Disaster Response Training

Images of military personnel conducting emergency response training during disasters, emphasizing teamwork and preparedness in crisis situations.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jose Espinosa and Senior Airman Juan Arbelo, both water and field system maintenance journeymen with the 156th Civil Engineer Squadron, access the water reserve system at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, Puerto Rico, Sept. 20, 2022. Espinosa and Arbelo helped restore water to the base after Hurricane Fiona caused widespread water and power outages across the island.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jose Espinosa and Senior Airman Juan Arbelo, both water and field system maintenance journeymen with the 156th Civil Engineer Squadron, access the water reserve system at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, Puerto Rico, Sept. 20, 2022. Espinosa and Arbelo helped restore water to the base after Hurricane Fiona caused widespread water and power outages across the island.
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Congressman Mark Alford, representing of the 4th district of Missouri, talks to Lt. Col. Christopher Diller, 509th Bomb Wing Operational Support Squadron commander during Alfords first official visit to Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., February 16, 2023. Alford learned about what the OSS does and the needs it has.
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040726-F-6911G-013. Base: Cheyenne State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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050912-F-0681L-177. Base: Gulport (ANGCRTC) State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Christopher Silva, executive director of the Custom House Maritime Museum, presents the 2022 Rear Adm. Richard I. Rybacki to Petty Officer Joesph Habel during a ceremony to re-certify Newburyport, Massachusetts, as a Coast Guard City August 6, 2022. The town of Newburyport was initially designated in 2011, as the nations fourteenth Coast Guard City.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ellis Island, New York City, New York, where he addressed newly naturalized U.S. citizens during Citizenship Day ceremonies, met with National Park Service (NPS) and U.S. Park Police personnel, and joined U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Emilio Gonzalez for announcement of joint USCIS-NPS program to welcome new citizens at National Park sites
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041129-F-6905B-002. Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Fomer Alachua County Commissioner Ken Cornell.The groundbreaking ceremony today marked the preperation of building a new storage site for Army Reserve equipment. The completion of this ceremony means construction can now begin on the first United States Army Reserve equipment concentration site in the state of Florida. The facility will be located within the city of Gainesville.This 45,694 sq. ft. facility will help eliminate the need for some Army Reserve units to travel more than 600 miles to neighboring states to store or draw equipment. Speakers at this event included Brig. Gen. Bob Krumm, commanding general of the 81st Readiness Division, Representative Yvonne Hayes Hinson, Florida House of Representatives, Senator Warren Keith Perry, Florida Senate, and Commissioner Marihelen Wheeler, Alachua County Commission. Distinguished guests included Army Reserve Ambassador Gary Beard, a representative from the office of Senator Marco Rubio, and a representative from the office of Congress
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970422-F-3390R-012. Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson, 173rd Fighter Wing public affairs, leads a tour for Redding Boy Scout Troop 11 on July 29, 2022, at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. The scouts visited the Engine Shop and the Aircrew Flight Equipment office where they saw demonstrations and asked questions about different jobs and life in the military.
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Members of the 202nd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE) Squadron, Florida Air National Guard, clear roads in Ft. Myers Beach, Florida in response to Hurricane Ian, Sept. 30, 2022. The 202nd RED HORSE Squadron, stationed at Camp Blanding, Florida, is a specialized, highly mobile civil engineering team comprised of Florida Air National Guardsmen that provides rapid response capabilities for multiple worldwide contingencies and operations.
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U.S. Navy Blue Angels visit Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, December 6, 2022 in preparation for Tinker AFB's air show July 1-2, 2023.
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030317-F-1868F-001. Base: Rickenbacker Ang Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Oregon National Guard Members of the 102nd Weapons of Mass Destruction - Civil Support Team, and other security staff of the Joint Hazard Assessment Team (JHAT) prepare to conduct security sweeps at an entry gate at the World Track and Field Championships, at the University of Oregons Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., July 21, 2022. The JHAT regularly patrolled the grounds to conduct sweeps and evaluate any potential threats in order to help ensure the safety of the participants and observers at the Championships. The World Championships were held July 15-24, 2022 and was the first time the event has been held in the United States. (National Guard photo by John Hughel, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs)
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220810-F-LN908-0146INDIAN OCEAN (Aug. 10, 2022) Capt. Chad Graham, commanding officer of the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4), pours water for Larry E. André, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, Aug. 10, 2022. Hershel "Woody" Williams is rotationally deployed to the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet, to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.
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Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - Operations - 26-HK-96-29. AID06A~1. Hurricane Katrina
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Former NASA astronaut and test flight pilot for the first manned flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, Chris Ferguson, speaks after the capsule landed in White Sands, New Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. The landing completes an abbreviated Orbital Flight Test for the company that still meets several mission objectives for NASAs Commercial Crew program. The Starliner spacecraft launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 6:36 a.m. Friday, Dec. 20 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, members of the Flight 93 National Memorial Federal Advisory Commission, and other dignitaries to the Flight 93 crash site, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Norton swore in the members of the Commission, planning the permanent memorial honoring passengers and crew of the planehijacked on September 11, 2001
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Oklahoma Department of Wildlife game wardens pose for a photo during the fishing derby at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, April 29, 2022. Local game wardens provided instructional guidance on how to cast, tie knots and filet the catfish.
