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Bay City High School art students and the U.S. Army

Bay City High School art students and the U.S. Army

Bay City High School art students and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District partnered to paint three-feet high murals at four locations along the Corps-operated Colorado River Locks, to combat wat... More

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

The MABI/SAGA Boots to Boats program encourages visitors to get out and hike or boat at MABI, SAGA, the Appalachian Trail and the Connecticut River Blueway. The two parks, MABI and SAGA, are connected by the AT... More

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

The MABI/SAGA Boots to Boats program encourages visitors to get out and hike or boat at MABI, SAGA, the Appalachian Trail and the Connecticut River Blueway. The two parks, MABI and SAGA, are connected by the AT... More

Men learning how to properly enter one of the life rafts on all PBY planes as part of a course in life saving and water safety for sailors at the naval operating base at Key West, Florida, under the supervision of C. Ben Stanton

Men learning how to properly enter one of the life rafts on all PBY pl...

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Men learning how to properly enter one of the life rafts on all PBY planes as part of a course in life saving and water safety for sailors at the naval operating base at Key West, Florida, under the supervision of C. Ben Stanton

Men learning how to properly enter one of the life rafts on all PBY pl...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Additional number on caption card: A-47992. Image source: U.S. Navy. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of ... More

AFIS BILLBOARD POSTERS. WATER SAFETY. DEFENSE BILLBOARD #78

AFIS BILLBOARD POSTERS. WATER SAFETY. DEFENSE BILLBOARD #78

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US COAST GUARD WATER SAFETY, HONOLULU, HAWAII

US COAST GUARD WATER SAFETY, HONOLULU, HAWAII

HONOLULU, Hi. (Jan. 28, 2004)--In an effort to teach the children about water safety, a Coast Guard Auxiliary member had first graders from Lolani School try on life jackets after their tour of the Diamondhead ... More

US COAST GUARD WATER SAFETY, HONOLULU, HAWAII

US COAST GUARD WATER SAFETY, HONOLULU, HAWAII

HONOLULU, Hi. (Jan. 28, 2004)--A Coast Guard Auxiliarist teaches first graders from Iolani School about navigation buoys and the rules of boating on the lawn beside the Diamondhead Lighthouse. About 80 students... More

US COAST GUARD WATER SAFETY, HONOLULU, HAWAII

US COAST GUARD WATER SAFETY, HONOLULU, HAWAII

HONOLULU, Hi. (Jan. 28, 2004)--A Coast Guard Auxiliarist teaches first graders from Lolani School about navigation buoys and the rules of boating on the lawn beside the Diamondhead Lighthouse. About 80 students... More

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter (in distance), from Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Atlantic City, New Jersey (NJ), District 5, Atlantic Area (LANTAREA), hovers over the ocean as it prepares to lower USCG Aviation Survival Technician Third Class (AST3) Zee Lee to pick up US Air Force (USAF) air crew members (not shown), from McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), NJ, during water safety training certification as part of an overall water survival training program being conducted off the coast of Long Beach Island, NJ. (SUBSTANDARD)

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach Island State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Brian A Dyjak, CIV, USAF Release Status:... More

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter, from Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Atlantic City, New Jersey (NJ), District 5, Atlantic Area (LANTAREA), lowers USCG Aviation Survival Technician Third Class (AST3) Zee Lee to pick up US Air Force (USAF) air crew members, from McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), NJ, during water safety training certification as part of an overall water survival training program being conducted off the coast of Long Beach Island, NJ

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach Island State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Scott H Spitzer, CIV, USAF Release Statu... More

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter (in distance), from Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Atlantic City, New Jersey (NJ), District 5, Atlantic Area (LANTAREA), hovers over the ocean as it prepares to lower USCG Aviation Survival Technician Third Class (AST3) Zee Lee to pick up US Air Force (USAF) air crew members (floating in rafts), from McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), NJ, during water safety training certification as part of an overall water survival training program being conducted off the coast of Long Beach Island, NJ

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach Island State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Brian A Dyjak, CIV, USAF Release Status:... More

