Construction and Repair Operations

Images capture military personnel engaged in construction and maintenance tasks, emphasizing teamwork as they build shelters, maintain facilities, and perform essential repairs.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Taylor Underwood, 379th Expeditionary Readiness Squadron Ground Transport, pushes a pallet of munitions Sept. 20, 2022 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 379th ERLS ground transport team moved munitions from the munitions storage area to a staging area where they were later loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.

021218-F-9032T-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

(220524-N-OI810-0118) KEY WEST, Florida (May 24, 2022) Equipment Operator 2nd Class Juan Dominguez, from Guayaquil, Ecuador, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, cuts down a steel fence during a baseball field demolition at Boca Chica Field, Naval Air Station Key West (NASKW), May 24, 2022. Seabees assigned to NMCB-14 travelled to NASKW to perform on-site training and assist with facility and compound maintenance. NMCB-14 provides advance base construction, battle damage repair, contingency engineering, humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery support to our fleet and unified commanders.

An Airman helps build tents at Aviano Air Base, Italy, March 22, 2011, for incoming personnel in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn. Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn is the U.S. Africa Command task force established to support the larger international response to the unrest in Libya. A broad coalition of nations are partnering to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973, which authorizes all necessary means to protect civilians in Libya under threat of attack by Qadhafi regime forces. JTF Odyssey Dawn is commanded by Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, III.(

030126-M-5972A-014. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Al Jaber Air Base Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Readiness Challenge VIII participants from Air Mobility Command's 60th Civil Engineer Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California, tackle the small shelter system build on the final morning of the competition April 22, 2022, at the Silver Flag Exercise Site, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The Department of the Air Force CE event is hosted by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. After a 20+ year hiatus, the challenge, a premier event for DAF civil engineers, is back. This year's Readiness Challenge is the initial operating capability event before the challenge reaches full operational capability in April 2023. Eight teams representing major commands and U.S. Space Force faced off in about 20 events showing a wide variety of CE capabilities from emergency airfield lighting and water purification to building a guard shack from the ground up and firefighting and EOD operations.

060702-N-3714J-036. Complete Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Navy Builder Third Class (BU3) Adam Kortmeyer (right) and USN BU3 Russell Reed, both members of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 (NMCB-40), embarked aboard the USN Military Sealift Command USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), build cabinets for the Chittagong Medical and College Facility during the ship's humanitarian and civic assistance visit at Chittagong, Bangladesh (BGD). The MERCY is on a scheduled five-month deployment in Southeast Asia. Its mission is being carried out in close coordination and partnership with local medical care professionals and civilian volunteers from Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere), Operation Smile and other organizations. Some of the civilian volunteers include anesthesiologists, nurses, and doctors from the US, Austraila and Canada. Base: Chittagong Country: Bangladesh (BGD)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Taylor Underwood, 379th Expeditionary Readiness Squadron Ground Transport, pushes a pallet of munitions Sept. 20, 2022 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 379th ERLS ground transport team moved munitions from the munitions storage area to a staging area where they were later loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.

180118-N-WX378-0031POLARIS POINT, Guam (Jan. 18, 2017) U.S. Navy Builder 2nd Class Juana Port, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133, pours mortar into a cement block at a work site for a restroom and shower facility at Polaris Point, Guam. NMCB-133 is forward deployed, ready to support major combat operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. They provide general engineering and civil support to Navy, Marine Corps and joint operational forces.

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Masen Imetengel, a electrician with 1st Platoon, 797th Engineer Company from Barrigada, Guam cuts a board for construction of a facility for the Nalevawada School project during Exercise Cartwheel 2022, Nadi, Fiji September 13, 2022. Exercise Cartwheel is a multilateral military-to-military training exercise with the United States, Republic of Fiji Military, Australian, New Zealand, and British forces that builds expeditionary readiness and interoperability by increasing the capacity to face a crisis and contingencies by developing and stressing units at the highest training levels.

(220516-N-OI810-0351) KEY WEST, Florida (May 16, 2022) Steelworker 1st Class Leonardo Gomez, from Bogota, Colombia, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, measures a vertical stud during an office space installation in the Central Processing Facility of Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) South, at Naval Air Station Key West (NASKW), May 16, 2022. Seabees assigned to NMCB-14 travelled to NASKW to perform on-site training and assist with facility and compound maintenance. NMCB-14 provides advance base construction, battle damage repair, contingency engineering, humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery support to our fleet and unified commanders.

