Military Construction Operations

Images depict military personnel engaged in various construction tasks, including pouring concrete and repairing airfields, showcasing teamwork and dedication.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Austin Street, a water support technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, and a native of Idaho, right, and a Royal Thai marine with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of Combat Engineers install plumbing 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

220919-N-EJ241-1061DIEGO 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.

CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (Jul. 20, 2022) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 work together with Marines assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 273 on repairing the damaged airfield by smoothing out the new concrete during the airfield damage repair exercise during Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise. Operation Turning Point is an around-the-clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB 1 is homeported out of Gulfport, Miss. They are conducting an intense homeport training plan to expand their ability to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater operations.

U.S. Army Pfc. Jordan Lindgren, assigned to South Dakota Army National Guard, 155th Engineer Company, removes a section of plywood during Resolute Castle 22 at Cincu Training Area, Romania, June 16, 2022. Resolute Castle 22 builds goodwill, ensures interoperability of U.S. and allied forces, and enhances NATO allies and partners ability to respond more effectively to any mission within the EUCOM area of responsibility.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Seth Bryson, 169th Civil Engineer Squadron engineer from the South Carolina Air National Guard, takes measurements for a concrete repair while building a community center for the Blackfeet Nation Native Americans at Heart Butte, Montana, September 6, 2022. This temporary deployment is part of the 169th Civil Engineer Squadrons yearly Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) that helps Airmen train in a real-world environment to acquire and maintain their trade skills.

Engineering Aid 2nd Class Viktoria Thompson, left, and Utilitiesman 3rd Class Anatoliy Morsov both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, shovel gravel for a five-stall bathroom NMCB 5 is building for the Sromo Primary School in Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia, Jan. 9, 2017. NMCB 5 is the forward deployed, Western Pacific NMCB, 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. Homeported out of Port Hueneme, Calif., NMCB 5 has 14 detached sites deployed throughout the United States and Western Pacific area of operations.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Austin Street, a water support technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, and a native of Idaho, right, and a Royal Thai marine with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of Combat Engineers install plumbing 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

220719-N-PI330-1095 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (July 19, 2022) Builder 2nd Class Logan Lipe, left, and Utilitiesman 2nd Class Charles Denig, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), secure floor joists at a construction project in Rota, Spain, July 19, 2022. NMCB 133 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.

TAPAZ, Philippines (April 8, 2015) U.S. Navy Builder Constructionman Hayden Mickley, right, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, and Armed Forces of the Philippines engineers from the 552nd Engineering Construction Battalion, shovel dirt for a concrete pad at Don Joaquin Elementary School during Balikatan 2015. The engineers, part of the Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force on the island of Panay, are constructing two classrooms at the school. Balikatan, which means shoulder to shoulder” in Tagalog, is an annual bilateral training exercise aimed at improving the ability of Philippine and U.S. military forces to work together during planning, contingency, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations.

040707-F-6335P-032. Base: Timehri Country: Guyana (GUY) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Readiness Challenge VIII participants from U.S. Space Force's 45th Civil Engineer Squadron, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, begin the guard shack build event April 18, 2022, at the Silver Flag Training 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 Department of the Air Force civil engineers, is back. This year's Readiness Challenge is the initial operating capability event before the challenge reaches full operating capability within the next two years. At this year's event, which runs through April 22, eight teams representing major commands and U.S. Space Force are facing off in about 20 events showing myriad of CE capabilities from emergency airfield lighting and water purification to building a guard shack from the ground up and firefighting and EOD operations.

220511-N-PI330-1119 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain- Utilitiesman 3rd Class Trenton McGill, left, and Construction Electrician Constructionman Alina Townsend, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133, lay corner leads, May 11, 2022. NMCB 133 is currently forward deployed to provide an adaptable and scalable Naval Construction Force as a vital component of the U.S. Maritime strategy in executing quality construction in combat, humanitarian assistance or disaster recovery operations.

030223-M-8539K-023. Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 172, along with civilians, level 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).

020420-F-7359L-007. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Duluth International Airport State: Minnesota (MN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Illinois Army National Guard Spc. Abdoul Sanfo, left, a plumber and John Heafner, right, a carpentry and masonry specialist, both from 661st Engineer Company, 123rd Engineer Battalion based in Macomb, Illinois, install a drip edge on the Wellness Centers new steel roof at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, July 15th, 2022. A crane is used to safely place Soldiers near the building to nail the metal flashing onto the roofs edge, preventing damage by allowing water to channel away from the roof.

