removal and route clearance during PATRIOT 24, Camp McCain Training Center, Grenada, Mississippi, Feb. 20, 2024. PATRIOT is a Domestic Operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders. Air National Guard

Aftermath - Displaced Boats - Port Security Unit (PSU) 309 - 26-HK-27-31. Coast Guardsmen interact with civilians on dock--Chris Tramp photo. Hurricane Katrina

USA, New England, Massachusetts, Cape Ann, Gloucester, re-enactors of the Battle of Gloucester, August 8-9, 1775, battle convinced the Americans of the need of creating an American Navy to fight against the British.

April Bickford, a civilian volunteer role player, simulates a casualty after a crisis incident during Guardian Response 22 on May 7, 2022 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind. Guardian Response 22 is an annual homeland emergency response exercise designed to sharpen skills, boost capabilities and improve mission readiness of the units assigned to the Department of Defenses CBRN Response Enterprise.

U.S. Army Sgt.1st Class Luigi Lawrence and Sgt.1st Class Richard Soto, both Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team sergeants, place a filter in the center of a wet-screen pond during a DPAA recovery mission in England, May 18, 2022. The recovery team made a dam in the center of the wet-screen pond to prevent silt from clogging the hoses while the team is screening. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

DF-ST-84-08080. Subject Operation/Series: WEDGER, PRIME BEEF Base: Crow Valley Range Country: Philippines (PHL)

U.S. Coast Guard DV2 David Blincoe, a Coast Guard diver assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), right, hands a piece of metal to Greg Stratton, a senior research expert assigned to DPAA, during an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea on Sept. 05, 2022. DPAA personnel arrived to conduct an underwater excavation operation in an effort to find a U.S. aircraft crew lost over Papua New Guinea during World War II. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

The Soldiers of the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), along with Soldiers from Albania, Armenia and Moldova and Active Duty Soldiers from Hohenfels, Germany, participated in Operation Bronze Shield, which was to simulate a disturbance turned riot, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, in Hohenfels, Germany, on October 17, 2022. The 76th IBCT, Task Force Nighthawk, is preparing for their rotation in Kosovo as part of KFOR 31.(U.S. Army photos by Sgt. 1st Class Herschel Talley)

U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Lars Brown, a deep sea diver assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), left, teaches Joe Zadrozny, the Charge D Affaires, a.i., to Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, how to properly screen dirt during an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 22, 2022. DPAA personnel conducted an underwater excavation operation in an effort to find a U.S. aircraft crew lost over Papua New Guinea during World War II. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

U.S. Army Capt. Jordan Smith, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team leader, right, greets Shannon Farrell, U.S. Embassy Vientiane deputy chief of mission, during a visit to a recovery mission site in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Feb. 2, 2023. Each recovery mission can involve up to 65 U.S. personnel plus Lao counterparts. Both countries work together on investigations and excavations throughout the country between 30 - 45 days per mission. Recovered remains believed to be those of Americans are transferred to DPAAs laboratory in Hawaii for further analysis and identification by forensic anthropologists.Since 1985 the United States and Lao governments have worked closely together to find and recover unaccounted-for American service members. There are still 286 missing Americans in Laos from the Vietnam War.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joshua Pulanco, a combat engineer with Task Force Koa Moana 22, I Marine Expeditionary Force, replaces rotten boards during the reconstruction of a pathway on Peleliu, Republic of Palau, July 27, 2022. The Marines and locals replaced the decaying stairs to provide visitors a safe passage to the Battle of Peleliu memorial at Umurbrogol Mountain, known as Bloody Nose Ridge. Exercises such as Task Force Koa Moana demonstrate U.S. commitment through routine operations that foster peace and security and develop relations with partners in the Indo-Pacific region.

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team remove dirt from an excavation unit during a DPAA recovery mission in Kamp-Bornhofen, Germany, July 12, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Dr. Hugh Tuller, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)scientific recovery expert (SRE), briefs Fern Sumpter Winbush, DPAA principal deputy director, on recovery operations during a recovery mission in England, May 25, 2022. Winbushs visit consisted of tours of the recovery teams life support investigator station, wet screen station and site excavation. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Dr. Nicolette Parr, right, an anthropologist and scientific recovery expert with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), speaks to U.S. Embassy Vientiane personnel about the ongoing recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Feb. 2, 2023. Each recovery mission can involve up to 65 U.S. personnel plus Lao counterparts. Both countries work together on investigations and excavations throughout the country between 30 - 45 days per mission. Recovered remains believed to be those of Americans are transferred to DPAAs laboratory in Hawaii for further analysis and identification by forensic anthropologists.Since 1985 the United States and Lao governments have worked closely together to find and recover unaccounted-for American service members. There are still 286 missing Americans in Laos from the Vietnam War.

