Search and Rescue Operations

Images depict rescue efforts and response teams during emergencies, showing personnel and equipment in water environments post-disaster.

The air cushion landing craft LCAC-8 moves across the harbor during exercise Ocean Venture '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)
The air cushion landing craft LCAC-8 moves across the harbor during exercise Ocean Venture '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-62. Hurricane Katrina
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030218-M-7031A-013. Base: Ternate Marine Base State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL)
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Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-66. Hurricane Katrina
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The Orion test capsule undergoes stationary recovery testing in Norfolk, VA on Aug. 13, 2013. NASA and the U.S Navy led the tests using the USS Arlington...The stationary recovery tests allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, the hardware and the test personnel in a controlled environment. ..During the test, the U.S Navy Dive Team checked the capsule for hazards while sailors from the USS Arlington approached the capsule in inflatable boats, and towed it back to the ships flooded well deck. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
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ESU New Orleans - IMATHcao - 26-HK-429-129. Hurricane Katrina
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The helo crew of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light 37 (HSL-37) (not shown) encounter a large pod of dolphins while on patrol off the coast of Chile. The crew is attached to USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57) (not shown) and en route to Exercise TEAMWORK SOUTH '99. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK SOUTH '99 Country: Unknown
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U.S. Soldiers and NATO allies complete a historic wet-gap crossing operation as part of Defender Europe 22 held at Nowogród, Poland, May 19, 2022. Defender Europe 2022 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters supporting NATO.
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020425-F-5789F-004. Base: Port Of Valdez State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Photo moment from object series Ice diving at HR. Ms. Thetis. Selection from Objects series 0075-052-055.
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Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio partnered with the Cincinnati Fire Department to demonstrate their water rescue capabilities Sept. 13, 2022 for a visiting delegation of Serbians. The Serbian delegation toured numerous fire departments in the area to learn how to best establish a volunteer firefighter program in their country.
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Stay Safe - Volunteer rescue team monitors gas levels from Fagradalsfjall Volcano, Iceland
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Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-397-14. Hurricane Katrina
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061128-N-9479M-011. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Major Command Shown: USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69
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A port view of the ocean minesweeper USS IMPERVIOUS (MSO 449) as seen from the ramparts of Fort Washington, Maryland. Base: Potomac River Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A day of unique Combat Water Survival and Swift Water Rescue Training was conducted in the waters of the Fox River in Oshkosh, Wis. by the Soldiers of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team this Saturday, September 10. This rigorous day of training was designed to prepare the Soldiers of Company A to answer the call to ait in domestic operations whenever needed. The event is the companys first large-scale home station training with all Soldiers back together after many deployments and state missions over the past few years. (32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team photo by Staff Sgt. Kati Volkman/Released)
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ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Katrina Sector - 26-HK-305-145. Hurricane Katrina
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010718-N-6520M-001. Base: Honolulu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FLTCOMBATCAMGRUPAC
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Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment of the Wisconsin National Guard participate in UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter live-hoist training at Big Sandy Lake on June 7, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Members of the unit regularly complete training operations at Fort McCoy, and the unit also supports numerous training events at the installation each year. This training included hoisting up simulated victims treading water with a basket into the helicopter. The unit completed the training for three hours at the lake on June 7 and Wisconsin National Guard troops complete their annual training at Fort McCoy for 2022.
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ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - CGC Harry Claiborne - Operation Gator Hunt - 26-HK-312-47. Hurricane Katrina
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ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Katrina Sector - 26-HK-305-132. Hurricane Katrina
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U.S. Marines with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion and 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, both with 2d Marine Division, conduct a gap crossing during the Sapper Leaders Course on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 15, 2022. The Sapper Leaders Course provides combat engineer squad leaders with the technical and tactical proficiency required to provide mobility, counter mobility and survivability to infantry company commanders.
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Members the 4th Marine Reconaissance Division, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, return from an attack mission in the waters of Ketchikan, Alaska, in support of Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2001. The Marines act as the aggressors during Northern Edge. Northern Edge is Alaska's premier joint training exercise. There are over 10,000 military members from North America participating in the exercise and it will lasts for two weeks. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2001 Country: United States Of America (USA)
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An Airman holds a raft steady to be boarded before traversing the rapid waters of the Truckee River in California, June 9, 2022. The 144th Medical Detachment participated in Swift Water Rescue Training in partnership with Hawaii and Nevada medical detachments in support of FEMA Region IX.
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Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-144-71. Hurricane Katrina
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Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-360-52. mm 49 to 59 photos. Hurricane Katrina
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Soldiers from the 502nd Engineering Company, operate the MK-1's (shallow draft boats) dock on the Croatian side of the Sava River in Zupanja, Croatia. Base: Zupanja Country: Croatia (HRV)
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031001-N-XXXXB-001. Base: USS Honolulu (SSN 718)
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Usa, Alaska, Cordova, Oil Spill Drill. Deploying And Retrieving Containment Booms.