030429-A-1526R-004. Base: Costanza Country: Dominican Republic (DOM)

030211-M-5266H-016. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

041130-M-0036Y-002. Base: Al Taqqadum Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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 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.

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 15, 2022) Service members from the U.S. Marine, Corps, U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea Navy, work together on the construction of a boardwalk at the Marine Corp Base Hawaii during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 15. 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 world's 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 world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Royal Australian Navy photo by LSIS Kylie Jagiello)

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Quentin Greiner of the 110th Civil Engineer Squadron, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Michigan, measures a board to be cut while building walls for building renovations at the Tama Hills Recreational Area, a U.S. Armed Forces recreational area near Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 10, 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.

POTI, Georgia (Aug. 23, 2022) Steelworker 3rd Class Rusty Garza and Builder 3rd Class Kevin Santana, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, build formwork for the Railhead Project in Poti, Georgia, Aug. 23, 2022. NMCB 11 is forward-deployed to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater security cooperation in the U.S. Sixth and Seventh Fleet areas of operation.

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Cynthia Chagnon strikes with her pickaxe while MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Kris Lewis supervises, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

030508-F-2034C-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps students with Drill Instructor School, Recruit Training Regiment, participate in the obstacle course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, July 19, 2022. Drill Instructor School further develops the leadership, command presence, instructional ability, physical fitness, and knowledge of selected officers, Staff Non-Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers in order to successfully perform the duties of a series commander and drill instructor.

060830-N-3153C-133. State: Dili Country: East Timor (TMP)

030409-F-3488S-049. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220921-N-PI330-2018 Gulfport, Mississippi (September 21, 2022) Builder 3rd Class Waylon Dicus, left, and Builder Constructionman Nou Moua, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), build stairs for a construction trainer on Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, September 21, 2022. NMCB 133 is at homeport in Gulfport, Mississippi conducting training cycles.

030122-M-5266H-049. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

220721-N-PI330-1033 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (July 21, 2022) Builder 2nd Class Johnwilliam Coustable, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), uses a table saw at a construction project in Rota, Spain, July 21, 2022. NMCB 133 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.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Anakin Crain, right, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, and a native of Oklahoma, and Cpl. Katie Lee, a supply chain and materiel management specialist with MWSS-171, and native of New York, place rebar at the Ban Prakaet school in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 14, 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

030216-F-3208M-028. Subject Operation/Series: RUGGED ARCH Country: Unknown

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Aug. 3, 2022) Builder 1st Class AaronPaul Garcia cuts wood for a timber bunker construction project during Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (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.

DN-ST-86-02110. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

070206-A-9157N-002. Base: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

040719-F-0571C-029. Base: Sophia-Georgetown State: Demerara-Mahaica Country: Guyana (GUY)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Connor Huften, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, and native of Florida, applies stucco to the wall of a classroom being built at the Ban Prakaet school at Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 20, 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

Staff Sgt. Dustin Traylor, 31st Munitions Squadron stockpile crew chief, adjusts the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) fin interface to fit an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a routine exercise at Camp Darby, Italy, August 11, 2022. The fin can be flown on many different aircraft but must be adjusted for proper fit and flight safety.

020105-F-2034C-065. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Thumrait Air Base Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Major Command Shown: 405th Air Expeditionary Wing

220512-N-PI330-2088 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain- Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 level a beam before welding at a construction site, May 12, 2022. NMCB 133 is currently forward deployed to provide an adaptable and scalable Naval Construction Force as a vital component of the U.S. Maritime strategy in executing quality construction in combat, humanitarian assistance or disaster recovery operations.

030422-M-0542A-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

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)

Members of 1st Platoon, 797th Vertical Engineer Company from Barrigada, Guam, U.S. Army Reserve, and Royal Fiji Military Force Engineers spread out concrete for the foundation during a joint construction of a new auditorium for the Ratu Nalevawada village school on September 17, 2022, during Exercise Cartwheel 2022, Nadi, Fiji. Opportunities like Exercise Cartwheel provide a platform to deepen understanding and preparedness for potential crises while strengthening U.S. Army, INDOPACOM, and Fijian military capabilities and enhancing critical relationships with partner nations for a free and open Indo-Pacific.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Ryan Niel, 492nd Fighter Generation Squadron repair and reclamation journeyman, hooks an F-15C Eagle to a crane during a Crash, Damaged and Disabled Aircraft Recovery exercise at RAF Lakenheath, England, Jan. 2, 2024. RAF Mildenhall and Liberty Wing Airmen participated in the CDDAR exercise to recertify them for aircraft recovery.