U.S. Marines pull weeds out of the ground at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2514, New Bern, North Carolina, April 20, 2022. The cleanup was part of the Single Marine Programs eighth annual Days of Service, where Marines volunteered around the air station.

Greg Stratton, a senior research expert assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), right, speaks to Joe Zadrozny, the Charge D Affaires, a.i., to Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, during an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 22, 2022. DPAA personnel conducted an underwater excavation operation in an effort to find a U.S. aircraft crew lost over Papua New Guinea during World War II. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Soldier aiming airsoft gun during tactical game

From front to back, Officer 1st Class Joshua Weber, U.S. Marine Corps SSgt. Joshua Alexander and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Caleb Schumacher, all Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery noncomissioned officers, work a unit during excavation operations in Quang Binh Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Feb. 26, 2023. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Medium long shot. General Harrell, 81 TRW/CC and General Lyles shovel dirt on a new telephone pole installation. Base: Keesler Air Force Base State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Educators from the 9th Marine Corps District attempt to complete leadership challenges at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. June 8, 2022. The Educators' Workshop program provides selected educators, coaches, directors and influential community members with an experiential opportunity to see how the Marine Corps transforms young men and women into Marines.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ryan Donnelly, a Marine Air-Ground Task Force Planning specialist Plans, Policies and Operations South, scrubs dirt and grime off the headstone of forgotten veterans at Woodlawn Funeral Home and Memorial Garden, VA, Oct. 26, 2022. Marines and civilian volunteers participated in a Single Marine Program event to give back to the community and restore the plaques of fallen veterans. With more than 75 acres of rolling green lawns, Woodlawn provides families with a permanent and peaceful final resting place.

Students explore 182nd Security Forces Squadron law enforcement gear during a career fair at the 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria, Illinois, Oct. 27, 2022. Wing recruiters hosted the career fair day to offer local high school students first-hand exposure to occupational opportunities unique to the armed forces.

Readiness Challenge VIII participants from Air National Guard take part in the guard shack build event April 18, 2022, at the Silver Flag Training Site, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The Department of the Air Force CE event is hosted by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. After a 20+ year hiatus, the challenge, a premier event for Department of the Air Force civil engineers, is back. This year's Readiness Challenge is the initial operating capability event before the challenge reaches full operating capability within the next two years. At this year's event, which runs through April 22, eight teams representing major commands and U.S. Space Force are facing off in about 20 events showing myriad of CE capabilities from emergency airfield lighting and water purification to building a guard shack from the ground up and firefighting and EOD operations.

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) shovel soil during a recovery operation in Santa Fe National Park, Panama, Sept. 30, 2022. DPAA personnel conducted recovery operations in Panama in hopes of finding missing naval aircrew members lost during a training flight in 1985. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Veller, a Marine Air-Ground Task Force planning specialist with Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, moves a log ashore Masonville Cove during Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 9, 2022. Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore is an annual public event that provides the opportunity for the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard to engage with each other and civilians. More than 2,300 service members participated in Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore 2022 engaging and assisting with ship tours, live bands and community service events.

PHUKET, Thailand (Oct. 8, 2012) Sailors from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) participate in a community service project at the Home and Life Orphanage. John C. Stennis is returning to U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility four months ahead of schedule in order to maintain combatant commander requirements and Navy assets in the region. The U.S. Navy is constantly deployed to preserve peace, protect commerce, and deter aggression through forward presence. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Scott O'Neal, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) forensic photographer, takes an image of an unopened unit during excavation operations in Quang Binh Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, March 6, 2023. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

POTI, Georgia (Aug. 15, 2022) Utilitiesman 3rd Class Gilbert Barahona, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, finishes formwork for the Railhead Project in Poti, Georgia, Aug. 15, 2022. NMCB 11 is forward-deployed to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater security cooperation in the U.S. Sixth and Seventh Fleet areas of operation.

