Military Ceremonies and Leadership

Images of military personnel engaging in ceremonies, leadership meetings, and training exercises, showcasing camaraderie and dedication in defense roles.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chris Johnston, 48th Rescue Squadron superintendent, and Staff Sgt. Royce Alcocer, 48th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, brief honorary commanders at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Sept. 14, 2022. Honorary commanders participated in an immersion tour of the 563rd Rescue Group.

KEMCON physician Dr. Dan Woodard speaks to Kennedy Space Center personnel and American Medical Response (AMR) contractor paramedics gathered at the Florida spaceports Shuttle Landing Facility on May 17, 2019, for a medical support training course. The course was designed to familiarize the AMR paramedics with the centers Triage Forces deployment, which included medical team members, fire/rescue personnel, environmental health specialists and flight operations crew members, as well as a helicopter, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) tactical vehicle, fire pumper truck and triage vehicles. The AMR paramedics will assist the agency in contingency planning for the return of human spaceflight from Kennedy.

Sailors assigned to weapons department aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) conduct training on the fantail during a loss of steering drill in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 20, 2024. George Washington is underway in support of carrier qualifications.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chris Johnston, 48th Rescue Squadron superintendent, and Staff Sgt. Royce Alcocer, 48th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, brief honorary commanders at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Sept. 14, 2022. Honorary commanders participated in an immersion tour of the 563rd Rescue Group.

Senior DOD Civilians and military leaders with the Adaptive Planning and Execution Enterprise (APEX) receive a tour of the Rear Command Post (RCP) at the Military Training Center, Fort Carson, Colorado, Sept. 20, 2022. Operating out of a RCP is a new innovative way that command teams can stay in the fight.

220520-N-TI693-1076MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 20, 2022) - Capt. Chad Graham, commanding officer of the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4) addresses the crew during an all hands call, May 20, 2022. Hershel "Woody" Williams is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied and Partner interests.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership welcomed General Pablo Enrique García Valencia, Colombian Military Attache for a visit to the IADC Campus on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Feb. 3, 2023. During the visit, the distinguished visitor conducted an office call with IADC Leadership, received an IADC brief, and concluded the visit with a tour of the campus.

Naval Air Systems Command and Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division product directors tour the prototype, manufacturing, and test facility on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 10, 2022. The NAWCAD Lakehurst prototype, manufacturing, and test department provides capabilities focused on sustaining support equipment, aircraft launch, and recovery equipment products that allow the successful and safe operation of naval aircraft.

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220504-N-VQ947-1037 SAN DIEGO (May 4, 2022) Lt. Wesley Smith, center, porspective air boss aboard amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27), gives a tour of the flight deck to retired wardroom members of the decommissioned Austin-class amphibious transport dock USS Ogden (LPD 5), May 4, 2022. Portland is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock homeported in San Diego.

Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, and Sgt. Maj. James Porterfield, Command Senior Enlisted Leader, NORAD and USNORTHCOM, are provided a structural overview of the Long Range Discrimination Radar by structural engineer Matt Rowe on Clear Space Force Station, Alaska, May 4, 2022. The leadership team traveled to Clear SFS to meet with leaders and tour the Upgraded Early Warning Radar and LRDR under the purview of Clear SFS. Clear SFS has been a vital part of the integral deterrence in support of NORADs mission of Homeland Defense since the U. S. Air Force set up Ballistic Missile Early Warning Systems and became fully operational in November of 1961. (Department of Defense photo by Chuck Marsh)

Chief of Staff Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr. speaks with members of the press about the future combat systems during an overview of the General Dynamics facility in Warren, Mich., June 17, 2008. Casey is shown the various combat systems being tested and developed for the Army at General Dynamics.

Flooding - Baton Rouge, La. , May 19, 2011 Federal Coordinating Officer Gerard Stolar, Louisiana Recovery Office Acting Director Joe Threat and Coast Guard Pilot look at a map of the area where they will be flyover the Mississippi River. . North Dakota Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

A Hometown Heroes receives a flag flown the 77th Fighter Squadron during the Shaw Air and Space Expo at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, April 2, 2022. The 20th FW honored 20 individuals, nominated by their peers, for their tireless work within their communities to make them safer and improve the lives of those around them.

