Underwater Rescue Operations

Images capturing military personnel engaged in underwater and water-based rescue training, demonstrating skills in lifesaving and operational teamwork.

U.S. Army Soldiers participating in Jungle School perform waterborne operations at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, on Oct. 15, 2022. During Waterborne day at Jungle School, students learn how to correctly and safely cross a water obstacle in the jungle using one rope bridge, poncho ruck rafts, and zodiacs.

220608-N-PI330-1104 LIEPAJA, Latvia (June 8, 2022)-Steelworker 2nd Class Dante Hamilton, assigned to Naval Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 1, hands off gear after a dive to inspect a Latvian pier, June 8, 2022 in Liepaja, Latvia. UCT 1 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.

Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers attending the Ranger Sapper Assessment Program at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., complete the Combat Water Survival Assessment at Marquette Lake on Oct. 28, 2022. The RSAP is designed to assess whether the Soldiers are prepared to attend the U.S. Army's Ranger or Sapper schools and to further prepare them for the schools. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Brad Rhen)

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

The naval fire brigade in action (exercise Rescue Drenkeling from the water-caught car) in March 1990.

040612-F-3488S-012. Complete Scene Caption: US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Timothy Wolfley, Parachute Rigger, Special Forces Operations (SFO) Detachment (DET) 144, Alpha Company (A CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 1ST Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Lewis, Washington (WA), repacks a parachute between jumps during High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) training as part of Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 04. NORTHERN EDGE is Alaska's (AK) annual joint training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among the services by and honing joint service techniques and procedures. It helps provide a ready force capable of protecting America's interests at home and abroad. More than 9,000 Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen from active duty, Reserve, and National Guard units are participating in this year's exercise. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060521-N-9389D-063. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Lawson, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery noncommissioned officer (NCO), and U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Mitchell Davis, DPAA recovery NCO, remove water from a unit during a recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Oct. 3, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

240124-N-LR905-2072LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (Jan. 24, 2024) - U.S. Navy Diver assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 prepares to dive in simulated arctic waters as part of Snow Crab Exercise 24-1. SNOWCRABEX is an annual exercise designed to test and evaluate U.S. Navy EOD and Navy Divers capabilities and equipment in a simulated arctic environment and improve combat effectiveness. Navy EOD and Navy Divers are part of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Force (NECF), enabling the U.S. Navy Fleet by clearing and protecting the battlespace.

Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-91. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Army Soldiers participating in Jungle School perform waterborne operations at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, on Oct. 15, 2022. During Waterborne day at Jungle School, students learn how to correctly and safely cross a water obstacle in the jungle using one rope bridge, poncho ruck rafts, and zodiacs.

Airmen with the 114th Fighter Wing Force Support Squadron practice carrying a weighted mannequin up a hill during a simulated search and recovery training mission during Octobers Unit Training Assembly at Great Bear Recreation Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Oct. 1, 2022. The squadron traveled to an off-base training site to conduct the hands-on training in an effort to execute large-scale readiness exercises as a means to stay mission ready in order to execute real-world missions at a moments notice.

Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Company A, 2-127 Infantry Regiment test their skills during a Combat Water Survival and Swift Water Rescue training event September 10, on the Fox River in Oshkosh, Wis. The event familiarized Soldiers with operating combat rubber raiding rafts and tactical swimming techniques. Brig. Gen. Matthew J. Strub, Wisconsins deputy adjutant general for Army, stated that this event, made possible through the support of community partners, is about overcoming adversity and forming a stronger bond as a unit. (Wisconsin National Guard Photo by Staff Sergeant Alice Ripberger)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (May 17, 2022) U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen participate in Sea Trials. Sea Trials is a capstone event for fourth class midshipmen, modeled after the Marine Corps' Crucible and the Navy's Battle Stations. As the undergraduate college of our country's naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

Alaska Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Trevor Outon, assigned to Joint Task Force-Alaska, fills sand bags with the community of Koyuk, Alaska to reinforce the Koyuk Native Store warehouse for Operation Merbok Response, Sept. 28, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by Sgt. Seth LaCount)

