Marine Corps Community Engagement

Images of service members engaging in community activities, including log handling and wildlife observation during public events.

French Army Capt. Phillippe Locatelli, left, senior Aito instructor, Marine Infantry Regiment in French Polynesia (RIM.aP), French Armed Forces, instructs U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Service and Battalion (HQSVCBN), U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and members of RIM.aP, French Armed Forces, on how to rappel during the Aito Course in Taravao, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Sept. 4, 2022. The event provided a bilateral training opportunity between the French Armed Forces and Marines with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. The nine Marines and Sailor from HQSVCBN participated in the bilateral training with the French Armed Forces in order to strengthen relationships with the region. The courses name comes from the Tahitian word aito, which means warrior.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Shaquille Williams, a machine gunner with Marine Corps Security Force Regiment, 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.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Shaquille Williams, a machine gunner with Marine Corps Security Force Regiment, 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.

U.S. Army Capt. Joseph Matson, Team Leader, assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agencys (DPAA) Investigation Team (IT) and Laos nationals, finds life support evidence 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, sweeps a unit with a metal detector 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.

220624-N-WU964-1182 SANTA RITA, Guam (June 24, 2022) Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class George Cardenas, from Las Animas, Colorado, from U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), tours the Piti Guns (the Silent Guns) during a sponsored Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) tour of the War in the Pacific National Park. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

Spc. Maxwell Richards, a combat engineer with Company A, 173rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, hauls debris from a ditch along County Highway D in Turtle Lake, Wis., Aug. 6. Approximately 100 Soldiers and Airmen from the Wisconsin Army and Air National Guard continue to assist civil authorities with damage assessment and debris clearance in Polk and Barron Counties after being mobilized to state active duty to support recovery efforts following the severe weather that struck Northern Wisconsin July 19-20.

U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician, assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agencys (DPAA) Investigation Team (IT), excavates dirt while scanning for metallic signatures during an IT in Attapeu Province on March 3, 2023. ITs are an important process where small teams deploy to various locations throughout Laos, to gather as much information for future operations.

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) screen 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.

French Army Capt. Phillippe Locatelli, left, senior Aito instructor, Marine Infantry Regiment in French Polynesia (RIM.aP), French Armed Forces, instructs U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Service and Battalion (HQSVCBN), U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and members of RIM.aP, French Armed Forces, on how to rappel during the Aito Course in Taravao, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Sept. 4, 2022. The event provided a bilateral training opportunity between the French Armed Forces and Marines with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. The nine Marines and Sailor from HQSVCBN participated in the bilateral training with the French Armed Forces in order to strengthen relationships with the region. The courses name comes from the Tahitian word aito, which means warrior.

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U.S. Army Maj. Jacob McCorkle, a team leader assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), conducts dredge operations during an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea on Sept. 10, 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.

Personnel with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) screen dirt during an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 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.

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. Coast Guard DV2 James Allen, a Coast Guard diver assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), screens dirt as part of 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.

Dr. Jonathan Weiland, scientific recovery expert with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), takes a distance measurement with a laser rangefinder during a joint field activity (JFA) in Savannakhet Province, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, May 14, 2022. A DPAA investigation team searched for and surveyed several locations across the country, gathering key data in the process. Information from the JFA will be used to determine and prioritize future recovery missions. This was the agency's first investigation mission in the country in lieu of new COVID-19 guidelines. The last investigation took place in 2019. DPAAs 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 and Scientific Recovery Expert (SRE), Dr. Willa Trask uses a small screen to sift through dirt during a site survey in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), Jan. 7, 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 ND2 Seth Davis, a Navy diver assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), conducts dive operations during an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea on Sept. 01, 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.

