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USS Ronald Reagan general quarters drill

USS Ronald Reagan general quarters drill

Fire Controlman 2nd Class Kelly Arana, right, from Dallas, and Fire Controlman 2nd Class Joshua Hoekstra, from Hudsonville, Mich., give training on proper fire extinguisher operation during a general quarters d... More

The 65th Military Police Company, 503D MP Battalion

The 65th Military Police Company, 503D MP Battalion

The 65th Military Police Company, 503D MP Battalion Airborne, 16th MP Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C., is awarded the Forces Command Eagle Award for Excellence March 10, 2014. Capt. Julie Austin, commanding the 65th ... More

Ribbon cutting, Louisiana

Ribbon cutting, Louisiana

Capt. Bill Snyder, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans commanding officer, along with members of the base fire and emergency services use a Jaws of Life to cut a fire hose to open a new, state of t... More

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Andy Grabus, assigned to Naval

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Andy Grabus, assigned to Naval

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Andy Grabus, assigned to Naval Information Operation Center Norfolk, checks for a contact on his radio Jan. 21, 2010, at Killick Haitian Coast Guard Base in Killick, Haiti. Grabus was at the... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremy McDonnell, a

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremy McDonnell, a

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremy McDonnell, a pararescueman with the 79th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, takes notes after providing care to a wounded U.S. service member aboard an HC-130P King aircraft Apri... More

A U.S. Air Force firefighter with the 180th Fighter

A U.S. Air Force firefighter with the 180th Fighter

A U.S. Air Force firefighter with the 180th Fighter Wing rappels down the side of a tower at the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department Training Academy, in Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 5, 2010. Firefighters with the wing par... More

Fire truck controls get splattered with water during

Fire truck controls get splattered with water during

Fire truck controls get splattered with water during advanced handline evolution training conducted by firefighters from the 775th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department on Hill Air Force Base, Utah, April 1. ... More

Pa. Emergency Response Forces conduct evaluation exercise at New Indiantown Gap facility

Pa. Emergency Response Forces conduct evaluation exercise at New India...

Pennsylvania National Guard emergency response forces conduct an exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap's newest training facility April 14, 2011. During the exercise, participants were expected to respond to a disast... More

Spc. Leonardo Becerra, a medic with the California

Spc. Leonardo Becerra, a medic with the California

Spc. Leonardo Becerra, a medic with the California Army National Guard, came to the rescue of a woman who had been stabbed in the chest on March 11, 2014. His actions stopped her bleeding before paramedics arri... More

U.S. Soldiers with the U.S. Army Garrison-Ansbach fire

U.S. Soldiers with the U.S. Army Garrison-Ansbach fire

U.S. Soldiers with the U.S. Army Garrison-Ansbach fire department fight a fire during an exercise at Training Support Center Ansbach, Germany, Sept. 28, 2011. The Soldiers familiarized themselves with new equip... More

Aircraft firefighting training

Aircraft firefighting training

U.S. Air Force Col. David Ben, 7th Bomb Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Kenneth Lindsey, 7th Bomb Wing command chief, and two Dyess firefighters extinguish a fire June 20, 2012, at the fire department tra... More

'Strengths Finder' - Defense imagery management operations center

'Strengths Finder' - Defense imagery management operations center

Jason McNamee, firefighter for Navy Region Northwest (NRNW) Fire and Emergency Services Everett, participates in a handwriting exercise between his dominant and non-dominant hand during the "Strengths Finder" p... More

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Ashley Schellinger,

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Ashley Schellinger,

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Ashley Schellinger, from Tampa Fla., acts as the nozzle man during the initial equipment on-scene flight deck aircraft firefighting drill aboard amphibious assault ship USS I... More

SGT. Tony Voigt, 165AW Fire Department, trains National

SGT. Tony Voigt, 165AW Fire Department, trains National

SGT. Tony Voigt, 165AW Fire Department, trains National Guard Tech. Sgt. Michael Lang and Master Sgt. Katherine Copeland the proper technique for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) compressions, Feb. 14, 2013,... More