010506-F-2022C-002. Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2001 Base: Shoalwater Bay Training Area State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

Greg Stratton, a senior research expert assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), screens dirt as part of an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea on Sept. 06, 2022. DPAA personnel arrived to conduct an underwater excavation operation in an effort to find a U.S. aircraft crew lost over Papua New Guinea during World War II. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

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A "victim" is treated by SSGT Ken Suoboda, 1550th Aircrew Training and Test Wing, during Sarex '80, a joint U.S.-Canadian pararescue exercise. Subject Operation/Series: SAREX '80 Base: March Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 117th Air Refueling Wing participate in water survival training at a local YMCA near Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Alabama, Aug. 14, 2022. The class is a three year renewal course to keep pilots and aircrew updated on surviving in the event of a crash over water.

040801-F-5789F-006. Base: Balad State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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U.S. Marine Corps recruit Caitlyn Going, a recruit with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, crawls through a tunnel during the crucible on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 4, 2022. The crucible is a 54-hour event that challenges all the skills a recruit has learned throughout recruit training. Recruits will go through physically and mentally demanding challenges with limited food and sleep during the crucible. The crucible is one of the final stepping stones in completing recruit training. Once a recruit completes the crucible, they will have earned the title United States Marine. Going was recruited out of Minneapolis, Minn. with Recruiting Station Rochester.

A Soldier swims under barbed wire as part of the event "1917", during the European Best Sniper Team Competition at the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Aug 6, 2022. The European Best Sniper Team Competition, hosted by U.S. Army Europe and Africa, brings 36 sniper teams from over 18 nations together and tests marksmanship skills, physical prowess, and mental agility while developing relationships and sharing skills.

DF-ST-86-10925. Base: Colorado Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kaitlyn Burnette, 21st Theater Sustainment Command (left), German Chief Petty Officer Nico Reitz, 7. San Regimement 2, Westerwald (middle), and Pvt. Ethan Ramirez, 21st Theater Sustainment Command (right), carry a tree log from a stream bed during a volunteer project in Sankt Goar, Germany, July 11, 2022. Soldiers from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command and the German Army joined together to clean up streams in Sankt Goar as part of the Community Outreach project.

French Army Marechal des Logis Erwan Blanche, Aito instructor, Marine Infantry Regiment in French Polynesia, French Armed Forces, navigates a water parkour course obstacle during the Aito Course in Taravao, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Sept. 6, 2022. The event provided a bilateral training opportunity between the French Armed Forces and Marines with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. The nine Marines and Sailor from HQSVCBN participated in the bilateral training with the French Armed Forces in order to strengthen relationships with the region. The courses name comes from the Tahitian word aito, which means warrior.

Recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, complete the Crucible aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 7, 2022.The Crucible serves as the 54-hour culminating event of recruit training and offers recruits the ultimate challenge to persevere through a variety of obstacles and events.

CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (Jul. 23, 2022) Utilitiesman Constructionmen Recruit Landon Archibald from Macon, Ga. assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 throws an anchor into the water to secure the siphon under water for use with the light weight water purification system setup and use exercise during Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise. Operation Turning Point is an around-the-clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB 1 is homeported out of Gulfport, Miss. They are conducting an intense homeport training plan to expand their ability to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater operations.

120320-N-YG591-491 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (March 20, 2012) Engineering Aide 2nd Class Garrett Snyder and Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Adam Griffin hand off their hydraulic saw in preparation to exit the river during a field training exercise for Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 1. UCT-1 is conducting their field training exercise and final evaluation phase before deployment.

