Electronic Systems Maintenance

Technicians working on communication and electronic systems. The environment features specialized equipment and circuit boards in military settings.

Airmen with the dirty jobs initiative help install a piece of hardware at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 13, 2022. Airmen were able to take a look behind the scenes of what a typical day is like at the 355th Communications Squadron, as part of the Dirty Jobs initiative.

030910-F-2869F-035. Base: Graf Ignatievo Air Base Country: Bulgaria (BGR) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Ricky Deeson, a telephone maintenance technician and USAF Technical Sergeant Bill Northington, a Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of network security, both from the 48th Communications Squadron (CS), 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, terminate a new local area network circuit at the 48 CS server farm. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

AIRMAN First Class Jessica Lorenc, USAF, 52nd Communications Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, sorts mail at the Eifel West Post Office on Spangdahlem's Bitburg Annex. Base: Bitburg Annex State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

970228-F-5306T-001. Subject Operation/Series: DELIBERATE GUARD Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

050127-F-2233S-037. Base: Ft. Indiantown Gap State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041014-F-1646R-002. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

030109-F-3715H-016. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

980929-F-1894K-012. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

040716-F-1740G-007. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

041112-F-4300B-525. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant A. Johnson, Survival Recovery Center Executive, is reading through her facility manager check list, during Combat Readiness Exercise (CRE) 00-02 at Beale Air Force Base, California. Subject Operation/Series: COMBAT REDINESS EXERCISE 00-02 Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Kaitlyn Hudson, 527th Space Aggressor Squadron space electronic warfare operator, monitors spectrum analyzers during exercise Heavy Rain III at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 13, 2022. During the exercise, space aggressors initiated communication jams that each team was tasked with resolving.

Close up horizontal image of laptop computer with armed male soldier holding it while on black background.

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Jeremy B. Parks, mechanic, 363rd Expeditionary Transportation Squadron, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, replaces head gaskets on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). SRA Parks is part of the coalition force here to support Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, a military effort to enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

030729-M-5578G-002. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

981206-M-5228M-001. Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marine Raiders with Special Operations Task Force 511.2 provide nonstandard maritime Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems support to Philippine National Police in Palawan, Philippines, June 9, 2022. This training gave Marine Raiders with SOTF 511.2 the opportunity to rehearse SUAS launch and recovery from a nonstandard maritime vessel for use in future U.S.-Philippine operations.

On September 14, Captain Rebecca Brooks, USAF, 100th Communications Squadron, RAF Mildenhall, UK, relays information to other squadron members while working the Unit Control Center. With the base on heighten alert, working out of the Unit Control Center Captain Rebecca Brooks, USAF, 100th Communications Squadron, RAF Mildenhall, relays important information from the Battlestaff to other squadron members. The heighten status went into effect after terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers and at the Pentagon, when hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, on the morning of 11 September 2001. Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

021004-F-3873G-014. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District Commander James L. Booth, coordinates and strategizes how to support Floridians with the Hurricane Ian Recovery Effort. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is working in partnership with the local, state, and federal response to Hurricane Ian. More than 800 USACE personnel and contractors are deployed and engaged, coordinating with local, state, and federal partners in the affected areas. Our number one priority continues to be the life, health, and safety of all who are affected by Hurricane Ian.

Lt. Bob Hand, USAF Pilot. Lt. Bob Hand, USAF Pilot. "Cam Ranh Bay AB, South VietnamU.S. Air Force F-4 pilot Lt. Bob Hand attends an intelligence debriefing." Photographer: Airman 1st Class R.E. Brown III

031202-F-9629J-011. Base: Al Hawijah State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

050621-A-1566H-054. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Echo State: Al Diwaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030506-F-2185G-017. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

030220-F-9448S-019. Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Steven Daley, a water support technician with Utilities Platoon, Engineer Support Company (ESC), 8th Engineer Support Battalion, inspects a Platoon Water Purification System during a field exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 26, 2022. Engineer Support Company conducted a field exercise in order to increase readiness while providing tactical utilities and heavy equipment support in an urban terrain environment.