U.S. Airmen with the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, pavements and heavy equipmentshop, also known as Dirt Boyz, pour a concrete pad at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 13, 2022. The pad will be the site of a new fitness facility.

110308-N-EC642-113SAN LORENZO, Honduras (March 8, 2011) Equipment Operator 2nd Class Rathana Sims and Equipment Operator 2nd Class Danny L. Shannon, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 28, repair a classroom roof at Escuela Rural Lempira during a weeklong Southern Partnership Station 2011 subject matter expert engagement. Southern Partnership Station is an annual deployment of U.S. ships to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in the Caribbean and Latin America.

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti (Dec. 31, 2013) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 pour concrete for a project on Camp Lemonnier. NMCB-11 is a Seabee battalion deployed to multiple locations in support of U.S. Africa Command, U.S. European Command, U.S. Central Command and U.S. Pacific Command areas of responsibility.

U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Edwards, a carpentry and masonry specialist, with the 1436th Engineer Vertical Construction Company, stretches cable at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 8, 2022. The 1436th EVCC augments a variety of 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron shops, including the structures shop, the water and fuel systems shop, the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning shop, and the pavements and construction equipment shop. The structures shop handles the construction and repair of PSAB infrastructure. To do this Airmen and Soldiers erect tents and buildings, and replace or reinforce damaged or worn-out structural parts. Though PSAB will remain semi-permanent, construction and maintenance occur to accept follow-on forces, increase air and land power capabilities, and reaffirm the U.S.s growing partnership with the KSA.

A Soldier with the Army Reserves 389th Engineer Company of Des Moines, Iowa, works on a troop project June 21, 2022, at Camp Courage on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The company worked on several projects to improve the camp during their 2022 annual training, including putting new metal siding on numerous buildings. Troop projects are coordinated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works and help improve the installation's infrastructure while at the same time providing training for Army engineer units.

020105-F-2034C-071. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Thumrait Air Base Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Major Command Shown: 405th Air Expeditionary Wing

Soldiers with the Army Reserve's 389th Engineer Company of Des Moines, Iowa, work on a troop project June 21, 2022, at Camp Courage on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The company worked on several projects to improve the camp during their 2022 annual training, including putting new metal siding on numerous buildings. Troop projects are coordinated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works and help improve the installation's infrastructure while at the same time providing training for Army engineer units.

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Aug.4, 2022) Construction Electrician 2nd Class Ronald Edgington lays AM2 matting for a vertical landing and takeoff platform construction during NMCB 18s Field Training Exercise (FTX). FTX is designed to analyze a battalions construction capability, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to support major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

U.S. Soldiers from the Indiana Army National Guard fill sandbags for flood control efforts at the Indiana Department of Transportation office in Vincennes, Ind., June 10, 2008. The Soldiers and U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are helping state and local authorities raise the White River levee in an attempt to prevent further flooding in the area.

STAFF SGT. Jeffrey Carson, 65th Communications Group, Antenna Maintenance Section, secures a cable mounter on a Heavy Weight RLP Antenna at the Cinco Picos Communications Site during the antenna renovation. Base: Terceira Island Country: Azores (AZR)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Dusty Brown, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 172, levels out concrete during a squadron field exercise (FEX) at Camp Schwab training grounds, Okinawa, Japan, October 3, 2022. MWSS-172 conducted the squadron FEX to emphasize tactics, techniques and procedures in an Expeditionary Advanced Base Operation (EABO) environment in preparation for the Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE).

U.S. Army Sgt. Bailey Ruff and Spc. Edwin Ochoa of 842nd Engineer Compay, South Dakota Army National Guard, level out the ground where concrete will be poured during a troop training exercise in support of Golden Coyote Training Exercise at Camp Rapid, South Dakota, June 12, 2022. Golden Coyote is a three-phase, scenario-driven training exercise conducted in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, which enables commanders to focus on mission essential task requirements, warrior tasks, and battle drills.

010417-N-3207B-001. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Saint Vincent Country: Saint Vincent & Grenadines (VCT)

030204-F-9528H-028. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

030404-F-0981H-023. State: St Kitts Country: Nevis (KNA)

U.S. Air Force Airman Francisco Rebolledo and Airman 1st Class James Miller, 338th Training Squadron Radio Frequency Transmission Systems students, practice building a Blue Sky antenna mast during class at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sept. 6, 2022. The 338th TRS specializes in two pipeline courses, RF Transmissions Systems and Network Operations.