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Veteran-led humanitarian organization Team Rubicon, collaborated with Mississippi National Guard Civil Engineers to perform vegetative debris removal and route clearance as part of a simulated natural disaster response effort 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

Royal Thai Armed Forces PO1 Weerawat Suwannakorn, a Thailand Mine Action Center Explosive Ordnance Disposal student with Humanitarian Mine Action Unit 2, places an improvised shaped charge during an HMA EOD Level 3 course at Ta Mor Roi Training area in Surin Province, Thailand, Jul. 28, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train TMAC students in EOD level 3 in order to develop an EOD capacity to assist TMACs mission of becoming landmine free. This partnership is aligned with the U.S. Department of Defenses Humanitarian Mine Action Program, which assists partnered nations affected by landmines, explosive remnants of war, and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordnance.

A competitor crawls under barbed wire on the obstacle course during Combat Lightning '92, a world-wide competition of tactical air combat control teams. Subject Operation/Series: COMBAT LIGHTNING '92 Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aircrew members from the Kentucky Air National Guards 123rd Airlift Wing build a fire during survival training at Camp Crooked Creek in Shepherdsville, Ky., Sept. 14, 2019. More than 60 aircrew members practiced land- and water-survival training here Sept. 13-15.

Greg Stratton, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) senior research expert, talks to members of an underwater recovery team in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, Aug. 27, 2022. DPAA personnel conducted an underwater excavation operation 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.

Dr. Jonathan Weiland, scientific recovery expert with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), prepares a test pit during a joint field activity (JFA) in Xekong Province, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, May 10, 2022. A DPAA investigation team searched for and surveyed several locations across the country, gathering key data in the process. Information from the JFA will be used to determine and prioritize future recovery missions. This was the agency's first investigation mission in the country in lieu of new Covid-19 guidelines. The last investigation took place in 2019.

Life Support Investigator and Liguist Jack Kenkeo, an employee of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agencys (DPAA) Investigation Team (IT) and Laos national, help clear foliage during an IT mission in Attapeu Province on March 16, 2023. ITs are an important process where small teams deploy to various locations throughout Laos, to gather as much information for future operations.

WHITE BEACH, Japan (Feb. 17, 2023) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Sub-Area Activity Okinawa and Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa(CFAO) personnel clear foliage around the chibu nu ka sacred well onboard CFAO White Beach Naval Facility as part of Jungle Attack, Feb. 17, 2023. The Jungle Attack community service project is regularly conducted by US Navy and Japanese volunteers to maintains accessibility to old family tombs and sacred sites on White Beach.

U.S. Members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agencys (DPAA) Investigation Team (IT) and Laos national Officials, survey new areas of interest to gather data during an IT in Attapeu Province on March 5, 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 Corps Capt. Timothy LeMaster, officer in charge, Combat Camera, Marine Forces Pacific, runs through a puddle of muddy water during the 16th annual Swamp Romp, sponsored by Combat Logistics Battalion 3, at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Feb. 20. The Swamp Romp is a five-mile, obstacle-laden course that includes mud, water, sand and flat ground.

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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Scott Stout, aircraft recovery and firefighting specialist, Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 273, Marine Air Control Group (MACG) 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), and Cpl. Jesusoscar Santini, aircraft recovery and firefighting specialist, MWSS-273, MACG-28, 2nd MAW, clear the area of foliage, allowing Marines to salvage parts of a simulated down aircraft during an aircraft recovery training at the Guardian Center, Georgia, Nov. 8, 2022. While at the Guardian Center, Marines with MWSS-273 trained with base recovery after attack and aircraft recovery scenarios, enabling them to help maintain 2nd MAWs combat readiness.

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Jakob Schulz, 9th Engineer Support Battalion Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Section leader, digs inside a unit during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) 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.

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Jakob Schulz, 9th Engineer Support Battalion Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Section leader, digs inside a unit during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) 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 of the 341st Civil Engineer Fire Department provide emergency aid to Senior Airman Rocky Lane, 341st Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment operator, during a search and rescue exercise August 2, 2022, in Sluice Boxes State Park. Lane was acting as a hiker who broke his leg while cliff diving.

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.