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter, from Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Atlantic City, New Jersey (NJ), District 5, Atlantic Area (LANTAREA), lowers USCG Aviation Survival Technician Third Class (AST3) Zee Lee to pick up US Air Force (USAF) air crew members, from McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), NJ, during water safety training certification as part of an overall water survival training program being conducted off the coast of Long Beach Island, NJ

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach Island State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Scott H Spitzer, CIV, USAF Release Statu... More

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter, from Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Atlantic City, New Jersey (NJ), District 5, Atlantic Area (LANTAREA), lowers USCG Aviation Survival Technician Third Class (AST3) Zee Lee to pick up US Air Force (USAF) air crew members, from McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), NJ, during water safety training certification as part of an overall water survival training program being conducted off the coast of Long Beach Island, NJ. (SUBSTANDARD)

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach Island State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Brian A Dyjak, CIV, USAF Release Status:... More

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter, from Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Atlantic City, New Jersey (NJ), District 5, Atlantic Area (LANTAREA), lowers USCG Aviation Survival Technician Third Class (AST3) Zee Lee to pick up US Air Force (USAF) air crew members, from McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), NJ, during water safety training certification as part of an overall water survival training program being conducted off the coast of Long Beach Island, NJ

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach Island State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Scott H Spitzer, CIV, USAF Release Statu... More

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter (in distance), from Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Atlantic City, New Jersey (NJ), District 5, Atlantic Area (LANTAREA), hovers over the ocean as it prepares to lower USCG Aviation Survival Technician Third Class (AST3) Zee Lee to pick up US Air Force (USAF) air crew members (floating in rafts), from McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), NJ, during water safety training certification as part of an overall water survival training program being conducted off the coast of Long Beach Island, NJ

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach Island State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Scott H Spitzer, CIV, USAF Release Statu... More

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter, from Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Atlantic City, New Jersey (NJ), District 5, Atlantic Area (LANTAREA), lowers USCG Aviation Survival Technician Third Class (AST3) Zee Lee to help pick up a US Air Force (USAF) air crew member, from McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), NJ, during water safety training certification as part of an overall water survival training program being conducted off the coast of Long Beach Island, NJ

A US Coast Guard (USCG) HH-65C Dolphin short range recovery helicopter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach Island State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Brian A Dyjak, CIV, USAF Release Status:... More

Life Jacket Loaner Program

Life Jacket Loaner Program

Tanya Grant, park ranger for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, talks with visitors about the life jacket loaner program at Hartwell Dam and Lake in Hartwell, Ga. The program offers visitors a free life jacket t... More

Civilians Lauded for Saving Elderly Couple at Wolf Creek Dam

Civilians Lauded for Saving Elderly Couple at Wolf Creek Dam

(Left to right) Harold Stamper, Randall Setters, and Lt. Col. Anthony P. Mitchell, U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers Nashville District commander, pose near Wolf Creek Dam in Jamestown, Ky., Oct. 26, during an award ... More

Diane Parks (right), chief of operations for the U.S.

Diane Parks (right), chief of operations for the U.S.

Diane Parks (right), chief of operations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, shares some facts about the "Wear It" Life Jacket Campaign before Maj. William L. Judson (left), deputy district... More

USACE Galveston District urges safety over July 4th holiday; flexes lock schedule

USACE Galveston District urges safety over July 4th holiday; flexes lo...

A 72-feet-wide tow enters the east lock of the Colorado River Locks. The Colorado River Locks enables the transit of more than 12,000 tows, over 30,000 recreational or commercial vessels and 20 million tons of ... More

Mayor Joe Jaworski, City of Galveston, recognized Col.

Mayor Joe Jaworski, City of Galveston, recognized Col.

