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The7th Engineer Support Battalion, led by their color guard, passes in review at the end of their commanding officer's change of command ceremony

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT L. Cababa, Usmc Relea More

LCOL Robert A. Tiebout, left, the outgoing commanding officer, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, receives the battalion colors from the adjutant, CPT A.L. Lane

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT L. Cababa, Usmc Relea More

During the 7th Engineer Support Battalion's, commanding officer change of command ceremony., LCOL Robert A. Tiebout, presents SGT J.W. Adcock Jr., the Navy Achievement medal

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT L. Cababa, Usmc Relea More

Marines of Company B, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group, prepare to attach a section of bridging to an AAV7 assault amphibian vehicle of Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion. The AAV7 will tow the section out to sea where it will be connected with other sections to form a ferry during a bridging exercise off Kin Blue Beach

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Al Vaughan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Marines of Company B, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group, attach a section of bridging to an AAV7 assault amphibian vehicle of Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion. The AAV7 will tow the section out to sea where it will be connected with other sections to form a ferry during a bridging exercise off Kin Blue Beach

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Al Vaughan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An AAV7 assault amphibian vehicle of Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, tows a section of bridging as another AAV7 stands by on the beach. The sections of bridging are being connected to form a ferry during a bridging exercise off Kin Blue Beach. Marines of Company B, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group, are also participating in the exercise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Al Vaughan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An AAV7 assault amphibian vehicle of Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, tows a section of bridging out to sea where it will be connected with other sections to form a ferry during a bridging exercise off Kin Blue Beach. Marines of Company B, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group, are also participating in the exercise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Al Vaughan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An AAV7 assault amphibian vehicle of Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, tows a section of bridging as another AAV7 and a bridging section are positioned on the beach. The sections of bridging are being connected to form a ferry during a bridging exercise off Kin Blue Beach. Marines of Company B, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group, are also participating in the exercise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Al Vaughan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Marines of Company B, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group, prepare to attach a section of bridging to an AAV7 assault amphibian vehicle of Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion. The AAV7 will tow the section out to sea where it will be connected with other sections to form a ferry during a bridging exercise off Kin Blue Beach

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Al Vaughan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Marines of Company B, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group, prepare to attach a section of bridging to an AAV7 assault amphibian vehicle of Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion. The AAV7 will tow the section out to sea where it will be connected with other sections to form a ferry during a bridging exercise off Kin Blue Beach

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Al Vaughan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Marines of Company B, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group, attach a section of bridging to an AAV7 assault amphibian vehicle of Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion. The AAV7 will tow the section out to sea where it will be connected with other sections to form a ferry during a bridging exercise off Kin Blue Beach

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Al Vaughan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An AAV7 assault amphibian vehicle of Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, tows a section of bridging as another AAV7 and a bridging section are positioned on the beach. The sections of bridging are being connected to form a ferry during a bridging exercise off Kin Blue Beach. Marines of Company B, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group, are also participating in the exercise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Al Vaughan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An AAV7 assault amphibian vehicle of Company A, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, tows a section out to sea where it will be connected with other sections to form a ferry during a bridging exercise off Kin Blue Beach. Marines of Company B, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group, are also participating in the exercise

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Al Vaughan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Members from Bridge Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, stand on and around a partially assembled pontoon bridge during a training exercise

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

Members of Bridge Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, assemble a pontoon bridge in shallow water during training at a reservoir

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

Two Marines in the water assist another Marine from Bridge Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, in positioning a section of the deck of a pontoon bridge during a training exercise

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

During a pontoon bridge assembly training exercise, two Marines on the bow of a bridging boat assist other Marines from Bridge Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, in securing a pontoon to a line of other pontoons prior to laying down the deck

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

Marines from Bridge Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, pause after completing a section of a pontoon bridge during a training exercise

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

Two Marines from Bridge Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, travel across a reservoir in a bridging boat toward where their company is assembling a pontoon bridge