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Aaron Lewis, USAF, of the 305th Security Forces, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, acts as a member of the Opposing Force (OPFOR) during a MOBILITY EXERCISE (MOBEX). SSGT Lewis is advancing toward the Entry Control Point (ECP) below a simulated airfield. The MOBEX designed to test the ability of the Security Forces to establish and defend an Entry Control Point (ECP) on an air base. The evaluators of the exercise inserted various stresses against the unit, from probing patrols to frontal assault of the ECP. SSGT Lewis and the members of the OPFOR were unsuccessful in their attempt to penetrate the perimeter of the base. Subject Operation/Series: MOBILITY EXERCISE Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

DF-ST-86-10973. Base: Colorado Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Company A, 2-127 Infantry Regiment test their skills during a Combat Water Survival and Swift Water Rescue training event September 10, on the Fox River in Oshkosh, Wis. The event familiarized Soldiers with operating combat rubber raiding rafts and tactical swimming techniques. Brig. Gen. Matthew J. Strub, Wisconsins deputy adjutant general for Army, stated that this event, made possible through the support of community partners, is about overcoming adversity and forming a stronger bond as a unit. (Wisconsin National Guard Photo by Staff Sergeant Alice Ripberger)

Aircrafts - Sand Baggers - 26-HK-57-123. Personnel walking with sand bag straps near other sand bags and digger truck on waterfront --050929. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgts. Matthew Glinkski, left, and Alexander Caterinicchio, tactical air control party specialists assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, familiarize themselves with rock formations during mountaineering training at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, July 20, 2022. The 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen utilize Alaskas varied and austere training locations to prepare for conditions they may face on deployment.

041124-F-3177P-115. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 55 crew members Anton Shkaplerov of Roscosmos, Scott Tingle of NASA, and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday, June 3, 2018. Shkaplerov, Tingle, and Kanai are returning after 168 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 54 and 55 crews onboard the International Space Station.

U.S. Air Force tactical air control party specialists assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, conduct mountaineering training at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, July 22, 2022. 3rd ASOS Airmen utilize Alaskas varied and austere training locations to prepare for conditions that may be faced on deployment.

More than 30 firefighters from seven different countries within U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility train and compete during CENTAM SMOKE 22-2 Aug. 8-12, 2022, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The five-day event organized by the 612th Air Base Squadron involves firefighting tactics and techniques, rope rescue training, aircraft firefighting, structural fire training, motor vehicle extrication, as well as friendly competitions including the firefighter challenge course and demonstrations. This event strengthens partnerships and builds trust between the participating countries ensuring efficient interoperability during humanitarian assistance and disaster relief events. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Amber Carter)

Greg Stratton, a senior research expert assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), screens dirt as part of an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea on Sept. 06, 2022. DPAA personnel arrived to conduct an underwater excavation operation in an effort to find a U.S. aircraft crew lost over Papua New Guinea during World War II. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

Members of the Washington Air National Guard wade through mud and debris looking for signs of missing persons. More than 70 guardsman have been activated to help with search and rescue efforts due to the mudslide Saturday in Oso.

Survey team members from the 101st Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, Idaho National Guard, rehearse the decontamination lane during the Rushmore Roundup training exercise at Mount Rushmore in Keystone, S.D., April 26, 2022. The exercise allows participants an opportunity to validate interagency coordination and response, reinforce tactics, techniques and procedures, provide beneficial lessons learned to expose vulnerabilities and increase effectiveness, and build relationships within our region, federal agencies, and local agencies

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) shovel soil during a recovery operation in Santa Fe National Park, Panama, Sept. 30, 2022. DPAA personnel conducted recovery operations in Panama in hopes of finding missing naval aircrew members lost during a training flight in 1985. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

(FORT BENNING, GA) Texas National Guardsman SGT Jay-Jay Janabajal, 1st Battalion (Airborne) 143rd Infantry Regiment, moves through the water obstacle at Kirby Field during the Ranger Training Assessment Course, February 10, 2013 at the Army National Guard Warrior Training Center. Kirby Field is similar to the U.S. Army Ranger School's Malvesti Course. Janabajal is from Pheonix, Arizona.