Norfolk (September 21, 2022). Chief Petty Officer selectees from various commands in the Hampton Roads, Virginia region listen as LCDR David Wood, USN (Ret.) shares some of his experiences aboard the decommissioned Iowa Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64). David served 30 years in the U.S. Navy, and rose to the enlisted rank of Senior Chief (E-8). He received his commission, and eventually retired the rank of Lieutenant Commander. The presentation was part of the Hampton Roads Naval Museums 21st Annual Chief Petty Officer Heritage Days event. The three-day event allows CPO selectees to receive history and heritage training at the museum and aboard the Battleship Wisconsin. The event is held at the museum and aboard the Battleship Wisconsin, and is hosted in conjunction with area commands. The event is the longest running and largest of its kind in Virginia.

Military Sealift Command Civil Service Mariner Capt. Peter Nolan oversees the departure of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) while departing Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Feb. 4, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships. Navy

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Commandant Thomas H. Collins and President George W. Bush Visit - 26-HK-304-228. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Marine Safety Task Force members from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage chat with a representative from Crowley Fuels in Nome, Alaska, during an inspection July 26, 2022. Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors visited a total of 15 communities and inspected approximately 55 bulk fuel storage facilities in the Bering Strait Region July 25-Aug. 2, 2022.

Two (2) members of the North Central Texas Council of Governments along with media personnel from WFAA News Channel 8, the Fort Worth Report, Spectrum News Channel 1 and the Fort Worth Star Telegram talk with Commanding Officer, CAPT Mark McLean (left) and VR-59 Executive Officer, CDR Dan Bradley (right) in front of a C-40A assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Five Nine (VR-59) on NAS JRB Fort Worth Sept. 21 during the bases first Media Engagement Day.

Two (2) members of the North Central Texas Council of Governments along with media personnel from WFAA News Channel 8, the Fort Worth Report, Spectrum News Channel 1 and the Fort Worth Star Telegram talk with Commanding Officer, CAPT Mark McLean (left) and VR-59 Executive Officer, CDR Dan Bradley (right) in front of a C-40A assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Five Nine (VR-59) on NAS JRB Fort Worth Sept. 21 during the bases first Media Engagement Day. (US Navy photo by Sandy Owens/Released)

220926-N-EJ940-1020 NORFOLK, Va. (Sept. 26, 2022) Capt. Shane Marchesi, executive officer, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), speaks with members of United States Naval Academys Class of 1978 during a tour of Trumans hangar bay, September 26, 2022. Truman is the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and is currently in port aboard Naval Station Norfolk.

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Naval Aviation Schools Command (NASC) Rescue Swimmer School (RSS) Division Officer Lt. Josh Frank speaks with Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) onboard Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, Jan. 24. Jackson, a retired Navy Medical Corps officer, toured the air station as part of a familiarization tour of military installations in Florida (Official U.S. Navy

Prospective honorary commanders watch a demonstration by Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Fire Department firefighters Oct. 12 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The Honorary Commanders Program objective is to educate local leaders about a units mission and foster a supportive relationship with the community.

NAVAL BASE KITSAP-BREMERTON, Wash. (March 30, 2022) - U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Steve Koehler, Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, speaks with Sailors in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) March 30, 2022. Theodore Roosevelt is in a docking planned incremental availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility where the ship is receiving scheduled maintenance and upgrades.

220628-N-TT639-2006 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 28, 2022) - Rear Admiral Derek Trinque, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7, left, speaks to Aviation Boatswains Mate (Fuels) 2nd Class Charlyn Andres aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), June 28, 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.

Brian Vorheis, Operations Project Manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Ice Harbor Lock and Dam, provides a tour to Deputy Commanding General for Civil Works and Emergency Operations Maj. Gen. William Graham and members of the Inland Waterways Users Board on top of the Navigation Lock of the project.The Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) is an advisory board established to monitor the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and to make recommendations to the Army and to Congress on investment priorities using resources from the Fund. The IWUB is a critical activity for the Corps.

Abilene staff members load into a C-130J Super Hercules to learn more about the plane at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 14, 2022. The medical provider collaboration tour helped bolster partner relationships between the Dyess and local medical community.

