Engineers in Action

Military personnel engaged in engineering tasks, including construction and logistical operations, showcasing teamwork and outdoor environments.

Air National Guard Airman First Class Cabrera, 124th Civilian Engineer Squadron, guides an equipment operator as a part of an Innovative Readiness Training mission while building homes for the Cherokee Veterans Housing Initiative in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, June 6, 2022. They are able to directly help Oklahomans thanks in part to the IRT - a Department of Defense initiative that is a joint environment with National Guard Soldiers and Airmen. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Sgt. Reece Heck)
Air National Guard Airman First Class Cabrera, 124th Civilian Engineer Squadron, guides an equipment operator as a part of an Innovative Readiness Training mission while building homes for the Cherokee Veterans Housing Initiative in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, June 6, 2022. They are able to directly help Oklahomans thanks in part to the IRT - a Department of Defense initiative that is a joint environment with National Guard Soldiers and Airmen. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Sgt. Reece Heck)
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Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes Chiefs of Delegation and Alumni from 36, 41, 43, 46, 47, 49, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 and 61 for a 60th anniversary Celebration on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Oct. 7, 2022. During the celebration visitors participated in a campus tour, a Panel on Ethics and Strategic Leadership, a BBQ and an Alumni Recognition Ceremony, including the release of the 60th Anniversary Book Strengthening Strategic Leadership in the Americas.
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Ten candidates compete for Best Soldier and Best Noncommissioned Officer of the Year of Colorado Army National Guard, at Centennial Training Command, Fort Carson, Colo., April 8 to 10, 2016.
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031014-F-8678S-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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050821-A-6108G-163. Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Adam Bergelin, assigned to the 102nd Military Police Company, Sheboygan, Wis., drains transmission fluid from a Humvee in order to change the internal transmission filter during Operation Platinum Wrench at the 88th Readiness Division draw yard on Fort McCoy, Wis., June 15, 2022.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he participated in ceremonies commemorating the 144th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, conversed with National Park Service staff and visitors, and toured the Park, including the construction site for the new Visitors Center
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A Philippine Air Force service member operates a forklift to unload Department of Social Welfare and Development family food packs and palletize them for transportation at Villamor Airbase, Pasay City, Philippines, Feb. 11, 2024. At the request of the Government of the Philippines, the U.S. Marines of III Marine Expeditionary Force are supporting the U.S. Agency for International Development in providing foreign humanitarian assistance to the ongoing disaster relief mission in Mindanao. The forward presence and ready posture of III MEF assets in the region facilitated rapid and effective response to crisis, demonstrating the U.S.s commitment to Allies and partners during times of need. Marine Corps
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050914-F-0681L-026. Base: Gulport (ANGCRTC) State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sierra Wagle, a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning specialist assigned to the 577th Expeditionary Prime BEEF Squadron, helps measure the trench depth of a duct bank at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 29, 2022. As a directive from AFCENT, PSABs new containerized housing units need to support sufficient Wi-Fi access before service members can move in. The final day of duct banking marked a historic moment in the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Groups history as it was the groups final project at PSAB since they forward deployed to the KSA in 2018 starting a tent city on an empty plot of land.
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Jason Wilson, program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District, leads Bret Styers, senior program manager for the Ballistic Missile Defense Mandatory Center of Expertise at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, and Col. Sebastien P. Joly, Huntsville Center commander, on a tour of the missile fields at Fort Greely, Alaska, in August. (Photo by Kristen Bergeson)
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A U.S. military civil engineer adjusts tape placed for painting during renovations on a school as part of Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sept. 12, 2022. The operation, scheduled for Sept. 12-17, will focus on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges. Pacific Air Forces participates in PAC ANGEL 22-4 in order to advance interoperability and build upon established partnerships between our military forces and our allies and partners.
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U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Dane Norris, assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), dry-screens dirt with local workers during a DPAA Recovery Mission, March 20, 2023 in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. The team uses dry-screening methods to push dirt through screens in order to find possible evidence or osseous linked to unaccounted-for U.S. personnel.