240203-M-IU565-1011 MUHAMMAD AL AHMED NAVAL BASE, Kuwait (Feb. 3, 2024) A Marine assigned to Task Force 51, 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade prepares a terrain model while participating in a final exercise rehearsal of concept during exercise Eager Defender 24 onboard Muhammad Al Ahmed Naval Base, Kuwait, Feb. 3. Eager Defender 24 is the capstone in a series of bilateral exercises between Kuwait and U.S. naval forces, focused on enhancing mutual capabilities and interoperability in maritime security operations. Marine Corps photo)

Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipmentman) Second Class Patrick Rice reads the daily ships newspaper "Give 'em Hell Herald" in arresting gear engine room three after a long day of work on board USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). TRUMAN is on station in the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH establishes a southern no fly zone over Iraq and extends to the borders to just south of Baghdad, capital city of Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

U.S. Marine Corps Pvt. Tyler Dockett, a radar technician with 3d Littoral Anti-Air Battalion, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, sets up an AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar during exercise Bougainville II at Kalaeloa Airfield, Hawaii, Oct. 28, 2022. To rehearse flexibility, a 3d MLR sensing unit of employment displaced and established a sensor EAB to enable early warning of air and missile threats. Bougainville II is a field exercise that allows the MLR and its subordinate units to conduct expeditionary advanced base operations across the island of Oahu. BVII displays the MLRs ability to rapidly establish and displace EABs while executing command and control in a dispersed environment.

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Nichole Sterling, an Inbound Cargo SPECIALIST from the 52nd Transportation Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, scans in the incoming cargo at the cargo distribution center, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. SRA Sterling is part of the coalition forces of the 363d Air Expeditionary Wing that enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. US Air Force Senior Airman Nichole Sterling, an Inbound Cargo Specialist from the 52nd Transportation Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, scans in the incoming cargo at the cargo distribution center, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. SRA Sterling is part of the coalition forces of the 363d Air Expeditionary Wing that enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH.

010308-F-3128G-005. Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220813-N-IL330-1056 PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 13, 2022) - Seaman Jackson Bumgardner, from San Antonio, trains with an M4A1 carbine assault rifle aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Aug. 13, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Interior Operations - 26-HK-81-50. CG Interior Ops--Coast Guardsman playing foosball, 050829. Hurricane Katrina

DN-ST-90-00661. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

020709-F-9753B-008. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

020708-F-1740G-004. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

Checking the parameters of a time-plex card which samples different paths of telemetry for a communication system are SENIOR AIRMAN's Martin Lager and Alex Talavera, members of the 12th Space Warning Squadrons Communications team, Thule AFB, Greenland. Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE '97 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US AIr Force AIRMAN First Class Perri Hardges, Computer Switching Systems Journeyman, 603rd Air Control Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, tests the circuit switch on the Theater Air Control Communications Module. The 603rd is deployed to Bovbjerg, Denmark, in support of an annual Tactical Fighter Weaponry exercise "TFW" and a NATO Air Meet. TFW and NATO Air Meet are multinational exercises designed to practice and improve tactical capabilities in a combined training environment. Subject Operation/Series: NATO AIR MEETTACTICAL FIGHTER WEAPONRY EXERCISE Base: Boubjerg Country: Denmark (DNK)

A1C Walton B. Sykes, a systems control technician with the 2130th Communications Group, U.S. Air Force Communications Command (AFCC), checks telephone circuits in the systems control facility. Base: Raf Croughton Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

970522-F-9888S-003. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

DF-ST-85-13360. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011007-F-5772H-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: UNDISCLOSED

010418-A-6788L-001. Base: Hunter Army Air Field State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Melton Campbell, 325th Munitions Squadron stockpile technician, locks igloo doors securing munitions during a munitions inspection at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Jan. 10, 2023. Munitions are securely stored in earth-covered bunkers with reinforced concrete as well as other physical and electronic safeguards.

050718-F-7564C-025. Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

A member of the 86th Signal Battalion operates a radio telephone in a signal van during exercise Gallant Eagle '86. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020418-F-9032T-004. Base: RAF Lakenheath Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

STAFF Sergeant Al Hendrix switches a "Good Morning America" show in the Armed Forces Network (AFN)-News Sports control room at the Armed Forces Radio & Television Service (AFRTS) Broadcast Center, March Air Reserve Base, California. Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020228-F-9032T-011. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

040409-F-4539R-004. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040614-F-2753C-059. Base: Mountain Home Air Force Base State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030404-F-2380C-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

020223-F-0125H-036. Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

Aaron Eiermann, a makeup artist for Valiant Integrated Services, applies fake blood to simulate a leg gunshot wound for a simulated mass casualty exercise during Exportable Combat Training Exercise (XCTC) program at Camp Roberts, California, July 19, 2022. XCTC is a series of training exercises between an active-duty U.S. Army Brigade and an Army National Guard Brigade, intended to increase the skills and readiness of National Guard units.