GREAT LAKES, Il. (Feb. 21, 2024) Educators and local community leaders with Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) Great Lakes tour Recruit Training Command and Naval Station Great Lakes as part of the Educator Orientation Visit (EOV), during a visit to Naval Station Great Lakes accession training sites. The EOV is a program facilitated by NTAG which aims to promote the Navy to key community influencers in the education field. Navy

Members of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reservegroup meet with military members and other civic leaders at an Air National Guard training demonstration at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 10, 2022. ESGR helps promote cooperation and understanding between civilian employers and their National Guard and Reserve employees.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-115 crew members are ready to climb into the M-113 armored personnel carrier with Capt. George Hoggard (back to camera), who is astronaut rescue team leader. The astronauts seen, left to right, are Mission Specialist Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Commander Brent Jett, Mission Specialists Dan Burbank, Steven MacLean and Joe Tanner, and Pilot Christopher Ferguson. MacLean represents the Canadian Space Agency.The STS-115 crew are at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities such as the M-113 training. They will also practice emergency egress from the launch pad and take part in a simulated launch countdown. Liftoff of mission STS-115 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled in a window beginning Aug. 27.

220914-N-DP708-1196PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 14, 2022) -Chief Warrant Officer 2 Tony Statam, aviation training team supervisor, gives feedback after an aviation training team exercise in the hangar bay aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Sept. 14. Training team exercises are used both in port and at sea to ensure that Sailors have the proper training to combat any casualty that may arise. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and amphibious transport docks USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), is underway conducting integrated training operations with the 13th MEU in the U.S. 3rd Fleet to prepare for an upcoming deployment.

220716-N-IG750-1047 SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 16, 2022) Lt. Geoffrey Horning, medical administrative officer, instructs Sailors in medical response during a general quarters drill aboard the U.S Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). 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.

221023-N-DL524-1082 MIAMI (Oct. 23, 2022) Army Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command, and distinguished visitors tour the pilothouse of hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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SAN DIEGO (Oct. 17, 2022) Capt. Aaron Taylor, commanding officer of amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), looks at the initial material inspection and receiving report for the ship following a ceremony in celebration of both the Essex and U.S. Navy birthdays, Oct. 17, 2022. Essex is dry docked in San Diego conducting a maintenance period to upgrade and refurbish many key systems aboard.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Gen. Yoshida, chief of staff, and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Steven R. Rudder, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, wave goodbye to delegation leaders after the closing ceremony for the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium, Camp Kisarazu, Japan, June 16, 2022. This iteration of PALS brought senior leaders of allied and partnered militaries together to discuss amphibious force readiness, expeditionary advanced base operations, intermediate force capabilities, and ways to improve interoperability between partners within the Indo-Pacific region. A total of 18 participating delegations from Asia, Australia, Europe, South America, and North America participated in the symposium.

220716-N-ZW128-1063PACIFIC OCEAN (July 16, 2022) Lt. j.g. Dylan Knaub delivers a presentation to a congressional staff delegation aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 16. 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 world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

The 174th Attack Wing hosted an Educate the Educator event at Hancock Field Air National Guard base, Syracuse, N.Y. on May 26, 2022. The purpose of the event was to give educators of the community knowledge on what the 174th Attack Wing does and and how the wing contributes to the community locally and globally. The event consisted of a mission briefing, tour of the base and question and answer sessions.

220409-N-VQ947-1184 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 9, 2022) Capt. Matthew Thomas, right, commanding officer aboard amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27), greets distinguished guests during a visit for the “Leaders to Sea” program, April 9, 2022. Portland is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

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.

U.S. Air Force Col. Derek B. Routt, commander of the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard, speaks to members of the New Jersey Governors cabinet at one of the unit's Aerospace Control Alert hangars in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, Sept. 28, 2022. The cabinet members, members of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, and leaders from NJ DMAVA received a briefing from the Wing commander and then toured the 177th FW, viewing several operational demonstrations and trying out one of the units F-16 Fighting Falcon flight simulators.

220823-N-NR343-1009 NORTH SEA (Aug. 23, 2022) Master Chief Engineman Carlos Veloz, left, swears the oath of reenlistment with Cmdr. Scott Whitworth, commanding officer of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) while transiting the North Sea, Aug. 23, 2022. Sioux City 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.

Tech. Sgt. Jacob Proffer, 15th Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technician, briefs personnel from the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility personnel during a tour at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 6, 2024. The tour showcased the capabilities of each shop in the maintenance squadron. Air Force

220526-N-TI693-1009MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 26, 2022) - Command Master Chief Mark Rayner, right, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, senior enlisted leader aboard the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4), holds an open forum session with junior Sailors, May 26, 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.