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard 154-foot fast response

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard 154-foot fast response

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard 154-foot fast response cutter Margaret Norvell practice a helicopter basket hoist as part of “Ready for Sea” training led by members of the Special Emergency Operations and Pr... More

Structure fire exercise

Structure fire exercise

Senior Airman Andy Davenport, 81st Medical Operations Squadron, administers care to Airman 1st Class Austen Koczent, 81st Medical Operations Squadron, during a structure fire exercise Sept. 25, 2013, at Keesler... More

Explosive scent kit training, San Diego, California

Explosive scent kit training, San Diego, California

U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Christopher Wickline, assigned to Commander, Navy Region Southwest Police Military Working Dogs unit, examines the paw of a military working dog (MWD) to prepare for explosive... More

2nd Cav. Regt. FETs reflect on female ANP successes

2nd Cav. Regt. FETs reflect on female ANP successes

Staff Sgt. Renata Gaddis, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Female Engagement Team member, poses for a picture with two members of the Afghan National Police, Dec. 8, 2013, at the Joint Regional Afghan National Police Cent... More

A 355th Civil Engineering Squadron rapid intervention

A 355th Civil Engineering Squadron rapid intervention

A 355th Civil Engineering Squadron rapid intervention vehicle sprays water on a controlled fire during a training exercise at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Dec. 10, 2013. The training gave the firefighte... More

Members of the Inter-Agency Board for Equipment

Members of the Inter-Agency Board for Equipment

Members of the Inter-Agency Board for Equipment Standardization and Inter-Operability (IAB) listen to an introduction brief during their visit to Joint Task Force Civil Support headquarters Jan. 21, 2014. The p... More

Maj. Christopher Angle, 95th Civil Support Team deputy

Maj. Christopher Angle, 95th Civil Support Team deputy

Maj. Christopher Angle, 95th Civil Support Team deputy commander, and his team link up with South San Francisco Fire Department Battalion Chief Jess Magallanes during Operation Pure Cure on Jan. 22, 2014, in So... More

From left, Staff Sgt. Zachary Eierman, Staff Sgt. Nho

From left, Staff Sgt. Zachary Eierman, Staff Sgt. Nho

From left, Staff Sgt. Zachary Eierman, Staff Sgt. Nho Nguyen, and Staff Sgt. Rowle Boone, noncommissioned officers from 1st Platoon, 218th Military Police Company, 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Sustain... More

U.S. Navy Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Kirsten

U.S. Navy Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Kirsten

U.S. Navy Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Kirsten Jones mans a firehose during a fire drill aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) in the Mediterranean Sea Jan. 28, 2014. The Stout was under... More

Soldiers train for any possibility

Soldiers train for any possibility

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Dinkel, the provost marshal noncommissioned officer in charge for 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, pulls perimeter security in full Mission Oriented Prote... More

Staff Sergeant Alan Stowers, a military policeman with

Staff Sergeant Alan Stowers, a military policeman with

Staff Sergeant Alan Stowers, a military policeman with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Garber, Okla., checks the identification of a simulated American citizen dur... More

Staff Sgt. Rowley Olsen,60th Security Forces Squadron,

Staff Sgt. Rowley Olsen,60th Security Forces Squadron,

Staff Sgt. Rowley Olsen,60th Security Forces Squadron, rescues a simulated victim at the Twin Peaks Chapel during a readiness exercise Jan. 30, 2014, at Travis AFB, Calif. The 60th Air Mobility Wing planned and... More

Master Sgt. Agustin Cruz (left), Intelligence and JTF

Master Sgt. Agustin Cruz (left), Intelligence and JTF

Master Sgt. Agustin Cruz (left), Intelligence and JTF Sapper PSD NCOIC, places a tourniquet on Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah Galyon, JTF Sapper Future Plans NCO, during a medical training refresher course at New Kabu... More

Camp Lemonnier Fire and Emergency Services firefighters

Camp Lemonnier Fire and Emergency Services firefighters

Camp Lemonnier Fire and Emergency Services firefighters respond to a simulated burning building during a base-wide training exercise at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 31, 2014. The exercise tested personnel's a... More

