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Washington, DC, December 13, 2007 -- FEMA Administrator David Paulison answers a reporter's question at a joint press conference with the CDC's director of Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention, Dr. Henry Falk, at the FEMA Press Room in Washington, DC.  FEMA/Bill Koplitz

Washington, DC, December 13, 2007 -- FEMA Administrator David Paulison...

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Ernest Vega, a Sports Medicine and Injury Prevention

Ernest Vega, a Sports Medicine and Injury Prevention

Ernest Vega, a Sports Medicine and Injury Prevention trainer, examines a recruit from Company L. after a mile and half run. SMIP trainers are present during all physical events during recruit training and Marin... More

Spc. Josiah Williams, a CH-47 Chinook flight engineer

Spc. Josiah Williams, a CH-47 Chinook flight engineer

Spc. Josiah Williams, a CH-47 Chinook flight engineer with 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, “Task Force Wings,” 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, instructs the ground units on how to conduct slingload opera... More

MCAS Yuma’s Semper Fit Program Teaches Injury Prevention

MCAS Yuma’s Semper Fit Program Teaches Injury Prevention

Rick Pierce, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma’s Semper Fit fitness program coordinator, demonstrates the correct “athletic stance” while doing a squat, at the group exercise center, July 25. The objective of the w... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob T. Baron, a recruiter

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob T. Baron, a recruiter

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob T. Baron, a recruiter with Recruiting Substation Carlisle, shows a poolee how to properly use and adjust a weighted pack at the recruiting station prior to a four mile hike in Carli... More

NHRC Researchers Investigate the Link Between Injury and Fitness

NHRC Researchers Investigate the Link Between Injury and Fitness

Title graphic created for Naval Health Research Center news story about the relationship between training requirements, fitness, and musculoskeletal injures presented at the 2017 Military Health System Research... More

Marines conduct High Intensity Tactical Training session

Marines conduct High Intensity Tactical Training session

Marines conduct High Intensity Tactical Training session led by Force Fitness instructor, Sgt. Jared Skelley, July 12 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. Skelley specializes in creating workout routines f... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt.Col. Brendan C. Burks, left, and

U.S. Marine Corps Lt.Col. Brendan C. Burks, left, and

U.S. Marine Corps Lt.Col. Brendan C. Burks, left, and U.S. Navy Capt. Steve J. Blivin discuss plans for available physical therapy facilities for Marines at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, May 5, 201... More

Make a Change to Marine Corps Fitness FY19

Make a Change to Marine Corps Fitness FY19

Marines are encouraged to submit creative recommendations and ideas concerning physical fitness programs and nutrition to the Force Fitness Division (FFD). All submissions will be considered by the Fitness Oper... More

U.S. Army Maj. Timothy Benedict, an Army Public Health

U.S. Army Maj. Timothy Benedict, an Army Public Health

U.S. Army Maj. Timothy Benedict, an Army Public Health Center physical therapist who specializes in injury prevention, leads some APHC Soldiers in push-ups Jan. 31, 2020, at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Marylan... More

Sports Medicine and Injury Prevention trainers are

Sports Medicine and Injury Prevention trainers are

Sports Medicine and Injury Prevention trainers are present during all physical parts of recruit training and Marine Combat training. This helps micromanage the recruit's physical fitness well-being. The SMIP pr... More

Spc. Josiah Williams, a CH-47 Chinook flight engineer

Spc. Josiah Williams, a CH-47 Chinook flight engineer

Spc. Josiah Williams, a CH-47 Chinook flight engineer with 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, “Task Force Wings,” demonstrates the proper slingload method for a HMMWV during ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob T. Baron, a recruiter

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob T. Baron, a recruiter

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob T. Baron, a recruiter with Recruiting Substation Carlisle, shows a poolee how to properly use and adjust a weighted pack at the recruiting station prior to a four mile hike in Carli... More

Cpl. Parker Golz conducts V-situps during a High Intensity

Cpl. Parker Golz conducts V-situps during a High Intensity

Cpl. Parker Golz conducts V-situps during a High Intensity Tactical Training class led by Force Fitness instructor, Sgt. Jared Skelley July 12 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. Skelley specializes in cr... More

Ben McGrath, center, speaks during a meeting held about

Ben McGrath, center, speaks during a meeting held about

Ben McGrath, center, speaks during a meeting held about physical therapy facilities available to Marines at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, May 5, 2019. Burks and his Marines and Sailors from Marine ... More