Soldiers assigned to 842nd Engineer Compay, South Dakota Army National Guard, take measurements during a troop training exercise in support of Golden Coyote Training Exercise at Camp Rapid, South Dakota, June 12, 2022. Golden Coyote is a three-phase, scenario-driven training exercise conducted in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, which enables commanders to focus on mission essential task requirements, warrior tasks, and battle drills.

Tech. Sgt. Randy Barnwell and Airman 1st Class John Suverly, Integrated Defense Leadership Course students assigned to the 927th Security Forces Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, and 446th SFS, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, respectively, secure an early warning tripwire during an area security operations exercise at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, July 27, 2022. The exercise was part of the two-week Integrated Defense Leadership Course based at YARS and using training grounds at CJAG. The pair took the course as opposing force members. IDLC was designed to provide Reserve Defenders with intensely focused hands-on training to achieve and maintain combat readiness.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Zachary Andrews, a medical Independent Provider, assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agencys (DPAA) Investigation Team (IT), brief team mates on how to perform basic medical aid throughout a simulated medical evacuation during an IT in Attapeu Province on March 2, 2023. This simulated medical evacuation is set in place to ensure proper medical procedures are executed during a real emergency.

U.S. service members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) screen dirt as part of 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. service members assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) screen dirt as part of 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. Army Master Sgt. Anthony Worsley, Senior Enlisted member of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), uses a metal detector to search for subsurface metal contacts in Ulingan village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea on Oct. 6, 2022. DPAA leadership visited the Investigation Team (IT) in order to see first hand the unique dynamics of an IT and strengthen future operations. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

Staff Sgt. James Wileman, an instructor for Northern Warfare Training Center, demonstrates a type of knot for Basic Military Mountaineering students at Black Rapids Training Site 8 July. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Dennis/11th AIrborne Division Public Affairs NCO)

Life Support Investigator and Linguist Jack Kenkeo, an employee of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agencys (DPAA) Investigation Team (IT), paints a indicator mark for an HLZ during an IT mission in Attapeu Province on March 3, 2023. ITs are an important process where small teams deploy to various locations throughout Laos, to gather as much information for future operations.

Air Force Reserve Maj. James Fink, 94th Aerial Port Squadron, leads the way during a CIOR orienteering training at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Vermont on July 19, 2022. The Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers Military Competition (CIOR MILCOMP) is a three-day team competition consisting of NATO and Partnership for Peace nations in Europe. It has been around since 1957. The competition is open to all reserve components for both NCO and officer. It is now run on a volunteer basis and funded by former competitors through an alumni association.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jake Bryan, left, an explosive ordinance disposal technician, and Army Sgt. Avonte Payne, middle, both Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) augments, excavate a unit during a recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Jan. 19, 2023. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

Vietnam, Cu Chi. Infamous Cu Chi tunnel, 200 km long underground tunnel complex used during the Vietnam war. Secret camouflaged tunnel entry used by Vietcong.

Fire crews walk through forest with drip torches to light a backfire.

120821-N-SH953-288CHELSEA, Mass. (Aug. 21, 2012) Chief (select) Electronics Technician James Kyne helps with landscaping during a community service project at the Soldier's Home during USS Constitution's Chief Petty Officer Heritage Week. During the week the selectees will live and train aboard USS Constitution, the world's oldest commissioned warship afloat.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Travis Hunt, a tactical air control party specialist and commanding officer of Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, ascends a rock face during mountaineering training at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, Aug. 25, 2022. The 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen utilize Alaskas varied and austere training locations to prepare for conditions they may face on deployment.

French commando course instructors teach how to properly use the rappelling gear to U.S. Army forces before rappel training on Camp Papeari Tahiti, French Polynesia, May 10, 2022, during Marara 22. Marara 22 is the foundation for building relationships and increasing engagements with our allies and partners to build a better bilateral relationship.