Spc. Joshua Willison, a Hemet, Calif., native and a

Spc. Joshua Willison, a Hemet, Calif., native and a

Spc. Joshua Willison, a Hemet, Calif., native and a military police officer with the military police platoon of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4-3 Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade ... More

Airman 1st Class Nathaniel Tieden dons his protective

Airman 1st Class Nathaniel Tieden dons his protective

Airman 1st Class Nathaniel Tieden dons his protective clothing during a firefighter rodeo Jan. 31 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Each of the various exercises during the firefighter rodeo style event test... More

South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers assisted

South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers assisted

South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers assisted Horry County civil authorities at Bucksport Landing near Conway, S.C. during Palmetto Thunder Feb. 1 in preparation for emergency situations. The Guard regul... More

Firefighting training - A group of men in uniform holding a fire hose

Firefighting training - A group of men in uniform holding a fire hose

Chief Damage Controlman Patrick Ferrer demonstrates how to properly man a hose during firefighting training in the upper vehicle storage facility aboard the Austin-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Denve... More

Santiago Razon, the captain of the bulk carrier Hedvig

Santiago Razon, the captain of the bulk carrier Hedvig

Santiago Razon, the captain of the bulk carrier Hedvig Bulker, receives recognition aboard his ship in Beaumont, Texas, Feb. 3, 2014, from Capt. George "Joe" Paitl for responding to and rescuing a trans-Atlanti... More

USS Makin Island operations

USS Makin Island operations

Ship's Serviceman Seaman Phillip Tillet, left, and Logistics Specialist Seaman Travis Lay help each other put on firefighting equipment during repair locker training on the mess decks of the amphibious assault ... More

Machinist Mate 3rd Class Thor Cocchi, left, and Machinist

Machinist Mate 3rd Class Thor Cocchi, left, and Machinist

Machinist Mate 3rd Class Thor Cocchi, left, and Machinist Mate Aaron Zevenbergen fight a simulated fire during a general quarters drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roos... More

A 96th Security Forces Squadron airman points his weapon

A 96th Security Forces Squadron airman points his weapon

A 96th Security Forces Squadron airman points his weapon toward scene of an active-shooter exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 4. The active-shooter was the second of a series of 96th Test Wing exercis... More

Chief Petty Officer Eric Hopperdietzel and Petty Officer

Chief Petty Officer Eric Hopperdietzel and Petty Officer

Chief Petty Officer Eric Hopperdietzel and Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Perrin, both from Coast Guard Station Milwaukee, train on the Rapid Deployment Craft during a joint agency ice rescue training on t... More

Crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay, homeported

Crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay, homeported

Crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay, homeported in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., practice ice rescue techniques in the Straits of Mackinac Feb. 4, 2014. The crew trained in order to remain proficient in ic... More

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay conducts

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay conducts

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay conducts a direct assist of the motor vessel Calumet, stuck in the Straits of Mackinac at sunset Feb. 4, 2014. Across the Great Lakes region, Coast Guard ice-breaking c... More

Members of Joint Task Force Bravo's Joint Security

Members of Joint Task Force Bravo's Joint Security

Members of Joint Task Force Bravo's Joint Security Forces Squadron provide security as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lifts off during a personnel and downed aircraft recovery exercise in Honduras, Feb. 4, 2014.... More

Military working dog demonstration

Military working dog demonstration

Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Dustin Tyler, left, and military working dog Chucky attack Master-at-Arms Seaman Recruit Collin Moyer during a military working dog demonstration at U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Gar... More

What I've Learned: Justin Robinson

What I've Learned: Justin Robinson

Justin Robinson is a Lieutenant with combat center fire department. He also competes in many mixed martial-arts tournaments and is the reigning Southern California Boxing Heavyweight champion.

