Military Engineering Operations

U.S. service members engaged in various engineering tasks, including decontamination training and construction projects, highlighting teamwork and operational skills.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brandon Barnett, right, and Hunter GrayWhite, left, both motor transport mechanics with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, secure the Palletized Load System Flatracks during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Kushiro Port, on Oct. 3, 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. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

U.S. Service members work together carrying a mannequin through a decontamination station during a Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations course held at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Aug. 13, 2014. The course helped first responders attain skills needed to properly decontaminate personnel and themselves.

U.S. Army soldier assigned to the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, opens the top hatch to an Abrams M1A2 SEPV3 Main Battle Tank. The arrival of these tanks in Poland will help the 3ABCT produce combat-credible forces alongside NATO allies.

220609-N-MQ841-1967 VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (June 9, 2022) U.S Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB), Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, and Airmen with 30th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) train on airfield repair during Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Operation Turning Point is an around-the-clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB-5 is homeported out of Port Hueneme, California. They train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

Master Sgt. Craig Minnihan and Tech. Sgt. Andy Prussner from the 141st Civil Engineer Squadron work on water lines while building the Blackfeet Nation Senior and Cultural Center in Heart Butte, Montana August 9,2022. The 141st Civil Engineer Squadron, 141st Medical Group and 141st Force Support Squadron all participated in the deployment for training, strengthening bonds between neighbors.

U.S. Navy Boatswains Mate Dylan Brian with Navy Cargo Handling Battalion ONE conducts equipment offload operations aboard the USNS Seay (T-AKR-302) during exercise Native Fury 22 at Yanbu Commercial Port, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 4, 2022. Native Fury 22 is a biennial exercise focused on the demonstration of the rapid offload and integration of a Maritime Prepositioned Force in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of regional security, crisis response, and contingency operations.

U.S. Soldiers and Airmen from the Colorado National Guard, along with members of civilian emergency response agencies, combine efforts to fill sandbags at the Arvada Fire Protection District Training Center in Arvada, Colo., to help mitigate flooding in the area Sept. 15, 2013. According to the National Weather Service, more than 12 inches of rain have fallen since Sept. 1, breaking the 73-year-old record for precipitation for the month.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brandon Barnett, right, and Hunter GrayWhite, left, both motor transport mechanics with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, secure the Palletized Load System Flatracks during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Kushiro Port, on Oct. 3, 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. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

U.S Army Soldiers install steel runway planking for fence along the U.S./Mexico border in Naco, Ariz., June 28, 2007, in support of Operation Jump Start.

221018-N-N0874-1089 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 18, 2022) Logistic Specialist 2nd Class Manuel Miguel, left, from Fresno, California, and Barry Kelly, from Chesapeake, Virginia, a contractor for Norfolk Naval Shipyard, move cargo aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), October 18, 2022. Truman is the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and is currently in port at Naval Station Norfolk.

US Airmen participate in Rapid Damage Airfield Repair (RDAR) Training at the 163d Regional Training Site on March Air Reserve Base in Calif., Sept. 1, 2023. RDAR is the primary warfighting objective of a Civil Engineering Squadron in the United States Air Force.

Airman 1st Class Benjamin Walker (center), 139th Medical Group Homeland Response Force (HRF), hammers down the tent for a footprint at Camp Clark, Nevada, Missouri, June 8, 2022. The HRF established a footprint to simulate a deployed environment and practiced trauma training.

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)

Arkansas Air National Guard members work alongside locals and Navy personnel unloading medical equipment for Continuing Promise 2022 in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, on October 24, 2022. Arkansas Air National Guard members participate in Continuing Promise 2022 to support Guatemala through the U.S. National Guard State Partnership Program, which develops relationships with partner countries while providing support such as medical care and increasing readiness of U.S. and partner forces.

