Modern Military Projects

Active-duty soldiers engaged in engineering and maintenance tasks, wearing military uniforms, showcasing teamwork and construction efforts in various environments.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Aug. 31, 2022) - Construction Electrician Constructionman Dylan Slater, from Overland Park, Kansas, assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion One, removes nails from a buildings floor during a renovation project at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

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. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Charles Hilton, a water and fuels system specialist assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, sets a piece of pipe down at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 27, 2022. The water and fuels systems maintenance shop has buried over 500 feet of water pipe under PSABs Logistics Support Area to bring the water temperature down during the summer, for mid-day switch shift workers quality of life. (U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Noah J. Tancer)

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.

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HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Aug. 31, 2022) - Construction Electrician Constructionman Dylan Slater, from Overland Park, Kansas, assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion One, removes nails from a buildings floor during a renovation project at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

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.

220721-N-PI330-1022 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (July 21, 2022) Builder 3rd Class Ryan Rickles, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), uses a circular 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.

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Aug. 5, 2022) Steelworker 1st Class Emmanual Smith uses a staple gun to secure roof underlayment during 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.

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.

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, build homes during an innovative readiness training project in the Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, June 9, 2022. IRT missions produce mission ready forces, civil-military partnerships, and stronger communities by leveraging military contributions.

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.

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)

Senior Airman Nicholas Schuster, a Structural Specialist assigned to the 107th Civil Engineer Squadron, 107th Attack Wing, New York Air National Guard, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., participates in a building project on March Air Reserve Base, Moreno Valley California, July 14, 2022. Members of the CES are performing renovations, alongside the Royal Canadian Air Force, to support March ARB as a part of their yearly Deployment for Training.Air National Guard Photo by Senior Airman Daniel Meade, 2022. Members of the CES are performing renovations, alongside the Royal Canadian Air Force, to support March ARB as a part of their yearly Deployment for Training.Air National Guard Photo by Senior Airman Daniel Meade

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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.

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Royal Thai marines with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of Combat Engineers measure the height of a window frame at the Ban Prakaet school in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 17, 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

Georgia Air National Guard firefighters from the 165th Civil Engineering Squadron prepare equipment for a 96-hour contingency training at the 165th Airlift Wing, Sept. 14, 2022 in Savannah, Georgia. The purpose of this training exercise was designed to incorporate agile combat employment capabilities as well as challenge the firefighters to think and respond as a multi-capable Airmen force.

Spc. Michael McGovern (left) tosses a full bag of cement to Pfc. Dustin Mackiewicz atop a cement mixer at a medical clinic construction site, Bardon Marchon, Haiti, May 29, 2011. Both 716th Engineer Company soldiers and fifty-six other Reserve soldiers from the unit deployed to Haiti to help build two medical clinics, a school, and one latrine facility as part of Task Force Bon Voizen, or "Good Neighbor." The task force deploys U.S. military engineers and medical professionals to Haiti for training, and to provide humanitarian services, which includes staffing three medical clinics and one dental clinic between April 28 and June 25 in the Artibonite Department. Task Force Bon Voizen, New Horizons Haiti 2011, is a U.S. Southern Command sponsored, U.S. Army South conducted, joint foreign military interaction/ humanitarian exercise under the command of the Louisiana National Guard.

US Air Force members from the 245th Air Traffic Control Squadron (ATCS) make adjustments on a radar. The 245th ATCS, located at McEntire Air National Guard Station, Eastover, South Carolina, is undergoing its first Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). Subject Operation/Series: 245th AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SQUADRON ORI Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MAJURO, Republic of Marshall Islands (February 01, 2024) Construction Electrician 3rd Class Jerrick Sims, Assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, places the bottom of the roof beam formwork for a future concrete placement project. The project is part of Pacific Partnership 2024, an annual mission exercise by the United States Indo-Pacific Command and executed by U.S Pacific Fleet in coordination with partner nations. NMCB 4 is forward deployed throughout the Indo-Pacific region 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. (US Navy

Readiness Challenge VIII participants from Air National Guard take part in 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.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Benjamin Warden and Tech. Sgt. Kevin Taylor of the 110th Civil Engineer Squadron, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Michigan, build walls during 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.

