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Spectators watch as competitors play Neza Bazi or

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

Part of the combat engineers are using this LVTP-7 for their transportation. Followed behind it is an M-151 jeep and trailer. One of the engineers is to explode mine fields. This is part of Operation CAX 1-2-82, held at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CAX 1-2-82 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT More

Members of the Marine 1ST Combat Engineers uses a radio telephone to talk with his unit during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSG More

A mass air drop of troops and equipment from the 27th Combat Engineers takes place over Rock Drop Zone during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSG More

Members of the Marine 1ST Combat Engineers stand guard as a heavy equipment operator fills a hole in the road, used by their unit during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSG More

A left front view of an M-9 Armored Combat Earthmover (ACE) during a bulldozing operation. The M-9 ACE was developed by the U.S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command to provide combat engineers with an armored bulldozer capable of building combat routes and creating, demolishing, or filling various types of obstacles

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Belvoir State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Comb More

A left front view of an M-1 tank in a defilade position created by an M-9 armored combat earthmover. The M-9 was developed by the U.S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command to provide combat engineers with an armored bulldozer capable of building combat routes and creating, demolishing, or filling various types of obstacles

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Belvoir State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Comb More

A right front view of an M-9 Armored Combat Earthmover (ACE) digging a defilade position for an M-1 tank. The M-9 ACE was developed by the U.S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command to provide combat engineers with an armored bulldozer capable of building combat routes and creating, demolishing, or filling various types of obstacles

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Belvoir State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Comb More

A left front view of an M-9 armored combat earthmover developed by the U.S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command to provide combat engineers with an armored bulldozer capable of building combat routes and creating, demolishing, or filling various types of obstacles

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Belvoir State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Comb More

A member of the 65th Combat Engineers explains demolition techniques to members of the Gurkhas from China during the 21st Infantry Division's annual Army training and evaluation program and field training exercise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC John E. May Release Status: Releas More

PFC. Troy Samson, CPL. Colin Ward and Lance CPL. Joe Barrett, Co. A, 1ST Bn., 25th Marines, prepare to move out on an eight kilometer march along with members of Company C, 4th Combat Engineers, during Exercise Teamwork '88. Samson and Ward are carrying M-16A1 rifles equipped with M-203 grenade launchers

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK '88 Country: Norway (NOR) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser More

Right side profile of US Marine GYSGT Charles Restifo, 1ST Combat Engineers, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, hands a sack of grain to a Somali woman who's also holding a baby. Other Marines, civilian United Nations relief workers and Somalis are in the background. After the food for guns exchange was completed, the surplus grain was handed out to women and old men in a effort to win over the people of Mogadishu. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Perry Heimer Release Status: Released to Pub More

Private First Class Suda, 12B Combat Engineers, Alpha Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, Baumholder, Germany, waits to begin his sweep for mines at the future site for the 22nd Signal Brigade

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Brian Cumper Release Status: Released to Pu More

During Operation Joint Endeavor, Second Lieutenant Stewart Moon and SPECIALIST Matthew Bacon, 40th Combat Engineers, set-up a 40 pound shape charge for an attempt to destroy a Serbian bunker in the Zone of Separation

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Glenn W. Suggs Release Status: Released to More

Combat Engineers from B Company, 23rd Engineer Battalion, 1ST Armored Division, Freiburg, Germany, rig an overturned dump-truck so that it can be pulled with their Combat Engineer Vehicle off the drivers leg. The vehicle tipped over on the Bosnian Muslim driver when he tried to dump a load of gravel on Camp McGovern near Brcko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where the Engineers are staying in support of Operation Joint Endeavor

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Camp Mcgovern Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Brian Cumper (USA) Rel More

A Bosnian Muslim truck driver, whose leg is pinned under his dump truck, waits for the Combat Engineers from B Company, 23rd Engineer Battalion, 1ST Armored Division, Freiburg, Germany, to use their Combat Engineer Vehicle (CEV) to lift the dump truck off his leg. The vehicle tipped over on the driver when he tried to dump a load of gravel on Camp McGovern near Brcko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where the Engineers are staying in support of Operation Joint Endeavor

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Camp Mcgovern Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Brian Cumper (USA) Rel More

A U.S. Marine with the II Marine Expeditionary Force

A U.S. Marine with the II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion Engineers utilizes a multi-purpose tractor to clear out debris caused by Hurricane Florence on Camp Lejeune, N.C. September 18, 2018. The e More

Posing in front of the remains of an Mi-17 Soviet helicopter are First Lieutenant Kraig Rouen, USMC, Platoon Commander (far right), with some of his combat engineers from 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam More

A group of Combat Engineers from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)), Camp Pendleton, California, assess what needs to be done next on rebuilding the bridge into Faza. The bridge is being built as part of community relations during Exercise EDGE MALLET 02 in Faza, Kenya

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EDGE MALLET 02 Base: Faza State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 13 MEU Scene Camera Operator: CPL Br More

Lance Corporal (LCPL) Johnny Pineda, USMC, (Left) & LCPL Jason S. Leonard, USMC (Right) Combat Engineers, 1ST CEB (Combat Engineer Battalion), BLT 1/4 (Battalion Landing Team), from the Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)), work together hammering nails into the tin roof of the school house in Faza, Kenya. The schoolhouse is being built as part of community relations during Exercise EDGE MALLET 02