220910-N-EJ241-1086DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory (Sept. 10, 2022) - Lt. Adrian Tomaneng, fuels officer for Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Yokosuka Site Diego Garcia, right; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Lester Jones, port operations officer for U.S. Navy Support Facility (NSF) Diego Garcia, center; and Fernando Gasmin, an operations maintenance representative for NSF Diego Garcia, conduct a joint inspection of the fuel tank inside a fuel oil barge (Non-Self-propelled) Yard Oiler, Navy (YON) 307 during a scheduled overhaul. NAVSUP FLC Yokosuka is the Western Pacific regions largest U.S. Navy logistics command and has a network of more than 14 detachments.

Army Reserves 411th Engineer Company loaded railcars with army equipment at Fort McCoy, WI Nov. 1, 2022. Working with Fort McCoys Logistics Readiness Center, soldiers must organize, load and secure vehicles and equipment on the correct weight-rated rail cars to transport each item safely.

APRA HARBOR, Guam -- Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) load a MK 67 submarine launched mobile mine (SLMM) onto Annapolis, May 4. Annapolis will be conducting maritime operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to maintain a safe and open Indo-Pacific.

A Readiness Challenge VIII participant from U.S. Air Forces in Europe's Aviano Air Base, Italy, begins the guard shack build event April 18, 2022, at the Silver Flag Training Site, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Each team wears a different color tape during the event. 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 Department of the Air Force civil engineers, is back. This year's Readiness Challenge is the initial operating capability event before the challenge reaches full operating capability within the next two years. At this year's event, which runs through April 22, eight teams representing major commands and U.S. Space Force are facing off in about 20 events showing myriad of CE capabilities from emergency airfield lighting and water purification to building a guard shack from the ground up and firefighting and EOD operations.

220728-N-IP029-1006 PORTSMOUTH, Va. (July 28, 2022) Airman Epiphany Wahl, from San Antonio, prepares to paint aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Ike is currently pierside at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in the basic phase of the optimized fleet response plan (OFRP).

Phưc Hòa, Vietnam (July 27, 2022) 1st Lt. Anthony Sposato, (middle) Gunnery Sgt. Anthony Francisco (right), with 7th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB) are laying Concrete Masonry Units (CMU) block courses for the Phưc Hòa primary school in Vietnam. 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.

030424-F-2034C-015. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

A U.S. military civil engineer digs a trench for renovations on a school as part of Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sept. 10, 2022. The operation is scheduled for Sept. 12-17 and will focus on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges. Pacific Air Forces participates in PAC ANGEL 22-4 in order to advance interoperability and build upon established partnerships between our military forces and our allies and partners.

110120-N-4440L-075DJIBOUTI (Jan. 20, 2011) Builder Constructionmen Diana Aceves, right, and Daniel Fuentes, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74, Detail Horn of Africa, pour concrete during a construction project at Ecole 5 Primary School. NMCB-74 is deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa to assist in promoting regional stability by providing construction engineering support for schools, medical clinics, water wells and other civic improvements throughout the region.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cody Hagenanderson, a combat engineer with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, cuts a four-by-four piece of wood during Winter Pioneer 2024 on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 17, 2024. Winter Pioneer 24 is a tactical-level exercise demonstrating integrated U.S. Marine Corps Engineer and U.S. Navy Construction units to establish and sustain an advanced naval base, and expeditionary advanced bases, and contribute to maritime domain awareness. Marine Corps

AIRMAN (AMN) Heath Bichel, a firefighter for the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Civil Engineering Squadron (AEW/CES) Fire Department, services a P-19 Crash Fire Fighting Vehicle at Peter J. Ganci Jr. Air Base, Kyrgyzstan. AIRMAN Bichel is deployed to Ganci, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Peter J. Ganci Jr. Air Base State: Chuskaya Oblast Country: Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

Ivy Leaders assigned to 4th Infantry Division climb up the obstacle, May 24, 2022 during the Ivy Week Mabry Mile competition at Fort Carson, Colorado. The Dale Mabry Mile obstacle course requires Soldiers to work together as a team which builds camaraderie, esprit de corps, trust and makes Soldiers feel better physically and mentally.