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

A CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter hovers over the surface of a reservoir, trailing lifting cables and shipping up a mist with its rotor wash. Marines from Bridge Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, move toward the helicopter in a motorized inflatable

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

A Light Armored Vehicle from 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion crosses the Intracoastal Waterway, via bridging provided by Bridge Group, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2d Force Service Support Company

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: More

An M1A1 Main Battle Tank from 2d Tank Battalion crosses the Intracoastal Waterway via bridging provided by Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2d Force Service Support Group

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: More

LT. Bain from Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2d Force Service Support Group, shakes hands with a United Kingdom officer during bridging operations in the Intracoastal Waterway

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: More

An M1A1 Main Battle Tank from 2d Tank Battalion crosses the Intracoastal Waterway via bridging provided by Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2d Force Service Support Group

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: More

A United Kingdom Military Policeman is shown on his motorcycle before delivering a message to one of the many U.K. units crossing over the bridge set up on the Intracoastal Waterway by Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2d Force Service Support Group

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: More

A shot of the fuel farm equipment set up by Marines from Bulk Fuel Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: More

Marines from Bulk Fuel Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, pump fuel to U.S. and U.K. vehicles

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: More

Marines of Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2d Force Service Support Group load onto a bus after arriving at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads via a USAF C-5 Galaxy to support Hurricane George humanitarian relief efforts in Puerto Rico. The Marines will begin construction of a Medium Girder Bridge in Penuelas, Puerto Rico today as part of the Disaster Relief Joint Task Force Puerto Rico

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC, USMC Scene Camera Operator: More

US Marine Corps GUNNERY Sergeant Ted Etling, Operations CHIEF Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, waits to board a bus after arriving on a C-5 Galaxy at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. The Travis AFB, California, based C-5 Galaxy airlifted 73 US Marine Corps personnel and bridge building equipment to the Hurricane George battered Caribbean island

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC, US Marine Corps Scene Camer More

US Marine Corps personnel from Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2d Force Support Group, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, step off a US Air Force C-5 Galaxy at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. The Travis AFB, California, based C-5 airlifted 73 US Marine Corps personnel and bridge building equipment to the Hurricane George battered Caribbean island

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC, US Marine Corps Scene Camer More

US Marine Corps GUNNERY Sergeant Ted Etling, Operations CHIEF Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2d Force Support Group, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, coordinates the offload of his company's bridge building equipment from a C-5 Galaxy at Naval Air Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. The Marines will begin construction of a Medium Girder Bridge in Penuelas, Puerto Rico as part of the Disaster Relief Joint Task Force Puerto Rico

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC, US Marine Corps Scene Camer More

Members from the 715 Air Mobility Squadron, Travis AFB, California, download a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. C-5 Galaxy airlifted 73 US Marines of Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2d Force Service Support Group and bridge building equipment to the Hurricane George battered Caribbean Island

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT More

Lance Corporal (LCPL) Walker, Combat Engineer Platoon, Engineer Support Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, US Marine Corps, shows a member of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) how to load the M203 grenade launcher. The launcher is attached to a 5.56 mm M16 assault rifle. Kirishima Training Area, Kyushu Island, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOREST LIGHT Base: Kirishima Training Area State: Kyushu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Brenda C. Romo, Us More

A United States Marine from the 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), Corporal Chris Voss (Foreground) works along side an Australian Army Defence Forces soldier from 21 Construction Squadron, Sapper Peter Farley, both using earthmovers, construct a new road for a radar station in the Shoalwater Training Area in Queensland, Australia in support of exercise Crocodile '99

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 Base: Shoalwater Bay Training Area State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan More

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Julia Dodge, 820th RED HORSE, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada helps bring down tents prior to departure from Grenada on August 2nd, 2000. The Air Force's 820th RED HORSE Squadron, Nellis AFB, NV, and the Marine's 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (Not shown), are part of a larger humanitarian exercise sponsored by USSOUTHCOM (United States Southern Command) and is tasked with constructing a community center, barracks, and a school. This exercise, New Horizons 2000, is held in various Caribbean and South American locations