DF-ST-87-09555. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

011203-F-9186F-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Moron Air Base State: Sevilla Country: Spain (ESP)

020905-F-4649H-011. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

DN-ST-88-06274. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

021003-F-1851U-001. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

041105-F-1740G-007. Base: Camp Zama Country: Japan (JPN)

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Lorna Essick of the 116th Bomb Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, takes cover while under a simulated attack during the Operational Readiness Exercise. Base: Warner Robins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040121-F-0629H-002. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

040723-F-8156G-002. Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

DA-SC-88-08069. Base: Fort Gordon State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050403-M-5607G-011. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

220621-N-IE405-1088 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NAPLES, Italy (June 21, 2022) Religious Programs Specialist 3rd Class Louis Ortiz, assigned to U.S. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples, prepares for Catholic mass at NSA Naples' Blessed Sacrament Chapel in Capodichino, Italy, June 21, 2022. NSA Naples is an operational ashore base that enables U.S., allied, and partner nation forces to be where there are needed, when they are needed to ensure security and stability in the European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility.

011012-F-0308N-398. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

970513-M-3360V-005. Complete Scene Caption: Sergeant J. Santoyo the Assistant Operations CHIEF with S-3, 6th Marine Regiment, plans the routes of movement for the FINEX (Final Exercise) at the S-3 shop during COMBINED ARMS Exercise 6-97. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground Combat Element (GCE), Air Combat Element (ACE) and the Combat Service Support Element (CSSE). Subject Operation/Series: CAX 6-97 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: II MEF

030309-F-5712B-035. Country: Unknown

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Christopher D. Thomas, 4th Marine Logistics Group sergeant major, pays his respects at the Americas Heroes Memorial while touring the Pentagon during the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Symposium in Arlington, Virginia, Aug. 9, 2022. The Americas Heroes Memorial commemorates the individuals who lost their lives during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack. The symposium is designed to provide an educational summit for sergeants major and master gunnery sergeants serving at a general officer command and Navy senior enlisted advisors serving at the Marine Forces level on important and emerging topics in the Marine Corps. The symposium provides a platform for the attendees and presenters to share insights and experiences, which is a key tool for shaping the future of the Marine Corps.(Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Karis Mattingly)

031210-F-1545M-028. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

060413-N-1924T-128. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Naval Meteorlogical Center

060322-N-2385R-003. Base: Naval Hospital, Yokosuka Country: Japan (JPN)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Derrick Cauthen, a Postal Advisor with the 363rd Expeditionary Communications Squadron, processes a package inside the US Post Office at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. SSGT Cauthen is part of the coalition force here in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, a military effort to enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

SSGT Darrel Collier, 60th MSS, Travis Air Force Base, California repairs a risograph in the Information Management section during the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI), designed to test a unit's ability to operate in a simulated environment and permits Air Force members to practice their jobs under wartime scenarios and conditions. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS REACH 95-02NORTHERN PIKE Base: Cold Lake State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN)

991020-A-8415D-013. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

980219-F-4116M-009. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Kuwait International Airport Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

US Army Reseve, Lieutenant (LT) Michael Lewis, 396th Combat Support Hospital, Vancouver, Washington, shows how the Mobile MedCam, for Telemedicine, works and the benefits of this technology at Orogrande, New Mexico, during Exercise ROVING SANDS '97, 24 April 1997. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97 Base: Oro Grande State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SPC William Watts Jr., assigned to the 142nd MP Company signs off his vehicle before taking it on patrol. Vehicles need to be checked and signed off before they can be used for the shift. Subject Operation/Series: KOREA CD Base: Yongsan Army Post Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

James Conley, a Geographical Informational System specialist at the Joint Operations Center updates mission situations during the 2009 Vigilant Guard exercise in Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday, June 21, 2009. The GIS has the capabilities to zero into any area of a mission site to follow troop movement and generate points of contacts and other information for the surrounding infrastructures.

Landguard Fort, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, UK

970225-F-1798W-003. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Zagrab Country: Croatia (HRV)

041108-F-0704A-001. Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040311-F-6470S-001. Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041101-F-5508G-001. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tyler Copley, 49th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal journeyman, maneuvers a L3 Harris T7 Multi-Mission Robotic System at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, March 23, 2023. The EOD flight uses the T7 robot to undertake hazardous material cleanups and other dangerous missions that are too high-risk for human intervention.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Robert Lutz, a warehouse clerk with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts inventory in preparation for deployment on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 7, 2022. The 26th MEU trains to sustain expeditionary readiness across a range of critical capabilities both afloat and ashore.

060727-N-7202W-002. Base: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)

030812-F-2185G-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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