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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. 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.
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100522-N-KD414-7716 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-2C Hawkeyes, 3 warfare centers and 80 tenants.U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Steve Lakjohn, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team supply noncommissioned officer, fills buckets with dirt during a DPAA recovery mission in Kamp-Bornhofen, Germany, Aug. 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.Jack Kenkeo, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) life support investigator, screens collected evidence 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.050821-A-6108G-237. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Zahko Country: Iraq (IRQ)DF-ST-89-05320. Subject Operation/Series: READINESS CHALLENGE 87 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Paris Lauvale, 386th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron Personnel Support for Contingency Operations sustainments NCOIC, reviews a checklist before military personnel arrive to inprocess at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, July 16, 2022. By being one of the largest PERSCO teams in the area of responsibility, they provide support to military personnel in transit across the AOR.040706-F-1601R-001. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAAn Oklahoma Air National Guard Airman collects illegally grown marijuana seedlings in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, Oct. 3, 2022. The Oklahoma National Guard supported the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics by providing service members and equipment to collect large amounts of illegally grown marijuana and transporting them to an undisclosed location for destruction. (Oklahoma Army National Guard photo by Spc. Tyler Brahic)U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Bretches, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) supply noncommissioned officer, constructs a wet-screening system during a recovery mission in England, April 11, 2022. This was DPAAs second recovery mission in the United Kingdom. DPAAs mission is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.Soldiers assigned to Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 116th Field Artillery Regiment, Florida Army National Guard support distribution operations in Cape Coral, Florida. The 116th is deployed to south Florida to respond to the devastation of Hurricane Ian.The 1st Brigade / 102nd Division are shown here at the Engineers Vertical Skill Building on Texas Avenue on Fort Dix, NJ instructing various Army soldiers from various units during their 12W10 Masonry Course. Army MOS 12W Specialists are skilled at working on heavy carpentry and masonry projects. Soldiers need to adapt to their surroundings and often construct infrastructure and planning with a quick turn-a-round time.(Photos taken by the Fort Dix TSC Training Support Center)US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Rob Thompson, assigned to Radar Maintenance, 31st Communications Squadron (CS) assembles a Telescopic Antenna Mast at Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy, in preparation for an upcoming deployment. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)220420-N-QV906-0009 NEW ORLEANS (April 20, 2022) - Sonar Technician 2nd Class Andrew Bauss, originally from Baltimore, Maryland, paints an outward facing wall of Louis Armstrong Park in the historic district of Treme in New Orleans while participatingin a community relations event during Navy Week New Orleans April 20, 2022. Navy Weeks are designed to show Americans the investment they made in their Navy and increases awareness in cities that do not have a significant Navy presence.U.S. Soldiers with 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division compete in a Murph Challenge for Memorial Day, Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, May 30, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among other units assigned to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe that works alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces; execute joint, bilateral and multinational training exercises; and provides command and control for rotational and assigned units in the European theater.A Kuwaiti sailor scoops sand away from a practice Valmara 69 anti-personnel bounding mine. Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team 3 is conducting a class for a group of Kuwaiti navy EOD personnel during Eager Express '92. Subject Operation/Series: EAGER EXPRESS '92 Country: Kuwait (KWT)A Seabee hammers together a crossbeam for a new building. Base: Naval Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)030308-F-2706D-001. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USAFEStaff Sgt. Kailah Bacon, a team leader with the 773rd Civil Support Team, dons her protective gear before going into the hot zone to sample live chemical warfare agents during Exercise Toxic Valley 2022. Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense teams from 12 NATO nations participated in the exercise Sept. 5-16.The exercise, conducted at the CBRN Training and Testing Center Zemianske Kostolany in Slovakia, gives warfighters the opportunity to train sampling and identification of chemical warfare agents in realistic conditions. The Slovak Republic hosts the exercise to provide world-class training to members of the NATO alliance.Male and female recruits work together to carry a shipmate in the stokes stretcher through the downed power line obstacles during the Mass Casualty scenario of Battle Stations at Recruit Training Center Great Lakes. Base: Recruit Trng Ctr, Great Lakes State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)BIBRA LAKE, Australia (Dec. 2, 2022) - Electronics Technician (Navigation) Seaman Patrick Van Netten, assigned to the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782), volunteers during a community outreach event at a wildlife rehabilitation and rescue center in Bibra Lake, Australia, Dec. 2. Mississippi is visiting Royal Australian Navy HMAS Stirling Naval Base, Australia to enhance interoperability, communication, and strengthen relationships among like-minded nations.Women Marine recruits crawl under an obstacle on the challenge course during basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team sharpen a trowel during a DPAA recovery mission in Kamp-Bornhofen, Germany, July 16, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.041030-M-3843C-048. Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)Coast Guard Station Panama City personnel prepare unit for Hurricane Ian Sept. 25, 2022, in Panama City, Fla. Units across the Gulf Coast are preparing for Hurricane Ian's arrival.Checkpoint near Chernowitz, cars are stopped and checked by volunteers030709-F-5586B-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)Petty Officer 2nd Class Aubrei Hein, Naval Hospital Jacksonville Hospital corpsman, left, screens soil with local workers during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Oct. 3, 2022. Hein volunteered for DPAA as a Short Term Individual Augmentee, or STIA, in order aid in DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.Left, Luciano Lazzeri Fire Inspector, assigned to Fire Department Emergency Services, Camp Darby USAG Italy, briefs Daniele Bini inside plant and fire warden, assigned to 509th signal Battalion, on the sprinkler system operation, during the fire prevention week. Camp Darby, DEPOT, Italy, Oct. 12, 2022.U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andrew Melis, 60th Security Forces Squadron military dog handler, stands for a portrait at Travis Air Force Base, California, Sept. 30, 2022. Melis saved a veteran's dog's life from a brutal dog attack in Vacaville, California, using techniques he learned from the 341st Training Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, military working dog handler's course.