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U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Gen. Matthew Baker, center, commander, 88th Readiness Division, smiles as Division Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory Betty shakes hands with Kyle Larson, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Champion, before the Hollywood Casino 400 presented by Barstool Sportsbook at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Sept. 11, 2022. The speedway hosted a military appreciation day and honored 9/11.
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Gene Maestas, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific public affairs specialist, talks about the history of the Honolulu Memorial at the cemetery during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency scientific summit tour in Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. The memorial showcases galleries containing mosaic maps and descriptions of the achievements of the American armed forces in the central and south Pacific regions and in Korea.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections
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Keesler leadership and personnel gather during the Air Force Families Forever Fallen Hero Butterfly Release at the marina park at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sept. 23, 2022. The garden serves as a designated location where the families of our fallen heroes can find a serene area to pay tribute to their loved one as well as honoring our fallen service members.
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Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) post 10775, American Legion and US Air Force Colonel John E. Watkins, 52nd Vice Wing Commander, pay their respects by rendering a salute during a POW/MIA remembrance day ceremony at the base memorial park at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, September 15 2000. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Craig Manson, third from left, on visit to Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, for tours and ceremonies marking the centennial of the first powered flight
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ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-32. Hurricane Katrina
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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nigel Contaste, an independent duty medical technician assigned to the 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron, briefs fellow Airmen during the Arctic Warrior Challenge 2022 at Malemute Drop Zone, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 20, 2022. The Arctic Warrior Challenge was a scenario-based field training exercise designed to hone the 673d Medical Group Airmens tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) skills, improve operational readiness, and foster unit cohesion. TCCC outlines prehospital combat medicine devised to provide lifesaving care to injured combatants, to limit the risk of further casualties, and to help achieve mission success.
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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer with the Office of Field Operations talks with a local resident about heavily flooded, impassable, roads left behind by Hurricane Ian in Venice, Fla., Sept. 29, 2022. CBP photo by Glenn Fawcett
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Congressmen Visit Mobile Aviation Training Center - 26-HK-4-47. Hurricane Katrina
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- At Naval Base San Diego in California, NASA Recovery Director Jeremy Graeber, right, talks to the commanding officer of the USS Anchorage as members of the news media prepare for viewing of NASA's Orion spacecraft being offloaded from the well deck of the ship. Orion has been secured in its crew module recovery cradle and will be prepared for return to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After lifting off at 7:05 a.m. EST on Dec. 5 atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Orion completed a two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission to test systems critical to crew safety, including the launch abort system, the heat shield and the parachute system. NASA, the U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin coordinated efforts to recover Orion after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is led the recovery efforts.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets Albanian Defense Minister Niko Peleshi upon his arrival to the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 26, 2023.
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Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-122-15. Hurricane Katrina
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Joint Base San Antonio hosted a synchronized flag formation at all three installations (JBSA-Lackland, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston and JBSA-Randolph) at 7:46 a.m. Sept. 12, 2022 at JBSA Fort Sam Houston. The ceremonies included a flag formation, a moment of silence, an invocation and a speaker. Lt. Gen. John R. Evans, U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) commander, led the remembrance ceremony at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston. The particular time of 7:46 a.m. Central time was chosen as that was when Flight 11 crashed into the north face of the North Tower (1 WTC) of the World Trade Center in New York City, between floors 93 and 99, at 8:46 a.m. Eastern time on Sept. 11, 2001.
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ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-118. Hurricane Katrina
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Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-122-45. Hurricane Katrina
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Spouses of Soldiers assigned to the 1108th Aviation Group and the Mississippi Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot ride in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Gulfport, Miss, May 16, 2022. The Army National Guard Spouse Orientation Flight program is aimed to give Spouses a better understanding of the critical role their Soldier plays in the U.S. Army. The program is managed by the National Guard Bureau and is only available to spouses of Soldiers currently serving in an qualifying aviation unit.
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CHICAGO (Oct. 19, 2022) - Seaman Recruit Charles Gregory, an accession Sailor assigned to Surface Combat Systems Training Command Great Lakes, escorts a veteran during Honor Flight Chicagos 106th flight at Chicago Midway International Airport. Naval Station Great Lakes and tenant commands brought 154 Sailors to support Honor Flight Chicagos (HFC) last flight of 2022.