U.S. Air National Guard Airman assigned to the 156th Fire Department, Muniz Air National Guard Base, Puerto Rico clear debris Sept. 26, 2017. Muniz Air National Guard Base was struck Puerto Rico Sept. 20, 2017.

POTI, Georgia (Oct. 13, 2022) Utilitiesman 3rd Class Gilbert Barahona, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, vibrates concrete to achieve proper consolidation with a Georgian counterpart for the Railhead Project in Poti, Georgia, Oct. 13, 2022. NMCB-11 is forward-deployed to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater security cooperation in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Seventh Fleet areas of operation.

Work completed by Soldiers with the Army Reserve's 389th Engineer Company of Des Moines, Iowa, at a troop project is shown June 21, 2022, at Tactical Training Base Courage on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The company worked on several projects to improve the training area 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.

000505-N-6492H-514. Base: Camp Garcia State: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI) Scene Major Command Shown: NMCB 5

DF-ST-89-05322. Subject Operation/Series: READINESS CHALLENGE 87 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the Louisiana National Guard setting up containment booms to protect beaches in Grand Isle, Louisiana during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

220722-N-PI330-1069 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (July 22, 2022) Builder 3rd Class Ryan Rickles, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), cuts sheet metal for the roof of a storage building in Rota, Spain, July 22, 2022. NMCB 133 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.

SAVUSAVU, Republic of Fiji (June 08, 2022) Steelworker 3rd Class Bill Redmond, from Bakersfield, California, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 (NMCB-3), passes a bucket of concrete to Sapper Epeli Naituku, assigned to the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, during a Pacific Partnership 2022 engineering project. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

030415-M-7371B-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Hasham Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 030415-M-7371B-001

(220517-N-OI810-0454) KEY WEST, Florida (May 17, 2022) Steelworker 1st Class Zachary Styer, from Memphis, Tennessee, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, cuts down a steel fence during a tennis court demolition at Boca Chica Field, 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.

U.S. Airmen from the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron mix cement with water during Rapid Airfield Damage Repair training at Draughon Range, Japan, Aug. 3, 2022. The exercise assessed Misawa's ability to perform Agile Combat Employment across a range of military operations in a complex and dynamic international security environment.

A Royal Thai marine with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of Combat Engineers applies stucco to the inside walls of the new classroom being built at the Ban Prakaet school in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 19, 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

050119-F-0981H-010. Base: Naval Air Station, Utapao Country: Thailand (THA)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Conor Huften, center, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, and native of Florida, welds support beams together during the first day of construction at the Ban Prakaet school, Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 9, 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

U.S. Army Spc. Derek Pendell, a plumber with the 1436th Engineer Vertical Construction Company, attempts to break a rock impeding a water line trench on Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 26, 2022. The 1436th EVCC augments a variety of 378th ECES shops, including the water and fuel systems shop, the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning shop, the pavements, and construction equipment shop and the structures shop. The water and fuel systems shop maintains all of PSABs fuel and water lines, storage and distribution. To do this Airmen and Soldiers manage the plumbing and wastewater collection systems essential to the bases quality of life. 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.

000505-N-6492H-559. Base: Camp Garcia State: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI) Scene Major Command Shown: NMCB 5

Members of the Expeditionary Red Horse Squadron, work the nightshift during their construction work on the Combined Air Operation Center at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. Red Horse is part of the coalition force here to support Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, a military effort to enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

020827-F-2706D-007. Subject Operation/Series: MEDFLAG 2002 Base: Soroti Country: Uganda (UGA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

030409-F-1389C-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Gremling pounds in a grid stake while U.S. Army Sgt. William Fouse holds the tape measure in place during the excavation of a crash site in the Boualapha Province of Laos, Jan. 13, 2008. Both men are part of a Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command team deployed out of Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, to Laos for 30 days to attempt to recover the remains of U.S. service members lost during the Vietnam War.

020716-F-3873G-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

U.S. Army combat engineers with the 810th Engineer Company, Joint Task Force 781, Georgia National Guard assess and clear debris from a simulated collapsed building site in Georgetown, S.C., March 8, 2015, during Vigilant Guard South Carolina. Vigilant Guard is a series of federally funded disaster-response drills conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders.

A New Zealand Soldier checks his descent route before rappelling down a rock face as part of Exercise Cartwheel at Nausori Highlands Training Area, Fiji, September 18, 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.

