Underwater Diving Operations

Visual documentation of naval divers conducting inspections and training exercises, showcasing teamwork and specialized equipment in maritime environments.

Coast Guard Cutters - Dauntless (WMEC 624) - 26-HK-73-44. CGC Dauntless -- Coast Guardsman on RHI boat near cutter --050928. Hurricane Katrina

220730-N-DE439-1342 BALTIC SEA (July 30, 2022) Ensign Heaven Holbrook uses a mechanical advantage control hold on Operations Specialist 2nd Class Dakota Bird after being sprayed with oleoresin capsicum (OC) during security reaction force training on the flight deck aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) on the ships flight deck, July 30, 2022. Arleigh Burke 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.

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 10, 2005 -- FEMA Urban Search and Rescue workers prepare to go into areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

A Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni resident reels a line in at an event held at the harbor at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, March 11, 2023. The harbor was opened to local fishermen and the MCAS Iwakuni community for a fishing event to promote camaraderie among Japanese and Americans.

061128-N-9988F-008. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

England, Kent, Dover, Border Force officers landing Asylum Seekrs picked up in the English Channel.

U.S. Army Sgt. Judah Sibetang (right) and Sgt. Willis Lopez-Ocasio, 331st Transportation Company, 11th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), coxswain, performs maintenance on shipboard equipment at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, September 21, 2022. Sibetang currently serves on a Class B warping tug similar to ones he operated while he was growing up in the Republic of Palau.

220714-N-N0842-1009 SAN DIEGO - (July 14, 2022) United Kingdom Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer Diver James Roberts, from Paigton, United Kingdom, left, and U.K.Royal Navy Leading Seaman, Alex Talbot, from Lake District, United Kingdom, both assigned to Delta Diving Unit Two (DDU2), discuss a dive plan during an exercise for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, Southern California. 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.

DN-SC-90-04286. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Coast Guard Personnel - Katrina and Rita - 26-HK-337-34. Hurricane Katrina

220615-N-EI510-0090 BALTIC SEA (June 15, 2022) Yeoman Seaman Ashley Mahavier dons a flash hood during firefighting training aboard the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) in the Baltic Sea, June 15, 2022, during exercise BALTOPS22. BALTOPS22 is the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region. The exercise, led by U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, and executed by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, provides a unique training opportunity to strengthen combined response capabilities critical to preserving freedom of navigation and security in the Baltic Sea.

Side view of man packing gear in a helicopter

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Bianca Caraballo observes boarding scenarios of at-sea boardings and the discovery of illicit activity, drug smuggling, and illegal fishing during Tradewinds 2022 in Belize City, Belize, on May 18, 2022. Tradewinds 2022 focuses on foreign military interaction, maritime interdiction, ground security, and field training exercises supporting U.S. SOUTHCOM's Campaign Plan.

ROBERT EGGERS in THE NORTHMAN (2022), directed by ROBERT EGGERS.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Briand Wright, a boat operator attached to Navy Boat Docks, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, operates a boat at Hancock Creek, MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 2, 2022. Patrols such as this are carried out as necessary for security, readiness or response in the case of Force Protection Condition elevation.

Historic Greek sponge diver in antique diving suit dives for sponges in Tarpon Springs FL

970621-N-3149V-005. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Denver (LPD 9) Scene Major Command Shown: HM-15/EOD MOBILE UNIT 3

230331-N-BE774-1354 BUSAN, Republic of Korea (March 31, 2023) Personnel Specialist Seaman Naomi Guillory, from Hiroshima, Japan, secures into a zip line harness during a Morale, Welfare and Recreation tour. Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Venice - 26-HK-352-56. Miss Kimberly Salvage Operation. Hurricane Katrina

Report on a rescue device specializing in difficult mountain access. Rescuers prepare to go into action.

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-120-8. Hurricane Katrina

060515-N-6410T-013. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

RIO DE JANEIRO - U.S. Navy divers, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 (MDSU-2) watch as their Brazilian counterparts conduct dive training during UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 14, 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.

PHILIPPINE SEA (June 8, 2022) Cryptologic Technician (Technical) Seaman Jack Rabasca, from Nashville, Tenn., practices performing a takedown during a security reaction force-basic (SRF-B) training course on the missile deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Katrina - General - 26-HK-403-12. Hurricane Katrina

Katrina - General - 26-HK-411-39. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Air Force Airmen pose for a group photo on the Langley Marina at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Sept. 15, 2022. Airmen participated in a Water Survival Training Course taught to maintain currency in their flight training requirements and were taught by survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists.