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS '00 Base: Saint Georges Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Steven M. Turner, USAF Release Statu More

Air Force Tecnical Sergeant Bryan Bolster, 820th RED HORSE, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, surveys the staircase from atop scaffolding at the Frequnte School building being constructed in Grenada on August 2nd, 2000. The Air Force's 820th RED HORSE Squadron, Nellis AFB, NV and the Marine's 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (Not shown), are part of a larger humanitarian exercise sponsored by USSOUTHCOM (United States Southern Command) and is tasked with constructing a community center, barracks, and a school. This exercise, New Horizons 2000, is held in various Caribbean and South American locations

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS '00 Base: Saint Georges Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Steven M. Turner, USAF Release Statu More

A member of 820th RED HORSE, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, grinds off the rough weld spots on the staircase of the Frequente School building being constructed in Grenada on August 2nd, 2000. The Air Force's 820th RED HORSE Squadron, Nellis AFB, NV, and the Marine's 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (Not shown) are part of a larger humanitarian exercise sponsored by USSOUTHCOM (United States Southern Command) and is tasked with constructing a community center, barracks, and a school. This exercise, New Horizons 2000, is held in various Caribbean and South American locations

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS 00 Base: Saint Georges Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Steven M. Turner, USAF Release Status More

A rear view of the completed Mont Tout Community Center constructed primarily by U.S. Air Force members of the 820th RED HORSE, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, on August 4th, 2000. The Air Force's 820th RED HORSE Squadron, Nellis AFB, NV, and the Marine's 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, (Air Force & Marine members not shown) are part of a larger humanitarian exercise sponsored by USSOUTHCOM (Unithe States Southern Command) and is tasked with constructing a community center, barracks, and a school. This exercise, New Horizons 2000, is held in various Caribbean and South American locations

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS '00 Base: Saint Georges Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Steven M. Turner, USAF Release Statu More

An overall view of base camp being torn down in preparation for departure from Grenada on August 4th, 2000. The newly constructed Police Special Services Unit barracks can be seen as the red roofed building in the upper right corner. The Air Force's 820th RED HORSE Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and the Marine's 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, (Air Force and Marine members not shown) are part of a larger humanitarian exercise sponsored by USSOUTHCOM (United States Southern Command) and is tasked with constructing a community center, barracks, and a school. This exercise, New Horizons 2000, is held in various Caribbean and South American locations

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS '00 Base: Saint Georges Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Steven M. Turner, USAF Release Statu More

An overall view of the competed Frequente School building constructed primarily by U.S. Air Force members, 820th RED HORSE, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada on August 7th, 2000. The Air Force's 820th RED HORSE and the Marine's 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (Air Force and Marine members not shown), are part of a larger humanitarian exercise sponsored by USSOUTHCOM (United States Southern Command) and is tasked with constructing a community center, barracks, and a school. This exercise, New Horizons 2000, is held in various Caribbean and South American locations

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS '00 Base: Saint Georges Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Steven M. Turner, USAF Release Statu More

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Glen Garlick, from the156th Airlift Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, fills out documentation prior to take off from Point Salines, Grenada, to Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station, Puerto Rico. The C-130 was dispatched to transport the Marines (Not shown) after they finished a three month deployment as part of Joint Task Force Midas in Grenada on August 7th, 2000. The Air Force's 820th RED HORSE Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (Not shown), and the Marine's 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, are part of a larger humanitarian exercise sponsored by USSOUTHCOM (United States Southern Command) and is tasked with ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force Staff Sergeant Glen Garlick, from the156th Airlift Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard, fills out document More

8th Engineer Support Battalion Marines, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, load up for their flight aboard a 156th Airlift Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard C-130 departing from Point Salines, Grenada, to Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station, Puerto Rico, on August 7th, 2000. The Marines just finished a three month deployment as part of Joint Task Force Midas. The Air Force's 820th RED HORSE Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (Not shown), and the Marine's 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Camp Lejeune N.C., are part of a larger humanitarian exercise sponsored by USSOUTHCOM (United States Southern Command) and is tasked with constructing a community center, barracks, and a school...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: 8th Engineer Support Battalion Marines, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, load up for their flight aboard a 156th Airlift Squadron, More