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Life Support Investigator and Liguist Jack Kenkeo, an employee of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agencys (DPAA) Investigation Team (IT) and Laos national, help clear foliage during an IT mission in Attapeu Province on March 16, 2023. ITs are an important process where small teams deploy to various locations throughout Laos, to gather as much information for future operations.

URUMA, Japan (Oct. 5, 2022) Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 Seabees, deployed to Camp Shields, Okinawa, clear foliage at the Heshikiya sugar mill park in Uruma, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2022. They volunteered to clear out foliage at the nationally registered monument's park. NMCB 4 is forward-deployed throughout the Indo-Pacific region and United States territories. The project was arranged by Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa (CFAO) community relations. CFAO maintains and operates facilities to support the U.S. Navy's naval and aviation assets in the Indo-Pacific region.

Local Honduran ranchers join members from Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras on 19 Oct, 2022. Joint Task Force-Bravo worked side-by-side with the locals to aid and inoculate nearly 80 cows thus encouraging food stability for the region. (U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jaylen Molden)

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel dig a test pit and screen dirt in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), Jan. 9, 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. Air Force Staff Sgt. Morgan Johnson (left) and Tech. Sgt. Jared Smith (right) navigate rugged terrain using a military grid reference system and defense advanced GPS receiver during land navigation training at Tama Hills Recreation Camp, Japan, July 5, 2022. During annual training members of the emergency management team train on defense advanced GPS receivers and military grid reference systems which allows for rapid response in identifying accurate grid coordinates to facilitate rapid information to command.

U.S. Air Force tactical air control party specialists assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, eat together during a break in mountaineering training at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, July 20, 2022. The 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen utilize Alaskas varied and austere training locations to prepare for conditions they may face on deployment.

U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Dan Calderon, medic assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) measures angles and distances in order to conduct a survey at Erima, Rai Coast District, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea on Oct. 3, 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 the nation.

Xander Bianchi, a technical rigging instructor from Ouray, Colorado, secures a climbing rope to a bolt during mountaineering training with tactical air control party Airmen assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, July 22, 2022. 3rd ASOS Airmen utilize Alaskas varied and austere training locations to prepare for conditions that may be faced on deployment.

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (June 28, 2022) Computer scientist Christian Morales, left, from the Performance Assessment Department of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, and U.S. Navy Electronics Technician 2nd Class Andrew Johnson, assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 28, install an Iridium Tracker Unit Beyond Line-of-Sight tracker system aboard. The system supplies telemetry that provides encrypted data for utilizing the Defense Information System Agency Iridium Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services and was installed in preparation for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four 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 foste

Crow Valley, Philippines (Oct. 3, 2022) Seabees with Naval Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, Marines assigned to 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Philippine Army engineers level a small hill for vehicles to travel allowing access to previously unreachable parts of Crow Valley, Philippines. NMCB-4 is forward deployed throughout the Indo-Pacific region and United States territories to support and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. As the stand in, crisis response, naval engineering force, NMCB-4 maintains a ready posture to deliver in-theater expeditionary logistics via expeditionary shore infrastructure, forward damage repair, and mobile construction. (U.S Navy Photo by Construction Electrician 3rd Class Reese Teafatiller /Released)

An Airman uses a dynamic cone penetrometer to measure the compaction of a crater at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 20, 2022. During a joint and bi-lateral Agile Combat Employment exercise, the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron and 718th Civil Engineer Squadron showed Japan Air Self-Defense Force members the procedures in place for airfield damage repair.

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.

GREAT LAKES, Il. (Sep. 8, 2022) Sailors assinged to Naval Station Great Lakes and tenant commands participate in a beach clean up on base. Opened in 1911, NSGL is the Navys largest training installation and the home of the Navys only Boot Camp. Located on over 1600 acres overlooking Lake Michigan, the installation includes 1,153 buildings with 39 on the National Register of Historic Places. NSGL supports over 50 tenant commands and elements as well as over 20,000 Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, and DoD civilians who live and work on the installation.