February 12, 2007 - A U.S. Navy Sailor responds to a shipboard fire aboard the passenger ferry Manila Bay 1 at the port of Mandaue City in Cebu, Philippines.

220128-N-UJ411-1005 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 28, 2022) Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Inoussa Toro, from New York, assists in preparing the flight deck aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

SENIOR CHIEF Torpedoman Valerie Langstaff, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Group Three, works with Loma, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin being trained for EOD assignments. Country: Unknown

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-37. Hurricane Katrina

Rotunda, FL (Sept. 29, 2022) Boat teams one and two of FEMA Virginia Task Force 2 commence search and rescue on Palm Island. (FEMA Photo by Lameen Witter)

Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) rescue sea turtles entrapped in derelict fishing gear discovered while the crew patrolled the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Oct. 25, 2022. Actives crew returned to their homeport Saturday after a 65-day patrol in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean near Central and South America. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Shane Sexton.

000719-A-3438S-002. Base: Fort Mccoy Sandy Lake State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

060327-N-1328S-002. Base: USS Princeton (CG 59)

Bales of illegal drugs, worth an estimated $475 million, are offloaded onto pallets, Sept. 15, 2022, at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Florida. The illegal narcotics were offloaded by the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912).

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Kody Thompson and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Officer Keelin Alsobrooks maneuver out to a derelict vessel from Hurricane Ian, Estero, Florida, Oct. 28, 2022. Coast Guard marine environmental response personnel are working closely with federal, state and local partners to assess and mitigate marine environmental pollution threats post-hurricane. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Ferdinando)

110712-N-ZC343-031PACIFIC OCEAN (July 12, 2011) Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) conduct a foreign object damage walk down before a flight deck fire drill.

230331-N-BE774-1355 BUSAN, Republic of Korea (March 31, 2023) U.S. Navy Operations Specialist Seaman Heily Karr, from West Jordan, Utah, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) secures into a zip line harness during a Morale, Welfare and Recreation tour. Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

DN-ST-89-10468. Base: Naval Base, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220530-N-EU544-9152 SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 30, 2022) Engineman 2nd Class Ivin Tyson, from Middletown, New York, removes chock and chains from a MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) Squadron 23, on the flight deck aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6). Jackson, part of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, is on a rotational deployment, operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

DN-SC-87-06605. Base: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 20, 2017) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) unload ordnance from an aircraft during a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in preparation for an upcoming deployment. COMPTUEX tests a carrier strike group's mission-readiness and ability to perform as an integrated unit through simulated real-world scenarios.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Katrina Sector - 26-HK-305-77. Hurricane Katrina

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.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Xinxin Dai, an air traffic control communications technician, identifies radio signals at a radio tower in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, May 17, 2022. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakunis radio towers are maintained weekly because of their vital role in the communication and safety between several units at the air station. Due to the geographic scope of the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility MCAS Iwakuni serves as a vital link between multiple countries in the Western Pacific theater.

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-420-16. Hurricane Katrina

Mumbai police commandos in amphibious vehicles at Marine Drive Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

221002-N-KU796-1015 Coronado, Calif., (Oct. 2, 2022) U.S. Navy Quartermaster Seaman Gabriella Pantaleo, from Boardman, Ohio, hoists signal flags as the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) gets underway. Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is underway in preparation for an upcoming deployment.

USA, New England, Massachusetts, Cape Ann, Gloucester, re-enactors of the Battle of Gloucester, August 8-9, 1775, battle convinced the Americans of the need of creating an American Navy to fight against the British.

A Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) trainee surfaces in the Pacific Ocean during the diver training phase of the course. Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220614-N-CY569-1133 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 14, 2022) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Matthew Slight, from Manteca, California, cleans a window to the bridge of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), June 14, 2022. The Harry S. Truman 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.

ZKH Prince Claus van Amsberg (1926-2002) in pilots on board a frigate during a visit to the fleet and the MLD.

040205-F-9232S-223. Base: Selfridge Air Natl Guard Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 127th Wing

ARABIAN SEA (April 19, 2012) Aviation Boatswains Mate (Equipment) Airman Lauren Frederick removes a sealer stripe from a steam-powered catapult in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

030212-N-3783H-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Robert Silvers, Under Secretary for Policy for the Department of Homeland Security, tours small boat docks with Lt. Eduardo Oropeza, commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Miami Beach, at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Oct. 25, 2022. The purpose of Under Secretary Silvers visit was to discuss lines of effort including readiness, partnership efforts within migrant operations and counter drug missions in the Caribbean and Florida region.