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Mississippi (Nov. 15, 2022) - Rear Adm. Lorin Selby, Chief of Naval Research, left, visits the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command on an official visit to become familiar with Naval Oceanography activities at Stennis Space Center. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command directs and oversees more than 2,500 globally-distributed military and civilian personnel who collect, process and exploit environmental information to assist Fleet and Joint Commanders in all warfare areas to make better decisions faster than the adversary.

CAMP ATTURBURY, Ind. (May 4, 2022) Hans Lageschulte, an exercise program manager with Joint Task Force Civil Support, briefs during a meeting as part of exercise Guardian Response (GR) 22 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, May 4. GR22 is a U.S. Army Forces Command-directed external evaluation and culminating training event for U.S. Northern Commands Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Response Enterprise consequence management entities. The exercise is focused on the Defense Support of Civil Authorities mission sets.

Adjutant General R. Dale Lyles visits the event grounds during the Armed Forces Weekend event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 21, 2022.

220704-N-CM110-1132 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 4, 2022) - Sailors play volleyball during an Independence Day event in the hanger bay aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), July 4, 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.

ANDERSEN AFB, Guam (August 31, 2022) - Civilian and military staff members of Joint Region Marianas toured the hangars and spaces of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 "Island Knights during their onboarding for JRM.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Class of 2009 Astronaut Candidates, also called ASCANs, tour the Launch Equipment Test Facility, where prototype ground support equipment is tested. The new astronaut candidates for NASA are Serena M. Aunon, Jeanette J. Epps, Air Force Maj. Jack D. Fischer, Air Force Lt. Col. Michael S. Hopkins, Kjell N. Lindgren, Kathleen 'Kate' Rubins, Navy Cmdr. Scott D. Tingle, Army Lt. Col. Mark T. Vande, and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Gregory R. 'Reid' Wiseman. The new astronaut candidates for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, are Norishige Kanai, Takuya Onishi and Kimiya Yui. The new astronaut candidates for the Canadian Space Agency, or CSA, are Jeremy Hansen and David Saint-Jacques.

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Instructors pose for photos at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glencoe, Georgia on April 12, 2022.

Norfolk, Va. (June 01, 2022) - Patrick "Todd" Christian, Ship's Master, USNSJoshua Humphreys (T-AO-188), provides a brief on the ship's Bridge during the Senior Executive Advanced Leader Training (SALT) program tour of Humphreys June 1, 2022. The purpose of the tour was to provide Navy Senior Executives experiential insight of daily efforts required to support U.S. Fleet Forces Command's (USFFC) mission to man, train, equip, certify, and employ combat-ready Naval forces capable of conducting prompt, sustained naval, joint, and combined operations in support of U.S. national interests.

Commander Heath Clifford, officer in charge ASTC JAX, gives a tour to CAPT Kimberly Toone, commanding officer Navy Medicine Operational Training Command (NMOTC) of the renovation project of Aviation Survival Training Center, Mar. 09, 2023. NSTI, a detachment of NMOTC, specializes in training the pilots, aircrew, and service members whosupport other specialized communities in survival skills and technique to survive aviation emergencies.Students and service members who complete training and courses will be equipped, with anunderstanding of stressors placed on the body, the rigors of egress and techniques for survival insituations of hostile and austere environments. Navy Medicine Operational Training Command (NMOTC)is comprised of six nationwide detachments that offer specialized medical training in the fields ofaviation, aviation survival, surface and undersea warfare, expeditionary and special operationsmedicine.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Michael "Myke" L. Lewis Jr., chief warrant officer of the aviation branch, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, tours T. Wingate Andrews High School, alongside David Mayers, aviation academy coordinator, April 26, 2022 at High Point, North Carolina.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Todd May, NASA Space Launch System Program manager, talks with a reporter in the well deck of the USS Anchorage after completion of Underway Recovery Test 2. Behind him is the Orion boilerplate test vehicle secured in its recovery cradle. NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy completed the recovery test in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego to prepare for recovery of the Orion crew module on its return from a deep space mission. The underway recovery test allowed the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, procedures, new hardware and personnel in open waters. The U.S. Navy ship is in Los Angeles for LA Navy Days.The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program conducted the underway recovery test. Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide sa

Gary Royse (right), a volunteer docent at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, fields questions from a visitor to their gallery on Friday, May 6, 2022. The museum, located on the second floor of the Nauticus campus in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia is home to a robust volunteer corps which helps the museum connect visitors with the naval history of the Hampton Roads, Virginia area.