030425-F-7924J-002. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Ally Bellas, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team linguist, discusses site operations with an excavator operator during a DPAA recovery mission in Kamp-Bornhofen, Germany, Aug. 5, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

A U.S. Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), pulls weeds during a town beautification at Kin, Okinawa, Japan, May 21, 2022. Marines with the 31st MEU regularly seek opportunities to build relationships with members of the local community that fosters a clear understanding of the 31st MEUs purpose in Japan, and develops mutual respect between service members and the local Okinawan population. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

Chaplain (Capt.) Yaw Agbenu (center left), 229th Military Intelligence Battalion chaplain, speaks with a Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center student during a DLIFLC Spiritual Resiliency Hike at Point Lobos Natural Preserve, Carmel-By-The-Sea, Calif., Aug. 20.

041225-F-4916M-301. Base: Irbil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041211-M-2583M-066. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines

Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines

120713-N-FC670-034SAN DIEGO (July 13, 2012)Koa, an Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin, is shown being transported in a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) boat, en route to a MH-53E Sea Dragon of Helmineron Fourteen. The Navy uses dolphins operated by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1, to locate and mark mines for neutralization or exploitation. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from Jun.29 to Aug. 3. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC, provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971.

U.S. Navy ND2 Danny Pellegrino, Navy diver assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), conducts dredge operations during an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea on Sept. 13, 2022. DPAA personnel arrived to conduct an underwater excavation operation in an effort to find a U.S. aircraft crew lost over Papua New Guinea during World War II. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

U.S. Marines and civilians gather to plant blue windmills in support of Child Abuse Prevention Monthaboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calif., April 4, 2023. The blue pinwheel representsinnocence and is a national symbol for child abuse prevention.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pima County, Arizona for tours of the Mexican border area, discussions with local Interior staff and Customs and Border Patrol personnel

Petty Officer 2nd Class Aubrei Hein, Naval Hospital Jacksonville Hospital corpsman, left, screens soil with local workers during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Oct. 3, 2022. Hein volunteered for DPAA as a Short Term Individual Augmentee, or STIA, in order aid in DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

060401-N-2420K-044. Base: Luanda Country: Angola (AGO)

220523-M-OO221-1124 ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece (May 23, 2022) - U.S. Sailors assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24) and U.S. Marines attached to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participate in a beach beautification community relations project in Alexandroupolis, Greece, May 23, 2022. USS Arlington and embarked 22nd MEU are on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

WHITE BEACH, Japan (Sept. 9, 2022) Sailors from the Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa (CFAO) social committee conduct a beach cleanup on White Beach Naval Facility Sept. 9, 2022. CFAO maintains and operates facilities to support the U.S. Navy's naval and aviation assets in the Indo-Pacific region.

The Arizona Army National Guard's 253rd Engineer Battalion conducting training to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' construction efforts in the Santa Cruz river area to control flooding caused by seasonal monsoon rains. (Arizona Army National Guard

Angels Cam, CA- September 25, 2015-Firefightpers responding to the Butte fire in Northern California move resources at the Incident Command Post. FEMA is providing resources and coordinating disaster relief measures to the State of California and the firefighters provide the logistics manpower. Adam DuBrowa FEMA. California Valley Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Sailors from Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg put down their work and picked up lawn tools to clean around the installation's Child Development Center June 10.

Mr. Tim Fraser, helicopter pilot, and U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer, Zachary Orn, EOD technician assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), carries food to give to a local village in the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea on Sep. 6 2022. The investigation team visited multiple areas across the mountainous East Sepik Province in hopes of recovering missing U.S. service members lost during World War II. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

A training dummy lies near a pile of rubble at Fort Indiantown Gap, PA on September 10, 2022. The dummy will stand in for a civilian casualty that will need to be extracted as part of the Homeland Response Force validation exercise. (New York Nation Guard photo by SSG Matthew Gunther)

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team construct a dry-screening station during a DPAA recovery mission in Kamp-Bornhofen, Germany, July 12, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Sa Coma factory, General Bayo's headquarters during the republican landing, Spanish civil war, Son Servera, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

From right, Mr. Timothy Borland, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Commander in Chief, gives Electronics Technician 1st Class Zachary McDonald, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery non-commissioned officer augmentee, a coin after signing up for a VFW membership during a visit by DPAA and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) leadership, Ngh An Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, March 29, 2023. During the visit, Mr. Borland saw firsthand the recovery efforts for U.S. servicemembers lost during the Vietnam war, conversed with recovery team members, and attended a lunch with Vietnamese Office for Seeking Missing Persons leadership.