Mayor Joe Jaworski, City of Galveston, recognized Col. Christopher Sallese, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Galveston District, with a proclamation dedicating, April 1, as USACE Galveston District's Water Safety ... More

Actress Sharon Lawrence and friend visit Bobber the

Actress Sharon Lawrence and friend visit Bobber the

Actress Sharon Lawrence and friend visit Bobber the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water safety mascot during Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's L.A. River Day of Service, April 30. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is... More

U.S. Army Spc. Robert Russell of the 1st Area Medical

U.S. Army Spc. Robert Russell of the 1st Area Medical

U.S. Army Spc. Robert Russell of the 1st Area Medical Laboratory provides instruction to select personnel from the Afghanistan Urban Water Supply & Sewage Company and Kandahar University on how to collect surfa... More

Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Kula, commander, Southwestern

Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Kula, commander, Southwestern

Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Kula, commander, Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, presents Tom Burrell, chief executive officer, Our Lands and Waters Foundation with a commander’s coin for OLWF’s suppo... More

Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Deputy

Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Deputy

Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Gene Snyman, far right, talks about water and boating safety with some of the visitors at Lake Eufaula July 10. Snyman was spending his week... More

Lake Barkley park rangers Dylon Anderson (left) and

Lake Barkley park rangers Dylon Anderson (left) and

Lake Barkley park rangers Dylon Anderson (left) and Cody Britton hand out water safety promotional items to the public at a local community parade Aug. 26, 2011.

Low lake levels mean boaters should be vigilant

Low lake levels mean boaters should be vigilant

The Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers advises lake visitors to be aware of low water levels at many Tulsa District USACE lakes. Signs, such as this one at Canton Lake, Okla., inform visitors of possib... More

HELP, survival and huddle positions

HELP, survival and huddle positions

If you fall into the water and need to await rescue, these positions can help your body retain heat to fight hypothermia.

Sayerville, N.J., Nov. 9, 2012 -- A water treatment substation is under repair after water surges from Hurricane Sandy overran the pumping station and the system had to be repaired.  FEMA is working with local, state and other federal agencies to insure that the health and safety of the residents of New Jersey are intact after Hurricane Sandy swept through the area.  Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

Sayerville, N.J., Nov. 9, 2012 -- A water treatment substation is unde...

The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Patsy Lynch Keywords: FEMA New Jersey Hurricane Sandy water safety treatment plants ^ FEMA ^ New Jersey ^ hu... More

USACE Galveston District’s Simon DeSoto earns recognition for water safety PSAs

USACE Galveston District’s Simon DeSoto earns recognition for water sa...

Simon DeSoto, Colorado River lockmaster with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, works with Happy Radio 92.5 to produce and broadcast water safety public service announcements during the 17th I... More

Water movement from flocks of waterfowl can prevent

Water movement from flocks of waterfowl can prevent

Water movement from flocks of waterfowl can prevent ice from freezing completely.

When Engineer Equipment Operator Bill Krampe of the

When Engineer Equipment Operator Bill Krampe of the

When Engineer Equipment Operator Bill Krampe of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Houston Project Office arrives to work in the morning, he can never be too sure what he will be doing that day. In addition to o... More

Just wear it! - A group of people riding on top of a boat

Just wear it! - A group of people riding on top of a boat

A group of friends enjoy water-skiing and boating while wearing their life-jackets.

Don’t allow tragedy to drown out fond memories at Corps lakes this summer

Don’t allow tragedy to drown out fond memories at Corps lakes this sum...

Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, pilots a Corps boat at Cordell Hull Lake on the Cumberland River, April 13, 2012. The commander wants to stress water safety ... More

Don’t stop practicing water safety on Corps lakes

Don’t stop practicing water safety on Corps lakes

Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, is seen here ono Cordell Hull Lake in Carthage, Tenn. With the recreation season winding down afteric to the Labor D... More

The Lake Cumberland Visitor's Center is located in

The Lake Cumberland Visitor's Center is located in

The Lake Cumberland Visitor's Center is located in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lake Cumberland Natural Resource Manager's Office at 855 Boat Dock Road in Somerset, Ky.

Pictured are Lifesaving Award recipient Dr. Robert

Pictured are Lifesaving Award recipient Dr. Robert

Pictured are Lifesaving Award recipient Dr. Robert Golly, left, Terry and Anthony Eddings, and Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commander Col. Michael Teague at Lake Texoma, Texas, May 21, 2012, wher... More

Are you next? - A man on a boat with a life jacket

Are you next? - A man on a boat with a life jacket

Campaign poster for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers national water safety campaign for 2012 --- theme "Are you next?"