Members of the Michigan Air National Guard's 110th Civil Engineer Squadron, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, remove concrete broken up by a jack-hammer to make room for a new concrete pad at the Tama Hills Recreational Area, a U.S. Armed Forces recreational area near Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 14, 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.

Soldiers assigned to 842nd Engineer Compay, South Dakota Army National Guard, shovel dirt during a sidewalk build in support of Golden Coyote Training Exercise at Camp Rapid, South Dakota, June 12, 2022. Golden Coyote is a three-phase, scenario-driven training exercise conducted in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, which enables commanders to focus on mission essential task requirements, warrior tasks, and battle drills.

Members of the 31st Civil Engineer Squadron Dirt Boyz section spread asphalt for paving at Aviano Air Base, Italy, June 30, 2022. Dirt Boyz are responsible for any CE project that involves construction and repair on runways, roads, sidewalks and more.

U.S. Navy constructionmen with Mobile Construction Battalion 4, 30th Naval Contruction Regiment, build a training area for paving concrete at Dagmar North Training Area, Republic of Korea, July 10, 2022. Marines with 9th ESB are participating in a large-scale field training exercise focused on leveraging the integrated capabilities of joint and allied partners to strengthen all-domain awareness, maneuver, and fires across a distributed mountainous environment.

020415-F-2902B-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Air Base Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

050713-A-6108G-437. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041026-F-0502F-001. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Tyler Foutz, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician with 1st EOD Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group, monitors Chief Agent Jose Cristovao Guedes Madeira, a member of the Timor-Leste National Police (PNTL) EOD team, conducting hook-and-line techniques which allows remote operation against potential explosive threats during the classroom portion of the Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) training program in Dili, Timor-Leste, May 11, 2022. The rotation of the HMA program to Timor-Leste advances the U.S. and PNTL relationship, furthering opportunities for cultural exchange, and enhancing our mutual skills in support of humanitarian assistance and professional skills development.

Airmen from the Ohio National Guard 200th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer work on a drainage system for the reverse osmosis water purification unit at the University of the Virgin Islands Soccer Field, St. Thomas Oct. 10. The team of about 25 airmen have been on island since Sept. 13 after Hurricane Irma and have constructed tents, latrines, showers, and a laundry area for soldiers and airmen.

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 48th Fighter Wing, civilian employees and civilian contractors set up the roof of a Lightning Modular Extendable Rigid Wall Shelter at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Sep. 13, 2022. Subject matter experts from Hill Air Force Base taught members from the 48th Fighter Wing the set-up and teardown of the LMERWS.

Educators from the 8th Marine Corps District attempt to complete leadership challenges at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. April 21, 2022. The 8th Marine Corps District is home to Recruiting Stations, Denver, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Albuquerque, Phoenix, and Salt Lake City. Educators were welcomed to the depot to receive a first-hand experience on what recruit training is like.

DF-ST-86-12105. Base: North Field State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Reserve Engineers with the 601st Engineer Detachment of Southfield, Mich., work on a troop project to wire and pour concrete bases for light poles June 27, 2022, at the Central Receiving Shipping Point parking lot at Fort McCoy, Wis., as part of their annual training. The additional lighting will increase visibility, safety, and security at the site around the clock. The 601st's efforts on the project saved the installation an estimated $20,000 in labor costs.

A Seabee prepares the ground for the foundation of a new building using a soil compactor. Base: Naval Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

Air National Guard Airman with the 124th Civil Engineer Squadron, shovels gravel as a part of an Innovative Readiness Training mission while building homes for the Cherokee Veterans Housing Initiative in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, June 6, 2022. They are able to directly help Oklahomans thanks in part to the IRT - a Department of Defense initiative that is a joint environment with National Guard Soldiers and Airmen. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Sgt. Reece Heck)

981112-N-8658T-502. Base: Soto Cano Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

010416-N-3207B-009. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS 2001 Base: Saint Vincent Country: Saint Vincent & Grenadines (VCT)

040304-F-2902B-005. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

021022-F-7271H-145. Base: Altus Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AETC

US Army (USA) Specialists (SPC) Frederick P. Hawley, 331st Transportation Battalion, prepares a trident floating bridge for Roll-on Roll-off (RO-RO) operations during Exercise TURBO PATRIOT, a Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (JLOTS) Exercise, at Camp Pendleton, California (CA). Subject Operation/Series: TRUBO PATRIOT Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

(220517-N-OI810-0060) KEY WEST, Florida (May 17, 2022) Builder 1st Class Steven Arkin, from Long Beach, Mississippi, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, installs a steel door frame during an office space installation in the Central Processing Facility of Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) South, at Naval Air Station Key West (NASKW), May 17, 2022. Seabees assigned to NMCB-14 travelled to NASKW to perform on-site training and assist with facility and compound maintenance. NMCB-14 provides advance base construction, battle damage repair, contingency engineering, humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery support to our fleet and unified commanders.