U.S. Airmen with the 577th Expeditionary Prime Beef Squadron, 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group, pour a concrete pad at Ali Al Salem, Kuwait, Jan. 24, 2022. The pad will be used as a storage location for the 386th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Patrick Evenson)

011102-F-0308N-047. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Southwest Asia Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

KOSRAE, Micronesia (May 17, 2017) Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 work with Kosraean workers to construct the Walung Health Clinic in Kosrae, Micronesia. NMCB-1 provides expeditionary construction and engineering support to expeditionary bases and responds to humanitarian assistance disaster relief requests.

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. 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, mixes concrete 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

Airmen from the 402nd Expeditionary Depot Maintenance Field Team from Warner Robins Air Force Base supported the 104th Fighter Wing by removing the wings off an F-15 Eagle Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. The wings were removed in preparation of the 104FW's future conversion to the F-35A Lightning II.

120113-N-WX059-108KONEOHE MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (Jan. 13, 2012) Seabees attached to Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU) 303 pour concrete for the foundation of a beach-front cottage on Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

Navy LT. j.g. Michael A. Read of Amphibious Construction Battalion One (ACE-1), based at Amphibious Base Coronado, and Army Corps of Engineers 1ST LT. Albert E. Quaye of the 497th Engineering Company, based at Fort Eustis, VA, discuss the over lapping joints on the causeway constructed by Joint Task Force Six (JTF6) as part of the extension of the international fence on the border of the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico. Base: Border Field St Park San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

120329-N-UH337-010HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (March 29, 2012) Builder 2nd Class Sean E. Roberts, from Archbald, Pa., assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, removes formwork during a construction project in the Lashkar Gah district. NMCB-11 is constructing a compound for Marine advisor teams who will advise Afghan Uniformed Police and prepare them for the eventual draw down of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan.

Readiness Challenge VIII participants from Air Force Reserve Command take part in 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.

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.

The 377th Engineer Company is here working an exercise at Bivouac 5 on the Fort Dix Range Complex. This Reserve unit is from Butler, Pennsylvania and they are completing the concrete/masonry work around the new latrine on Bivouac 5. Fort Dix Training Division and the unit work with a local contracted concrete company to complete this mission. Soldiers will then have a new latrine for their use while setting up at a command post during training on the Fort Dix Range Complex. (Images provided by the Fort Dix (TSC) Training Support Center / Dan Amburg / Kevin McDevitt)

120222-A-TF780-099 CARACOL, Haiti (Feb. 22, 2012) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 23, embarked aboard High Speed Vessel (HSV 2) Swift, and the Indonesian Military Engineering Contingent are working at the Dispensaire De Caracol as part of a three-week subject matter expert exchange to make structural repairs and refurbish the dispensaire and a school in the area. NMCB-23 is supporting HSV-Southern Partnership Station 2012, a deployment of U.S Naval assets in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Soldiers from the 230th Vertical Engineer Company, Hawaii Army National Guard, construct the wood foundation of one of the twenty micro-shelters being built in Pahoa, Hawaii, June 7, 2018. To Date, more than 600 homes have been destroyed by the lava flow. Service members from the Hawaii National Guard teamed up with local organizations to help build micro-shelters for the displaced residents affected by the Puna lava flow.

U.S. Air Force Airmen from Public Works fill sand bags at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, D.C., Aug 25 in preperation for Hurricane Irene. Hurricane Irene is expected to hit the U.S. east coast over the weekend and may bring heavy winds and flooding.

Soldiers with 1245th Transportation Company, Oklahoma Army National Guard, use a HY-MAC excavator to load logs onto assigned trucks during the Timber Haul mission in support of Golden Coyote Training Exercise at Camp Rapid, South Dakota, June 13, 2022. Golden Coyote is a three-phase scenario driven exercise conducted in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, which enables Commanders to focus on mission essentials warrior tasks and drills.

Soldiers Sgt. Brent Hevelka, left, and Sgt. Jason McKenney from the 815th Engineer Company place handrail supports in place June 4 on a new walking bridge across the Sheyenne River in Fort Ransom, N.D. Members of the North Dakota National Guard's 815th Engineer Company (Horizontal) are constructing a walking bridge over the river as part of an Innovative Readiness Training project. The Soldiers are the second group to devote two weeks to the site. The project involved removing the old bridge that had been destroyed by an ice jam in the flooded river, and reconstructing a new bridge in its place that's higher and handicap accessible. The bridge serves as a focal point for the small community in southeastern North Dakota and provides access to the main part of town by foot traffic. IRT projects require a lengthy approval process but offer a unique opportunity for Guardsmen to gain hands-on training while helping communities complete projects that otherwise would not be able to be done.

TINIAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (June 7, 2022) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 complete a road construction project on the island of Tinian in support of Valiant Shield 2022. Exercises such as Valiant Shield allow the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Forces the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photos by Lt. Tyler Baldino/Released)

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. James Upton, 20th Civil Engineer Squadron senior enlisted leader, holds the ceremonial shovels after an Arbor Day ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Dec. 2, 2022. Shaw AFB celebrates South Carolina Arbor Day annually by planting trees to maintain and cultivate the natural grounds of the installation.

Col. Jess Curry, Hawaiʻi Wildfires Recovery Field Office commander, talks about the pods that are used to construct classrooms, administrative offices and other facilities at the temporary school site during a tour with Maj. Gen. Kenneth Hara, the Adjutant General for the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Defense and Director of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency in Lahaina, Hawaiʻi, Jan. 23. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is constructing the school as a temporary replacement for the King Kamehameha III Elementary School, which was damaged by the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfires that displaced more than 600 students.

U.S. Air National Guard Master Sgt. Shawn Emerson, 114th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, looks for an F-16 to taxi in during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., April 4, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

(220526-N-OI810-0754) KEY WEST, Florida (May 26, 2022) Builder 1st Class Steven Arkin, from Long Beach, Mississippi, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, rebuilds a table at Boca Chica Air Field small arms range, Naval Air Station Key West (NASKW), May 26, 2016. 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.

120317-N-UH337-044KANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan (March 17, 2012) Equipment Operator Jon M. Wawrek and Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Michael A. Castaldi, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, cap an artesian water well in the Panjwai District of Zangabad, Afghanistan. NMCB-11 is homeported in Gulfport, Miss., and deployed to Afghanistan to conduct general, mobility, survivability engineering operations and defensive operations.

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.

110707-N-YR391-005NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE (July 7, 2011) Utilitiesman 2nd Class Pascal Nouna, right, and Builder Constructionman Antonio Mudge, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 23, prepare stakes for the timed field tent assembly during the annual Seabee Rodeo at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. The Rodeo is a specialized competition providing hands-on training for junior enlisted Seabees.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Hodges, a cyber systems operations specialist with the 129th Communications Flight, pulls a wire cable to help balance an RF antenna during a communications exercise at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Port Hueneme, California, May 11, 2022. The exercise was Hodges first time helping set up a Joint Incident Site Communications Capability system.

Tech. Sgt. Robert McCleod, an electrical systems specialist with the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, hammers a tent stake during an innovative readiness training project in the Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, June 7, 2022. The tent stake supported a shelter for Airmen to protect them from the ever-changing elements of Oklahoma.

The 104th Maintenance Operations Flight spent the afternoon on April 8, 2022 volunteering at the Friends of the Homeless shelter in Springfield, Massachusetts. The 104MOF helped the staff and clients weed garden beds, build trellises, and plant the spring gardens. The 104MOF regularly volunteers in our community at various organizations. The Friends of the Homeless shelter, run by Clinical and Support Options, provides a warm bed and hot shower to over 1,000 people each year, as well as assign them a caseworker for behavioral and mental health needs. (U.S Air National Guard Photos by Master Sgt. Lindsey S. Watson)

(220525-N-OI810-0290) KEY WEST, Florida (May 25, 2022) Construction Electrician 3rd Class Karan Patel, from Houston, Texas, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, cuts drywall 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 25, 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. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tanner Kovach, 305th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, prepares rails to receive cargo aboard a C-17 Globemaster during a Multi-Capable Airman course on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Sept. 20, 2022. The two-day training course provided 305th AMXS Airmen with skills and knowledge outside of their Air Force specialty code in order to create Multi-Capable Airmen.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Damion Lopez, left, a metal worker, and resident of Illinois, and Cpl. Evan Shafley, an engineer equipment operator, and resident of Michigan, both with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, weld a roofing truss at the Ban Prakaet school in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 13, 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

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.

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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Mario Hernandez, a water and fuels system specialist assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, glues water pipe Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 27, 2022. The water and fuels systems maintenance shop has buried over 500 feet of water pipe under PSABs Logistics Support Area to bring the water temperature down during the summer, for mid-day switch shift workers quality of life. (U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Noah J. Tancer)

(220525-N-OI810-0098) KEY WEST, Florida (May 25, 2022) Builder 1st Class Steven Arkin, from Long Beach, Mississippi, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, makes measurements to create a plan for hanging drywall 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 25, 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.

