Military Construction Efforts

Images showcasing military personnel engaged in construction activities, applying materials, and building structures in various locations.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam Walden, Jr. of the 110th Civil Engineer Squadron, removes siding from a building at the Tama Hills Recreational Area, a U.S. Armed Forces recreational area near Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 9, 2022. Members of the 110th CES participated in a Deployment for Training (DFT) exercise in Japan to renovate the Boy Scout camp located at the recreational area.The DFT program provides valuable training opportunities normally not available in home station scenarios, allowing Airmen to train on equipment they will likely operate during a deployment, but might not have access to on their home base.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Connor Huften, right, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, and native of Florida, and a Royal Thai marine with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of Combat Engineers applies stucco to the inside walls of a classroom being built at the Ban Prakaet school in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 19, 2024. Marines of MWSS-171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

Two 226th Combat Information Systems Group technicians connect an air conditioner vent to a mobile air traffic control tower during Exercise Combat Challenge '86. Subject Operation/Series: COMBAT CHALLENGE '86 Base: Patrick Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force Lance Corporal Robert Serrano and US Air Force Corporal Scott Hollandsworth from the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, create a door frame for the Babonneau community center in Castries, Saint Lucia. Approximately 100 Marine, Army and Air Force personnel have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of the Operation NEW HORIZONS. the operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Castries Country: Saint Lucia (LCA)

060411-A-6365W-204. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Gabe Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

220919-N-EJ241-1046DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory (Sept. 19, 2022) - Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 work with civilian contractors to pour concrete at U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia. 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.

Members of the 202nd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE) Squadron, Florida Air National Guard, clear roads in Fort Myers Beach, Florida in response to Hurricane Ian, Oct. 1, 2022. The 202nd RED HORSE Squadron, stationed at Camp Blanding, Florida, is a specialized, highly mobile civil engineering team comprised of Florida Air National Guardsmen that provides rapid response capabilities for multiple worldwide contingencies and operations.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam Walden, Jr. of the 110th Civil Engineer Squadron, removes siding from a building at the Tama Hills Recreational Area, a U.S. Armed Forces recreational area near Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 9, 2022. Members of the 110th CES participated in a Deployment for Training (DFT) exercise in Japan to renovate the Boy Scout camp located at the recreational area.The DFT program provides valuable training opportunities normally not available in home station scenarios, allowing Airmen to train on equipment they will likely operate during a deployment, but might not have access to on their home base.

Pfc. John Beckman, a carpentry and masonry specialist with the 2120th Engineer Company, participates in the Cherokee Nation Civil Engineering Innovative Readiness Training June 9, 2022 in Tahlequah, OK. The Air and Army National Guardsmen work in two-week rotations from April to August, building seven homes each year for low-income or homeless military veterans of Cherokee Nation.

020515-F-6932M-003. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS 2002 Base: Camp Dingo State: Kingston Country: Jamaica (JAM)

220113-N-WU964-1036 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 13, 2022) Seaman Erin Schwarz, from Gulfport, Mississippi, sands paint on an underway replenishment station 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.

U.S. Air National Guard Maj. William C. Moore, 131st Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) operations flight commander, operates a miter saw at 14 Wing Royal Canadian Air Force Base in Greenwood, Canada, July 12, 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 Royal Canadian Air Force (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.

Soldiers with 842nd Engineer Company, South Dakota Army National Guard, spread the finished surface of a concrete pad tool in support of the Golden Coyote Training Exercise at the Belle Fourche National Wildlife Reservoir, South Dakota, June 15, 2022. Golden Coyote is a three-phase scenario driven exercise conducted in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, which enables Commanders to focus on mission essentials warrior tasks and drills.

Midshipman Ethan Chandler, attached to Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), hammers a nail at a Habitat for Humanity community relations event during Fleet Week Seattle, Aug. 4, 2022. Fleet Week Seattle is a time-honored celebration of the sea services and provides an opportunity for the citizens of Washington to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as witness firsthand the latest capabilities of today's maritime services.

Staff Sgt. Dustin Haycox, an 823rd Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron structural craftsman from Hurlburt Field, Fla., builds an inner wall of a new two-classroom schoolhouse in the village of Ocotes Alto, Honduras, June 27, 2015. The schoolhouse is part of the New Horizons Honduras 2015 training exercise. The exercise improves joint readiness of U.S. and partner nation civil engineers, medical professionals, and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities.