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030327-F-6449C-006. Base: Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base Country: Romania (ROM) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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Soldiers from Alpha Battery, 1-265th Air Defence Artillary, perform high water search and rescue with members of the Coast Guard and St. Johns Fire Rescue and firstresponders, in Flagler Estates.
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irmen from the Ohio Air National Guards 200th RED HORSE Squadron and 179th Airlift Wing traveled to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida following Hurricane Michael, to provide damage assessment and recovery efforts to the Continental United States NORAD Region - First Air Force (Air Forces Northern) Headquarters building October 17-22, 2018. The Ohio Air National Guard Airmen specialize in heavy construction and their skill-sets were utilized to help recover the building.
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Workers add to the Astronaut Memorial Mirror the names of the Columbia crew who died in the STS-107 accident. Dedicated May 9, 1991, the Astronaut Memorial honors U.S. astronauts who gave their lives for space exploration. The "Space Mirror," 42 1/2 feet high by 50 feet wide, illuminates the names of the fallen astronauts cut through the monument's black granite surface. The Memorial Mirror is accessible through the KSC Visitor Complex.
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Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-144-224. Hurricane Katrina
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Members of the 36th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron decorate a bundle box during Operation Christmas Drop 2022 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 3, 2022. OCD is the Department of Defenses longest running humanitarian aid and disaster relief mission, which delivers aid to more than 50 islands throughout the Pacific. Operations like OCD provide the U.S. and partner nation aircrew the opportunity to enhance joint operational capabilities and maintain preparedness for real world emergencies.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he participated in ceremonies commemorating the 144th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, conversed with National Park Service staff and visitors, and toured the Park, including the construction site for the new Visitors Center
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U.S. Air Force Airmen 1st Class Eric Velasco and Steven Esteves, 338th Training Squadron students, fill sand bags in preparation for the 2022 hurricane season at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, June 27, 2022. Over 40 Airmen from the 338th TRS assisted the 81st Civil Engineer Squadron with filling more than 2500 sand bags. Hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30.
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Crewmen from USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57) participate in Operation HANDCLASP by painting an impoverished school in Manta, Ecuador, while en route to Exercise TEAMWORK SOUTH '99. Reuben James will be conducting bilateral operations with the Chilean navy. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK SOUTH '99 Base: Manta Country: Ecuador (ECU)
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From left, Senior Airman Mary O. Bransford, 131st Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) operations management journeyman and Airman 1st Class Kerris S. Eady, 131st CES operations management apprentice, pose for a photo while resurfacing a roof at 14 Wing Royal Canadian Air Force Base in Greenwood, Canada, July 14, 2022. Members with the 131st Bomb Wings 231st CES, 200th REDHORSE Squadron and the 239th Combat Communications Squadron, deployed to Nova Scotia as part of the Construction Engineering Project Exchange Program with the 14 Wing of the RCAF. These Guard members worked in cooperation with the RCAF to complete quality of life improvements to the base, to build on skillsets and to strengthen interoperability with Canadian allies.
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Fort Myers, FL, (Oct. 3, 2022) - FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Pennsylvania Task Force 1 conducts search and rescue operations after Hurricane Ian.
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221012-N-FD648-1002 ATHENS, Greece (Oct. 12, 2022) Fireman Dominic Quintos, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99), rakes leaves during a community relations event in Athens, Greece, Oct. 12, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is 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.
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Participants at the official keel laying ceremony for the Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS PINCKNEY (DDG 91). Left to Right: Mr. Bob Merchant, AEIS Program Manager, Ingalls Shipbuilding; Mr. Jerald Read, Ship Superintendent, Northrop Grumman Ingalls Shipbuilding; Mr. Mike Ikner, welder, Ingalls Shipyard; Commander Steve Metz, US Navy (USN), Area Commander/Destroyer Project Officer; Mr. Paul Robinson, Vice President Operations Ingalls Shipbuilding; Captain Philip M. Johnson, USN, SENIOR Vice President, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Sector; Lieutenant Commander Derek Sims, USN, Production Officer, SuShip Pascagoula Code 150P. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)