A U.S. Marine assigned to Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, connects two fire hoses prior to a live-fire mock aircraft scenario at Landing Zone Westfield, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 5, 2022. The ARFF Marines conducted the monthly training in order to enhance their firefighting skills in preparation of emergencies.

Soldier in training, military men and climbing a ladder in obstacle course for fitness and endurance. Army team in camouflage uniform outdoor, train for war and exercise with mission and action

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Camden Ramsey, a firefighter assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guards 169th Civil Engineer Squadron, cuts aged and invasive ironwood trees being cleared at Bellows Air Force Station, Waimanalo, Hawaii, May 7, 2019. Airmen with the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron are gaining hands-on, multidisciplinary training at Bellows during their deployment for training while improving quality of life on base.

060322-A-9157N-058. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON State: Barahona Country: Dominican Republic (DOM)

Two soldiers from the 155th Transportation Company hold onto guide ropes as a container of chemical munitions is hoisted from the deck of the Military Sealift Command auxiliary crane ship GOPHER STATE (T-ACS-4) during Operation Steel Box. The munitions will be taken to the U.S. Army Chemical Activity on the atoll for storage and disposal. Subject Operation/Series: STEEL BOX Country: Johnston Atoll

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Soldiers assigned to 16th Combat Aviation Brigade recover equipment from the Port of Tacoma, Wash., and perform preventative maintenance checks and services prior to movement back to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on October 5, 2022.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Justin Robinson, from Silas, Alabama, a combat engineer assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, uses compressed air to remove spall and debris during an airfield damage repair exercise as part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) 1-23 course, at Canon Air Defense Complex (P111), near Yuma, Arizona, on Oct. 1, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

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.

Air National Guard Airmen with the 124th Civil Engineer Squadron, build a concrete form 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)

TINIAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (June 7, 2022) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 complete a road construction project on the island of Tinian in support of Valiant Shield 2022. Exercises such as Valiant Shield allow the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Forces the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photos by Lt. Tyler Baldino/Released)

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 Captain Jonathan Hootnick, Team Leader assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), dry-screens dirt with local workers during a DPAA Recovery Mission, March 20, 2023 in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. The team uses dry-screening methods to push dirt through screens in order to find possible evidence or osseous linked to unaccounted-for U.S. personnel.

Sgt. Micah Miller, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician with 52nd Ordnance Group, pictured while navigating an obstacle course in the Best Warrior and Best Squad Competition hosted by 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Command at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, July 11, 2022. The 20th CBRNE Commands Best Squad Competition and Best Warrior Competition is a single event used to select the best Noncommissioned Officer of the Year and Soldier of the Year from Soldiers within the command and its major subordinate commands.

CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (Jul. 17, 2022) Builder 2nd Class Charles Stankye from Derby, Conn., assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 gives instructions to Seabees assigned to NMCB 1 and Marines assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 273 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.

A member of the Singapore Army with the 30th Combat Engineer Brigade asks for a fresh bucket of mortar to be applied as stucco to the outside walls of the new classroom being built at the Ban Prakaet school in 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

BREEZY POINT, N.Y. (Nov. 10, 2012) Construction Electrician 3rd Class Gayland Andrews, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, adjusts suction hose while pumping water from a basement flooded during Hurricane Sandy.

Katrina - General - 26-HK-410-26. Hurricane Katrina

US Marine Corps Sergeant Pedro Carlo (left) and Lance Corporal Jose Fuentes Aguilar (right) from Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, Cherry Point, North Carolina, prepare to nail decking into place during the construction of the Tadeo Clinic, Paraguay, 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: Tadeo Country: Paraguay (PRY)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Keegan Frandsen, a heavy equipment operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, and native of Idaho, sets up electrical wiring at the Ban Prakaet school at Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 26, 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 Reserve Sgt. John M. Tierney, a railway operations crewmember of the 757th Expeditionary Railway Center (ERC), measures the railway length during an inspection at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, August 6, 2022. The 757th ERC is the Department of Defenses only rail unit, whose mission is to assess rail infrastructure and provide feasibility and rail analysis for military installations both domestically and abroad.

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. - Staff Sgt. Terry Purnell assigned to Northern California Recruiting Battalion, shows an attendee of the GV Armed Force Day the view from the top of a Humvee during the event. GV Armed Forces Day celebration was held in honor of the men and women who serve in the U.S. military to include opening ceremony colors, booths from all service branches, music performances, static and vehicle displays in additional to two aerial flyovers.