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Cory Kuntz, 823rd Red Horse Squadron (RHS), from Hurlburt Field Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, pounds in a tent stake, for the new location of the Communications Squadron, at a forward location, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

220810-N-LW757-1125PORT HUENEME, Calif (Aug. 10, 2022) U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 place concrete during a technical trainer exercise aboard Naval Base Ventura County Aug. 10. The U.S. Navy Seabees with NMCB-5 are homeported out of Port Hueneme. They train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

SANDAKAN, Malaysia (Aug. 19, 2015) Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 and members of the Royal Malaysian Army construct a gazebo at Kampung Gas Primary School during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2015. In its 21st year, CARAT is an annual, bilateral exercise series with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations including, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor-Leste.

Soldiers with the Army Reserves 389th Engineer Company of Des Moines, Iowa, work on a troop project June 21, 2022, at Camp Courage on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The company worked on several projects to improve the camp during their 2022 annual training, including putting new metal siding on numerous buildings. Troop projects are coordinated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works and help improve the installation's infrastructure while at the same time providing training for Army engineer units.

050913-A-6004S-041. Base: Pearlington State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030204-F-9528H-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Pvt. 1st Class Michelle Almeida of Kihei, Hawaii sets a form in place above a door in the new classroom facility the Hawaii National Guard, 230th Engineer Company, Vertical is building jointly with the Royal Thai Marine Engineer Battalion during the Cobra Gold joint engineering civil assistance mission hosted at the Ban Nong Buatong school in the Chanthaburi District of Thailand Jan. 24 to Feb. 11.

As the cement truck pours out concrete, members of 1st Platoon, 797th Vertical Engineer Company from Barrigada, Guam, U.S. Army Reserve, and Royal Fiji Military Force Engineers spread the gravel and sand mixture for the foundation during the joint construction project of a new auditorium for the Ratu Nalevawada village school on September 17, 2022, during Exercise Cartwheel 2022, Nadi, Fiji. Regular exercises and engagements with our Allies and Partners are instrumental in cultivating civil-military cooperation, increasing emergency preparedness, and enhancing bilateral response capabilities.

Soldiers assigned to 842nd Engineer Compay, South Dakota Army National Guard, hammer wood during a sidewalk build 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.

The Utah Air National Guard Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron was tasked to execute an Emergency detonation of several depleted uranium rounds that had been compromised on June 23, 2022 at Tooele Army Depot, UT.

Members of the 149th Civil Engineer Squadron, from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, build a house June 28, 2022, during an innovative readiness training exercise at Tahlequah in the Cherokee nation of Okla. The 149th CES worked on two houses for the Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation, they will be used as low income housing. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Agustin G. Salazar)

220919-N-EJ241-1166DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory (Sept. 19, 2022) - Tools used by Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 sit on the floor after a section of concrete is worked on at U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia. 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.

221028-N-YT061-1056 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 28, 2022) Brennan Coleman, an employee for Shipwright, from Port Orchard, Washington, installs a kick deck in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), October 28, 2022. Truman is the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and is currently in port onboard Naval Station Norfolk.

Team New Horizons joint forces in effort to build a new school in Estigarribia, Paraguay, during Exercise NEW HORIZONS. Combined Task Force Guarani Springs conducts engineer and medical operations in Paraguay, enabling joint training. The task force will renovate, construct and improve the infrastructure of four schools, four water wells, two medical clinics, and conduct multiple Medical Readiness Training Exercises (MEDRETES), and Veterinarian Readiness Training Exercises (VETRETES) as agreed to by the government of Paraguay. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Estigarribia Country: Paraguay (PRY)

Airman 1st Class Natalia Valentine-Guzman smooths out freshly-poured cement on a new walkway near dormitories at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 24, 2022. Airmen from the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron works on construction projects around the base on an ongoing basis to improve the quality of life for locally assigned personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dan Heaton)

020427-F-7203T-015. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2002 Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

110415-N-EP471-134KINGSTON, Jamaica (April 15, 2011) A Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 28 cuts wood for a guard shack during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service project at the Trenchtown Primary School. NMCB-28 is embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) for Continuing Promise, a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South American.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Frankie Sablan, 554th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers Squadron force support contingency instructor, adjusts the foot pegs on a field sanitization unit during an operational readiness exercise at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sept. 13, 2022. The purpose of this ORE is for Airmen to practice and enhance the skills needed to conduct various base functions in a high-risk environment.