Firefighters from the 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer

Firefighters from the 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer

Firefighters from the 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron demonstrate techniques to Col. John Vaughn, 376th Air Expeditionary Wing vice commander, used to transport tools up to elevated levels at Transi... More

U.S. Air Force firefighters with the 169th Civil Engineer

U.S. Air Force firefighters with the 169th Civil Engineer

U.S. Air Force firefighters with the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., conduct a nighttime structural fire exercise at the Joint Armed Forces Reserve Center, Feb. 5, 201... More

Working together - A group of people sitting at desks in an office

Working together - A group of people sitting at desks in an office

Federal, state and county officials manage simulated response efforts from Arizona’s Emergency Operations Center in Phoenix during an annual Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station emergency exercise Feb. 5.

Ron Johnson, 22nd Civil Engineering Squadron assistant

Ron Johnson, 22nd Civil Engineering Squadron assistant

Ron Johnson, 22nd Civil Engineering Squadron assistant project manager, clears snow from a parking lot Feb. 5, 2014, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Proper snow removal provides Team McConnell a safe commute ... More

Senior Airman Kyle Hicks, 56th Rescue Squadron independent

Senior Airman Kyle Hicks, 56th Rescue Squadron independent

Senior Airman Kyle Hicks, 56th Rescue Squadron independent duty medical technician, briefs airmen who will play mock victims at the Stanford Training Area, England, Feb. 6, 2014. Airmen participated in four day... More

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Cleveland Harbor,

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Cleveland Harbor,

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Cleveland Harbor, the Cleveland Fire Department and Ohio Department of Natural Resources discuss ice-rescue equipment prior to taking to the ice at the Cleveland Moorings F... More

A Coast Guard K-9 handler from the Marine Safety and

A Coast Guard K-9 handler from the Marine Safety and

A Coast Guard K-9 handler from the Marine Safety and Security Team in Galveston, Texas, and his bomb-sniffing dog are lowered from a MH-65 Dolphin from Air Station Houston to a boat, Feb. 7, 2014. The hoist was... More

Implementing mental, emotional skills to strengthen mind

Implementing mental, emotional skills to strengthen mind

More than 30 soldiers from various 3rd Infantry Division units graduated from the Master Resilience Trainers course Feb. 7, 2014 here at Fort Stewart. The core of the MRT course teaches soldiers, family members... More

Coast Guard conducts K-9 hoist training

Coast Guard conducts K-9 hoist training

A Coast Guard K-9 handler with the Marine Safety and Security Team in Galveston, Texas, and his dog are lowered to a boat from a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin from Air Station Houston, Feb. 7, 2014. The hoist was p... More

Senior Master Sgt. Scott Favre, 159th Civil Engineering

Senior Master Sgt. Scott Favre, 159th Civil Engineering

Senior Master Sgt. Scott Favre, 159th Civil Engineering Squadron, a flight superintendent, climbs up to an unresponsive victim on top of a utility pole during single man rescue training, Feb. 8, 2014, Naval Air... More

Fire fighters from the structural fire department and

Fire fighters from the structural fire department and

Fire fighters from the structural fire department and aircraft rescue fire fighting begin tearing out part of a roof to vent a fire at Pine Grove aboard the Air Station, Feb. 10. The training helped the fire fi... More

Capt. Brian Jordan, a UH-1Y Venom pilot, received the

Capt. Brian Jordan, a UH-1Y Venom pilot, received the

Capt. Brian Jordan, a UH-1Y Venom pilot, received the British Distinguished Flying Cross, Feb.12, 2014, at the British Embassy in Washington. He earned the award for his actions which helped save the lives of t... More

Members of the 51st Medical Group Field Response Team

Members of the 51st Medical Group Field Response Team

Members of the 51st Medical Group Field Response Team finish securing a mock casualty in a head immobilization apparatus as part of a mass casualty scenario outside Building 938 during Operational Readiness Exe... More

Air Evac ribbon cutting ceremony

Air Evac ribbon cutting ceremony

Local community members and U.S. Air Force members pose for a photo during a ribbon cutting ceremony in the Air Evac Lifeteam hangar at the Altus Quartz Mountain Regional Airport, Feb. 11, 2014. The air evacuat... More