011115-F-3356N-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

240123-N-PI330-1020 ROTA, Spain (Jan. 23, 2024) Construction Electrician 2nd Class Logan Munshower, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), levels concrete with a drain at the military working dog construction project in Rota, Spain, Jan. 23, 2024. NMCB 133 is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. 6th Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Soldiers with the Army Reserve's 389th Engineer Company of Des Moines, Iowa, work on a troop project June 21, 2022, at Camp Courage on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The company worked on several projects to improve the camp during their 2022 annual training, including putting new metal siding on numerous buildings. Troop projects are coordinated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works and help improve the installation's infrastructure while at the same time providing training for Army engineer units.

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. 6, 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

A U.S. Marine with Alpha Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), searches a collapsed building for notional casualties during Scarlet Response 2022 at Guardian Centers of Georgia, Georgia, May 19, 2022. CBIRFs initial response forces will deploy Marines to locate and extract casualties from the contaminated area and escort them to decontamination tents for further medical care. Scarlet Response 2022 is designed to physically and mentally test CBIRF personnel and the units joint partners, the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company, in a simulated joint disaster response.

011108-F-1851B-048. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Masirah Air Base Country: Oman (OMN)

Soldiers with the Army Reserves 389th Engineer Company of Des Moines, Iowa, work on a troop project June 21, 2022, at Camp Courage on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The company worked on several projects to improve the camp during their 2022 annual training, including putting new metal siding on numerous buildings. Troop projects are coordinated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works and help improve the installation's infrastructure while at the same time providing training for Army engineer units.

Soldiers with the Army Reserves 389th Engineer Company of Des Moines, Iowa, work on a troop project June 21, 2022, at Camp Courage on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The company worked on several projects to improve the camp during their 2022 annual training, including putting new metal siding on numerous buildings. Troop projects are coordinated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works and help improve the installation's infrastructure while at the same time providing training for Army engineer units.

030810-M-7837W-003. Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-234

Airmen from the 124th Civil Engineer Squadron, Boise, Idaho, and 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, and Soldiers from the 2120th Engineering Company, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, review blueprints of a home during an innovative readiness training project in the Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, June 7, 2022. They were reviewing the plumbing of the home.

030909-F-8678S-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

030909-F-0629H-010. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Moises Martinez, a heavy equipment operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, and a native of California, left, and Cpl. Austin Street, a water support technician with MWSS-174, and a native of Idaho, left, prepare to pour concrete at the Bankhaocha-Angkromklong School construction site in Rayong, Thailand, Feb. 15, 2024. Marines of MWSS-174 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

050127-F-2233S-059. Base: Ft. Indiantown Gap State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SC-90-00403. Base: Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads Country: Puerto Rico (PRI)

050913-A-6004S-042. Base: Pearlington State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S Air Force civil engineers with the 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron (EABS) construct a swing set for a school at Chabelley Village, Djibouti, June 9, 2022. While visiting the village, Airmen with the 776th EABS and Soldiers with Task Force Red Dragon built a swing set for the village school, assessed the schools electricity, and gave out clothes, toys, and sweets to children.

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Katrina Joiner, 47th Student Squadron training pilot, jumps from swing and descent landing gear at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, on June 27, 2022. Pilots are proactively trained in the event of an emergency ejection.

Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Forty (NMCB-40), unload plywood in preparation for constructing a kitchen and dining facility at the embassy compound. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

030522-M-5266H-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NMCB-7

220919-N-EJ241-1007DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory (Sept. 19, 2022) - Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 work with civilian contractors to pour concrete at U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia. NMCB-4 is forward deployed throughout the Indo-Pacific region and United States territories to support and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. As the stand-in, crisis response, naval engineering force, NMCB-4 maintains a ready posture to deliver in-theater expeditionary logistics via expeditionary shore infrastructure, forward damage repair, and mobile construction.