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Brian Schonefeld (left), facilities director for Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, briefs U.S. Senator for North Carolina Thom Tillis (center), and MCAS Cherry Point Commanding Officer Col. Brendan Burks and the members of the senator's staff on the damage that occurred to on-base housing areas during Hurricane Florence at MCAS Cherry Point, Aug. 26, 2022. While on the installation, Tillis and his staff gained insight into the current and future operations of the air station, such as the incoming F-35 Lightning II squadrons, Hurricane Florence recovery projects, and local environmental conservation efforts.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Boston, Massachusetts, for tour of harbor and the historic U.S. Naval vessel, U.S.S. Constitution

Scottie Mitchell, Checkered Flag 22-2 deputy director, briefs U.S Army Corps of Engineers members during a tour of the installation for Checkered Flag 22-2 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, May 12, 2022. Checkered Flag is a large-force aerial exercise held at Tyndall which fosters readiness and interoperability through the incorporation of 4th- and 5th-generation aircraft during air-to-air combat training. The 22-2 iteration of the exercise was held May 9-20, 2022.

Admiral Collins Visit - 26-HK-3-50. Admiral Collins talking with active-duty USCG in JFO-type building. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Marines and civilian employees of Marine Corps Base Hawaii meet with personnel from the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) at Puuloa Range Training Facility, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Oct. 27, 2022. The purpose of the visit was to begin a cooperative process between the DOH and MCBH toward analyzing conditions along the PRTF boundary, where state and federal jurisdictions meet.

WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 12, 2022) Commander Christopher Turmel, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) congratulates Gunners Mate 3rd Class Sergey Montross, from Tunkhannock, PA, after being meritoriously promoted aboard USS Lassen during UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 12, 2022. UNITAS is the worlds longest-running maritime exercise. Hosted this year by Brazil, it brings together multinational forces from Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Namibia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the United States conducting operations in and off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The exercise trains forces to conduct joint maritime operations through the execution of anti-surface, anti-submarine, anti-air, amphibious and electronic warfare operations that enhance warfighting proficiency and increase interoperability among participating naval and marine forces.

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Dave King (far right), director of Shuttle Processing , explains part of the launch process to (from left) Dave Rainer; Brig. Gen. Donald Pettit, Commander of the 45th Space Wing, Cape Canaveral; Roy Bridges, KSCs Center Director; and Gen. Ralph Everhart, Commander, Space Command , who are touring the Vehicle Assembly Building

220720-N-WI365-1106 SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 20, 2022) Capt. Fred Goldhammer, commanding officer of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), gives U.S., Italian and Ukrainian ambassadors to Singapore a tour of the bridge. The ambassadors toured the commanding officers cabin and observed flight operations from the bridge during their time aboard. 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.

USACE Hurricane Ian infrastructure team members listen to a morning safety briefing on Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Oct. 19. The team is volunteering in southwest Florida to conduct Applied Technology Council - 45, or ATC-45, Rapid Evaluation Safety Assessments. USACE received a FEMA mission assignment to conduct the ATC-45 assessments and USACE inspectors are working in coordination with county and state of Florida officials to conduct the structure assessments and then forwarding their findings to local county officials for a final decision. ATC-45 is an industry standard safety evaluation after windstorms and floods. In addition to the ATC-45 assessments, USACE is actively supporting FEMA and the state of Florida Hurricane Ian recovery efforts in other areas to include temporary blue roof installations, temporary housing and debris technical assistance.

Kennedy Space Center personnel and American Medical Response (AMR) contractor paramedics gather at the Florida spaceports Shuttle Landing Facility on May 17, 2019, for a medical support training course. The course was designed to familiarize the AMR paramedics with the centers Triage Forces deployment, which included medical team members, fire/rescue personnel, environmental health specialists and flight operations crew members, as well as a helicopter, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) tactical vehicle, fire pumper truck and triage vehicles. The AMR paramedics will assist the agency in contingency planning for the return of human spaceflight from Kennedy.

