Military Maintenance Operations

Photographs depict servicemen engaged in maintenance tasks on aircraft and equipment, highlighting repair work during military operations.

Left side profile of USAF AIRMAN First Class York Ash as he crouches down and services a heating/air conditioning unit for routine maintenance on Operation Northern Watch's sprawling tent city. This image is from the February 1999 edition of AIRMAN Magazine. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

STAFF Sergeant Christopher Ovsak of the 3rd Air Support Operations Center Flight, right, and STAFF Sergeant Virgil Collier of the 21st Equipment Maintenance Squadron tape flexible linear shaped charges on to the tail section of a wrecked F-15 Eagle aircraft in order to cut it. A crew of over 40 servicemen is removing unexploded ordnance and other wreckage from the November 1988 crash on Barometer Mountain. Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010327-F-5872L-001. Subject Operation/Series: Operation New Horizons Paragauy Base: Concepcion Country: Paraguay (PRY)

040121-F-4830F-093. Base: Gulfport State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Scott Casey a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense specialist with the command element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit marches with CBRN equipment during a simulated CBRN response exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 1, 2022. CBRN response exercises test Marines on their ability to react to different operations such as investigating clandestine labs, containing chemical munitions, reconnaissance, decontamination, and rapid extraction of casualties. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a ready and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

030214-M-3138H-043. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5TH MARINES

040311-M-9656F-004. Base: Camp H. M. Smith State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

021101-F-9105A-002. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

A Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning Repair Technician with the 86th Contingency Response Group, fills ditches around the base camp at Tirana, Albania, to prepare tents (not shown) for newly arriving personnel. The 86th CRG from Ramstein AB, Germany, deployed to Tirana, Albania April 4, 1999, as the lead element of the U.S. Humanitarian Relief Force Shining Hope to distribute rations and water to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Subject Operation/Series: SHINING HOPE Country: Unknown

041207-M-5573S-109. Base: Camp Johnson State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Moroccan Royal Army soldier directs a simulated casualty to a medical treatment areaduring a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) defense demonstration hosted by the Moroccan military in Agadir, Morocco, June 28, 2022, during African Lion 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

U.S. Army Sgt. Santino Rodríguez, assigned to the Forward Support Company, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan Army National Guard, verifies the straps holding the loaded ammunition during Summer Shield at Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, May 19, 2022. Summer Shield is one of U.S. Army Europe and Africas multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe that make up Defender Europe 22. Defender demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters supporting NATO.

010320-F-5114B-018. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS 2001 Base: Castries Country: Saint Lucia (LCA)

CPL Garcia of Bravo Company, 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion , rigs his Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) with snow chains in off-road conditions during NORTHERN EDGE. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air Force members from the 823rd Civil Engineering Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, lay plastic liner over a tent structure that will be used by deployed troops supporting Operation Joint Endeavor. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

030217-M-5753Q-014. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

010104-F-0375W-502. Base: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030122-M-5266H-051. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030411-M-6910K-063. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

SPC Yong Kim 129th Medical detachment and SPC Ann-Marie Stallbawn fill sandbags for a mobile veterinary clinic at Yongsan, Army Garrison, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 20, 1998. The mobile Vet. clinic often attends to service members' pets, during training exercises, to include the present one, Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Seoul Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-88-05844. Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 114th Civil Engineer Squadron fill a simulated crater in order to practice rapid runway repair operations during the Lobo Trident exercise in Hector Field, North Dakota March 30, 2023. Hector Field was set up as a simulated forward operating station in a friendly country in order to give Airmen a chance to practice wartime emergency operations and communications in a remote location.

Civilian technicians assist Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, during Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) installation and validation on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Oct. 24, 2022. Utilization of the MILES system enables realistic training for units participating in Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) rotation 23-01. JPMRC strengthens defense relationships, fosters multinational interoperability, increases readiness, and reinforces the unified regional landpower network of the Joint Force.

220902-N-TC847-1058 ADRIATIC SEA (Sep. 2, 2022) Seaman Logan Moore, assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), prepares ammunition during a M240 machine gun qualification, Sep. 2, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christine Montgomery)

U.S. Air Force National Guard Explosive Ordnance Disposal Techinicians safely prepare several contaminated and compromised depleted uranium rounds on June 23, 2022 at Tooele Army Depot, UT. 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.