Builder 3rd Class David J. Holden of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, Detachment Fuji, removes a brace from a concrete wall form while working on the new armory. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan(JPN)

CATARINA, Guatemala - Louisiana National Guard Sgt. Jalean Brooks, 1021st Engineer Company plumber, paints an exterior door at the site of a new school May 30, 2016, during Exercise BEYOND THE HORIZON 2016 GUATEMALA. The doors will be used to provide privacy and security to the three bathrooms that accompany the school building.

Soldiers from 1st Platoon, 797th Vertical Engineer Company from Barrigada, Guam, U.S. Army Reserve, bend and wire up rebar forms to be placed in the footings in preparation for the concrete slab being constructed for the new auditorium at the Ratu Nalevawada school construction project during Exercise Cartwheel 2022, Nadi, Fiji September 16, 2022. Exercise Cartwheel is a multilateral military-to-military training exercise with the U.S., Republic of Fiji Military, Australian, New Zealand, and British forces that builds expeditionary readiness and interoperability by increasing the capacity to face a crisis and contingencies by developing and stressing units at the highest training levels.

050710-A-6108G-757. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050404-F-9429S-019. Base: Bagram Air Base Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Soldiers with the Army Reserve's 389th Engineer Company of Des Moines, Iowa, work on a troop project June 21, 2022, at Camp Courage on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The company worked on several projects to improve the camp during their 2022 annual training, including putting new metal siding on numerous buildings. Troop projects are coordinated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works and help improve the installation's infrastructure while at the same time providing training for Army engineer units.

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Gus N. Hirvela, Stuctures Journeyman, 823rd Red Horse Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, gets some help from a civilian Paraguayan man as they level a cement block for a wall that will divide showers from the sinks and toilets in the new bathrooms. The bathrooms will become the primary latrine and showers for all of tent city personnel at Concepcion, Paraguay. The 823rd Red Horse Squadron deployed approximately 25 advon team members with 120,000 tons of equipment in support of Operation NEW HORIZONS. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Concepcion Country: Paraguay (PRY)

A Royal Thai marine with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of Combat Engineers lays bricks at the Bankhaocha-Angkromklong School in Rayong, Thailand, Feb. 16, 2024. Marines of MWSS-174 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joziahs Cortez, an engineer equipment mechanic with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, hammers in nails for a guard post, Urban Terrain Town, Eastern Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, July 21, 2022. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

021224-F-9032T-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Master Sergeant Victor Armijo from the 210th Red Horse Squadron, New Mexico Air National Guard, mixes concrete during a deployment field training in Israel.

221018-N-PC620-0116REYNOSA, Mexico (Oct. 18, 2022) U.S. Army Sgt. David Everage, assigned to the 526th Engineer Company, 92nd Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, from Fort Stewart, Ga., and a Mexican army soldier assigned to the 19th Motorized Cavalry Regiment rescue a simulated casualty from a notional disaster zone during technical search-and-rescue training as part of exercise Fuerzas Amigas 2022 on Campo Militar Reynosa, Mexico, Oct. 18, 2022. This binational disaster-response exercise between the U.S. and Mexican militaries aims to improve readiness and strengthen the nations cooperative relationship. U.S. Army North, through Joint Task Force Civil Support will serve as the command-and-control element directing U.S. troops conducting a natural disaster response exercise with Mexican military forces.

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 Carpentry 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)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Seth Sammons, a civil engineer with the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, takes a ground reading during Accurate Test 22 at RAFO Thumrait Air Base, Oman, May 13, 2022. These readings ensure the grounding system used during refueling operations will adequately dissipate any dangerous static electrical charges.

The 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron and volunteers from various base units level concrete mixture using an aluminum screed at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 19, 2016. A screed is used to smooth and vibrate concrete as it is flattened out.

U.S. Airmen from the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron and 409th Air Expeditionary Group use an impact driver to build desks for the local community at Air Base 201, Niger, Feb. 6, 2024. The 724th EABS Civil Engineer and Contracting Flights coordinated with the 437th Civil Affairs Battalion to procure supplies to build 60 desks for donation to schoolchildren in the local community near the installation. Air Force

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ichan Ahn an engineer technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, and a native of Texas, left, and Cpl. Nico Bristol, a combat engineer with MWSS-174, and a native of Washington, lay bricks at the Bankhaocha-Angkromklong School in Rayong, Thailand, Feb. 16, 2024. Marines of MWSS-171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Cabanilla of Kahalui, Hawaii and Pvt. 1st Class Michelle Almeida of Kihei laugh as they prepare the frames for the windows in the new classroom facility the Hawaii National Guard, 230th Engineer Company, Vertical is building jointly with the Royal Thai Marine Engineer Battalion during the Cobra Gold joint engineering civil assistance mission hosted at the Ban Nong Buatong school in the Chanthaburi District of Thailand Jan. 24 to Feb. 11.