Vietnam, Cu Chi. Infamous Cu Chi tunnel, 200 km long tunnel complex used during the Vietnam war. Secret camouflaged tunnel entry used by Vietcong.

U.S. Army Maj. Jacob McCorkle, a team leader assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), speaks to local families as part of an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea on Oct. 07, 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.

Master Sgt. Jeremy Bryner, an Integrated Defense Leadership Course Instructor assigned to the 910th Security Forces Squadron, teaches a lead tactical squad movement course, July 25, 2022, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. Bryner's students were Defenders with the 931st Security Forces Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The two-week IDLC, based at YARS and using training grounds at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, was designed to provide Reserve Defenders with intensely focused hands-on training to achieve and maintain combat readiness.

Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets compete in the obstacle course as a team, June 7. This event, along with several others, provided students with the opportunity to lead and follow. According to camp executive officer, retired Lt. Col. Michael Busteed, most high school students never get the opportunity to serve in leadership positions.

Members of the 3rd Combat Communications Group erect an OE-85 log periodic antenna on the communications site during exercise Busy Prairie II. Subject Operation/Series: BUSY PRAIRIE II Base: Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Officer Morales descends a trail to get to a walk-in-only pond.

Members of the village of Banak present a memorial they built for 1st. Lt. Gabriel J. Eggud, whose remains were found and accounted for on a recovery mission in 2019, to members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) in East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, Sep. 16, 2022. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unnaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team remove water from a tarp during a recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Oct. 3, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Airman Liam VanDerWall, 618th Air Communications Squadron network operations apprentice, works to clean Joachim Creek, Larry G. Crites Memorial Park, Missouri, August 3, 2022. Members from Scott covered a 5-mile section and assisted in removing trash and over 80 tires from the creek.

Homeless Tent City in Sacramento

U.S. Army Sgt. Harley Miller, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery noncommissioned officer, sifts through dirt 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.

Lead Anthropologist and Supervisory Scientific Recovery Expert (SRE) Robert Ingraham MSc, an employee of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agencys (DPAA) Investigation Team (IT), annotates grid coordinates during an IT mission in Attapeu Province on March 16, 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 2nd Lt. Jonathon Reabe, of the Provincial Reconstruction Team from Forward Operating Base Kalagush, swims out of a pool he fell into while crossing a stream on patrol of Balik in the Nuristan province of Afghanistan June14, 2007.

Service members assigned to Joint Task Force - Bethel work with the local community of Chevak, Alaska to remove a boat aground on the beach as part of Operation Merbok Response, Sept. 22, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by Senior Airman Emily Batchelor)

Alaska, Aleutian Island Chain, Rat Islands, Kiska Island (Aleutian Islands Wilderness area) considered a National Historic Landmark for its part in WWII. Remains of Japanese submarine. Tourists exploring wreck.

Vietnam, Indochina, South East Asia. Orient. Asia.

Col. Andrew Kiser, commander, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, shows a group of senior DOD Civilians and military leaders with the Adaptive Planning and Execution Enterprise (APEX) how to eat a Meal Ready-to-Eat at Fort Carson, Colorado, Sept. 20, 2022. APEX is a program that helps newly appointed executives gain an enterprise-wide perspective on the challenges and opportunities currently facing DOD leaders.

Local Vietnamese workers pass a bucket during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) excavation operation in Quang Binh Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, March 8, 2023. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

U.S. Air Force 100th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters from RAF Mildenhall, engage with attendees during the Cambridgeshire County Day at the Newmarket July Course, England, June 23, 2022. The County Day was an opportunity to celebrate Cambridgeshire and Her Majesty The Queens Platinum Jubilee.

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class James Peterson with Sector New Orleans, takes a sample from an oil spill that occured in the vicinity of South Pass, La. April 6, 2010. The oil spill is being invesigated by the Coast Guard.