020513-F-6932M-010. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS 2002 Base: Camp Dingo State: Kingston Country: Jamaica (JAM)

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 372, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and U.S. Navy Sailors with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 lay concrete to expand a vertical take-off and landing pad as part of Exercise Turning Point at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, June 5, 2022. Turning Point is a combat operation readiness exercise designed to support and enable fleet maneuver and logistics, enhance joint interoperability, and increase the combat readiness of multiple services. 3rd Marine Aircraft Wings warfighting readiness directly enables aviation superiority in support of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force and joint operations and deters potential adversaries.

US Navy Still Worker Third Class Joshua Ancelet from the Naval Mobil Construction Battalion 74, Seabee Sea Gulf Port, Mississippi, brakes holes on blocks for the construction of a new school in San Antonio Clinic, Paraguay, during Exercise NEW HORIZONS. Combined Task Force Guarani Springs conducts engineer and medical operations in Paraguay, enabling joint training. The task force will renovate, construct and improve the infrastructure of four schools, four water wells, two medical clinics, and conduct multiple Medical Readiness Training Exercises (MEDRETES), and Veterinarian Readiness Training Exercises (VETRETES) as agreed to by the government of Paraguay. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: San Antonio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Airman 1st Class KC Buckner, a fire fighter with the 151st Civil Engineering Squadron, participates in the Cherokee Nation Civil Engineering Innovative Readiness Training June 9, 2022 in Tahlequah, OK. The Air and Army National Guardsmen work in two-week rotations from April to August, building seven homes each year for low-income or homeless military veterans of Cherokee Nation.

220613-N-PG340-1050 SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (June 13, 2022) Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Johnathan Fearon, with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, tears down a timber bunker during Operation Turning Point, also known as Field Training Exercise, at San Clemente Island. Operation Turning Point is an around-the-clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB-5 is homeported out of Port Hueneme, California. They train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

U.S. Air Force Senior Amn. Salvador Marroquin, a structures troop assigned to the 163D Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) from March Air Reserve Base in California, cuts forms for exterior doors near the Special Olympics Training Facility construction grounds, in Ewa Beach, Hawaii on August 2, 2022. The 163D CES participated in Innovative Readiness Training by traveling to the Island of Oahu to assist in the construction of a training facility, and connecting sidewalk for the impaired athletes of the Hawaii Special Olympics.

Louisiana National Guardsmen with A Company, 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment hook a load of Christmas trees to a UH-60 Blackhawk in Bayou Sauvage in New Orleans, March 28, 2019. The trees will be used to help slow coastal erosion and build habitats in the urban wildlife refuge.

A Soldier attached to the 653rd Regional Support Group hammers in stakes to secure a power generator while in support of Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) 22, June 11, Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. The CSTX is a joint exercise that prepares units for operational deployments around the globe. The 653rd RSG is a part of the 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) headquarters and provides military and logistical support to the Army Reserve.

Diego Garcia, British Indian Territory (Sep. 19, 2022) Builder 2nd Class Ethan Adams with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, prepares concrete for Gas Cylinder Storage Facility 19-851 project onboard Naval Base Diego Garcia. NMCB-4 Is forward deployed throughout the 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. (U.S Navy Photo by Utilitiesman 2nd Class Joane Duran/Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 526th Brigade Support Battalion, direct movement during an equipment download at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, July 7, 2022. 101st units will support V Corps' mission to reinforce NATO's eastern flank and engage in multinational exercises with partners across the European continent to reassure our Nation's Allies and deter further Russian aggression.

DM-ST-86-08450. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt Sittikai Wisanu a heating, ventilation and air conditioning troop assigned to the 163D Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) from March Air Reserve Base in California, secures girt in steel ridge column on the Special Olympics Training Facility foundation alongside fellow service members in Ewa Beach, Hawaii on August 4, 2022. The 163D CES participated in Innovative Readiness Training by traveling to the Island of Oahu to assist in the construction of a training facility, and connecting sidewalk for the impaired athletes of the Hawaii Special Olympics.