U.S. military civil engineers repair the roof of a school as part of Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sept. 15, 2022. The operation, scheduled Sept. 12-17, focuses on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges. Pacific Air Forces participate in PAC ANGEL operations in order to advance interoperability and build upon established partnerships between our military forces and our allies and partners.

SENIOR AIRMAN Steven Daniels and SENIOR AIRMAN Eddie Messenger, both from the 820th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineering Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, NV, work on caulking and attaching galvanized metal to the roof of the new school at Malali. The 820th, built the school in the rain forest more than 100 miles from Camp Stephenson, and accessible only by helicopter or river boat, during 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 .... Complete Scene Caption: Senior Airman Steven Daniels and Senior Airman Eddie Messenger, both from the 820th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineering Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, NV, work on caulking and attaching galvanized metal to the roof of the new school at Malal

Members with the 27th Special Operations Wing Mission Sustainment Team Detachment 1 construct a tent during exercise Emerald Warrior 22.1 in Smyrna, Tennessee, May 5, 2022. The MST establishes forward-operating bases by providing initial site security, receiving cargo and personnel, and setting up shelter.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jacob Ramer, from Tulsa, Okla., assigned to the Air Defense Council on Misawa Air Base, along with other base volunteers, shovel sand off the road during a local cleanup effort. More than 50 volunteers from Misawa Air Base assisted with the cleanup here following the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that triggered a devastating tsunami on Japan's eastern coastline.

Airmen assigned to the 19th Civil Engineer Squadron create a fuel berm following a simulated aircraft accident during ROCKI 22-03 at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, May 16, 2022. In this exercise, players were tasked to deploy a Command and Control Force Element to a main operating base in the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility to command and control Mobility Air Forces assets through a scenario that progressed from establishing initial operating capability, to operating in a communication degraded environment, to countering adversary actions.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonan Hawkins, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defense responder with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division, conducts CBRN reconnaissance during a simulated chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear scenario in Setermoen, Norway March 24, 2023. Cold weather CBRN training is designed to increase Marines confidence and readiness in their abilities to combat extreme cold weather conditions.

000505-N-6492H-508. Base: Camp Garcia State: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI) Scene Major Command Shown: NMCB 5

3rd Armored Brigade Combat team, 1st Cavalry Division, participates in Railhead Operations in Poland. 3ABCT's vehicles arrived in Poland to aid in maximizing military capabilities.

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.

(220520-N-OI810-0215) KEY WEST, Florida (May 20, 2022) Engineering Aid 3rd Class Rodrigo Cardenasbarato, from Miami, Florida, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, confirms an informative sign highlighting local wildlife is plumb at Boca Chica Field, Naval Air Station Key West (NASKW), May 20, 2022. NASKW works to protect and manage wildlife and their habitats to ensure healthy, productive populations compatible with their military mission to include effectively managing natural resources and critically endangered species, such as the Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit(LKMR). It is estimated that fifteen percent of the total LKMR habitat area and sixty percent of the total population are located on NASKW. A critically endangered species, the LKMR population is estimated between 100 and 300. 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 repa

220706-N-PC065-1015 RIJEKA, Croatia (July 6, 2022) - Electronics Technician 3rd Class Alex Lare, right, from King George, Virginia, assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), supervises contractors during preservation work for mid-deployment voyage repairs in Rijeka, Croatia, July 6, 2022. Arlington is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, 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. Army Soldiers from McDonald Army Health Center fold the canvas cover from a temporary COVID-19 drive through test site next to the health center at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, August 30, 2022. The site aided in the distribution of over 5,000 at-home COVID-19 test kits.

041130-M-9529D-012. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

GULFPORT, Miss. (Jun. 7, 2022) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 install camouflage netting outside of a command post during Command Post Exercise phase two aboard Woolmarket small arms range. NMCB 1 is conducting an intense homeport training plan to expand their ability to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater operations.

Educators from Recruiting Stations Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, and Twin Cities conduct the leadership reaction course as part of the 2024 Educators Workshop on Feb. 21, 2024 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Participants of the workshop visit MCRD San Diego to observe recruit training and gain a better understanding about the transformation from recruits to United States Marines. Marine Corps

021008-F-3873G-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

020311-F-0675P-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Justice, Masirah Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

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