U.S. service members repair a simulated airfield during an airfield damage repair (ADR) field exercise (FEX) at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 5, 2024. Service members with III Marine Expeditionary Force, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, and 18th Civil Engineer Group participated in the FEX to refine ADR tactics, techniques and procedures by integrating with joint partners Marine Corps

030321-M-9933D-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bubyan Island Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 15th MEU (SOC)

050624-A-1566H-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Delta State: Al Kut Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Division load their gear into a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement during an Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force (ACM) drill at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 1, 2022. Routine short-notice ACM drills ensure III Marine Expeditionary Force Marines remain ready to rapidly deploy and maintain regional security in the Indo-Pacific. 3/3 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under the 4th Marines as part of the Unit Deployment program

Dive MASTER Medical Surgeon Commander Leland J. Morrison (left) is assisted by Hospital Corpsman Second Class Dean Delfavero (right) who attaches a hose to one of the oxygen tanks that may be needed in the event of a medical emergency during a search for the missing bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak. Both are members of the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California tasked with the A-10 recovery effort. Base: Big Spruce Lake State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-30. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-30. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

110720-N-WW409-534DARWIN, Australia (July 20, 2011) Lt. Ryan Ramsden, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5, rappels off a tower while training with members of the Australian Northern Territory Tactical Response Group during exercise Talisman Sabre 2011. Talisman Sabre is a bilateral exercise intended to train Australian and U.S. Forces in planning and conducting combined task force operations.

Medium shot, USA paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina gets a chute from a rigger prior to boarding a McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey C-141B Starlifter for a jump into a Fort Polk, Louisiana, drop zone. The exercise, called Large Package Week involves the airdropping of 1200nd paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne and their heavy equipment onto the drop zone. Large Package Week is a quarterly training exercise designed to build cohesiveness between the 82nd Airborne and Air Mobility Command units. The mission took place at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina on April 5, 2000. Subject Operation/Series: LARGE PACKAGE WEEK Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of 5th Quarter MASTER (QM) Company, Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Germany, forklifts humanitarian daily rations for the Tri-wall Aerial Delivery Systems (TRIADS) humanitarian effort at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

021109-F-3873G-016. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

A Moroccan Royal Army member removes and disposes protective gear during the decontamination process during a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) defense demonstration hosted by the Moroccan military in Agadir, Morocco, June 28, 2022, during African Lion 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

040116-F-9871C-027. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

040401-F-4338B-004. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Members of the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB), 3rd Marine Division, crouch around an M-15 anti-tank mine during a demolitions training exercise. The Marine on the left is holding a 1-pound TNT block demolition charge wrapped with a length of detonation cord. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

041109-M-4329J-023. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040324-M-5523R-040. Complete Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Lieutenant (2LT) Camilo Saavedra (left, front), Loading Support Detachment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) Unit, help Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) Marines, at a landing zone (LZ) on Camp Mujuk, located near Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Republic of Korea (KOR), prepare to hook up the cable, attached to their two howitzers, to a USMC 31st MEU(SOC) Unit CH-53E cargo helicopter for transportation during a joint USMC and ROKMC training exercise conducted as part of Amphibious Ready Group Exercise 2004 (ARGEX 04). ARGEX 04 is a joint USMC and US Navy (USN) training exercise designed to acquaint each service about the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with the deployment of a MEU(SOC) Unit. Base: Camp Mu Juk Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

020114-F-0007M-001. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040510-M-2900S-016. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A US Air Force Survival Recovery Center team member, in Mission-Oriented Protection Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) gear, is marking on a map where unexploded ordnance (UXO's) were found in base camp during a mock chemical attack. This is part of Combat Readiness Exercise (CRE) 00-02 taking place at Beale Air Force Base, California. Subject Operation/Series: COMBAT READINESS EXERCISE 00-02 Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030404-M-4779G-076. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DA-ST-88-04954. Base: Darlington County Airport State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020128-F-5281B-006. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY BULLDOG Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

Sappers assigned to 3rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conduct tables 1 and 2 of engineer qualification tables. To certify soldiers and leaders as well as to familiarize sappers with different kinds of explosives, these engineer tables are conducted on a demolition range.