221021-N-UF592-1045 PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 21, 2022) Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Shekhar Sahdev, from New York, stores a vertical replenishment transport cable on the flight deck of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship, USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE 7), in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 21. 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.

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Air Force Senior Christopher S. Peek from the 186th Civil Engineering Squadron of the Mississippi Air National Guard, deployed to Joint Task Force Guantanamo with the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, removes a metal roof from a vacant building in Camp America, March 10, 2010. The 474th ECES supports Joint Task Force Guantanamo by maintaining the Expeditionary Legal Complex and Camp Justice facilities and infrastructure. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, r

Two members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1) put their initials in the concrete footing they just poured during the multinational relief effort OPERATION RESTORE HOPE. The Seabees are installing a basketball hoop in the playground of a local school as part of a civic action project. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Miszewski of the 110th Civil Engineer Squadron, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Michigan trains to use a jack-hammer at the Tama Hills Recreational Area, a U.S. Armed Forces recreational area near Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 14, 2022. Members of the 110th CES participated in a Deployment for Training (DFT) exercise in Japan to renovate the Boy Scout camp located at the recreational area.The DFT program provides valuable training opportunities normally not available in home station scenarios, allowing Airmen to train on equipment they will likely operate during a deployment, but might not have access to on their home base.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Kely Soza, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, opens a paint canister at Tiniguiban Barangay Child Development Center during KAMANDAG 6 in Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 11, 2022. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

050623-A-6108G-147. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sulaymaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

OXNARD, Calif. (Feb. 23, 2013) Engineering Aid 1st Class Willie Blanding, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, shows Oxnard High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) students how to correctly measure wood. Volunteers from NMCB 3's First Class Petty Officer Association visited to the school to help mentor JROTC students and build shelving units for a large metal storage container. NMCB 3 provides combatant commanders and Navy component commanders with combat-ready warfighters capable of general engineering, construction and limited combat engineering across the full range of military operations.

020509-F-7232C-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

050713-A-6108G-420. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

220919-N-EJ241-1057DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory (Sept. 19, 2022) - Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 work with civilian contractors to pour concrete at U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia. 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.

030222-F-9528H-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team sift through dirt during a DPAA recovery mission in England, April 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.

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, and Royal Thai marines with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of Combat Engineers weld a roofing truss at the Ban Prakaet school in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 13, 2024. Marines of MWSS-171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

Sgt. Bryan Mesencik lays a concrete mix in the kitchen of a primary school reconstruction project in Karlovac, Croatia on June 9, 2016. Mesencik along with other Soldiers of the Minnesota Army National Guard 851st Vertical Engineer Company, Airmen from the Minnesota Air National Guard 148th and 133rd Civil Engineer Squadron along with the Croatian Army Engineering Horizontal Construction Company work together for repairs and to rebuild parts of a primary school in Karlovac, Croatia. The project is a Humanitarian Civic Assistance project made possible by the US European Command in partnership with the US Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia.

CHIANG MAI, Thailand (Jan. 19, 2013) Chief Steelworker Mike Bonifer, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, works with the Royal Thai Air Force building posts for the site perimeter of a building at the Ban Piang Rat School. NMCB 5 Det Cobra Gold is participating in the project as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2013. Cobra Gold is an annual Thai-U.S. co-sponsored joint and multinational exercise with the Kingdom of Thailand, U.S., Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Republic of Korea and Malaysia.

A Readiness Challenge VIII participant from Air Combat Command's 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, begin the guard shack build event April 18, 2022, at the Silver Flag Training Site, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The Department of the Air Force CE event is hosted by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. After a 20+ year hiatus, the challenge, a premier event for Department of the Air Force civil engineers, is back. This year's Readiness Challenge is the initial operating capability event before the challenge reaches full operating capability within the next two years. At this year's event, which runs through April 22, eight teams representing major commands and U.S. Space Force are facing off in about 20 events showing myriad of CE capabilities from emergency airfield lighting and water purification to building a guard shack from the ground up and firefighting and EOD operations.

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron repair and reclamation section work together to secure an aircraft using a turfer at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Jan. 2, 2024. The Crash, Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery program ensures members are ready and postured to provide the Liberty Wing with emergency crash response and recovery capabilities.