Natural resource specialist, Dean Austin, hands out

Natural resource specialist, Dean Austin, hands out

Natural resource specialist, Dean Austin, hands out water safety promotional items with visitors of Cheatham Lake at Right Bank recreation area July 2015. (USACE photo by Kyle Beverly)

Matt Mueller, Student Conservation Association intern,

Matt Mueller, Student Conservation Association intern,

Matt Mueller, Student Conservation Association intern, is shown here with one of the many children whose lives he will touch this summer. Mueller is working in the Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ... More

US COAST GUARD OpSail 2012 BALTIMORE MARYLAND

US COAST GUARD OpSail 2012 BALTIMORE MARYLAND

BALTIMORE - A Coast Guard Auxiliarist patrols the water along Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Md., June 15, 2012. The all-volunteer Auxiliary played an important role augmenting efforts of the Coast Guard and partne... More

US COAST GUARD OpSail 2012 BALTIMORE MARYLAND

US COAST GUARD OpSail 2012 BALTIMORE MARYLAND

BALTIMORE - An Auxiliarist works with the Coast Guard in a security zone outside Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Md., June 15, 2012. The all-volunteer Auxiliary played an important role augmenting efforts of the Coa... More

USACE Galveston district boat operators hone their seamanship skills

USACE Galveston district boat operators hone their seamanship skills

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Floating Plant Manager Dennis Lanigan (standing) is one of three instructors in charge of conducting the USACE Safety Office Boat Training Course. Two training se... More

Expect the unexpected when on or around the water.

Expect the unexpected when on or around the water.

Expect the unexpected when on or around the water. Most people who drown never intended to go in the water, many fell from a boat or the boat capsized, throwing them suddenly into deep water.

Corps makes big splash on water safety

Corps makes big splash on water safety

Tammy Wilburn, aquatics supervisor at Somersplash, and Park Ranger Ashley Glyn-Jones at Lake Cumberland, show off one of the many life jackets Somersplash provides for its visitors. (USACE photo by Park Ranger ... More

That's a big 10-4 - A group of men standing next to each other in front of a truck

That's a big 10-4 - A group of men standing next to each other in fron...

Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Kula, SWD commander, center, joins with Mr. Jim Franck, right, president of National Carriers, Inc., and Johnny Branstine, maintenance director, to place a water safety sign on one of the 9... More

The US Army Corps of Engineers encourages boaters and swimmers to wear life jackets

The US Army Corps of Engineers encourages boaters and swimmers to wear...

Expect the unexpected and wear the right fit and type of life jacket – nine out of 10 people who drowned didn’t.

US Army Corps of Engineers shares water safety tips for Labor Day holiday

US Army Corps of Engineers shares water safety tips for Labor Day holi...

Before heading out for the lake or river, be sure you have a life jacket on hand for everyone. Check that the life jackets are U.S. Coast Guard approved, are the right size, the right fit, and are appropriate f... More

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Marine Enforcement Section

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Marine Enforcement Section

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Marine Enforcement Section Trooper Tony Richardson, center, his fellow troopers, and Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commander Col. Michael Teague, far right, after Teague pr... More

CAST event - A group of people posing for a picture with a teddy bear

CAST event - A group of people posing for a picture with a teddy bear

Bobber the Water Safety Dog showed up at Table Rock Lake on Sept. 30 to wish everyone luck during the Catch a Special Thrill Event for disabled children who don’t normally have the opportunity or ability to go ... More

Southwestern Division teams up with Bass Pro Shops for water safety projects

Southwestern Division teams up with Bass Pro Shops for water safety pr...

Two men help a wounded warrior get into a boat during Take a Warrior Fishing Day in Fort Worth, Texas. Take a Wounder Warrior Fishing is just one project that the Corps of Engineers will be partnering with Bass... More

Lifesaving awards presented to Eufaula Lake rangers, Oklahoma state trooper

Lifesaving awards presented to Eufaula Lake rangers, Oklahoma state tr...