A U.S. Marine with 3d Battalion, 2nd Marines, 3d Marine Division navigates an endurance course during a squad competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, May 26, 2022. The week-long competition was held to test squads from across the Marine Corps in their mastery of warfighting skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo Lance Cpl. Michael Taggart)

Firefighters from the 96th Civil Engineer Squadron connect a rope to an oil containment device known as boom Oct. 26 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The joint exercise tested local unit communications efforts and responses to a large fuel spill in Weekly Bayou.

U.S. Marines with 2d Marine Division solve a puzzle during a leader's reaction course as part of the Division Leader Assessment Program 4-22 on Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, Sept. 13, 2022. The assessment program provides Marines with learning and mentorship opportunities, which helps train and develop Marines that demonstrate an apex level of lethality, endurance and comprehensive warfighting ability.

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASH. - A Green Beret with the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) dons his dive gear while being sprayed and doused with buckets of water during the Maritime Assessment Course at Keeler Pool on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Jan. 27. The Maritime Assessment Course is a prerequisite course that physically and mentally challenges the Green Berets and provides them with the skills needed for the rigors of the Combat Diver Qualification Course.

220510-N-DW158-1035 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 10, 2022) Sailors inspect a countermeasure wash-down sprinkler on the flight deck of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), during a test of the ships countermeasure wash-down system. The countermeasure wash-down system is used before, during, and after chemical contamination events to wash off harmful chemicals or agents on the outside of the ship. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

Commander Dan Taylor - Rescue - 26-HK-281-70. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Chris McClain, a water support technician from Houston, Texas, assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, emplaces a dolphin strainer before completing water purification with a Lightweight Water Purification System at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 20, 2022. CLB-15 purified and provided potable drinking water to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, during 1/1s battalion field exercise to enhance operational capability between the ground and the logistics combat elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force in preparation for a future deployment.

Army Staff Sgt. Mark Vandeventer, a soldier with the 71st Civil Support Team, Iowa National Guard, sets up a decontamination line for the Vigilant Guard exercise in Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, June 18, 2009. Guard units, such as the 71st CST, are participating in the nation wide Vigilant Guard exercise that prepares and tests National Guard members and local law enforcement for emergency reponses for incidents and disasters.

Ms. Mindy Simonson, Scientific Recovery Expert with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), sifts through dirt at a dry-screen near Pambaniang Village, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea on Sep. 6, 2022. The investigation team visited multiple areas across the country in hopes of recovering missing U.S. service members lost during World War II. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Anthonie Deyo, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Army senior enlisted advisor, right, and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Weber, a DPAA hospital corpsman, talk while sifting through dirt at a wet-screen station alongside local Vietnamese workers, during a mission in Quang Binh Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, March 30, 2023. There are currently 1,581 missing Americans from the Vietnam War.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Alfredo Carrillo, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team officer, places a hose in a wet-screen water reservoir in Quang Binh Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Feb. 24, 2023. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Washington National Guard service members receive training in preparation for the upcoming wildfire season during the Washington State Department of Natural Resources Interagency Wildland Fire Training Academy near Roy, Wash., May 15, 2022. The training included familiarization with hand tools, line construction and tactics, and fire shelter deployment and entrapment avoidance.

Airmen from the 174th Attack Wing chainsaw fallen trees to help with removal of debris from a blocked road in Herkimer County, N.Y. on Nov. 2, 2019. The Airmen were suppprting Operation November Winds,the New York Natonal Guard mission to provide support to citizens of Herkimer County.

Washington National Guard service members receive training in preparation for the upcoming wildfire season during the Washington State Department of Natural Resources Interagency Wildland Fire Training Academy near Roy, Wash., May 15, 2022. The training included familiarization with hand tools, line construction and tactics, and fire shelter deployment and entrapment avoidance.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jordan Falcon, a tactical air control party specialist assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, negotiates a rock formation during mountaineering training at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, July 20, 2022. The 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen utilize Alaskas varied and austere training locations to prepare for conditions they may face on deployment.