221020-A-FV109-0020CHAMBERSBURG, Pa.Director of the Directorate of Missile and Aerospace Readiness, David Pine, provides the opening remarks during a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the transfer of the Heliborne Laser Fire and Forget, also known as Hellfire, missile and Joint Air to Ground Missile, JAGM, program to Letterkenny Army Depot Oct. 20.The partnership between Letterkenny and the Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions Program Office will not only benefit the U.S. Army, but the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and our Foreign Military Sales allies as well,” Pine said. This effort did not happen overnight and has been the result of many individuals and organizations working together with persistence and patience. I want to express my appreciation to the TAGM team for advocating for the depot and seeing the value in the Organic Industrial Base.”

PHILIPPINE SEA (April 23, 2022) Cmdr. Warren Sherman, left, supply officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), speaks to distinguished visitors during a tour of the hangar bay aboard Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Employers nominated to participate in the Indiana Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Boss Lift tour a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft cockpit August 26, 2022, at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana. Indiana ESGR Boss Lift shows appreciation to employers of Guardsmen and Reservists by giving them a behind-the-scenes look at the military operations performed by their employees.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to San Francisco and vicinity, California, for touring, meetings with Interior personnel, classroom activities, and trip to Alcatraz Island

Descendants of Maj. Gen. Robert Bruce McCoy, the man whom Fort McCoy, Wis., is named after, visit the Fort McCoy History Center on July 8, 2022, during a special visit to the post by the McCoy family. The McCoy descendants visited the Fort McCoy Commemorative Area and all it offers to learn more about their familys military history with the installation.

Kent Riddle, center, chief executive officer of the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, speaks with Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and armed forces veterans during a visit to the hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as part of a namesake visit, September 1, 2022. Twelve Ford Sailors traveled to Michigan for the ships annual namesake visit to learn about the legacy of former President Gerald R. Ford and connect with local community members in Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor and Albion, Michigan.

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230316-N-GB257-003 N. Charleston, SC (March 16, 2023) Carel Peacock, chief engineer of the Expeditionary Intelligence Solutions Division at Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic, briefs command leadership on March 16 before providing a tour of the System of Systems Naval Integration Experiment facilities and activities.

Congressmen Visit Mobile Aviation Training Center - 26-HK-4-56. Hurricane Katrina

220722-N-YB310-1376PACIFIC OCEAN (July 22, 2022) Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Jonah Waage, center, speaks about a 3D printer with congressional staff delegations aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 22, 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

220517-N-OL611-1041 SAN DIEGO (May 17, 2022) Chief Damage Controlman Jason Anderson, a native of Riverside, Calif., speaks with the In-port Emergency Team (IET) members in the hangar bay aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), May 17. Vinson is currently moored in her homeport of San Diego.

Kennedy Space Center personnel and American Medical Response (AMR) contractor paramedics gather near the Space Florida hangar at the spaceports Shuttle Landing Facility on May 17, 2019, for a medical support training course. The course was designed to familiarize the AMR paramedics with the centers Triage Forces deployment, which included medical team members, fire/rescue personnel, environmental health specialists and flight operations crew members, as well as a helicopter, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) tactical vehicle, fire pumper truck and triage vehicles. The AMR paramedics will assist the agency in contingency planning for the return of human spaceflight from Kennedy.

Personnel at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., and their families participate in National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day to learn about recruit training, our local units, and visit on-base monuments, April 28, 2022.Training Center Cape May supports our Coast Guard children and acknowledge their strength, resiliency, and adaptability.

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Mississippi (Nov. 15, 2022) - Rear Adm. Lorin Selby, Chief of Naval Research, visits the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command on an official visit to become familiar with Naval Oceanography activities at Stennis Space Center. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command directs and oversees more than 2,500 globally-distributed military and civilian personnel who collect, process and exploit environmental information to assist Fleet and Joint Commanders in all warfare areas to make better decisions faster than the adversary.

Congressional Delegation Oversight Visit - 26-HK-7-39. CAPT David Callahan (CO ATC Mobile) greeting civilian dignitaries on ATC ramp. Hurricane Katrina

CARIBBEAN SEA (Sept. 22, 2017) Sailors prepare the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) for U.S. citizen evacuees from the island Dominica in the wake of Hurricane Maria. The Department of Defense is supporting U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID) in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort.

Stockton City Mayor Nando Meli presses the detonation button for an open pit detonation at the Tooele Army Depot (TEAD) South detonation area as Mayor Debbie Winn (Tooele) and Mayor John Olson (Vernon) peer through a periscope in the blast protective bunker at TEAD on April 07, 2022.