From left,U.S. Army Col. Michael Teague, Tulsa District commander, presents lifesaving awards to Trooper Danny Choate, Ranger Chris Gilliland and Ranger Eric Fassio Feb. 19, 2013 in Tulsa, Okla. The three were ... More

Vernon Brister, 6, peers at a Red-tailed Hawk from

Vernon Brister, 6, peers at a Red-tailed Hawk from

Vernon Brister, 6, peers at a Red-tailed Hawk from a respectable distance while attending the "Get Outdoors" Sport Show and Safety Fair at Twin Bridges Park, Waco, Texas.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District,

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District,

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, together with Safe Kids Greater Houston, kicked off the summer 2013 water safety season and announced a newly-formed partnership with Spanish-language media ... More

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Safety Mascot Bobber

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Safety Mascot Bobber

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Safety Mascot Bobber the Water Safety Dog participates in the 18th annual Grand Kids Festival in Galveston, Texas, April 6, 2013. Bobber greeted attendees at the family-friend... More

Members of the Safe Kids Greater Houston, including

Members of the Safe Kids Greater Houston, including

Members of the Safe Kids Greater Houston, including staff from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, accepted a proclamation declaring April 2013 as Water Safety Awareness Month, from City of Hou... More

Arkansas governor proclaims safe boating week

Arkansas governor proclaims safe boating week

Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock district, Vicksburg district and the Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 15-08, pose for a photo with Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe after he declared May 18 - 2... More

25th Annual Kid's Fishing Derby

25th Annual Kid's Fishing Derby

Children enjoy fishing for catfish at the 25th Annual Kids Fishing Derby at Richard B. Russell Lake, May 11, 2013.

USACE Galveston District participates in Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day

USACE Galveston District participates in Wear Your Life Jacket to Work...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Project Manager Byron Williams sports a life jacket at work as part of "Wear your Life Jacket to Work Day." Williams was one of many USACE Galveston District empl... More

USACE Galveston District staff hand out water safety

USACE Galveston District staff hand out water safety

USACE Galveston District staff hand out water safety and hurricane preparedness information during a Sugar Land Skeeters Minor League Baseball game to "Strike Out Drowning" during “Emergency Responders Night” M... More

Park rangers with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepare

Park rangers with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepare

Park rangers with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepare to launch a patrol boat during Water Safety Media Day at Belton Lake, Texas, May 21, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Randy Cephus/Released)

Cape Cod Canal holds annual Water Safety Day

Cape Cod Canal holds annual Water Safety Day

Park Ranger Jonathan Dumais and Elisa Carey pass out water safety information at the Canal's annual Water Safety Day, May 25, 2013.

Richard Graham, center, a gardening enthusiast and

Richard Graham, center, a gardening enthusiast and

Richard Graham, center, a gardening enthusiast and regulatory specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, talks with children participating in the 2013 Williamson County Junior Gardener... More

JBM-HH preps for pool season U.S. Coast Guard photograph

JBM-HH preps for pool season U.S. Coast Guard photograph

Water Safety Instructor Jeanne Conner helps 4-year-old Merritt Christian swim to the side of the pool during a swim lesson at the Fort Myer Officers’ Club Pool Complex on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Mye... More

Corps rangers stress safety for Fourth of July

Corps rangers stress safety for Fourth of July

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urge visitors to Corps-managed lands and waters to be safe this July 4. Expect the unexpected and always wear a life jacket when on or around the water.

Retired teacher volunteers to educate children about water safety

Retired teacher volunteers to educate children about water safety

Water safety volunteer Pam VanderWeele shows a classroom of students the proper way to fit and fasten a life jacket.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Commander

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Commander

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Commander Lt. Col. John Hudson presents Park Ranger Brent Sewell from Martins Fork Lake with the Star of Life award for rescuing a drowning teenager from Smith, K... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kara Stanton, a marine science

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kara Stanton, a marine science

Petty Officer 3rd Class Kara Stanton, a marine science technician at Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, supervises as a Harborview Elementary School student is pulled to the edge of the Augustus Brown Pool in Juneau... More