U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Cowden, left, and Spc. Jameson Harris, visual information specialists assigned to 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, conduct Night Land Navigation during Day 2 of the 2022 Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, May 20, 2022. The annual multi-day competition tests the tactical and technical proficiency of visual information and public affairs specialists across the DOD and participating international competitors.

Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians Quartermaster Second Class Gary Hakes (left), and Signalman First Class Joel Blea (right), wearing wet suit, face mask and snorkel, complete their search of one of the ponds west of New York Lake for four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak. The men are part of the Navy's Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California assisting in the A-10 recovery effort. Base: New York Lake State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder, public affairs assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard, dries his equipment after documenting National Guard evacuation efforts in Bennettsville, S.C., during rising flood waters forced citizens to leave their homes,Sept. 16, 2018. Approximately 3,400 Soldiers and Airmen have been mobilized to prepare, respond and participate in recovery efforts as Tropical Storm Florence has caused flooding and damage to the state.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Nathan Leonard, a vehicle recovery operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, participates in a polar plunge event during the extreme cold weather training course prior to Exercise Nordic Response 24 in Setermoen, Norway, Feb. 2,2024. Exercise Nordic Response, formerly known as Cold Response, is a NATO training event conducted every two years to promote military competency in arctic environments and to foster interoperability between the U.S. Marine Corps and allied nations. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy ND3 Samuel Harrison, a Navy diver assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), cleans himself after dive operations during an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea on Sept. 01, 2022. DPAA personnel arrived to conduct an underwater excavation operation in an effort to find a U.S. aircraft crew lost over Papua New Guinea during World War II. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

Two scuba divers discuss their underwater research before diving in. Subjects: Wildlife refuges; Rivers and streams; Scuba diving. Location: West Virginia. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: OHIO RIVER ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

030325-F-7234P-012. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: Pacific Air Command Air Forces

240127-N-LR905-2034LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (Jan. 27, 2024) - U.S. Navy Divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 prepare to ice dive in simulated arctic waters as part of Snow Crab Exercise 24-1. SNOWCRABEX is an annual exercise designed to test and evaluate U.S. Navy EOD and Navy Divers capabilities and equipment in a simulated arctic environment and improve combat effectiveness. Navy EOD and Navy Divers are part of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Force (NECF), enabling the U.S. Navy Fleet by clearing and protecting the battlespace.

050111-F-2869F-033. Base: Banda Aceh Country: Indonesia (IDN)

From left, Freddie Smith, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) life support investigator, U.S. Marine Corps SSgt. Joshua Alexander and U.S. Marine Corps SSgt. Benjamin McAdoo, both Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) explosive ordnance disposal technicians, work an excavation unit during a DPAA operation in Quang Binh Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Feb. 26, 2023. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Adam Taylor, a member of USCGC Bears (WMEC 901) deck department, chops off marline line during a tow, Atlantic Ocean, Sep. 16, 2022. The Bear was responding to a search-and-rescue case.

Members of the 202nd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE) Squadron, Florida Air National Guard, clear roads in St. James City, Pine Island, Florida in response to Hurricane Ian, Oct. 4, 2022. The 202nd RED HORSE Squadron, stationed at Camp Blanding, Florida, is a specialized, highly mobile civil engineering team comprised of Florida Air National Guardsmen that provides rapid response capabilities for multiple worldwide contingencies and operations.

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.

Reservists with the 507th Air Refueling Wing and the 513th Air Control Group perform water survival training June 4, 2022, at Hurricane Harbor in Oklahoma City. Training is required every three years for aircrew, and is designed to train members on how to survive an emergency water scenario long enough to be rescued.

South Carolina Army National Guard Spc. Connor Ulyatt with the 1221st Engineering Company from Graniteville, S.C., aligns a section of culvert pipe as a team of engineers work to replace a washed out culvert on a Lexington County road in Gilbert, S.C., Oct. 24, 2015. Soldiers with the South Carolina Army National Guard continue to provide direct support for flood recovery and emergency road repairs as a result of the recent floods. The South Carolina National Guard partnered with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders.

