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Post-Disaster Recovery Efforts

Coast Guard and military personnel engaged in recovery operations after hurricanes, assessing damage and conducting rescue missions in affected areas.

Aviation Survival Technician First Class Chad Watson searches for survivors in Fort Myers, Florida, Oct. 1, 2022. Coast Guard assets are conducting search and rescue operations in response to the damages caused by Hurricane Ian.
Aviation Survival Technician First Class Chad Watson searches for survivors in Fort Myers, Florida, Oct. 1, 2022. Coast Guard assets are conducting search and rescue operations in response to the damages caused by Hurricane Ian.
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Operation Zephyr - 26-HK-154-197. Images from Lt. Williams. Hurricane Katrina
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010801-N-3783H-010. Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)
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Demitrio Grimaldo signals victory as Howard Air Force Base civil engineers remove rusting cars from near his home in Veracruz. The town had tried for years to get the government to haul the cars away, to no avail. "Our Howard friends did the job in a few days." This photograph is part of the November 1999 AIRMAN Magazine article "Adios Amigos". Base: Panama Canal Country: Panama (PAN)
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Staff Sgt. Griffin Mueller, a demonstration parachutist with the U.S. Army Parachute Team, teaches children of the Altus community how to pack a parachute rig following the Red River Thunder Open House and Airshow on Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Oct. 1, 2022. During the airshow, the team conducted a parachute demonstration to connect the Army with the American public and enhance the Armys recruiting efforts.
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COl Flip Frazee (left) and 1LT Eric Soto (right), investigators for the Accident Investigation Board, check the debris field for clues to determine why the A-10 crashed. Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Veller, a Marine Air-Ground Task Force planning specialist with Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, moves a log ashore Masonville Cove during Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 9, 2022. Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore is an annual public event that provides the opportunity for the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard to engage with each other and civilians. More than 2,300 service members participated in Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore 2022 engaging and assisting with ship tours, live bands and community service events.
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Work Request Description: Photographic coverage of ASCAN 2021 Class Wilderness Survival Training at Ft. Rucker, Alabama
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Earthquake, Hilo, HI, November 13, 2006 - FEMA Mitigation Map Mod. specialist Marshall Marik Inspects damage to the Hilo Fire Station with US Army Corps structural engineer Peter Lam. The FEMA coordinated mitigation inspection team was checking for structural failures that may exist after a recent series of earthquakes. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Augustine Wak, a National Museum and Art Gallery representative, watches members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) investigation team as they work at Erima, Rai Coast District, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, Oct. 4, 2022. The investigation team visited multiple areas across the coastal Madang Province in hopes of recovering missing U.S. service members lost during World War II. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.
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Electrician's Mate - 26-HK-135-1. Hurricane Katrina
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Coast Guard Pacific Strike team member Petty Officer 2nd Class C.J. Marsh assesses a vessel damaged in Hurricane Ian for potential pollution threats, Fort Myers, Florida, Nov. 1, 2022. Coast Guard environmental response teams are deployed to southwest Florida and working closely with interagency partners to identify and mitigate environmental hazards after the storm. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Ferdinando)
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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen and Sailors work together to help clean up the Misawa City fishing port Mar. 19. More than 3,000 man hours have been put in since Mar. 14 by Misawa Air Base residents to help our local communities with recovery efforts.
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Coast Guard Personnel - 26-HK-412-17. Hurricane Katrina
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At left, David Mclaughlin, Prototype Lab technician at Kennedy Space Center, listens to a coworker at the Hemphill site in East Texas before going to the field with his search team. Mclaughlin holds a walking stick used to beat down briars and knock away snakes in the East Texas woods. Kennedy Space Center workers are participating in the Columbia Recovery efforts at the Lufkin (Texas) Command Center, four field sites in East Texas, and the Barksdale, La., hangar site. KSC is working with representatives from other NASA Centers and with those from a number of federal, state and local agencies in the recovery effort. KSC provides vehicle technical expertise in the field to identify, collect and return Shuttle hardware to KSC.
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Airmen with the 114th Fighter Wing Force Support Squadron practice search and recovery stepping procedures prior to executing a field exercise during Octobers Unit Training Assembly at Great Bear Recreation Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Oct. 1, 2022. During the training, individuals used meticulous search methods to locate items that may be found in a real-world situation like personal effects and human remains.
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Hawaii Air National Guard medics partner with U.S. Coast Guardsmen during a rescue and medical treatment exercise conducted in the mountain areas above Lake Tahoe, Calif., Jun. 8, 2022. The rescueers hiked the mountainous trails where exercise planners staged numerous rescue scenarios, challenging the teams to respond.
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DN-ST-90-04369. Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)
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Officers Damon Wookfork and Angel Morales discuss the water levels at the Ketch Lake Dam.
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Steve Wyrembelski (left), senior geotechnical engineer with the Walla Walla District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Alex Hammond, dam safety program manager with the Walla Walla District, perform an inspection of Blue River Dam, operated by the Corps Portland District, June 15 during a regional Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake response exercise. Wyrembelski and Hammond were flown by helicopter from Walla Walla to Portland Districts Cougar and Blue River dams, located about 38 miles east of Eugene, Oregon, to inspect the structures as members of a five-person local damage assessment team (LDAT). In the event of a real Cascadia megathrust quake, the Walla Walla-based team would travel to Portland Districts area of operations, if needed, to assist with infrastructure assessments in the aftermath.