Peace named Nashville District Employee of the Month for January 2014

Peace named Nashville District Employee of the Month for January 2014

Sarah Peace, park ranger and natural resource specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Center Hill Lake in Lancaster, Tenn., is the Nashville District Employee of the Month for Januar... More

Lt. Tom Pauser, a commercial fishing vessel safety

Lt. Tom Pauser, a commercial fishing vessel safety

Lt. Tom Pauser, a commercial fishing vessel safety specialist with the Coast Guard 17th District prevention department, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Barnett, a marine science technician with the Sector An... More

Whitney Lake Park Ranger Tennille Hammonds provides

Whitney Lake Park Ranger Tennille Hammonds provides

Whitney Lake Park Ranger Tennille Hammonds provides a safety brief to Armando Montes and fellow students and parents from Whitney Middle School April 29 at Walling Bend Park on Whitney Lake during the pre-filmi... More

National Safe Boating Week, May 17-23, 2014

National Safe Boating Week, May 17-23, 2014

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is teaming up with the National Safe Boating Council and other boating safety advocates across the U.S. to promote safe and responsible boating during National Safe Boat... More

Recreaters enjoy Sam Rayburn Lake as it rose into the

Recreaters enjoy Sam Rayburn Lake as it rose into the

Recreaters enjoy Sam Rayburn Lake as it rose into the flood pool last week for the first time in over four years.

Sgt. William Donoho, the medical operations noncommissioned

Sgt. William Donoho, the medical operations noncommissioned

Sgt. William Donoho, the medical operations noncommissioned officer in charge for HHC, 1st ACB, 1st Cavalry Division, gives a class on weapons safety for HHD, Division West's unit safety day Friday. (U.S. Army ... More

Wear It To Win It logo - A life vest with the words wear it to win it

Wear It To Win It logo - A life vest with the words wear it to win it

This summer the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District is promoting life jacket use with the Wear It to Win It campaign on Facebook and Twitter.

Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Ethan Bowne, from Richmond, Va., delivers a water safety brief to Sailors during a visit to a training evolution conducted by Riverine Coastal Group  2.

Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Ethan Bowne, from Richmond, Va., delivers a w...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Jul. 12, 2014) Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Ethan Bowne, from Richmond, Va., delivers a water safety brief to Sailors during a visit to a training evolution conducted by Riverine Coastal Group ... More

Even heroes wear their safety gear

Even heroes wear their safety gear

Even heroes wear their safety gear.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ernesto Ramos, left, a

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ernesto Ramos, left, a

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ernesto Ramos, left, a radar technician assigned to Marine Air Control Squadron 2, receives a simulated attacked by Sgt. David R. Allen, a Marine Corps Water Survival Instructor ass... More

Water safety undead issue during Caney Zombie Walk

Water safety undead issue during Caney Zombie Walk

Eugene Goff, manager, Kansas Area Office of the Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, points out the available prizes after a little zombie correctly answers a water safety question during the annual Can... More

Nathan Van Loon, operations, and Duane Skjeie, operations,

Nathan Van Loon, operations, and Duane Skjeie, operations,

Nathan Van Loon, operations, and Duane Skjeie, operations, worked as a team recently to save a canoeist and a dog that were in trouble near Lock and Dam 5, near Minnesota City, Minn.

Life jacket is your best ‘security blanket’ when boating

Life jacket is your best ‘security blanket’ when boating

Mike Haynes sits on his boat on Lake Barkley near a boat ramp at Bumpus Mills Marina where he once had an experience where he fell off the boat without a life jacket and needed assistance getting out of the water.

A camper reads a book at her campsite April 1, 2015,

A camper reads a book at her campsite April 1, 2015,

A camper reads a book at her campsite April 1, 2015, at Defeated Creek Campground in Defeated, Tenn. All 25 of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District campgrounds will be open by May 2015. (USACE ph... More

Arkansas governor proclaims Safe Boating Week

Arkansas governor proclaims Safe Boating Week

At a proclamation ceremony today, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson declared May 16-22 as Safe Boating Week in Arkansas.