110326-F-XC395-056Tech. Sgt. John Obermuller from the 374th Maintenance Squadron, Ken Holden from Resource Equipment LTD and Sgt. Ayota Horie from the Japan Ground Defense Force attach water hoses at Yokota Air Base, Japan March 26, 2011 for a water pumping station that will be employed at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant during Operation Tomodachi. The Tokyo Electrical Power Company is adding an additional water pumping station to pump fresh water instead of seawater to cool the reactors at the damaged nuclear power facility with the help of the U.S. government and various other agencies. As part of Operation Tomodachi, the U.S. military has humanitarian assistance capabilities positioned in the affected region that are supporting emergency relief efforts at the request of the Japanese government.

030131-F-1424R-148. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050915-A-5679R-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

US Marine Corps Corporal Shawn Callamari of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, works to smooth freshly poured cement at the community center in Babonneau, Saint Lucia. Approximately, 100 US Marines, Soldiers and Airmen 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: Babonneau Country: Saint Lucia (LCA)

030201-M-1852W-004. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn, 12th Marines

A 374th Civil Engineer Squadron Rapid Airfield Damage Repair team mix rapid set concrete in a crater to complete the backfill portion of RADR as part of an exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 14, 2022. The RADR process makes use of rapid-setting concrete which enables operations to resume in hours instead of days compared to normal concrete setting times.

030917-F-3939J-002. Base: Banja Luka State: Prijedor Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

SRA Darrell C. Macklin, left, and SGT Michael D. Hawkins repack a parachute after an airdrop of supplies, part of a training session for the 3rd Mobile Aerial Port Squadron. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA)

041112-F-4800M-037. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030205-M-1852W-007. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn, 12th Marines

020506-F-0876M-008. Subject Operation/Series: GURRDIAN CHALLENGE 2002 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030322-F-3208M-030. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Severo Luna, a water support technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 3d Marine Logistics Group, sets up Lightweight Water Purification Systems during Jungle Warfare Exercise 23 at Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 15, 2023. JWX 23 is a large-scale field training exercise focused on leveraging the integrated capabilities of joint and allied partners to strengthen all-domain awareness, maneuvers, and fires across a distributed maritime environment. Luna is a native of Kannapolis, North Carolina.

Two soldiers fill sandbags at the beginning of exercise Team Spirit '89. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a function check on a fuel gauge for a forward arming and refueling point during Iron Fist 23 at Hijudai, Japan, Feb. 17, 2023. Marines utilized the FARP as a point of operation to refuel and rearm aircraft outside of a forward operating base. U.S. Marines with the 31st MEU and members from the 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, participate in Exercise Iron Fist 23 at Hijudai training area Kyushu, Japan. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the JGSDF, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant David DelRosario, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, inspects for cracks on a F-15E Strike Eagle vertical stabilizer. SSGT DelRosario uses an Eddy-Current Hocking Unit to inspect for cracks. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Two soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division unload a block of ice from the back of a truck as another soldier checks for their unit's mail during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

USAF STAFF Sergeant John Rivera and Technical Sergeant Chris Weber (right) use fans to open a large cargo parachute for inspection, at Moody AFB, Georgia. From AIRMAN Magazine July 1995 issue "Moody's on the Move". Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 653rd Civil Engineering Squadron construct the frame for a hard-back building that will be used in an operational readiness inspection. Base: Warner Robins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030327-M-0175R-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4)

040701-F-4800N-094. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

030314-M-0367H-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A U.S. Marine with Marine Light Helicopter Attack Squadron (HMLA) 775, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, scrubs the undercarriage of an AH-1Z Viper during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-22 at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 28, 2022. Reserve Marines and Sailors have come together from across the nation to form an integrated Marine Air-Ground Task Force to take part in a live-fire, combined arms exercise that will better prepare Marine Forces Reserve in its mission to augment and reinforce the Active Component.

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal William J. Askins loads a black powder repellent into his M-198 Howitzer gun during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

021231-F-9528H-019. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Qatar (QAT)

First LT. Michael D. Bramhall of Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, heats some water on a field stove during the XVIII Airborne Corps command post Exercise Caber Dragon '89. Subject Operation/Series: CABER DRAGON '89 Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030722-F-1443F-003. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Military Parachuter Standing on the Grass with His Parachute in Switzerland

A member of the 5th Battalion, 87th Infantry Brigade, explains assembly and breakdown procedures for the M-60 machine gun to Peruvian soldiers during Exercise Fuerzas Unidas Peru '87. Subject Operation/Series: FUERZAS UNIDAS PERU '87 Base: Pisco Air Base Country: Peru (PER)

RIO DE JANEIRO (Sept. 15, 2022) Members of the Brazilian Navy take part in a tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) exchange with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 2 during UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 15, 2022. UNITAS is the worlds longest-running maritime exercise. Hosted this year by Brazil, it brings together multinational forces from Belize, 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.