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Logistics Support Vessel-3 (LSV-3) Gen. Brenton B. Somervell, Transportation Company Pacific- Provision, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, and a U.S. Marine with Logistics Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22, secure an Australian Defence G-Wagon in place aboard LSV-3 during exercise Koolendong 22 at Darwin Port, NT, Australia, July 12, 2022. LSV-3 provided support to exercise Koolendong 22 by transporting gear and equipment from Darwin, NT to Western Australia. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Cpl. Kayla D. Treviño)

Spc. Lal Thang, an Iowa City, Iowa, native and carpentry and masonry specialist assigned to the 831st Engineer Company, Iowa Army National Guard, cuts through concrete at the historic Herrold School House in the Camp Dodge training area in Johnston, Iowa, on June 14, 2022. The 831st EC was assigned to complete various projects around Camp Dodge. Updates to the school house were made to allow Soldiers to use the schoolhouse as a tactical operations center. They will be able to set up their own wireless communications to simulate a temporary operations center during conflict.

Alaska Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Joshua Fleming, a firefighter assigned to the 176th Wing, breaks down a log with a chainsaw for disposal as part of Operation Merbok Response in Koyuk, Alaska, Sept. 27, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by Sgt. Seth LaCount)

A U.S. Crash Fire Rescue Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 reinforced, Aviation Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22, cuts apart a notionaly downed Unmanned Aircraft System during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel rehearsal as part of exercise Darrandarra 22, at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia, June 15, 2022. Exercise Darrandarra 22 increases MRF-D 22s readiness to respond to realistic crises throughout a range of military operations within the region.

The 202nd RED HORSE Squadron clear roads in Fort Myers Beach, Florida in response to Hurricane Ian, Sept. 30, 2022.

051114-A-0527A-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050713-A-6108G-414. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

NAVFAC Washington leadership inspects the roof of Building 3 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.(left to right) CDR James Angerman, LCDR Rick Buechel, LCDR John Kaiser, CAPT Eric Hawn

Airman 1st Class Cole Kasten, a 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron pavement and heavy equipment operator, mixes cement for a ramp at Public School No. 4 in Gori, Georgia, Aug. 28, 2015. Kasten and a team of Airmen built the ramp to give disabled students at the school safe access into the gymnasium. Humanitarian and civic assistance projects enhance operational readiness of military personnel while providing mutual support to the hostnation's population.

Airmen from the Ohio Air National Guard 200th Red Horse Squadron assemble tents at a campsite in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. The Airmen deployed to Puerto Rico to assist in setting up two campsites to accommodate relief and rescue agencies responding to the destruction caused by the recent earthquakes, January 18, 2020. (Ohio Air National Guard

030509-F-8362B-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Airmen assigned to Task Force Holloman help disassemble tents at the Life Support Area on Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Jan. 27, 2022. The Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. This initiative provides Afghan personnel essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan. (U.S. Army Photo by Pfc. Elsi Delgado)

U.S. Navy Steeworker Constructionman Meredith Lingerfelt from Glenn Wood, Wisconsin and Patrick Tanzi from Rockland, Massachusetts, place screws into a floor as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 2, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships.

010406-F-0929W-009. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Estigarribia Country: Paraguay (PRY)

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 12 construct a temporary special access program facility at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, Aug. 8, 2022. U.S. Marines with MAG-12 are conducting unit level training in Australia to maintain readiness, test expeditionary capabilities, and increase interoperability with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific.

Personnel with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) screen dirt during an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 29, 2022. DPAA personnel conducted an underwater excavation operation in an effort 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.

Royal Thai Marines with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of Combat Engineers roll out a moisture barrier at the Ban Prakaet school in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 14, 2024. Marines of Marine Wing Support Squadron 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

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Adam Walden, Jr. of the 110th Civil Engineer Squadron, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Michigan, trains Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Miszewski to use a jack-hammer 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.

U.S. Navy Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Rafal Kolodziej, right, and Boatswains Mate Seamen JeanPaul Diaz, both with Gaum detachment, Naval Expeditionary Logistic Support Group, remove the dunnage stanchion during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 on United States Naval Ship Dahl (T-AKR 312) in Kushiro Port, on Sept. 30, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, Port Hueneme, Calif., lift a floor frame as they construct hardback tents at Camp Five. The tents will be used for migrant housing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL V Base: Camp Five State: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

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