221006-N-AS200-1407 SAN NICOLAS ISLAND, Calif. (NNS) (Oct. 5, 2022) - The U.S. Navy conducted an annual coastal cleanup on the remote beaches of San Nicolas Island (SNI), the most isolated of the California Channel Islands, located sixty-five miles offshore, and South of Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu. The cleanup team consisted of nearly fifty volunteer Navy Sailors and civilians assigned to NBVC and Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, who removed over two-thousand pounds of trash and debris on three SNI beaches. NBVC is a strategically located Naval installation composed of three operating facilities: Point Mugu, Port Hueneme and San Nicolas Island. NBVC is the home of the Pacific Seabees, West Coast E-2D Hawkeyes, 3 warfare centers and 80 tenants.

1st Lt. Joshua Steadman supervises Spc. Michael Baldwin, both members of the 229th Engineer Company, while using an excavator to backfill a washed-out culvert along Eade Road in Ashland County, Wisconsin Aug. 9 as part of flood recovery operations. Maj. Gen. Don Dunbar, Wisconsin's adjutant general, called more than 75 Wisconsin National Guard members to state active duty to assist townships in northwest Wisconsin affected by major flooding and damaging winds. Wisconsin National Guard photograph by Spc. Kati Stacy/Released.

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-435-41. Hurricane Katrina

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 25, 2022) Boatswains Mate Seaman Pablo Garciamedina hooks chains to a MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, attached to the Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 79, on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), Nov. 25, 2022. Roosevelt 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.

030712-F-7709W-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Carl Harkins, left, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, and a native of Texas, and Cpl. Michael Tapia, a heavy equipment operator with MWSS-171, push wheelbarrows of concrete at the Ban Prakaet School at Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 26, 2024. Marines of MWSS-171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy Corpsman with the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force participate in a battalion run at Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Maryland, February 15, 2024. The run was conducted to boost morale. Marine Corps

220607-N-PI330-1173 - Steelworker Constructionman Jason Dulerain, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133, builds range targets for the Latvian national guard, June 7, 2022 in Liepaja, Latvia. NMCB 133 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.

Air Assault candidates rappel off the rappel towers on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, February 20, 2024. After successfully rappeling from the towers, candidates will rappel out of rotary wing aircraft. Army

Soldiers with the Army Reserves 389th Engineer Company of Des Moines, Iowa, work on a troop project June 21, 2022, at Camp Courage on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The company worked on several projects to improve the camp during their 2022 annual training, including putting new metal siding on numerous buildings. Troop projects are coordinated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works and help improve the installation's infrastructure while at the same time providing training for Army engineer units.

The 377th Engineer Company is here working an exercise at Bivouac 5 on the Fort Dix Range Complex. This Reserve unit is from Butler, Pennsylvania and they are completing the concrete/masonry work around the new latrine on Bivouac 5. Fort Dix Training Division and the unit work with a local contracted concrete company to complete this mission. Soldiers will then have a new latrine for their use while setting up at a command post during training on the Fort Dix Range Complex. (Images provided by the Fort Dix (TSC) Training Support Center / Dan Amburg / Kevin McDevitt)

PHU YEN, Vietnam (June 20, 2022) Utilitiesman 2nd Class Michael Fraley, assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion One (ACB 1), removes damaged window frames from a classroom at An Tho Ninh Dong Primary School during a renovation project in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in it's 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

030121-M-5266H-040. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jose Becerril, a heavy equipment operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, and a native of New Jersey, applies stucco to the outside walls of a new classroom being built at the Ban Prakaet school in Chanthaburi, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 19, 2024. Marines of MWSS-171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Aug. 3, 2022) Builder Constructionman Yihao Gong cuts timber for a tentdecks construction project during Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 18s Field Training Exercise (FTX). FTX is designed to analyze a battalions construction capability, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to support major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 554th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers lower a roof panel at Northwest Field, Guam, Sept. 23, 2022. This k-span building will be used for vehicle maintenance and storage.

000708-N-5961C-006. Subject Operation/Series: CARAT 2000 Country: Thailand (THA)

050118-F-5833N-018. Base: Savannakitet Country: Laos (LAO)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Connor Huften, left, a combat engineer, and a native of Florida, and Lance Cpl. Keegan Frandsen, a heavy equipment operator, and a native of Idaho, both with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, place rebar at the Ban Prakaet school in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 14, 2024. Marines of MWSS-171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 94th Cavalry Regiment fill sandbags in International Falls, Minn. The Soldiers were activated to support flood response in the Rainy River Basin.

