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Spc. Xanthin Luptak, a combat engineer with 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, teaches an Afghan Uniformed Police officer how to deactivate an improvised explo More

Large quantities of opium recovered during a recent Afghan National Security Forces-led counter-narcotics operation in the Marjah district of Helmand province, Afghanistan. The total amount of suspected narcoti More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Dan Wheeler, civil affairs specialist assigned to the 4th Civil Affairs Group, pours paint in preparation for a community outreach event during New Horizons exercise 2019 in Linden, Guya More

NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field 50th Anniversary Open House NASA Identifier: C-2008-1167

The Eiffel Tower and its shadow can be seen next to the Seine in the left middle of this ASTER image of Paris. Based on the length of the shadow and the solar elevation angle of 59 degrees, we can calculate its More

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repatriated five illegally smuggled ancient artifacts to the government of Egypt, including a mummy hand from the 8th century BCE, at a ceremony Thursday at the Eg More

First and second-graders from Sasebo Elementary School, with the help of the United Service Organizations, bake holiday cookies for Sasebo's single Sailors. The holiday sweets will be donated to the USO, who wi More

Sgt. William McGregor (left), an aviation ordnanceman with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 24, helps his wife, Julie (right), hold their paintings steady as she works to make them match. Painting instructor More

Chris Hogan, A student at Glens Falls High School, and part of the BOCES Carpentar Assistant program, participates in the Skills USA Competition at the 109th Airlift Wing, Scotia New York. BOCES is a leadershi More

Wives of soldiers in Division West's 120th Infantry Brigade get ready to fire their weapons in the Engagement Skills Trainer 2000 virtual firing range during the brigade's Military Spouse Appreciation Day at Fo More

Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Maria Perez, left, and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Trae Howell, right, watch while sailors below them guide cable from the hangar bay overhead More

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Lt. Col. Charles J. Basham, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron commanding officer, dips a truffle in white chocolate during a truffle-making party at Hancock Lodge Feb. 13. Both H&HS and Marine Transport Sq More

Tamika Smith, a military spouse, creates crafts with her 12-year-old daughter, Tiana, during a paint and pottery event sponsored by the Exceptional Family Member Program at the Peach Palette pottery and arts st More

Reaction Control System Thruster examined in the electron optics lab Near Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope NASA Identifier: C-2005-1165

Capt. Gregory Calloway, an assistant transition task force officer with Marine Aircraft Group 24, and a native of Canton, N.C., helps Raine Ikagawa, team captain of the Kalaheo High School robotics team, prepar More

Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Gene” Smith, former 50th Flying Training Squadron Commander, shows Courtney Cox, editor of Town and Gown magazine, documents and photos of when he was a prisoner of war, Oct. 17, 2017, More

(From left) Hannah Gruenes and Camryn Wilmes look at a bite sleeve used to train military working dogs during a mock deployment, April 27, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The children viewed equipment used by More

PANAMA CITY, Florida - Bay County Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee Chair Claire Sherman learns about additive manufacturing and NSWC PCD's Maker Space during a tour March 1, 2018. U.S. Navy photo More

Sailors from Pre-Commissioning Unit George H.W. Bush volunteer at its "adopted" school, Newsome Park Elementary. Sailors volunteer at the school under the Adopt-a-School program, playing a role in the students' More

A volunteer pours pancake batter onto a griddle in preparation for the pancake breakfast served before and after the Air Force Birthday Celebration held on the Parade Field at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, More

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, Headquarters Regiment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, warm their hands over a small fire during a training exercise aboard U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Traini More

Hisano Gushiken, Kadena Language Institute student, makes pottery during her internship at the Arts and Crafts Center on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 20, 2015. Ten KLI students are participating in an internshi More

Georgia Army National Guardsmen, Sgt. Maj. Timothy Baker, Columbus-based 648th Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, assists a student with a project on a pottery wheel during cer More

PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec 26, 2017) – Military Sealift Command civilian mariner 3rd Officer James Karas practices rescue breathing on a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) manikin during CPR training aboard the submar More

CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea – A volunteer lines up and organizes completed welcome bags during a Bag Brigade Drive at the Freedom Chapel here, Nov. 21. The Bag Brigade Drive event allowed volunteers to as More