Marine Corps recruiting stations Kansas City and Des Moines brought more than 40 educators to Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego from May 16 to May 20 so they might gain more understanding about the Marine and their recruitment process. The Marine Corps Recruiting Command allows both the Eastern and Western Recruiting Regions to host these workshops once a year for each recruiting station. The goal of the workshop is to allow educators throughout the country to get a peek behind the curtain of how Marines are made and who we are as America's 911 force in readiness. Throughout the workshop, educators are given the opportunity to participate in recruit training events such as the rappel tower, live fire rifle range, and sparring using Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques-- they are also expected to respond to drill instructors as recruits do and move from place to place in platoon formation. Upon completion of the workshop educators are returned home armed with a more intimate

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jackson Fagan with the Utah Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion, quickly showers after completing a nearly two mile swim back to the main island as part of the mystery event during the Region VII Best Warrior Competition on the island of Guam, May 26, 2022. This annual competition featured the best noncommissioned officer and Soldier from eight different states and territories including Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. Testing competitors skills and knowledge and pushing them to their limits, the competition graded each participant in key areas such as basic Soldier skills, marksmanship under stress, land-navigation, and physical fitness.

2nd Lieutenant Angel Stone, United States Army, working in the Combined Exercise Support Group as a Mortuary Affairs Officer, digs a hole for a watering system, during a Community Relations Project at Gracemere Gardens Age Care Facility in Gracemere, Australia, during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2001. TANDEM THRUST is a combined United States and Australian military training exercise. This biannual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia. More than 27,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines are participating, with Canadian units taking part as opposing forces. The purpose of TANDEM THRUST is to train for crisis action planning and .... Complete Scene Caption: 2nd Lieutenant Angel Stone, United States Army, working in the Combined Exercise Support Group as a Mortuary Affairs Officer, digs a hole for a watering system, during a Community Relations Project at Gracemere Gardens Age Care Facility in Gracemere, Australia, during Exercise T

Participants with the Young Marine program elevate the roof of a tent after a base-wide beach clean-up, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 2, 2022. The Young Marines participated in a base-wide beach clean-up as well as several other committee events, while participating and attending commemoration ceremonies of the 81st anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor.

230330-N-JC256-1073 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 30, 2023) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Malik Denson, from Jacksonville, Florida, tightens wire support bolts aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). IKE is underway conducting routine operations in the Atlantic Ocean.

Memphis, Tenn. (June 16, 2022) Machinists Mate (Nuclear) 3rd Class Gilbert Lizarraga, a native of Tucson, Arizona, assembles a wooden bench at Camp Conquest during Navy Week Memphis. Memphis Navy Week is one of 14 Navy Weeks in 2022, which brings a variety of assets, equipment, and personnel to a single city for a weeklong series of engagements designed to bring America's Navy closer to the people it protects. Each year, the program reaches more than 140 million people -- about half the U.S. population.

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Thomas Farrington, commanding officer of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 is doused with water during the RQ-21A Blackjack final flight, Landing Zone Westfield, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, May 24, 2022. U.S. Marines with VMU-3 conducted the RQ-21A Blackjack final flight to recognize its four years of support to INDOPACOM, as VMU-3 transitions to the MQ-9A Reaper.

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030526-M-4547R-040. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2003 Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: 9ESB

U.S. service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), conduct a casualty evacuation drill in Santa Fe National Park, Panama, Sept. 7, 2022. DPAA will be conducting recovery operations in Panama in hopes of finding missing naval aircrew members lost during a training flight in 1985. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, low crawl through tunnels during the bayonet assault course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 13, 2022. The course consisted of different obstacles that simulated the type of terrain Marines may come across in combat.

South Carolina Army National Guard hosts a team of archaeologists and conservation managers as they work at McCrady Training Center, Eastover, S.C., Feb. 2, 2016. After the historic flood of October 2015, drastic erosion exposed old transportation systems and disrupted construction timbers in a hollow core dam.

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