240122-N-KY668-1358MILLINGTON, Tenn. - (Jan. 22, 2024) - Admiral Linda L. Fagan, Commandant of the Coast Guard, addresses the Coast Guard members from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Lower Mississippi River at Naval Support Activity Mid South in Millington, Tenn., January 22, 2024. Fagan spoke to her Commandants intent to sharpen the competitive edge of the Coast Guard, advance mission excellence and transform the total workforce.

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - New Orleans - 26-HK-95-128. AIRSTA NOLA--CG personnel at brief with ADM Collins in hangar. Hurricane Katrina

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 17, 2020) Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper delivers remarks to Sailors in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Esper toured the ships composite warfare commander spaces, receiving in-depth briefings on carrier strike group interoperability and naval power defense. Vinson is currently underway conducting flight deck certification and carrier air traffic control center certification.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership, students and staff participate in a 9/11 Never Forget Challenge on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2022. The event included a 2,200 steps per teams in relay mode activity to remember the fallen, the injured and everyone who was impacted by the events of 9/11. The steps challenge was designed simulate the equivalent steps of the World Trade Center Tower.

Seven U.S. Air Force veterans and their spouses tour the 125th Fighter Wing, Florida Air National Guard in Jacksonville, Florida, Oct. 12, 2022. The Vietnam-era pilots are all graduates from the 1967 pilot training course held at the now-defunct Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, Texas. The pilots flew an assortment of aircraft to include the F-4 Phantom II, C-141 Starlifter and LTV A-7 Corsair II, among others, during the war fight in Vietnam. During the visit, U.S. Air Force Col. Mansour Elhihi, 125th Operations Group commander, shared the Wing's vast mission sets, the upcoming F-35 Lightning II conversion, and the National Guard's role supporting the National Defense Strategy. The veterans, now scattered across the U.S., have been reuniting the Jacksonville area for over 12 years to rekindle old friendships and bond over their shared experience of serving in the Air Force.

220515-N-DO281-1065ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 15, 2022) Capt. Ed Sundberg, deputy commodore, Destroyer Squadron 60, right, speaks with Cmdr. Aaron Arky, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), before departing the ship, May 15, 2022. Paul Ignatius is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S., Allied and partner interest in Europe and Africa.

220406-N-TL932-1007 SAN DIEGO (April 6, 2022) Lt. John Lobkowicz, assistant public affairs officer, gives a tour to volunteers from the USS Midway Museum during a visit aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), April 6. Vinson is currently pierside in its homeport of San Diego.

220617-N-PA358-1019 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 17, 2022) Sailors store food in a storeroom aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) during a replenishment-at-sea with USNS Supply (T-AOE 6) and USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5), June 17, 2022. The Harry S. Truman 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.

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.

Norfolk (September 26, 2022) BTCS(SW) Tom Dandes, USN (Ret.), outgoing Military Ceremonies and Special Events Coordinator at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, shares some remarks at his retirement celebration. .). Dandes retired from the U.S. Navy in 1998 as a Senior Chief Boiler Technician, and entered federal service with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum shortly thereafter. His retirement culminates two decades of service at the museum as their Military Ceremonies and Special Events Coordinator. The retirement celebration was attended by staff members, volunteers, family members and friends of the museum. (US Navy Photo by Max Lonzanida/Released).

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Boston, Massachusetts, for tour of harbor and the historic U.S. Naval vessel, U.S.S. Constitution

Inter-American Defense College Leadership welcomed Deputy Assistant Secretary Kerri Hannan, US Department of State Western Hemisphere Bureau for a visit to the IADC Campus on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 2022. During the visit, the guests conducted an office call with IADC Leadership, received an IADC brief, and concluded the visit with a tour of the campus.

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Benjamin Williams, 560th Flying Training Squadron commander, gives a brief during an honorary commanders program tour, Aug. 17, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The honorary commanders program enhances the knowledge of community leaders regarding the missions, policies, programs and people of the U.S. military, while fostering a supportive relationship between the military and the community.

NORFOLK, Virginia (July 21, 2022) Military Sealift Command (MSC) Afloat Team Training Instructor Mario Majors discusses the importance of damage control with Civil Service Mariners (CIVMARs) aboard USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13). Medgar Evers recently completed Afloat Tailored Team Training in preparation for upcoming operations. (Photo by Hendrick Dickson/Released).

Congressmen Visit Mobile Aviation Training Center - 26-HK-4-89. Hurricane Katrina

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