AIRMAN First Class Daniel Woodson, USAF, from the 823rd Red Horse Squadron, Hurlbert Air Base, Florida, fills in around the form at the well tower base with dirt. The form will be filled with cement to secure the tower during the construction of the Las Palmas Well in Paraguay during Exercise NEW HORIZONS. Combined Task Force Guarani Springs conducts engineer and medical operations in Paraguay from 10 March to 30 June 2001, enabling joint training between Air Force, Marines, Army, and Paraguayan military personnel. The task force will renovate, construct and improve the infrastructure of four schools; four water-wells, two medical clinics, and conduct multiple Medical Readiness Training .... Complete Scene Caption: Airman First Class Daniel Woodson, USAF, from the 823rd Red Horse Squadron, Hurlbert Air Base, Florida, fills in around the form at the well tower base with dirt. The form will be filled with cement to secure the tower during the construction of the Las Palmas Well in Para

000521-F-5697C-002. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

020215-F-5795G-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jan. 5, 2024) Airman Alexa Flores, from, Corpus Christi, Texas, uses a needle gun while conducting deck preservation on the flight deck of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), while in-port Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Jan. 5. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of the Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interest in the Indo-Pacific region.

(220516-N-OI810-0679) KEY WEST, Florida (May 16, 2022) Builder 1st Class Steven Arkin, left, from Long Beach, Mississippi, and Builder 1st Class Marcelo Restrepo, from Orlando, Florida, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, square a door frame during an office space installation in the Central Processing Facility of Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) South, at Naval Air Station Key West (NASKW), May 16, 2022. Seabees assigned to NMCB-14 travelled to NASKW to perform on-site training and assist with facility and compound maintenance. NMCB-14 provides advance base construction, battle damage repair, contingency engineering, humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery support to our fleet and unified commanders.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Steve Lakjohn, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) supply noncommissioned officer, sifts through dirtduring a DPAA recovery mission in Kamp-Bornhofen, Germany, July 25, 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 1st Class George Cravins, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron pavement and equipment apprentice, cuts open a bag of rapid-set concrete to be mixed with water to complete the backfill portion of rapid airfield damage repair as part of an exercise week at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 10, 2022. The exercise assessed Yokota's ability to perform Agile Combat Employment (ACE) across a range of military operations in a complex and dynamic international security environment.

DF-ST-89-04078. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050710-A-6108G-817. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) hold the fuel hose in place during an in-flight refueling with an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to the Tridents of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9, during flight operations as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, Oct. 12, 2022. The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is on its inaugural deployment conducting training and operations alongside NATO Allies and partners to enhance integration for future operations and demonstrate the U.S. Navys commitment to a peaceful, stable and conflict free Atlantic region.

Soldiers from 1st Platoon, 797th Vertical Engineer Company from Barrigada, Guam, U.S. Army Reserve, place rebar forms into the footing in preparation for concrete for the new auditorium being constructed at the Ratu Nalevawada school construction project during Exercise Cartwheel 2022, Nadi, Fiji September 16, 2022. Exercise Cartwheel is a multilateral military-to-military training exercise with the U.S., Republic of Fiji Military, Australian, New Zealand, and British forces that builds expeditionary readiness and interoperability by increasing the capacity to face a crisis and contingencies by developing and stressing units at the highest training levels.

CMDR Donald Thurston sprays an area with insecticide in an effort to combat mosquitoes and other insects. Thurston is part of a preventive medicine team inspecting refugee camps for unsanitary conditions which might promote disease. The team is in the area during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Kenya Defence Forces Rapid Response Unit members execute technical rescue rappelling for casualty evacuation training during Justified Accord 2024 (JA24) in Kenya Feb. 29, 2024. JA24 is U.S. Africa Command's largest exercise in East Africa, running from Feb. 26 - March 7. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), and hosted in Kenya, this year's exercise will incorporate personnel and units from 23 nations. This multinational exercise builds readiness for the U.S. joint force, prepares regional partners for UN and AU mandated missions, and increases multinational interoperability in support of humanitarian assistance, disaster response and crisis response. Army

The 332d Air Expeditionary Wing unveils 9-11 themed T-wall for Patriot Day Commemoration at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 11, 2022. Patriot Day is a holiday memorializing the lives lost on the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and honoring those who have fought in the Global War on Terror ever since.