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Washington National Guard service members receive training in preparation for the upcoming wildfire season during the Washington State Department of Natural Resources Interagency Wildland Fire Training Academy near Roy, Wash., May 15, 2022. The training included familiarization with hand tools, line construction and tactics, and fire shelter deployment and entrapment avoidance.

Army Sgt. Robert Brown with the 753rd Brigade Engineer Battalion's Company B removes household items from a home in Marathon. Brown's three-man team is one of the many Florida Army National Guard groups clearing debris from Florida Key homes left devesated by Hurricane Irma.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Juan Arbelo, a water and field system maintenance journeyman with the 156th Civil Engineer Squadron, uncovers the main valve to shut off water access at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, Puerto Rico, Sept. 20, 2022. Impacts from Hurricane Fiona caused widespread water and power outages across the island, and 156th Wing Airmen worked to ensure operations continued safely on base.

Climbing ropes and gear hang from the belt of a U.S. Air Force tactical air control party specialist assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, during mountaineering training at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, July 20, 2022. The 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen utilize Alaskas varied and austere training locations to prepare for conditions they may face on deployment.

220608-N-TI693-1035CHANIA, Greece (June 8, 2022) Electronics Technician 1st Class Alex Giddeons, from Savannah, Georgia, participates in a trash clean-up community relations event in Chania, Greece, while the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4) is in port at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, June 8, 2022. Hershel Woody Williams 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.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ashley Carrillo Torres, an administration specialist with Marine Corps Security Force Regiment, assists with vegetation management at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore during Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 8, 2022. Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore is an annual public event that provides the opportunity for the U.S. sea services from 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 static equipment displays.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christian Dye, a tactical air control party specialist assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, surveys the surrounding rock formations during mountaineering training at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, July 20, 2022. The 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen utilize Alaskas varied and austere training locations to prepare for conditions they may face on deployment.

Alaska Air National Guard Senior Airman Patrick Droege, from Anchorage and a crew chief with the 176th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, shares a treat with a local child before departing Newtok, Alaska, after assisting with storm debris removal as part of Operation Merbok Response, Sept. 23, 2022. Approximately 100 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O'Neal)

Report on a rescue device specializing in difficult mountain access. Rescuers prepare to go into action.

Soldiers and Airmen from the Oklahoma National Guard help collect and transport for destruction illegally grown marijuana plants following an Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics raid at a farm in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, Sept. 27, 2022. The Oklahoma National Guard is supporting OBN by providing service members and equipment to collect large amounts of illegally grown marijuana and transport them to an undisclosed location for destruction. (Oklahoma National Guard Photo by Anthony Jones)

Members of a joint U.S./Vietnamese anthropological team collect buckets of ground which will be sifted through in an effort to locate personal effects of American soldiers listed as missing in action (MIA). The team is working at the site on Dong Nua Mountain, Quang Binh Province.. Country: Viet Nam(VNM)

Xander Bianchi, a technical rigging instructor from Ouray, Colorado, demonstrates the use of climbing tools and techniques to U.S. Air Force tactical air control party specialists assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, during mountaineering training at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, July 20, 2022. The 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen utilize Alaskas varied and austere training locations to prepare for conditions they may face on deployment.

The commander 42 (NL) Battlegroup SFIR-3, Lieutenant Colonel from Harskamp is "launched".

U.S. Air Force tactical air control party specialists assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, conduct mountaineering training at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, July 20, 2022. The 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen utilize Alaskas varied and austere training locations to prepare for conditions they may face on deployment.

Work Request Description: Photographic coverage of ASCAN 2021 Class Wilderness Survival Training at Ft. Rucker, Alabama

U.S. Air Force Airmen 1st Class Adam Sapp and Kiandra Mandal, 54th Operations Support Squadron weather flight apprentices, monitor the training area for weather changes during an exercise at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Jan. 22, 2024. The 54th OSS is responsible for the forecast management for the entirety of the base and ensuring Hollomans flying mission continues safely.

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