An airman helps in the construction of a tent city at Osan Air Base during training exercise Team Spirit '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Country: South Korea

Robert Sebe, a Seabee with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 (NMCB-5), helps to smooth out a freshly poured concrete slab at a camp under construction in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Staff Sgt. Joel Herrera-Ramos, a structural craftsman with the 555th Red Horse Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., installs a metal roof on top of the Bel-Air School in Georgetown, Guyana, July 21, 2009. U.S. Airmen are deployed here to build the $230,000 School, one of the projects in a $9 million exercise, New Horizons Guyana.

U.S. Marines and civilian members with the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory work with U.S. Army personnel assigned to the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command to conduct experimentation on the Tactical Resupply Vehicle-150 at Camp Pendleton, Calif., during Project Convergence - Capstone 4. The TRV-150 is designed to provide rapid and assured, highly automated aerial distribution of supply packages to small units operating in contested environments. Army

041216-M-4697Y-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Egers State: Kunar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

STAFF SGT. Darrin Powell with the 820th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineering Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, NV and Guyana Defense Force carpenter, Lance Corporal Frank Carter work together on the rebuilding of Saint Mary's High School. The construction was part of the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Camp Stephenson, Timehri Country: French Guiana (GUF)

U.S. Marines Corps Lance Cpl. Matthew Hernandez, left, and Cpl. Nicholas Cascio, right, both combat engineers with Bravo Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, create support columns to create and reinforce a defensive position at Camp Rodriguez, Republic of Korea, July 11, 2022. Marines with 9th ESB are participating in a large-scale field training exercise focused on leveraging the integrated capabilities of joint and allied partners to strengthen all-domain awareness, maneuver, and fires across a distributed mountainous environment.

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Brayan Cordovagonzalez, a heavy equipment operator with Task Force Koa Moana 22, I Marine Expeditionary Force, cuts plywood to make new targets during the construction of the Joint Range Complex in Ngatpang, Republic of Palau, July 5, 2022. The Joint Range Complex will provide the U.S. military and Palauan law enforcement agencies a place to sharpen their skills and improve marksmanship capabilities, strengthening readiness and interoperability in support of U.S. Indo-Pacific Commands strategic and operational objectives.

U.S. Air National Guard Airmen from the 172nd Airlift Wing Civil Engineer Squadron, Jackson, Mississippi, perform equipment maintenance during vegetative debris removal and route clearance exercise during PATRIOT 24, Camp McCain Training Center, Grenada, Mississippi, Feb. 20, 2024. PATRIOT is a Domestic Operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders. Air National Guard

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Jordan, a structural craftsman with the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, and U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Lezman and Sgt. Timothy Edward, a combat medic and a carpentry and masonry specialist with the 1436th Engineer Vertical Construction Company, change a cable on a clamshell door at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 8, 2022. The 1436th EVCC augments a variety of 378th ECES shops, including the structures shop, the water and fuel systems shop, the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning shop, and the pavements and construction equipment shop. The structures shop handles the construction and repair of PSAB infrastructure. To do this Airmen and Soldiers erect tents and buildings, and replace or reinforce damaged or worn-out structural parts. Though PSAB will remain semi-permanent, construction and maintenance occur to accept follow-on forces, increase air and land power capabilities, and reaffirm the U.S.s growing partner

050710-A-6108G-816. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Lt. Col. Erick Wiedmeier, 97th Troop Command andHomeland Response Force Joint commander, speaks at the Utah National Guard FEMA Region VIII Homeland Response Force ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Collapsed Structure Venue Site May 10, 2022. The CSVS is one of only three military owned Urban Search and Rescue training venues west of the Rocky Mountains. This CSVS will allow both military search and extract and civilian search and rescue teams the opportunity to train together and build those necessary partnerships needed in an all hazards response.

Teammates construct a hardback shelter during the civil engineering/services competition Readiness Challenge '90. Subject Operation/Series: READINESS CHALLENGE '90 Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3d Marine Logistics Group aids in the construction of a local school during Balikatan 22, Claveria, Philippines, March 30, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades shared experiences. Balikatan, Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder, is a longstanding bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between both countries. Balikatan 22 is the 37th iteration of the exercise and coincides with the 75th anniversary of the U.S.-Philippine security cooperation.

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