U.S. Air Force fire protection specialists from the

U.S. Air Force fire protection specialists from the

U.S. Air Force fire protection specialists from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing respond to an air mishap exercise at Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, Feb. 11, 2014. The exercise, ... More

177th Fighter Wing participates in Coast Guard mishap exercise

177th Fighter Wing participates in Coast Guard mishap exercise

Emergency medical technicians from Atlantic City International Airport transport U.S. Air Force Maj. Jared Mandella on a stretcher during an air mishap exercise at Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., o... More

Tech. Sgt. Daniel Thetford, 51st Medical Operations

Tech. Sgt. Daniel Thetford, 51st Medical Operations

Tech. Sgt. Daniel Thetford, 51st Medical Operations Squadron Emergency Room NCO in charge and Wing Inspection Team member, briefs a group of role players prior to a mass casualty scenario outside Building 938 d... More

Sgt. Rodolfo Navarro, 1452nd Combat Heavy Equipment

Sgt. Rodolfo Navarro, 1452nd Combat Heavy Equipment

Sgt. Rodolfo Navarro, 1452nd Combat Heavy Equipment Transport Transportation Company, prepares with his unit to assist stranded drivers along I-85 in Butner, N.C., Feb. 12, 2014. The North Carolina National Gua... More

Marker #4 of Lake St. Clair's shipping channel stands

Marker #4 of Lake St. Clair's shipping channel stands

Marker #4 of Lake St. Clair's shipping channel stands out in the distance as an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit hovers over the ice-covered lake while conducting ice rescue t... More

Good Samaritans not in short supply on JBM-HH

Good Samaritans not in short supply on JBM-HH

Sgt. David Smith, left, and Sgt. John Massey, both with the 289th Military Police Company, post for a photograph in Bldg. 417 Feb. 12, 2014. Smith and Massey both helped people in distress in separate incidents... More

The Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking

The Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking

The Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug, departs Chicago's Navy Pier and sails toward the shores off Indiana, Feb. 12, 2014. The Biscayne Bay helped break ice on the southern part of La... More

Damage Controlman Fireman Michael Head, from Meridianville,

Damage Controlman Fireman Michael Head, from Meridianville,

Damage Controlman Fireman Michael Head, from Meridianville, Ala., stands watch in Damage Control Central aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). The Bataan Amphibious Readiness Group... More

Two DC institutions - A couple of military vehicles driving down a snow covered street

Two DC institutions - A couple of military vehicles driving down a sno...

A D.C. National Guard vehicle outside of the famous Ben’s Chili Bowl during the Feb. 13 snow response mission. About 180 D.C. National Guard soldiers and airmen were requested by the city of Washington to suppo... More

Thirty South Carolina Army National Guard dump trucks

Thirty South Carolina Army National Guard dump trucks

Thirty South Carolina Army National Guard dump trucks support hauling operations in response to a request by the S.C. Department of Transportation to transport 600 tons of road salt from the Charleston sea salt... More

U.S. Army Col. James R. Finley, South Carolina Army

U.S. Army Col. James R. Finley, South Carolina Army

U.S. Army Col. James R. Finley, South Carolina Army National Guard, directs traffic in support of hauling operations in response to a request by the S.C. Department of Transportation to transport 600 tons of ro... More

Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Brown shovels the sidewalk in

Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Brown shovels the sidewalk in

Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Brown shovels the sidewalk in from of the 198th Regimental Armory where Delaware National Guard soldiers are on standby to help throughout Winter Storm Pax. (U.S. Army National Guard phot... More

Soldiers from 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion,

Soldiers from 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion,

Soldiers from 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, pose with emergency agencies at Boulder Municipal Airport in Boulder, Colo., Feb.... More

Shelper portrait - A man in a military uniform sitting in front of a fighter jet

Shelper portrait - A man in a military uniform sitting in front of a f...