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EDGE MALLET 02 Base: Faza State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 13 MEU Scene Camera Operator: CPL Br More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jeremy Harris and LCPL Dominique Nicolas from the detachment of combat engineers attached to Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)(Special Operations Capable) set up camouflage netting, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Brian L. Wickliffe, USMC Release Status: Released to Publi More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Eric Sally and LCPL Nabor Alvarado, combat engineers with the, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)(Special Operations Capable) unroll barbed wire at a range in Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST CEB Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Brian L. Wickliffe, USM More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Combat engineers from Marine Wing Support Squadron-271 (MWSS-271), Cherry Point, North Carolina (NC), USMC Corporal (CPL) Brian Wellman (left) and USMC CPL Donavan Bender lay barbed wire for a security fence around the armory at Camp Workhorse during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Workhorse Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: MWSS-271 Scene Camera Operator: LCPL More

The Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 (MWSS-271) Combat Engineers set a patriotic tone by aligning sandbags around the bunker in the colors of the American flag in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Richard W. Court, USAF Release Status: Released to Public More

A sand-barrier crossing opened by US Marine Corps (USMC) Combat Engineers near the Kuwaiti boarder at the start of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Substandard image)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Paul L. Anstine II, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Comb More

US Marine Corps (USMC) M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) and various other combat vehicles from the 1ST Tank Battalion, Charlie Company, traverse a sand-barrier opened by US Marine Corps (USMC) Combat Engineers near the Kuwaiti boarder at the start of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Substandard image)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Paul L. Anstine II, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Comb More

A sand-barrier crossing opened by US Marine Corps (USMC) Combat Engineers near the Kuwaiti boarder at the start of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Substandard image)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Paul L. Anstine Ii, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Comb More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Combat Engineers of Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 (MWSS-271) make there way north in a hundred vehicle convoy, to a Forward Operating Base (FOB) in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: MWSS-271 Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Richard W. Court, USAF More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Combat Engineers of Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 (MWSS-271) make there way north in a hundred vehicle convoy, to a Forward Operating Base (FOB) in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: MWSS-271 Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Richard W. Court, USAF More

A hand-sketched illustration by US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Jack M. Carrillo, showing USMC Lance Corporal (LCPL) Allen a Combat Engineers assigned to Delta/Company, 1ST Tank Battalion, standing watch along Route One in Southern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jack M. Carrillo, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combin More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1ST Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Combat Engineers carry the remains of an unidentified person in a body bag to a pre-designated burial site, near Roberts International Airport, Liberia, during Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE LIBERIA Base: Roberts International Airport Country: Liberia (LBR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Marcus L. Mill More

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Messina, STAFF Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (SNCOIC), Combat Engineers, Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 (MWSS-273), speaks to a fellow Marine about the construction plan for that day at Al Asad Air Base (AB), Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jonathan T. Spencer, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Co More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Garrett Keller, Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO), Combat Engineers, Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 (MWSS-273), is on duty at Al Asad Air Base (AB), Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jonathan T. Spencer, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Co More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Combat Engineers with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, patrol through a dry creek bed in search of caves, in the Khowst region in Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Justin M. Mason, USMC Release Status: R More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Combat Engineers with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, descend a rocky cliff in search of caves, in the Khowst region in Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Justin M. Mason, USMC Release Status: R More

A group of local Afghani children observe the movement of US Marine Corps (USMC) Combat Engineers with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, in the Khowst region in Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James P. Douglas, USMC Release Status: More

U.S. Marine Corps. PFC. Lonnie Forest, 172 Combat Engineers, demonstrates cement mixing techniques during the Commander's Cup Competition, at Kadena Air Base, Japan on Oct. 24, 2004.(U.S. Air Force AIRMAN Gary Edwards) (RELEASED)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: AIRMAN Gary Edwards, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

Arkansas Army National Guard (ARARNG) Combat Engineers, SPECIALIST (SPC) James J. Northern, SPC Hank W. Sprouse and Private (PVT) Micheal W. Montgomery, a mechanic with Charlie Company, 875th Engineer Battalion, team up during clean up efforts at Grande Isle, Louisiana (LA), in support of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Relief efforts. (A3613)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Grande Isle State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: C. Co. 875th Engineer Battaltion Scene Came More

Arkansas Army National Guard (ARARNG) Combat Engineers, SPECIALIST (SPC) James J. Northern, SPC Hank W. Sprouse and Private (PVT) Micheal W. Montgomery, a mechanic with Charlie Company, 875th Engineer Battalion, team up during clean up efforts at Grande Isle, Louisiana (LA), in support of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Relief efforts. (A3613)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Grande Isle State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: C. Co. 875th Engineer Battaltion Scene Came More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Combat Engineers assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), board a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter at Tacloban, Philippines, as they prepare to deploy to Guinsaugon on the Philippine Island of Leyte, in order to provide much needed humanitarian assistance for the victims of a devastating land and mudslide that buried a village in the southern part of the Island

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tacloban State: Leyte Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 Philippe Chasse, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

On rch 15, 2006, Combat Engineers attached to 3rd Platoon, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th rines, Regimental Combat Team 5, patrol through fields along the Euphrates River in Fallujah, Iraq, in search of weapon caches and any items that could be used to make improvised explosive devices (IED's) during Operation California Dreaming. Regimental Combat Team Five is deployed with I MEF (FWD) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province if Iraq (MNF-W) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi Reconstruction. (U.S....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: On March 15, 2006, Combat Engineers attached to 3rd Platoon, Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, More