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Aug. 4, 2022) Builder 1st Class Cassandra Begay hammers wooden supports on a tent deck 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.

Idaho Air National Guard Airmen from the 124th Civil Engineer Squadron, Boise, Idaho, and Oklahoma Army National Guard Soldiers from the 2120th Engineering Company, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, prepare to roof a house during an innovative readiness training project in the Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, June 9, 2022. The Soldiers and Airmen worked hand-in-hand to complete building the housing subdivision.

(220526-N-OI810-0480) KEY WEST, Florida (May 26, 2022) Equipment Operator 2nd Class Juan Dominguez, from Guayaquil, Ecuador, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, uses a demolition hammer to break up a damaged section of runway at Boca Chica Field, Naval Air Station Key West (NASKW), May 26, 2022. NMCB-14 teamed up with NASKW Public Works and NASKW Air Operations Department to complete the needed airfield damage repair. 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.

110603-A-6297J-015 DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. - Spc. Jeremy Card (left), Staff Sgt. Jeff Liebl, and Spc. Sarah Haug, of the South Dakota Army National Guard's 153rd Forward Support Company out of Parkston, team up to operate a sand dispenser while filling large helibags at the Helibase site in North Sioux City, S.D., Friday, June 3, 2011. Soldiers at the Helibase site are producing enough of the 2,000 pound sandbags for helicopter crews to deliver 350 per day to support the primary levee at Dakota Dunes in support of flooding operations. (SDNG

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Inland Cargo Transport Company, 39th Movement Control Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command demonstrate how to disassemble and reassemble new prototype expeditionary rail capability at Coleman Barracks in Mannheim, Germany on May 6, 2022. RAIL is a modular ramp system that can be rapidly assembled anywhere allowing for the massing of combat power anywhere along existing rail lines.

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.

Members of the 114th Civil Engineer Squadron fill a simulated crater in order to practice rapid runway repair operations during the Lobo Trident exercise in Hector Field, North Dakota March 30, 2023. Hector Field was set up as a simulated forward operating station in a friendly country in order to give Airmen a chance to practice wartime emergency operations and communications in a remote location.

119th Civil Engineer training cadre from left to right, Master Sgt. Anthony Rezac, Tech. Sgt. Cody Nordquist and Airman 1st Class Bailey Endres take measurements and notes documenting civil engineer training effectiveness preparing a simulated bomb impact crater for repair at the North Dakota Air National Guard Regional Training Site, Fargo, North Dakota, Aug. 11, 2022. The students will then mix in a quick-drying concrete mixture to repair the hole as if it were a runway ready for aircraft launch and recovery. The civil engineers are using the Rapid Airfield Damage Recovery (RADR) system for training to repair damage to a 150 feet by 750 feet concrete simulated runway, sectioned off in 20 foot by 20 foot squares for training craters. It is specially designed for making holes in the concrete squares that simulate bomb impact craters that can be repaired with fill and capping material. The Fargo civil engineer training site is one of four in the Air National Guard, and is the first one

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 172 prepare to take down a sniper tower during a squadron field exercise (FEX) at Camp Schwab training grounds, Okinawa, Japan, October 6, 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).

060815-N-8623S-012. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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New Jersey Army National Guard fuel handlers Pvts. James Tyler, left, of Union, N.J., and Andrea Pittman of Hillside, N.J., both with the 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion, offload 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel from a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) M978 2,500 gallon fuel tanker at the municipal fuel depot at Morris Township, N.J. Nov. 3, 2012. The Soldiers are assigned to the National Guard Armory in Freehold, N.J., which is one of three fuel distribution points to include Egg Harbor Township and West Orange and will provide mobile fuel support for first responders and vehicles supporting critical infrastructure. The HEMTT, which is the backbone of U.S. Army logistics, is rapidly deployable and is designed to operate in any climatic condition. The New Jersey National Guard continues to work closely with the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Guard Bureau to ensure that every military resource required for Hurricane Sandy response is in place.