Senior Airman Garrett Shepler poses for a photo at the 158th Fighter Wing in South Burlington, Vt., Feb. 13, 2014. Shepler was on his way home from working at the Vermont Air National Guard when he witnessed a ... More

Maryland Army National Guard soldiers with 1st Battalion,

Maryland Army National Guard soldiers with 1st Battalion,

Maryland Army National Guard soldiers with 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment and firefighters assigned to the Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Co. 1 in Westminster, Md., joined forces to tackle rescue miss... More

Maryland Army National Guard soldiers prepare vehicles

Maryland Army National Guard soldiers prepare vehicles

Maryland Army National Guard soldiers prepare vehicles and equipment at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation near Reisterstown, Md., to help first responders during this declared state of emergency on Feb. 13, 2014.

SC National Guard makes deliveries on Valentine's Day - salt

SC National Guard makes deliveries on Valentine's Day - salt

U.S. Army Pvt. Matthew Gibson, an equipment operator with the 122nd Engineer Battalion, S.C. Army National Guard, secures a tarp covering a load of road salt before leaving the intermodal bulk terminal in Charl... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Richard Lyons, 125th Multi Role Bridge

U.S. Army Pfc. Richard Lyons, 125th Multi Role Bridge

U.S. Army Pfc. Richard Lyons, 125th Multi Role Bridge Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, clears a secondary road of debris near Aiken, S.C., Feb. 14, 2014, following a fierce snow and ice storm which ... More

Firefighters from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer

Firefighters from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer

Firefighters from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron set up for a fire muster at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 15, 2014. Service members deployed to AUAB competed in a seven station obstacle cours... More

A Dutch soldier learns basic carry techniques for evacuating

A Dutch soldier learns basic carry techniques for evacuating

A Dutch soldier learns basic carry techniques for evacuating a military working dog during the International Special Training Center, ISTC, Advanced Medical First Responder Course which was conducted by the IST... More

David Cristol, a Coast Guard Auxiliary aviation coordinator

David Cristol, a Coast Guard Auxiliary aviation coordinator

David Cristol, a Coast Guard Auxiliary aviation coordinator stationed in Savannah, Ga., poses next to his airplane Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, during an interagency gathering at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Fla. ... More

Cope North 14 participates in Search and Rescue Training

Cope North 14 participates in Search and Rescue Training

“Oscar,” a U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue dummy, floats in the Pacific Ocean near the southern tip of Guam during an exercise scenario as part of Exercise Cope North 2014, Feb. 19. The search and rescue sce... More

Marines with Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 28

Marines with Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 28

Marines with Marine Tactical Air Command Squadron 28 attend a CPR and Automated External Defibrillator certification course at the Jerry Marvel Training and Education building at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry... More

Beny, a military working dog, searches a bookshelf

Beny, a military working dog, searches a bookshelf

Beny, a military working dog, searches a bookshelf for drug and explosive samples during detection training on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 19, 2014. The MWD handlers run their dogs through a course every day t... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Lynn Borel, current operations chief,

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Lynn Borel, current operations chief,

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Lynn Borel, current operations chief, Joint Task Force Civil Support, provide training to his current operations team during a joint operations center training exercise here Feb. 19, 2014. In... More

Master Sgt. James Beasley, center, 374th Civil Engineer

Master Sgt. James Beasley, center, 374th Civil Engineer

Master Sgt. James Beasley, center, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron, talks to patrolmen from the 374th Security Forces Squadron during a hazardous material training exercise at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 20, 201... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and U.S. Navy Sailors with the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19), carry a simulated casualty during a fire ... More

Firefighting equipment - A woman in a firefighter's gear adjusting a helmet on a fighter jet

Firefighting equipment - A woman in a firefighter's gear adjusting a h...