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Christopher Cogar, left, from Cleveland and Aviation Machinist's Mate Airman Asunta Allen, from San Diego, measure a high-pressure turbine shaft before installing it into a F More

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

Iraqi security forces discovered a cache in a 6-ton truck in a garage in al Qasim, Iraq, on April 2. The cache contained more than 1,000 EFP components, more than 3,000 pounds of explosives, 45 Katusha 107-mm r More

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's deputy project manager and project scientist, Cathy Peddie and Dr. Richard Vondrak, cut cake for guests at Goddard's Visitor Center on the evening of Aug. 1, 2009. Guests coul More

Dr. Gregory Fox, a native of Tuscon, Ariz., and a member of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command bags a set of remains on Aug 12, while working on the island of Tarawa, Reublic of Kiribati. The remains were dis More

HISTORIC AERONAUTICS ARTIFACTS NASA Identifier: C-2002-1891

NEW YORK - Gerry Weinstein describes the workings of the steam powered engines to a visitor aboard the decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter Lilac at Hudson River Park's Pier 25 during Fleet Week Saturday, May 26, More

Cpl. Mary Warren and Waheed Mohammed teach Afghan boys during class at the Forward Operating Base Geronimo schoolhouse, July 18. Most of the kids who attend school are younger than the current war. The children More

Emma Fitch, 5, daughter of Tyler Fitch, military spouse, places food coloring into milk at the exploding milk station during Condor Elementary School’s annual Science Night, Feb. 9, 2016. The night is held annu More

Staff Sgt. Moldovan Ionut, operational mentor and Liaison Team 2, 15th Mechanized Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Romanian land forces, preforms weapons maintenance on Forward Operating Base Atghar, Zabul provi More

This ancient vessel was illegally exported from Guatemala. This artifact and others were officially returned to the country at a repatriation ceremony Feb. 24, 2012 at the Guatemalan Embassy in Washington.

U.S., Royal Thai and Republic of Korea Navy Underwater Construction Teams work together to prepare for an underwater demolition demonstration during Cobra Gold 19 at Hat Yao Beach, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 12, More

Sumie Maruyama (left) instructs her student, Mary Anna Fox, on how to properly hold the water ladle during a tea ceremony class held at the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force bachelor housing on Naval Air Facili More

Pfc. Eboni Whatley, 603rd Aviation Support Battalion prepares a chocolate fountain in the sweet shop during the consolidated dining facility Thanksgiving meal on Hunter Army Airfield November 26. (Photo by Spc. More

200916-N-ML137-1019 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 16, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Danilo Altamirano, from Miami, makes a denture mold in the dental office of the Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS More

A Marine’s cover sits on a bleacher during a question and answer portion of a three-day Committed and Engaged Leadership Indoctrination Course aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., June 3-5. Maj. Gen More

Lance Cpl. Branden Pilardi, rifleman, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response cleans the brick and tiles of the entryway for the Spanish convent Santa Clara in Moron de la Frontera, Spain, More

191025-N-MD802-1033 RED SEA (Oct. 25, 2019) Sonar Technician 3rd Class Jorge Del Canto sings a song while giving compressions during CPR training on the mess decks aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Farrag More

A U.S. Marine maintains a tactical vehicle during Mountain Training Exercise 1-21 at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, California, Oct. 27, 2020. Motor transportation maintainers wit More

An Afghan man with a wounded hand waits for medicine to kick in while lying in the aid station at Forward Operating Base Bostick in eastern Afghanistan Feb. 2. Soldiers assigned to 102nd Forward Surgical Team a More

An Afghan man puts a piece of bread into the oven June 25, 2012, at a district center in Khas Kunar as he helps prepare lunch for Afghan National Policemen and U.S. soldiers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 12th More

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE THRUST CELLS NASA Identifier: GRC-C-2001-536

U.S. servicemembers and their families play with Play-Doh at the Grafenwoehr Army and Air Force Exchange Service April 13, 2019. AAFES held this event in recognition of Month of the Military Child. (U.S. Army p More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dwain Miller, 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron aircrew Flight Equipment rigger, carefully stacks the folds of a parachute during packing, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, March 26, 20 More

180920-N-XS424-0016 (20 Sept, 2018) -- A USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Sailors sorts trash prior to processing it. Harry S. Truman is currently underway in U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo More