A Dutch Marine with Netherlands Marine Corps, gives a class on search and tracking to U.S. Marines with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, during Exercise Tres Kolos in Saventa, Aruba, Oct. 23, 2022. This exercise promotes partnerships, shares knowledge, and enhances interoperability between the forces in order to strengthen our common defense, foster stability and defeat threats.

U.S. Air National Guard members with the 131st Bomb Wing resurface a roof with the assistance of Master Corporal Shantz Hallman, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) construction technician, at 14 Wing Royal Canadian Air Force Base in Greenwood, Canada, July 14, 2022. Members with the 131st Bomb Wings 231st Civil Engineer Squadron, 200th REDHORSE Squadron and the 239th Combat Communications Squadron, deployed to Nova Scotia as part of the Construction Engineering Project Exchange Program with the 14 Wing of the RCAF. These Guard members worked in cooperation with the RCAF to complete quality of life improvements to the base, to build on skillsets and to strengthen interoperability with Canadian allies.

United States Marine Corps works with Nueces County to improve infrastructure for the community from June 19 to June 30, 2022.

040713-F-0681L-058. Base: Hector Iap/Angb, Fargo State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines and Seabees work together to build a helicopter landing pad at the Joint Task Force Somalia headquarters during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. The headquarters was established at the former U.S. Embassy compound. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

159th Civil Engineering Squadrons structural training manager, Tech Sgt. Joshua Blossom removes disconnected power lines from downed trees from Hurricane Laura in downtown Lake Charles, La., Aug. 30, 2020. As part of the 159 CESs Debris Clearance Package, these Louisiana Air National Guard Airmen were tasked with removing downed trees and rubble for residents to access their homes to assess damages.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Antonio Ramirez, 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).

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug 7, 2022) - U.S. Navy Seabees from Amphibious Construction Battalion One and Philippine Army service members tile a floor as part of a renovation project in support of 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.

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Zachary Wheeler, a native of Derry, New Hampshire, and the ropes and recovery branch officer in charge, assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force, Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG), oversees Marines knot tying techniques for a knot tying evaluation during the Assault Climber Course aboard Stone Bay, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 19, 2023. Assault Climber Course is an opportunity for the EOTG to train and evaluate the 26th Marine Expeditionary Units ability to complete special individual and collective tasks, and evaluates their ability to conduct assigned mission essential tasks in order to prepare those forces to support the geographic combatant commanders.

U.S. Marines and airmen attached to the Method of Entry School, Weapons Training Battalion, breach through a hatch on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Aug. 11, 2022. Methods of Entry Course trains members of Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC), Expeditionary Operations Training Group, Force Reconnaissance, Marine Security Force Battalion, Military Police Special Reaction Teams, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams in the planning and preparation of methods of entry techniques.

GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Martin Trujillo constructs tents during a gas mask familiarization exercise at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

ROTA, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Oct. 21, 2018) Sailors assigned to Navy Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, Detachment Guam, apply metal roofing sheets while reconstructing a roof for a home affected by Typhoon Mangkhut. NMCB-1, Detachment Guam, assigned to Commander, Task Force 75, is correlating with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Commonwealth Advocates for Recovery Efforts, CNMI and the Federal Emergency Management Agency in rebuilding roofs for homes during disaster relief operations in Rota, Tinian and Saipan after Typhoon Mangkhut hit in early September.

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.

220601-N-PG340-1080 SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (June 1, 2022) U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, saw wood during Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise, at San Clemente Island. Operation Turning Point is an around-the-clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB-5 is homeported out of Port Hueneme, California. They train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

Army Spc. Daniel Aguilar, Headquarter and Headquarters Battalion, Division Artillery, 1st Armored Division, goes through an obstacle course for the Iron Signalier competition for day two of Torch Week on Fort Bliss,Texas, Nov 2, 2022. The Iron Signalier competition tested the physical and technical skills of signal soldiers stationed on Fort Bliss.