STAFF Sergeant Glen R. Lenocker, Combat Engineer, 1ST CEB (Combat Engineer Battalion), BLT 1/4 (Battalion Landing Team), from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)), Camp Pendleton, replenishes his water supply as a local Kenyan looks on during the building of the schoolhouse. The schoolhouse is being built as part of community relations during Exercise EDGE MALLET 02 in Faza, Kenya. Subject Operation/Series: EDGE MALLET 02 Base: Faza State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 13 MEU

NEWPORT, R.I. (June 7, 2018) Navy ROTC midshipmen use wooden shoring to close a leak in the bulkhead at the USS Buttercup Damage Control Wet Trainer during sea trials at Naval Station Newport, R.I. Sea trials are a 10-day event where Midshipmen must perform a series of scenarios and properly demonstrate the skills they have developed throughout their training to test them under pressure as they demonstrate proficiencies in physical fitness, watch standing, seamanship, firefighting, damage control and swimming.

Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Yuting Chen, assigned to the aircraft carrier, Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), clears brush at Newport News Park in honor of Earth Day. Sailors assigned to John F. Kennedy routinely volunteer within the local community. John F. Kennedy, the second Ford-class aircraft carrier, is under construction at HIIs Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer, Zachary Orn, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA Investigation Team member, shows U.S. Army Master Sgt. Anthony Worsley, DPAA Senior Enlisted leader, how to use a metal detector to investigate subsurface metal contacts in Ulingan village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea on Oct. 6, 2022. DPAA leadership visited the Investigation Team (IT) in order to see first hand the unique dynamics of an IT and strengthen future operations. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

U.S. Marines spouses, with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), conduct rappelling operations at Annex Stump Neck, Md., Oct. 28, 2022. CBIRF hosted a Spouse Appreciation Day to build camaraderie within its family core and give spouses a personal opportunity to be involved with CBIRFs unique capabilities.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Wounded Warrior Regiment conduct a hike on the Appalachian Trail from Bluemont, Virginia to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, April 27, 2022. The event took two days to complete, and required the hikers to bivouac at the David Lesser Memorial Shelter for the night before continuing on their trek.The hike was executed in order to build camaraderie and foster the warrior spirit within these Marines and Sailors, while promoting health and wellness for service members recovering from physical and mental health challenges. At the culmination of the hike, the Marines and Sailors shared a meal together to celebrate their accomplishment.

220820-N-RC359-1030 MOUNT FUJI, Japan (Aug. 20, 2022) Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), climb Mount Fuji during a tour hosted by the ships Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) committee, Aug. 20. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), conduct a casualty evacuation drill in Santa Fe National Park, Panama, Sept. 7, 2022. DPAA will be conducting recovery operations in Panama in hopes of finding missing naval aircrew members lost during a training flight in 1985. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

STAFF SGT. Sean Marfia, a medical technician assigned to the 126th Medical Squadron, O'Hare Field, Chicago, Ill. and SGT. 1ST Class Gilbert Duran, 96th Civil Affairs, Fort Bragg, N.C. off load their supplies at Malali. The medical personnel will provide medical aid to the local Guyanese as part of the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Malali Country: French Guiana (GUF)

Fort Dix hosted a Water Survival course for up to 22 aircrew members from the 514 AMW during their upcoming UTA weekend. This training includes water survival orientation and in water training. The training equipment included 1 life raft anchored in the water and 1 blown up on the shore. Students will get outfitted with a life preserver, and will swim from the shore to the life raft and then enter it. Once all members are in the raft, we will discuss the raft maintenance and equipment to help them survive during whatever the environmental conditions give them. Throughout the time, they have instructors in a safety raft (small oar paddled inflatable raft) and up to two PWCs (jet skis) with rescue sleds equipped on the back. During this training if there is an emergency, the PWCs will approach the scene and their safety team will load personnel onto the rescue sled to quickly move them to shore. There was also a medical team on-site if needed, and up to 8 instructor/support staff. (Im