Tim Freeman, left, demonstrates how to properly mix sauce and pasta to food service specialists with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 during a cooking class at the Blue Ginger restaurant here, April 24. The foo More

Retired Tech. Sgt. Steven Luu applies casting tape to branches to form a tree in Hangar 4 at Joint Base Andrews, Md., May 25, 2016. Luu came to JBA to put the finishing touches on his tree sculpture, titled: Th More

Gaby Colindres prepares matcha, or green tea, as Naval Air Facility Atsugi host nation relations specialist Sumie Maruyama watches during a tea ceremony practice at the base's headquarters building. Maruyama fr More

Chicago-area Defense Contract Management Agency team members recently partnered with a local charity to package meals for hungry children around the world. Fourteen employees volunteered two hours of personal t More

161020-N-WL222-001 ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 20, 2016) Lt. j.g Martin Kwong, left, food service officer aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56), dips his Surface Warfare Supply Corps Officer pin in a More

Pvt. Alexis Taylor, a unit supply specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, prepares to enjoy her birthday cake July 24, 2013. Sp More

201010-N-PS962-0070 RED SEA (Oct. 10, 2020) – Fire Controlman 2nd Class Kathleen Chapa, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), attaches painted, tea and coffee stained paper More

An Iraqi worker mixes mortar in a bowl to be used in construction at the Central Euphrates Farmers Market in Muelah, Iraq, on Dec. 31, 2008.

SAN FRANCISCO - Coast Guard Fireman Brandon Neuhesel, attached to Coast Guard Station San Francisco, packs grease into a wheel bearing from one of the station's boat trailers. The station's area of responsibili More

LTC John Cunningham tours the laydown yard in Ponce, Puerto Rico where U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' logistics and materials management staff work to inventory emergency restoration materials in support of Hurr More

Four separate investigations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) led to the seizure of several looted Peruvian artifacts smuggled into the United States du More

ALIAMANU MILITARY RESERVATION - Briarleigh Kavanagh, 4, paints an ornament at one of the arts and craft booths at FMWR's 2017 Winter Wonderland event on Dec. 17.

CARIBBEAN SEA (July 2, 2020) Sailors assigned to the "Sea Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 clean landing gear chains in the airborne mission zone of the Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS More

Gen. Samora Yunis, Chief of Staff Ethiopian National Defense Force, and Siraj Fergessa the Ethiopian Minister of Defense, host a traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony with Amanda Dory, Deputy Assistant Secreta More

Spc. Qwameshia Plummer, preventive dentistry, assigned to DENTAC-J, teaches Nevaeh Francisco, fourth grader, how to properly floss during a visit to Arnn Elementary Feb. 24-26 for NCDHM. (U.S. Army photo by Lan More

(From left to right) Bianca Jones and Kacie White, class participants, mix ingredients to make biscochito cookies during a cooking class Dec. 12, 2020, on Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Holloman and MainGate Uni More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Richard Miller, a network data technician with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, serves iced tea at the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen in New York, May 27, 2016 during Fleet Week. U.S. Mari More

Local villagers unload a truck full of materials delivered by a local contractor and Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team civil affairs members to assist in the recreation of a solid Dehe Kalan irrigation ca More

ALAMEDA, Calif. - Scott White, a member of the Buoy Depot at Coast Guard Sector San Francisco, cleans his tools after finishing a buoy's paint job, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. The paint used is designed to stand up More

Jake McDonald, 8, son of Marisa Mcdonald, Combat Center resident, tests his strength on a carnival game at the Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee hosted by Marine Corps Community Services at Del Valle Field aboard the Mari More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kodjo Bane, 60th Air Refueling Squadron material management, grabs a helmet during a readiness exercise at Travis Air Force Base, California, May 3, 2019. Travis Airmen are particip More

M107 rounds are staged before firing M198 155 mm howitzers with Kilo Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, in support of the 2nd Marine Division's Command Post Exercise (CPX) at Gun Post 26, Camp Lejeun More

PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 5, 2019) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 2nd Class Dakota Moats, from York, Pa., replaces a gear on a fuel transfer pump aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS B More

Spectators watch as competitors play Neza Bazi or tent-pegging, which is a traditional Afghan game where cavalrymen on horseback attempt to remove a small wooden tent-peg from the ground using a lance or sword More

Saori Komura, right, an art instructor for the Camp Zama Arts and Crafts Center, helps Camryn Rosa, 11, make a washi paper box at Camp Zama, Japan, Jan. 23.

Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces discover caches of improvised explosive devices left behind by Daesh as they advance the front lines in the Middle Euphrates River Valley in Syria, Jan. 26, 2019. Explosiv More

CORROSION OF DETERIORATION INSIDE OF ROCKET EXHAUST MUFFLER AT RETF NASA Identifier: C-1989-9339

Kevin Watt, Wood Craft Center manger, teaches kids how to make a cutting board at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Aug. 11, 2017. The Fairchild Youth Center hosted a week-long wood working camp where kids More

Fort McCoy community members participate in the "Build a Bird Feeder" workshop Sept. 21 at the Army Community Service Family Building. Events such as this workshop are designed so entire Families can participat More

Syrian Democratic Forces uncover hundreds of explosive remnants of war during back clearance efforts across northeast Syria, May 2, 2019. The Global Coalition and its partners will continue addressing the threa More

151211-N-BH414-064 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 11, 2015) – Command Master Chief Shay Langejans and Aviation Support Equipment Technician 3rd Class Leonilo Bislig siphon oil from a barrel after changing the oil of a P- More

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JSC2002-02150 (16 December 2002) --- Astronaut Eileen M. Collins, STS-114 mission commander, looks over extravehicular activity (EVA) equipment in a training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) nea More

150901-A-OM702-020 TRUJILLO, Honduras (Sept. 1, 2015) Construction Electrician 3rd Class Uriel Reyes, a native of Phoenix, Ariz., assigned to Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 202 Little Creek, Va., stirs More

Gwen Bridges (front) and Ella Dixon paint pillow cases for deployed paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at the battalion headqua More

Iraqi policemen load their rifle magazines while preparing for guard mount April 24 at the Al Furat Iraqi police station, which is co-located with the Al Furat training academy here. The station is in its inter More

Fort McCoy Family members read each other’s answers as part of an exercise during the Green Dot program on Jan. 24, 2017, at the School-Age Center/Youth Center. The Green Dot program focuses on how to be a proa More

An Iraqi boy stokes the fire of an oven used for making bread during a combined patrol in the Istaqlal Qada, Jan. 17, between Iraqi national policemen from the 2nd Brigade, 1st NP Division and Multi-National Di More

A soldier from the 221st Ordnance Company prepares materials for recycling and disposal during their annual training at Crane Army Ammunition Activity.

SIC / SIC COMBUSTOR LINERS TESTED IN THE SECTOR RIG NASA Identifier: GRC-C-2001-173

Airmen from the 179th Force Support Squadron at the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio, prepare cookies, cakes and cupcakes Sept. 17, 2017, at the 179th Airlift Wing. The 179th Airlift Wing is celebrating the More

KODIAK, Alaska (April 7, 2004)--Petty Officer Ken Renken uses a razor blade to strip gasket material off a pipe fitting so that a fresh seal can be applied when the system is reassembled. USCG photo by PA2 Sara Raymer

Kathy Dicianni, a resident of U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, displays her Guantanamo Bay pottery collection and wraps a purchased item for a customer at the Labor Day craft fair held at the Windjammer Ballr More

U.S. Soldiers with the 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Tripler Army Medical Center, 25th Infantry Division, and the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade listen for instructions of their assignments before hitti More

CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea - Stacks of completed cake cups are organized as volunteers from across Humphreys prepare to pack and deliver them to those in quarantine during this holiday season, during the More

Members of the DLA Troop Support’s Medical Culture Improvement Team hand out water ice during a pep rally at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia, March 14, 2018. The Medical CIT used the pep rally to encourage em More

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Apr. 4, 2006)--Petty Officer 3rd Class (BM3) Jeff Spiegel of Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 404 loads kilos of cocaine into boxes marked as evidence for the Justice Department April More

ENVIRONMENT CONSCIOUS CERAMICS / SPORTS NASA Identifier: GRC-C-2000-306

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Aug. 1, 2020) Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) community members participated in a BBQ rib cook-off, a competition sponsored by the Navy Exchange (NEX) and Yokosuka Commissary. The r More