Members from the Army National Guards 1/151 Attack Reconnaissance Battalion at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, work to move 10 Apache helicopters from the ARNG side of the base to the Air National Guards F-16 hangar. McEntire ANGs F-16s are being flown to an off-site location allowing the space needed for the ARNGs helicopters to be stored in preparation of Tropical Storm Hanna, which is expected to make landfall in the near future. The South Carolina National Guard stands ready to provide hurricane disaster relief operations to civilian authorities in those areas affected by damaging hurricanes. The SCNG has prepositioned aircraft, equipment, and personnel who are preparing for recovery operations.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Aaron Ferraro, 35th Civil Engineer Squadron integrated industrial control systems technician, pulls over the top of a Disaster Relief Beddown System tent during the annual Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force (Prime BEEF) training at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 14, 2022. Prime BEEF units develop and maintain a highly skilled, agile military combat support Civil Engineer force capable of rapid worldwide response.

Staff Sgt. Samantha Orem welds parts for a fence Sept. 19, 2014, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Airmen with the 455th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron are completing a security fence project. Orem is a 455th ECES structures craftsman.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mauri Portugal, an electrical power production specialist assigned to the 30th Civil Engineering Squadron at Vandenberg Space Force Base, overlooks a 35ft crater on March Air Reserve Base in Calif., Sept. 1, 2023. Portugal participated in the Rapid Damage Airfield Repair (RDAR) course hosted by the 163d Regional Training Site to improve a civil engineering units ability to quickly recover lost runways during warfighting.

New York Army National Guard Sgt. Adam Simmons, a member of Bravo Company of the 427th Brigade Support Battalion, works on a project at the Army National Guard display at the New York State Fair in Geddes, New York near Syracuse, on August 21, 2022. The company set up their metal working shop at the fair and worked on projects in order to demonstrate the range of skills National Guard Soldiers can learn. The fair runs through the Labor Day weekend. ( U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Barbara Olney)

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.

A Readiness Challenge VIII participant from Air Combat Command's 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, 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.

SGT. Scott Anderson, Company A, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), hammers shingles on a roof as he repairs damage caused by Hurricane Andrew, which struck the region on August 24th. Base: Homestead Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

New York Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 204th Engineer Battalion working on a housing construction project in Calle Carme, Puerto Rico on July 31, 2018. Forty-five Soldiers from the 204th Engineer Battalion deployed to Puerto Rico on July 28 to assist in rebuilding houses and other facilities as part of the Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training Program.

The Utah National Guard FEMA Region VIII Homeland Response Force held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Collapsed Structure Venue Site which included a demonstration and static display of capabilities May 10, 2022 at Camp Williams, Utah. 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.

U.S. Army engineers assigned to 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company (TREC) train at a modular urban training site at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, April 28, 2022. The purpose of the training is to validate platoons on supporting collective rescue tasks, enhance mission readiness postures and prepare the 911th TREC for mission essential task validation during Exercise Capital Shield 2022.

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)

GULFPORT, Miss. (Apr. 28, 2022) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, Assemble a heavy timber bunker during a training course onboard Naval Construction Training Center Gulfport. NMCB 1 is conducting an intense homeport training plan to expand their ability to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater operations.

220723-N-PI330-1053 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (July 23, 2022) Chief Utilitiesman Cole Johnson, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), grades targets at the shooting range on Naval Station Rota, Spain, July 23, 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.

220605-N-PG340-1091 SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (June 5, 2022) U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 and Marines, with 7th Engineering Support Battalion, build a bunker during Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise, at San Clemente Island. Operation Turning Point is an around-the-clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB-5 is homeported out of Port Hueneme, California. They train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

U.S. Navy Sailors with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, prepare a COVID-19 isolation tent during exercise Native Fury 22 at Yanbu Commercial Port, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 6, 2022. Native Fury 22 is a biennial exercise focused on the demonstration of the rapid offload and integration of a Maritime Pre-Positioned Force is the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of regional security, crisis response, and contingency operations.