Master Sgt. Brandon Klein (top left), a Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Specialist with the 94th operations Support Squadron at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, gives instructions on water survival training to the members of the 908th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron with the 908th Airlift Wing, Alabama, June 4th, 2022, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The purpose of the training was to refresh Airmen on what to do in the event of a water-related emergency.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christopher Henington, mortarman, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, a native of Chicago, Illinois, swims across a pond during the 2022 Iron Mike Challenge on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, May 7, 2022. Competitors from across the Marine Corps were given 12 hours to complete the over 20 mile course, which culminated the use of core skills with multiplephysical challenges.

050622-A-9665L-041. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tikrit State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AA)

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Anthonie Deyo, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Army senior enlisted advisor, left, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Caleb Schumacher, a DPAA recovery team supply sergeant, talk while sifting through dirt at a wet-screen station alongside local Vietnamese workers, during a mission in Quang Binh Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, March 30, 2023. There are currently 1,581 missing Americans from the Vietnam War.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Adrean E. Nuby, ammunition chief, S-4, Headquarters and Service Battalion (HQSVCBN), U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC), participates in the culminating event of the Aito Course in Taravao, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Sept. 9, 2022. The event provided a bilateral training opportunity between the French Armed Forces and Marines with MARFORPAC. The nine Marines and Sailor from HQSVCBN participated in the bilateral training with the French Armed Forces in order to strengthen relationships with the region. The courses name comes from the Tahitian word aito, which means warrior.

DN-SC-86-03162. Base: Naval Air Station, Alameda State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A service member plunges into the water at Fort Indiantown Gap's Marquette Lake during the combat water survival test portion of the Ranger and Sapper Assessment Program on April 22, 2022. Service members had to maintain their weapon and gear while they swam to shore

An educator descends down the rappel tower during the Educators Workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, March 1, 2023. The purpose of the workshop is to inform high school educators and community influencers about the process of becoming a United States Marine, and to raise awareness of the opportunities and benefits for qualified individuals in the Marine Corps.

Ms. Kelley Esh, SRT-1 Chief of Research, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), Indo-Pacific Directorate uses a pinpoint to investigate subsurface metal contacts in Ulingan village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea on Oct. 5, 2022. DPAA leadership visited the Investigation Team (IT) in order to see first hand the unique dynamics of an IT and strengthen future operations. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

230330-N-OX029-2079ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 30, 2023) Sailors wash aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) off the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) after performing AFFF system tests, March 30, 2023. Wasp is underway conducting Type Commander (TYCOM) sea trials.

DA-SC-86-08878. Base: Geumsa Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Personnel with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) set up hoses to screen dirt during a recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Jan. 17, 2023. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

U.S Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Devin Rockett a ropes and recovery instructor with II Marine Expeditionary Force, Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG), observes and directs Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) during the Fast Ropes Master Course (FRMC) aboard Marine Corps Base Stone Bay North Carolina, March 30, 2023. FRMC is an opportunity for the EOTG to train and certify the 26th MEU as fast rope masters, giving them the ability to expediently descend a rope into restrictive terrain where landing an aircraft is not possible. The EOTG staff consists of close-knit professionals, dedicated to ensuring that deploying MEUs are ready and capable to support geographic combatant commanders and respond to crises events around the globe.

050905-N-0535P-014. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

WHITE BEACH, Japan (Sept. 9, 2022) Sailors from the Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa (CFAO) social committee conduct a beach cleanup on White Beach Naval Facility Sept. 9, 2022. CFAO maintains and operates facilities to support the U.S. Navy's naval and aviation assets in the Indo-Pacific region.

Citizen-Soldiers with the 714th Quartermaster Company, 191st Regional Support Group, from the Puerto Rico National Guard distributed water to the community of Barahona in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico, Oct. 16. The Guardsmen arrived with two vehicles, each carrying 2,000 gallons of purified water.

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