Yeoman Seaman Allison L. Metcalf, left, from Crawfordsville, Ind., and Yeoman Seaman Nathaniel Cooke, from Freeport, N.Y., don firefighting equipment in the hanger bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W... More

Master Sgt. Chris Pair, 33, USARCENT telecommunication

Master Sgt. Chris Pair, 33, USARCENT telecommunication

Master Sgt. Chris Pair, 33, USARCENT telecommunication systems noncommissioned officer, helped save the lives of two teenagers involved in a one-car accident in Sumter, S.C., Feb. 15. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Taike... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Moore 113th Weather

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Moore 113th Weather

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Moore 113th Weather Flight, 181st Intelligence Wing, Indiana Air National Guard briefs Lt. Col. Reginald H. Paul, Civil Air Patrol pilot, on the weather conditions in central Ind... More

U.S. Army Pvt. Steve Rodriguez, a military police officer

U.S. Army Pvt. Steve Rodriguez, a military police officer

U.S. Army Pvt. Steve Rodriguez, a military police officer with 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, places handcuffs on a would-be aggressor during oleoresin capsicum at Joint Base Lewis-McCh... More

A Naval Support Activity Bahrain Fire Emergency Services

A Naval Support Activity Bahrain Fire Emergency Services

A Naval Support Activity Bahrain Fire Emergency Services firefighter, right, assists a Bahrain Airport Company firefighter before entering a live structural fire trainer during an exercise. This is the first tr... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Frederick Roethler, 22nd Marine

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Frederick Roethler, 22nd Marine

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Frederick Roethler, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) military working dog handler and native of O’Fallon, Mo., prepares his military working dog, Sirius, for a demonstration to Spanis... More

Fire training, US Air Force Photo

Fire training, US Air Force Photo

Firefighters from the 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron extinguish a simulated fire at the base theater Feb. 21, 2014, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The exercise was part of the certification check for a new ass... More

Staff Sgt. Jessica Cruz-Burby, 22nd Security Forces

Staff Sgt. Jessica Cruz-Burby, 22nd Security Forces

Staff Sgt. Jessica Cruz-Burby, 22nd Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, orders her dog, Pita, to release an aggressor during a demonstration Feb. 21, 2014, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. M... More

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Buffalo take

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Buffalo take

Crew members from Coast Guard Station Buffalo take part in an ice rescue exercise on Chautauqua Lake, N.Y., Feb. 22, 2014. The Coast Guard supported more than two dozen federal, state and local agencies partici... More

Chief Petty Officer Seth Strahan from Coast Guard Sector

Chief Petty Officer Seth Strahan from Coast Guard Sector

Chief Petty Officer Seth Strahan from Coast Guard Sector Buffalo provides safety guidance as multi-agency rescue crews approach a simulated plane crash on Chautauqua Lake, N.Y., Feb. 22, 2014. The Coast Guard s... More

Falling apples: a firefighter and a first sergeant

Falling apples: a firefighter and a first sergeant

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Wesley F. Paver, 182nd Mission Support Group first sergeant, and Airman 1st Class Jared A. Paver, fire protection specialist with the 182nd Civil Engineer Squadron, are seen together ... More

DOD police officers at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling

DOD police officers at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling

DOD police officers at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) hold a gunman to the ground and secure an office area during their response to an active shooter scenario during a realistic training drill; one of ma... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Kassebaum, assigned

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Kassebaum, assigned

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Kassebaum, assigned to the 75th Security Forces Squadron, participates in an active shooter exercise at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Feb. 26, 2014. The 75th SFS conducts various typ... More

All hazards training, hosted by the 8th Military Police

All hazards training, hosted by the 8th Military Police

All hazards training, hosted by the 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, tested the integration of soldiers, federal agents and firefighters, Feb. 26-27, at Schofield Barracks when conf... More

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit and

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit and

Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit and Coast Guard Station St. Clair Shores, Mich., conduct training on frozen Lake St. Clair near Selfridge Air National Guard Base Feb. 27, 2014. Crews trained i... More

U.S. Air Force members assigned to the 19th CERFP Medical

U.S. Air Force members assigned to the 19th CERFP Medical

U.S. Air Force members assigned to the 19th CERFP Medical and Fatality Recovery elements, 181st Intelligence Wing, Indiana Air National Guard assembled personal bags and equipment bags for an upcoming deploymen... More

CGC Alex Haley conducts drills underway

CGC Alex Haley conducts drills underway

Fireman Benjamyn Potvin and Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Rosario, members of the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley's fire team, practice responding to a helicopter crash during a drill on the cutter's flight dec... More

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