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Secretary Gale Norton, front third from left, with Pennsylvania State Troopers at the swearing-in ceremony for the members of the Flight 93 National Memorial Federal Advisory Commission. Event was held at the site of the temporary memorial, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, honoring the passengers and crew of the plane hijacked on September 11, 2001
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051208-A-9419D-003. Base: Greenville State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Inter-American Defense College Leadership welcomed Mr. Kevin J. Bostick,U.S. Southern Command Exercises and Coalition Affairs Directorate Director for a visit to the IADC Campus on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Feb. 8, 2023. The Joint Staff's J7/9 Exercises and Coalition Affairs directorate utilizes partnerships across society, including exercises, civil affairs operations and humanitarian assistance activities, to improve the capacity of both USSOUTHCOM and partner nations to quickly respond to emergencies and neutralize threat networks. The J7/9 strives to develop a highly trained workforce that is focused on creative and cooperative solutions. As a result, the J7/9 strengthens partnerships between the U.S. government, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, businesses, academia and all elements of civil society. During the visit, Mr. Bostickconducted an office call with IADC Leadership, received an IADC brief, and concluded the visit with a tour of th
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Two U.S. Army Soldiers and a personal security officer stand in front of a mural from a local artist depicting scenes of freedom and the historic Iraqi elections in Baghdad, Iraq, June 16, 2007.
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Inter-American Defense College Staff, Faculty and Students tour Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa., Sept. 23, 2022. The Park protects and interprets the landscape of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. There are 43,000 American Civil War artifacts that are displayed in the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center. The Visit It is an academic field study that is part of the master's program offered by the college.
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20220420-N-WW980-0012 NEW ORLEANS (Apr. 20, 2022) The pressure is on Culinary Specialist First Class Emily Gibson, Expeditionary Strike Group 2, as a local news station records her prepping a dish during the Louisiana Seafood Cookoff. Gibson eventually took second place in the competition which is one of several activities during Navy Week NOLA. Navy Weeks are designed to show Americans the investment they have made in their Navy and increase the awareness of the Navys role and purpose in our national defense.
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050708-F-7203T-087. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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US Navy Quartermaster 1ST Class J.J. Myers (center), helps an impoverished Callao, Peru, school erect a flag pole and hang the Peruvian flag as part of Operation HANDCLASP. Sailors from USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57) (not shown) helped paint and complete minor electrical and plumbing repairs and improvements to the inner-city school of over 1000 students. The ship is completing a port call while en route to Exercise TEAMWORK SOUTH '99. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK SOUTH '99HANDCLASP Base: Callao Country: Peru (PER)
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030822-A-0405B-017. US Army (USA) Soldiers, family members and loved ones carrying sings of support assemble for a Welcome Home Ceremony at Cottrell Field, Fort Stewart, Georgia (GA), as Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion (H&HB), 1/3 Air Defense Artillery (ADA) and 2nd Artillery 1/3 ADA, Georgia Army Reserve (AR), return Home following the Units deployment to Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi, for touring, participation in events highlighting the restoration project--funded jointly by the National Park Service and the Friends of the Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign, as part of the National Park Centennial Initiative--aimed at replacing interpretive battlefield markers and conserving the array of bronze statuary and stone monuments at the Civil War site. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the events, including the unveiling of the first group of 22 metal markers identifying the specific locations of various Union and Confederate artillery batteries during the siege and defense of Vicksburg, were National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and country music star Trace Adkins, among other dignitaries.
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James Guthrie, senior advisor to Martha Williams, the director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, provides remarks aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton for the presentation of the 2022 USFWS Military Conservation Partner Award on MCB Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 17, 2022. The award recognizes military installations for exceptional cooperative conservation efforts. Camp Pendleton is home to 19 federally listed species and several state species that are either threatened or endangered.
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041221-M-3988H-006. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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030815-M-7837W-108. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)
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HAGÅTÑA, Guam (Sept. 23, 2022) - Guams Governor Lourdes Lou Leon Guerror and Lt. Governor Joshua Tenorio hosted a proclamation signing at the Ricardo J. Bordallo Governors Complex, with guests Joint Region Marianas Commander Rear Adm. Benjamin Nicholson, Dr. Marcia L. Gladney, and attending Gold Star Families, declaring Sept. 22 as Gold Star Family Day, and Sept. 25 as Gold Star Mothers Day. (U.S. Navy photos by Randall W. Ramaswamy)
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050209-A-8359B-136. Base: Fort Buchanan, San Juan State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Col. Bryan Preece, 130th Airlift Wing Commander, speaks at the Summer U.S. Air Force Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps Flight Academy Graduation on July 29, 2022, at the Fairmont State Aviation Center of Excellence Fairmont, West Virginia. The Air Force sponsored program targets High School Juniors, JROTC members, and Air Force Academy cadets, teaching them to fly in about six and a half weeks and awarding them private pilot certifications. Preece spoke about his journey as an Air Force Aviator and pinned the wings on the graduates.
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U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
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U.S. Marines and Department of Defense employees with Security Battalion smile for a photo during National Night Out at Crossroads Elementary School on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Aug. 2, 2022. National Night Out is a nationwide event that allows emergency response personnel to heighten awareness and encourage crime prevention. The goal is to strengthen community spirit and send a message that neighborhoods are organized and prepared to observe, report, and remain vigilant. The event was hosted by Security Battalion, with support from Marine Corps Community Services Quantico.