U.S. Army Maj. Timothy Benedict, an Army Public Health

U.S. Army Maj. Timothy Benedict, an Army Public Health

U.S. Army Maj. Timothy Benedict, an Army Public Health Center physical therapist who specializes in injury prevention, advises some APHC Soldiers Jan. 31, 2020, at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, recreat... More

Sgt. Ben McHugh, a CH-47 Chinook flight engineer with

Sgt. Ben McHugh, a CH-47 Chinook flight engineer with

Sgt. Ben McHugh, a CH-47 Chinook flight engineer with 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, “Task Force Wings,” 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, gives a driver hand signals as they conduct an internal load duri... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Michael Garza, a recruiter

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Michael Garza, a recruiter

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Michael Garza, a recruiter with Recruiting Substation Carlisle, observes a group of poolees getting into formation after a 4-mile hike through the Appalachian Trail in Carlisle, Pen... More

Capt. Clay Groover trains during a High Intensity Tactical

Capt. Clay Groover trains during a High Intensity Tactical

Capt. Clay Groover trains during a High Intensity Tactical Training class aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort July 12. The class was led by Sgt. Jared Skelley, Force Fitness instructor with Headquarters a... More

U.S. Navy Capt. Steve J. Blivin speaks to Marines and

U.S. Navy Capt. Steve J. Blivin speaks to Marines and

U.S. Navy Capt. Steve J. Blivin speaks to Marines and Sailors about physical therapy facilities available to Marines during a meeting held at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, May 5, 2019. Burks and hi... More

U.S. Marine Corps enlistees wait to be dismissed from

U.S. Marine Corps enlistees wait to be dismissed from

U.S. Marine Corps enlistees wait to be dismissed from a formation after a 4-mile hike through the Appalachian Trail in Carlisle, Penn., on Saturday, June 18, 2016. Two miles into the hike, the poolees were give... More

Sgt. Jared Skelley is the Force Fitness instructor

Sgt. Jared Skelley is the Force Fitness instructor

Sgt. Jared Skelley is the Force Fitness instructor with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. Skelley specializes in creating workout routines for individual Marines f... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt.Col. Brendan C. Burks, right,

U.S. Marine Corps Lt.Col. Brendan C. Burks, right,

U.S. Marine Corps Lt.Col. Brendan C. Burks, right, and U.S. Navy Capt. Steve J. Blivin pose for a photo at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, May 5, 2019. Burks and his Marines and Sailors from Marine A... More

Students of Semper Stretch perform various stretches

Students of Semper Stretch perform various stretches

Students of Semper Stretch perform various stretches combined from yoga, pilates and traditional stretching, during a class at the Tarawa Terrace Community Center, Nov. 5. The class takes place every Monday and... More

U.S. Marine Corps enlistee Chartre Deshong, from Recruiting

U.S. Marine Corps enlistee Chartre Deshong, from Recruiting

U.S. Marine Corps enlistee Chartre Deshong, from Recruiting Substation Carlisle, stands at attention in formation after a 4-mile hike through the Appalachian Trail in Carlisle, Penn., on Saturday, June 18, 2016... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt.Col. Brendan C. Burks, right,

U.S. Marine Corps Lt.Col. Brendan C. Burks, right,

U.S. Marine Corps Lt.Col. Brendan C. Burks, right, and U.S. Navy Capt. Steve J. Blivin shake hands after a meeting at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, May 5, 2019. Burks and his Marines and Sailors fr... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Brendan C. Burks, left,

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Brendan C. Burks, left,

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Brendan C. Burks, left, welcomes U.S. Navy Capt. Steve Blivin to physical therapy facilities at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC, May 5, 2019. Burks and his Marines and Sailo... More

Mechanical man O. Willie Everlearn demonstrates Your Back at Work

Mechanical man O. Willie Everlearn demonstrates Your Back at Work

BPA (Bonneville Power Administration) safety officer Merl L. Bassett developed a mechanical man to demonstrate safe ways for "Your Back at Work", part of a regional campaign to reduce back injuries.

Container for medical sharp and infectious waste

Container for medical sharp and infectious waste

Container for medical sharp instruments, opened ampoules and infectious waste to prevent injuries and infections. Once closed, it cannot be reopened by manual force. Height: 23 cm. Deutsch: Kunststoffbehälter... More