A family checks out the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A family checks out the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A family checks out the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District booth April 18, 2015 during the Nashville Earth Day Festival at Centennial Park. They also collected water safety items and maps of local ... More

Safety becomes watchword on JBM-HH

Safety becomes watchword on JBM-HH

Soldiers watch workers from Dominion Power demonstrate the dangers of electrical lines during a safety day event on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall May 15. (Photo by Spc. Cody W. Torkelson)

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Bradford Fitzpatrick,

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Bradford Fitzpatrick,

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Bradford Fitzpatrick, an aviation survival technician, and Lt. Simon Green, a helicopter pilot, both from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, visit the kindergarten students at... More

Heather Colson, 36th Force Support Squadron aquatic

Heather Colson, 36th Force Support Squadron aquatic

Heather Colson, 36th Force Support Squadron aquatic director, changes water-condition warning flags at Tarague Beach on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 11, 2015. The flags indicate what the current water co... More

Summer Ranger Dylan Hamlet (left) and a Tennessee State

Summer Ranger Dylan Hamlet (left) and a Tennessee State

Summer Ranger Dylan Hamlet (left) and a Tennessee State Park summer ranger discuss some of the native snake species found around Center Hill Lake at the DeKalb County Get Outdoors Day June 13, 2015. (USACE phot... More

In this graphic, the theme, Being a Good Wingman, focuses

In this graphic, the theme, Being a Good Wingman, focuses

In this graphic, the theme, Being a Good Wingman, focuses on the concept that each swimmer should be with a companion or at the very least, never alone. Not getting into the water alone or not having enough att... More

Jared Perrott (Roush Lake) and Dan Unger (Salamonie

Jared Perrott (Roush Lake) and Dan Unger (Salamonie

Jared Perrott (Roush Lake) and Dan Unger (Salamonie Lake) take piezometer readings at Roush Lake, Huntington, Indiana, which is experiencing near-record pools in the wake of Tropical Storm Bill.

Park Ranger Phillip Sliger (Right) receives vouchers

Park Ranger Phillip Sliger (Right) receives vouchers

Park Ranger Phillip Sliger (Right) receives vouchers for free ice cream and smoothies July 9, 2015, from Vince Blackledge, general manager of the McDonald's in Gordonsville, Tenn. The owners, Tim and Sandra Fun... More

J. Percy Priest Lake Park Ranger Adam Johnson hands

J. Percy Priest Lake Park Ranger Adam Johnson hands

J. Percy Priest Lake Park Ranger Adam Johnson hands out water safety goodies and provides information at Nashville Shores Lakeside Resort July 10, 2015. The Corps is setting up a booth every Friday from noon to... More

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District,

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District,

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, together with Bay City High School Art Teacher Sharon Landgrebe and her students, coordinated a project to create signs to alert the public about the need to... More

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Deputy

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Deputy

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Deputy Commander Maj. Christopher Burkhart presents a 'Clean Marina' flag to Conley Bottom Resort Owner, Charlie Denny at Lake Cumberland in Monticello, Ky., Sept... More

Daniel Peyton, operates a mechanical knuckle boom material

Daniel Peyton, operates a mechanical knuckle boom material

Daniel Peyton, operates a mechanical knuckle boom material handler and lifts a stray floating dock from the shoreline into a dump container at Waitsboro Recreation area in Somerset, Ky. onboard the The “PRIDE o... More

LoCash loves this life 'jacket'

LoCash loves this life 'jacket'

Country music recording group LoCash sends the message “I Love This Life Jacket” in this one-minute water safety video through a partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The message is a spin-off from... More

A woman and a child in a canoe on a river. Activity adventure boat, people.

A woman and a child in a canoe on a river. Activity adventure boat, pe...

A cartoon of a boy and a girl in a canoe / A woman and a child in a canoe on a river / Public domain stock illustration.

A boy and a girl in a canoe. Activity adventure boat, people.

A boy and a girl in a canoe. Activity adventure boat, people.

A mother and son paddle a canoe / A boy and a girl in a canoe / Public domain stock illustration.

A mother helps a young environmentalist during an Earth

A mother helps a young environmentalist during an Earth

A mother helps a young environmentalist during an Earth Day festival celebration in Centennial Park in Nashville, Tenn., on April 22, 2016.

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