060814-N-3714J-008. Base: Tarakan Country: Indonesia (IDN)

A National Guard Airman spreads gravel as the foundation for a new driveway for one of seven houses being built at the Innovative Readiness Training construction site in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, June 6, 2022. Construction is being completed for the IRT Cherokee Veterans Housing Initiative, which is a multi-year project that allows Guardsmen and Reservists from the Marines, Army, Navy and Air Force to build homes each year for Cherokee Veterans. (Oklahoma National Guard Photo by Pfc. Haden Tolbert)

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith (left) and Navy Reserve Force Master Chief Tracy Hunt (left center), observe Navy Cargo Handling Battalion ONE conducting vertical launching system reloading training at Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group land ship training site.

U.S. Marines with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, mix concrete during airfield damage repair training as part of Exercise Winter Pioneer 23 on Marine Corps Outlying Field Atlantic Oak Grove, Atlantic, North Carolina, Feb. 1, 2023. Winter Pioneer 23 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, expeditionary advanced bases, and contribute to maritime domain awareness.

Airmen assigned to the 823rd RED HORSE Squadron, sweep, shovel and rake as they perfect freshly laid asphalt on Aiken Street, at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., July 12, 2012. A team of 21 Airmen is slated to repave just over a mile of Shaw roadway. The 823rd RHS is an Air Combat Command asset assigned to the Ninth Air Force that operates out of Hurlburt Field, Fla. RED HORSE stands for Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer.

Staff Sgt. Tyler Smolenski, of Rockford, Illinois, hands off a sandbag to a fellow 123rd Field Artillery Soldier during flood duties on the levee system near Winchester, Illinois. Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 123rd Field Artillery Regiment were called to State Active Duty by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to assist with flooding along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers

Staff Sgt. Rafael Agosto, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron water fuels system management craftsman, shovels debris during a training event at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 18, 2022. Airmen from the 8th CES tested their ability to repair airfield damage in a contested environment as part of a training event.

220613-N-KN989-1012 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (June 13, 2022) Sailors assigned to the Navy's newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) heave mooring lines as the ship arrives at its new homeport, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, after completing its maiden voyage from Charleston, South Carolina where the ship was commissioned.

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 153rd Engineering Battalion and attached to the 820th Redhorse Squadron install rafters at the La Calera school construction site in Nicaragua March 23, 2007, during exercise New Horizons-Nicaragua 2007. The exercise is a .25 million joint humanitarian and training exercise with the Nicaraguan military that will provide a new school, a medical clinic, and free health and veterinary care to the local populace.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Harold Hale, a combat engineer with with Marine Wing Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, and native of Vermont, and Royal Thai marines with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of Combat Engineers locate the center of a foundation footer 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. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jared Clark, 509th Civil Engineering Squadron Electrical Systems Craftsman and Airman 1st Class Gordon Stenersen, 509th Civil Engineering Electrical Systems Craftsman, upgrade lighting systems on the runway at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, September 26, 2022. It is important the lights on the runway are kept up to date because they assist the pilots in landing.

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220516-N-UJ449-1042 NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy (May 16, 2022) Utilitiesman Constructionman Timothy Heldreth poses for a photo after being nominated as the Sailor in the Spotlight on Naval Air Station Sigonella, May 16, 2022. NAS Sigonellas strategic location enables U.S., allied, and partner nation forces to deploy and respond as required, ensuring security and stability in Europe, Africa and Central Command.

Staff Sgt. Christopher Patton guides a pour of cement as Staff Sgt. Christopher Smith spreads the cement out during the creation of a new walkway near dormitories at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 24, 2022. The 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron works on construction projects around the base on an ongoing basis to improve the quality of life for locally assigned personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dan Heaton)

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.