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070126-N-8923M-039. Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)
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Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-144-347. Hurricane Katrina
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Hungarian Army Engineers, Hungarian Army IFOR Pontoon Company, prepare to reattach the free-floating portion of a Hungarian steel PNP Class 60 Pontoon Bridge, that crosses the Sava river at Slavonski Brod, Croatia, to the Bosnian shoreline anchored portion. The anchored portion of the pontoon bridge is seen in the background. The Hungarians are in Croatia in support of Operation Joint Endeavor, which is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Slavonski Brod Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team member Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Kartes assesses a boat damaged in Hurricane Ian for possible environmental pollution threats, Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Oct. 31, 2022. Coast Guard marine environmental response teams are 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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ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Katrina Sector - 26-HK-306-87. Hurricane Katrina
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970621-N-3149V-007. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Denver (LPD 9) Scene Major Command Shown: HM-15/EOD MOBILE UNIT 3
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111125-N-MW330-376CELEBES SEA (Nov. 25, 2011) Sailors and Marines participate in a swim call from the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is conducting operations in the Western Pacific.
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Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-397-87. Hurricane Katrina
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Two PB Mark III patrol boat while escorting the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS SAND LANCE (SSN 660) through the Miraflores Locks as it transits the Panama Canal during Unitas XXXII, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXII Country: Panama(PAN)
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060906-N-7441H-005. Base: Hitchcock State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - General - 26-HK-134-13. Hurricane Katrina
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000713-N-5027S-001. Base: Uss Saipan (LHA 2) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)
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051208-N-0653J-002. Base: Naval Submarine Base, New London State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Troops with the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation Regiment of the Wisconsin National Guard swim in the water while working with a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter aircrew for live-hoist training at Big Sandy Lake on June 7, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Members of the unit regularly complete training operations at Fort McCoy, and the unit also supports numerous training events at the installation each year. This training included hoisting up simulated victims treading water with a basket into the helicopter. The unit completed the training for three hours at the lake on June 7 and Wisconsin National Guard troops complete their annual training at Fort McCoy for 2022.
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Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-144-155. Hurricane Katrina
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ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Katrina Sector - 26-HK-305-95. Hurricane Katrina
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U.S. Navy Mechanized Landing Craft (LCMs) are anchored along the shoreline as Navy and civilian personnel position hoses during oil clean-up efforts on Smith island. The massive oil spill occurred when the commercial tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground while transiting the waters of Prince William Sound on March 24th. Country: United States Of America (USA)
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060418-N-3527B-009. Base: USS Wasp (LHD 1)
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Park-goers observe from the shoreline as an air crew from the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site operating a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter conducts water bucket training at Memorial Lake State Park near Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on April 5, 2022.
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030517-M-4547R-007. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2003 Base: Camp Red Horse, Utapao Country: Thailand (THA)
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On June 4th, 1999 Fort Hood celebrated Single Soldier's Day at Belton Lake Outdoor Recreation Area. This day is celebrated annually to recognize single soldiers for their contribution to the Army mission. The soldiers pictured in this photo are boating on Lake Belton. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-25. Hurricane Katrina
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry points to the scene of a battle for which he received the Silver Star while serving as a U.S. Navy officer as he toured the Bay Hap River in the Nam Can and Cai Nuoc districts of Vietnam on January 14, 2017, to return to the place where he started his career in public service, and to learn about war reconciliation efforts and work to curb environmental damage in the broader Mekong River Delta.
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Members of a joint Air Force and Navy rescue force practice recovery techniques on a plywood mock-up of the Space Shuttle Columbia orbiter. Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio partnered with the Cincinnati Fire Department to demonstrate their water rescue capabilities Sept. 13, 2022 for a visiting delegation of Serbians. The Serbian delegation toured numerous fire departments in the area to learn how to best establish a volunteer firefighter program in their country.
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Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio partnered with the Cincinnati Fire Department to demonstrate their water rescue capabilities Sept. 13, 2022 for a visiting delegation of Serbians. The Serbian delegation toured numerous fire departments in the area to learn how to best establish a volunteer firefighter program in their country.
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U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Hector Rodriguez, the 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade support operations noncommissioned officer in charge, greets the Powidz, Poland community after volunteering to portray one of the Three Kings Day principle figures during a break in training and operations, Jan. 6, 2023. Rodriguez reminisced about how important the day was for his family and volunteered to portray one of the three wise men, making an entrance at the parade on a community members boat. Attendees followed the wise men and Santa to the community church where they enjoyed holiday music by the Gumowe Szekle band. These Soldiers are currently deployed to Poland to support training with allies, set the theater for sustainment operations on NATO's eastern flank, and to deter aggression in Europe.