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Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-434-15. Hurricane Katrina
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Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines
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Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team visit a Camp Wom Surrender Memorial in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, Aug. 27, 2022. DPAA personnel conducted an underwater excavation operation to find a U.S. aircraft crew lost over Papua New Guinea during World War II. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.
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General Whitlow, Joint Task Force Commander, (left) followed by Stig Larson, World Food Program, Stevie, World Food Program, Colonel O'donovan, Mission Commander, Captain Moore United States Army Civil Affairs, Ron Libby, USDA Forest Service, and Deanne Shulman, USDA Forest Service, pose for a group photo at the Garissa Camp during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response. (Duplicate image, see also DMSD0204669 or search 980302M4605W004). Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE Base: Garissa Country: Kenya (KEN)
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Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-132-39. Hurricane Katrina
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Members of the 725th Maintenance Unit set up a water purification pump to provide water for troops taking part in the joint Australian/U.S. Army exercise Kangaroo '89. Subject Operation/Series: KANGAROO '89 Base: Caravale Country: Australia (AUS)
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220629-N-UP244-2025 PEARL HARBOR (June 29, 2022) Abraham Marcello, from the Performance Assessment Department of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, assigned as Rim of the Pacific schedule of events working group lead for the Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, engages in an interview with a team from the warfare centers Corporate Communications office in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 29, 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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KEKAHA, Hawaii (Feb. 5, 2024) Capt. Brett Stevenson, commanding officer of Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, places a lei on the Lua Kupapau O Nohili (crypt) during an installation tour on Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Kekaha, Hawaii. During the tour, members of PMRF showed the visitors multiple locations on the installation and talked about PMRFs cultural, environmental and community impact on Kauai. PMRF is the world's largest instrumented multi-domain range, capable of supportingsurface, subsurface, air, and space operations simultaneously. Navy
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030317-F-5098W-001. Base: RAF Fairford State: Gloucestershire Country: United Kingdom (GBR)
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050622-A-9665L-083. Subject Operation/Series: RED DRAGON Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAR
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060318-N-8772M-005. Base: Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USS LAKE ERIE (CG-70)
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Dr. Hugh Tuller, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)scientific recovery expert (SRE), writes in a field notebook 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.
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Commander Dan Taylor - Rescue - 26-HK-281-69. Hurricane Katrina
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Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-434-51. Hurricane Katrina
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pima County, Arizona for tours of the Mexican border area, discussions with local Interior staff and Customs and Border Patrol personnel
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Members from the Air Force Civil Engineering Center Geo-Integration Office and the 502nd Air Base Wing analyze imagery from the small unmanned aerial systems on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., September 27, 2022. AFCEC GIO, 502nd ABW and the 787th Civil Engineering Squadron captured high resolution imagery and 3D modeling of multiple hangars using innovative technology to save time, money and contribute to a safer working environment.
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020531-F-2046S-012. Base: Utah Beach State: Normandy Country: France (FRA)
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980228-F-7910D-002. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC
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U.S. Soldiers who play on the Black N' Blue rugby team pose for photo with volunteers at the Bad Windsheim Hundhaus on Saturday. The German and American volunteers joined together to spread new mulch throughout the compound.
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Department of Interior officials and staff joining counterparts from other agencies in explaining government programs, and promoting Take Pride in America initiatives, at the Boy Scouts of America National Scout Jamboree, Caroline County, Virginia
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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Alex Ruelas, a field radio operatior with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sets up battery chargers during a jungle sustainment training exercise at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, May 12, 2022. The Marines conducted reconnaissance and patrols, validating Expeditionary Advanced Based Operations (EABO) concepts. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.
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U.S. Sailor, Lt. j.g. Nicole Hardwick with the USS Carter Hall, visits the Maryland Zoo during Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 8, 2022. Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore is an annual public event that provides the opportunity for the U.S. sea services from the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard to engage with each other and civilians. More than 2,300 service members participated in Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore 2022 engaging and assisting with ship tours, live bands and static equipment displays.
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Mary Kathleen Vall, a professor with Montgomery County Public Schools, begins to descend the rappel tower during the Educators Workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) Parris Island, South Carolina, January 10, 2024. The workshop is a program that invites select educators and community influencers onto MCRD Parris Island to provide insight on how the Marine Corps transforms young men and women into United States Marines.
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U.S. Marine SSgt. Dux, with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), assisting his spouse in operating the gross decontamination line at the Downey Rescue Training Facility, Naval Base Stump Neck Annex, Maryland, Oct. 28, 2022. CBIRF hosted a Spouse Appreciation Day to build camaraderie within its family core and give spouses a personal opportunity to be involved with CBIRFs unique capabilities.
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Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-132-89. Hurricane Katrina
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YIGO, Guam (July 12, 2022) - Volunteers submit their survey results following the 2022 Fanihi Count at Andersen Air Force Base, July 1. Nearly 100 members of the community joined to take part in the event, which aims to keep track of the fanihi, or fruit bat, population in Guam. The Fanihi Count is a part of Navys efforts to protect the endangered species in the Marianas.
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040916-M-2697B-057. Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A Belgian soldier gives bottled water to a Somali farmer in Kismayo. The Belgian soldier is part of the UN contingent in support of Operation CONTINUE HOPE. Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPE Base: Kismayo Country: Somalia (SOM)