IWO TO, Japan (Aug. 28, 2012) Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Andrew Thomasson lays his grandfather's ashes to rest on the invasion beach at Iwo To, formerly Iwo Jima. Thomasson was with more than 60 chief petty officers and chief petty officer selectees taking part in a heritage trip that emphasized the historic significance for both U.S. and Japanese service members who fought in the Battle for Iwo Jima during World War II. Thomasson's grandfather took part in the initial U.S. invasion of the island. He later went on to raise a family near Wichita, Kan., and passed away at the age of 80.

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-69. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Cadet 1st Class Shannon Schmidt, whos deployed with USCGC Bear (WMEC 901) for her summer assignment, poses for an environmental portrait in Saglek Fjord, Torngat National Park, Canada, Aug. 8, 2022. The Bear is partaking in the Tuugaalik phase of Operation Nanook, an annual exercise that allows the United States and multiple other partner nations to ensure security and enhance interoperability in Arctic waters.

An instructor helps a student diver in a second class diver course out of an underwater tools instruction tank. The student diver is wearing Mark 12 diving gear. Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060901-N-5367L-004. Base: Boston State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Norfolk (September 19, 2022) Participants to the 21st Annual Chief Petty Officer Heritage Days event review guidons on display aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64). The three-day event allows CPO selectees to receive history and heritage training at the museum and aboard the Battleship Wisconsin, and is hosted by the museum and area commands. The event is the largest and longest running of its kind in Virginia. (US Navy Photo by Max Lonzanida/Released).

U.S. Air Force Col. James P. Blaisdell, an F-15 pilot from 144th Fighter Wing out of Fresno, Calif., readies himself for the water dragging portion of water survival training hosted by the 173rd Fighter Wing Aircrew Flight Equipment shop at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore., July 16, 2022. They prepare exercises like this so pilots can practice releasing their parachute risers while being dragged through the water behind an inflated canopy following an over-water ejection.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 3, 2022) - U.S Navy Sailors participate in a beach clean-up at Mataniko River Mouth during a community outreach event during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

221006-N-IP029-1060 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Oct. 6, 2022) Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ace Foster takes the helm during a celebration of the Navys 247th birthday in the Chesapeake bay.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class James Enteriano, a deep sea diver, with Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, plays tic-tac-toe with an attendee inside of a water tank exhibit during Fleet Week New York 2022 at Times Square, New York, May 27, 2022. Fleet Week New York has been held nearly every year since 1984 to celebrate the nations maritime services and highlight their innovative capabilities, while providing an opportunity for the citizens of New York City and the surrounding tristate area to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen.

220720-N-YD731-1096 NORFOLK, Va. (July 20, 2022) A dog is brought to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) by Mutts With a Mission, July 20, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is an integrated combat weapons system that delivers superior combat capability to deter, and if necessary, defeat America's adversaries in support of national security.

Dr. Stacey Dixon, the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence and a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's Board of Visitors, touring both the Coast Guard Academy and Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, New London, Connecticut, Apr. 9. Dixon came to New London to address the entire Academy community on Eclipse Weekend, the Academy's flagship diversity and inclusion event.

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-144-165. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Marine Safety Task Force members from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage arrive in a remote community near Bethel Alaska, August 28, 2022. Teams comprised of six Coast Guard marine inspectors visited a total of 20 communities and inspected approximately 50 bulk fuel storage facilities August 22-30, with transportation from Bethel to more remote communities provided by three Alaska Army National Guard members and three Civil Air Patrol pilots.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Jasmine Scott, a communication strategy and operations officer, assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force, and native of Detroit, Michigan, raises a hand full of trash collected from a port near Elefsina as part of a community outreach event between service members aboard the USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) the Hellenic Marine Environmental Protection Association and the U.S. Embassy on November 25, 2022. Marines assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, embarked aboard USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) to improve interoperability while refining the U.S. capability to rapidly deploy forces aboard U.S. Navy expeditionary fast transport vessels.

Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Szymanski takes a moment before deploying aboard a small boat off USCGC Oak to perform a damage control exercise aboard the Danish navy ship Ejnar Mikkelsen in the Hamborgersund fjords off Greenland, July 5, 2022. The drill is part of a five-day cross-national exercise to allow participants to gather knowledge, develop and enhance collaboration in the Arctic. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Sherbs.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, in partnership with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, hosted the 8th Annual Wounded Warriors and Veterans fishing day at the Cooper River Rediversion Dam in St. Stephen.

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