U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Lezman, a combat medic with the 1436th Engineer Vertical Construction Company, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Jordan, a structural craftsman with the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, 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 partnership with the KSA.

Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing Force Support Squadron construct a tent at a simulated forward operating location June 7, 2022 as part of a field exercise during Agile Rage 22 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Michigan. Exercises like Agile Rage 22 are re-defining Air Force operations, shifting focus to decentralised command and control for distributed operations.

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 172 level out the ground during a squadron field exercise (FEX) at Camp Schwab training grounds, Okinawa, Japan, October 2, 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. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Griffin Cummings, an embarkation specialist, left, and Lance Cpl. Dawson Shelton, a combat engineer, both with 2nd Landing Support Battalion (LSB), Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, chain down a Logistic Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR) wrecker to a rail car in Morehead City, North Carolina, Aug. 15, 2022. 2nd LSB and 2nd Transportation Battalion led railhead operations from August 15 to August 22, in order to deliver logistical support for the Weapons and Tactics Instructor 1-23 course being conducted in Yuma, Arizona.

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nolan McDonald, a combat engineer, with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, fills a bucket with water during an M67 practice grenade throwing event at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, on June 6, 2022. During the grenade training, Marines learned proper handling of M67s in the standing, kneeling, and prone to enhance their lethality and readiness in combat environments.

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.

020810-F-8513A-002. Base: Syracuse State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

New Jersey Air National Guardsman from the 177th Fighter Wing head back to a temporary dormitory at Veteran's Haven in Glen Gardner, N.J., on Nov 4. Sixty six airmen from the 177th Fighter Wing are deployed to the Veteran's Haven, and are prepared to receive 150 citizens displaced by Hurricane Sandy. (New Jersey Air National Guard

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220810-N-LW757-1074PORT HUENEME, Calif (Aug. 10, 2022) U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 place concrete during a technical trainer exercise aboard Naval Base Ventura County Aug. 10. The U.S. Navy Seabees with NMCB-5 are homeported out of Port Hueneme. They train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

U.S. Army Reserve First Lieutenant Larry Subramanian of the 948th Transportation Company prepares to give a safety demonstration for his Soldiers July 26 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. This exercise is part of the annual WAREX in which Army Reserve units conduct joint training under the 78th Training Division.

041130-M-9529D-008. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Readiness Challenge VIII participants from Air Combat Command's 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, tackle the second station on the obstacle course -- running a distance in mission oriented protective posture gear while carrying a steel beam -- 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.

Medium long shot. SENIOR AIRMAN Jad Aoun, and Technical Sergeant Dennis Washington, both Air Transportation Specialists and members of the 86th Air Mobility Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, with help of local laborers, build pallets of humanitarian supplies at the International Airport at Maputo, Mozambique, Africa 17 March 2000. Their team is deployed in support of Operation Atlas Response, a Humanitarian Aid Operation to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding displaced over a million people from their homes. Medium long shot. Senior Airman Jad Aoun, and Technical Sergeant Dennis Washington, both Air Transportation Specialists and members of the 86th Air Mobility Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, with help of local laborers, build pallets of humanitarian supplies at the International Airport at Maputo, Mozambique, Africa 17 March 2000. Their team is deployed in support of Operation Atlas Response, a Humanitarian Aid Operation to help the people of Mozambique,

110228-A-0566T-347BELIZE CITY, Belize (Feb. 28, 2011) A member of the Belize Special Assignment Group climbs a ladder to secure an area as Ens. Brendon Hamm acts as a safety observer during a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) exercise at the Belize Coast Guard base as part of Amphibious Southern Partnership 2011 (A-SPS11). A-SPS11 focuses on strengthening and establishing new relationships through the exchange of maritime mission-focused knowledge and exercising vital lines of communication between regional security services.

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