041106-F-5494H-009. Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers from across the 1st Cavalry Division compete at cornhole Sep. 15 at Fort Hood. The division celebrated its 101st birthday Sep. 12-16 with various sporting events across the division's footprint.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Skylar McDonald, 133rd Emergency Management, collects a sample during training on a simulated illicit drug lab on Yokota Air Force Base, Japan, July 07, 2022. During annual training, Emergency Management members practice response capabilities of biological agents. These skills can be used at home stations and while in deployed locations.

San Pedro, Calif (May 25, 2022) - Sailors, assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 11, set up a tent in the parking lot of the Battleship USS Iowa Museum during Los Angeles Fleet Week May 25, 2022. LAFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience America's sea services. During fleet week, service members participate in various community service events, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of Los Angeles and its surrounding areas (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Colin Sheridan)

030312-F-4219L-006. Base: RAF Fairford State: Gloucestershire Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

031112-F-1467B-002. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

030207-M-5753Q-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

040428-F-0462-T-005. Base: Crtc Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Mark Seeler, a bulk refueler with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 (MWSS-273), lays out gear to be used during Battlehog 1-04 at the Georgia Air National Guard Combat Readiness Training Center (ANGCRTC), Savannah, Georgia. Base: Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030409-F-2380C-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Members of the 32nd Aeromedical Evacuation Hospital set up an inflatable hospital site for an aeromedical evacuation training exercise. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

During HARVEST BARE, members of the 4449th Mobility Support Squadron demonstrate the building of an expandable personnel shelter (EPS) to members of the 24th Civil Engineering Squadron. Over a hundred will be built as part of the deployment to relieve overcrowding due to President Bush's decision to move all US forces either on base or back to the United States. Subject Operation/Series: HARVEST BARE Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

6th Marine Regiment Communications Platoon keep communication lines full of support and direction for the offensive Marines on Landing Zone Falcon during the MCCREE field excercise. The 6th Marine Regiment conducted a MCCREE (Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation) for the 1ST Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. A MCCREE encompasses an evaluation of the overall combat readiness skills of an infantry battalion. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

031228-F-9105A-006. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

010809-F-7372C-010. Complete Scene Caption: Lieutenant Colonel John Caudill, USAF, (left) and STAFF Sergeant Ray Angel, USAF, (right), members of the 31st Medical Group, provide medical treatment to SENIOR AIRMAN Glendon Martin, USAF, 31st Medical Group. She is a victim of a simulated motor vehicle accident during the Local Salty Nation Exercise at Aviano Air Base, Italy. This is the first Phase II or Local Salty Nation exercise since the wing moved to Aviano seven years ago and is in preparation for a NATO Tactical Evaluation scheduled for October 2002. In addition to performing everyday operations in a chemical environment, other "survive-to-operate" processes are tested including self-aid and buddy care, post attack and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) reconnaissance and setting up a contamination control area. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

041231-N-3207B-037. Subject Operation/Series: UNIFIED ASSISTANCE Base: Naval Station, Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041103-F-7751S-017. Base: Savannah Crtc State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030403-F-1404F-001. Base: Rock City Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO)

Airmen assigned to the 512th Airlift Wing perform chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense survival skills training Jun. 5, 2022, at the Tactics and Leadership Nexus on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. In preparation for a base-wide readiness exercise, Airmen participated in a two day training event to hone their skills.

111213-A-IP644-027 LA UNION, El Salvador (Dec. 13, 2011) Steel Worker 2nd Class Rejuny Caswell, assigned to Navy Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 23, embarked aboard High Speed Vessel (HSV 2) Swift, cuts aluminum panels with Salvadoran Marine Patriz Gutierrez for the roof of an open classroom and pavilion being built at Centro Escolar Elementary School. NMCB-23 is supporting Southern Partnership Station 2012, an annual deployment of U.S naval assets in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility.

Alaska National Guardsmen of Joint Task Force-Bethel clear storm debris from a boardwalk in Newtok, Alaska as part of Operation Merbok Response, Sept. 22, 2022. Approximately 100 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O'Neal)

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