Master Sgt. Hugo Moradorado of the 149th Civil Engineer Squadron, from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, work on a roof June 27, 2022, during an innovative readiness training exercise at Tahlequah in the Cherokee Nation of Okla. The 149th CES worked on two houses for the Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation, they will be used as low income housing. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Agustin G. Salazar)

Quartermaster 3rd Class Mitchell Julien, attached to Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), hands a wood panel to Lt.j.g. Caitlin Bezecny at a Habitat for Humanity community relations event during Fleet Week Seattle, Aug. 4, 2022. Fleet Week Seattle is a time-honored celebration of the sea services and provides an opportunity for the citizens of Washington to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as witness firsthand the latest capabilities of today's maritime services.

Petty Officer Second Class Rebecca OKeefe (left) and Master Sailor Kieran Scott (right), observe the unloading of the Canadian divers sea containers for Exercise TRADEWINDS in Belize City on May 6, 2022. Photo: Cpl Alevtina Ostanin - Visual Communications Support (VCS)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Lavon Reese, 355th Munitions Squadron conventional maintenance technician, signals to a forklift operator on where to place the 30mm ammunition containers onto a munitions trailer at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, May 24, 2022. The containers go through a foreign object inspection before being transferred to the flightline.

Steelworker/Constructionman Michael Jacobs, Amphibious Construction Battalion One (ACB-1), Port Hueneme, CA, lights the torch in preparation for cutting the AM-2 airfield matting. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

120731-O-ZZ999-048 SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (July 31, 2012) Builder 2nd Class Daniel Reckers, left, and Utilityman 3rd Class Jesse Pringle put a fresh coat of paint onto a pair of doors at Chrov Heath Center during Pacific Partnership 2012. Now in its seventh year, Pacific Partnership is an annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance mission between U.S. military, host and partner nations, non-governmental organizations and international agencies designed to build stronger relationships and disaster response capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region.

U.S. Air Force Airman Nicolas Vasquez, 375th Force Support Squadron services, inserts a pin into a brace while building a Single Pallet Expeditionary Kitchen during Ballistic Badger 2022, Oct. 19, 2022, on Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin. BB22 is a training opportunity for airmen at the Showcase Wing to rehearse the ability to execute rapid global mobility.

020520-F-6932M-001. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS 2002 Base: Camp Dingo State: Kingston Country: Jamaica (JAM)

220904-N-EL850-1005 ADRIATIC SEA (Sep. 6, 2022) Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Micheal Julian, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Squadron (HSM) 46, removes tip caps from an MH-60R Sea Hawk Helicopter aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), Sep. 6, 2022. Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 is the offensive air and strike component of Carrier Strike Group 10 and the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group. The squadrons of CVW-7 are Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143, VFA-103, VFO-86, VFA-136, Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140, VAW-121, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5, and HSM-46. 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.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Mario Hernandez, a water and fuels system specialist assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, grabs a water pipe piece and glue off the ledge of a trench at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 27, 2022. The water and fuels systems maintenance shop has buried over 500 feet of water pipe under PSABs Logistics Support Area to bring the water temperature down during the summer, for mid-day switch shift workers quality of life. (U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Noah J. Tancer)

Soldiers with the Army Reserves 389th Engineer Company of Des Moines, Iowa, work on a troop project June 21, 2022, at Camp Courage on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The company worked on several projects to improve the camp during their 2022 annual training, including putting new metal siding on numerous buildings. Troop projects are coordinated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works and help improve the installation's infrastructure while at the same time providing training for Army engineer units.

980306-F-7910D-006. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

010406-F-3048L-005. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Las Palmas Country: Paraguay (PRY)

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Gregory Roger from the 820th Red Horse Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, uses rivets to secure the roof of the Coast Guard barracks in Castries, Saint Lucia. Approximately 100 Marine, Army and Air Force personnel have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of Operation NEW HORIZONS. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Castries Country: Saint Lucia (LCA)

020606-F-3715H-008. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

DM-SN-86-00885. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

BARRIGADA, Guam (April 20, 2020) - Senior Airman Melissa Gagaring, 254th REDHORSE Squadron, Guam Air National Guard, cuts wood for an environmental control unit installation at the Skilled Nursing Facility in Barrigada April 20. The Guam National Guard continues to work with federal and local agencies during the islands fight against COVID-19.

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