8th Engineer Support Battalion Marines, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, load up for their flight aboard a 156th Airlift Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard C-130 departing from Point Salines, Grenada, to Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station, Puerto Rico, on August 7th, 2000. The Marines just finished a three month deployment as part of Joint Task Force Midas. The Air Force's 820th RED HORSE Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (Not shown), and the Marine's 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Camp Lejeune N.C., are part of a larger humanitarian exercise sponsored by USSOUTHCOM (United States Southern Command) and is tasked with constructing a community center, barracks, and a school...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: 8th Engineer Support Battalion Marines, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, load up for their flight aboard a 156th Airlift Squadron, More

8th Engineer Support Battalion Marines, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, load up for their flight aboard a 156th Airlift Squadron, North Carolina Air National Guard C-130 departing from Point Salines, Grenada, to Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station, Puerto Rico, on August 7th, 2000. The Marines just finished a three month deployment as part of Joint Task Force Midas. The Air Force's 820th RED HORSE Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada (Not shown), and the Marine's 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Camp Lejeune N.C., are part of a larger humanitarian exercise sponsored by USSOUTHCOM (United States Southern Command) and is tasked with constructing a community center, barracks, and a school...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: 8th Engineer Support Battalion Marines, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, load up for their flight aboard a 156th Airlift Squadron, More

A front view of the competed Frequente School building constructed primarily by U.S. Air Force members, 820th RED HORSE, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada on August 7th, 2000. The Air Force's 820th RED HORSE and the Marine's 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (Air Force and Marine members not shown), are part of a larger humanitarian exercise sponsored by USSOUTHCOM (United States Southern Command) and is tasked with constructing a community center, barracks, and a school. This exercise, New Horizons 2000, is held in various Caribbean and South American locations

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS '00 Base: Saint George'S Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Steven M. Turner, USAF Release Stat More

US Air Force members, 820th RED HORSE, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, tighten down cargo netting covering their pallet of luggage prior to departure from Grenada on August 7th, 2000. The Air Force's 820th RED HORSE and the Marine's 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (Marines not shown), are part of a larger humanitarian exercise sponsored by USSOUTHCOM (United States Southern Command) and is tasked with constructing a community center, barracks, and a school. This exercise, New Horizons 2000, is held in various Caribbean and South American locations

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS '00 Base: Saint Georges Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Steven M. Turner, USAF Release Statu More

United States Marine Corpsmen with the 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), quickly load a 400-gallon Expeditionary Refueling System (ERS) onto a Logistics Vehicle System (LVS), on Dogu Beach, Pohang, South Korea, during FOAL EAGLE 2000

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Dogu Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 David C. Mercil, USN Release St More

United States Marine Corpsmen with the 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), quickly load a 400-gallon Expeditionary Refueling System (ERS) onto a Logistics Vehicle System (LVS), on Dogu Beach, Pohang, South Korea, during FOAL EAGLE 2000

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Dogu Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 David C. Mercil, USN Release St More

United States Marine Corps Corporal (CPL) Ryan Stubblefield with 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB) out of Okinawa, Japan communicates with a landing force during FOAL EAGLE 2000

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Dogu Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 David C. Mercil, USN Release St More

United States Marine Corpsmen with the 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB) out of Okinawa, Japan maintain a 600 gallons per minute Delta fuel pump used to fuel tanks aboard an Landing Craft, Air Cushioned (LCAC), during FOAL EAGLE 2000

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Dogu Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 David C. Mercil, USN Release St More

United States Marine Corps Sergeant (SGT) Brad Kussatz with 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB) out of Okinawa, Japan operates a 600 gallons per minute Delta fuel pump, during FOAL EAGLE 2000

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Dogu Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 David C. Mercil, USN Release St More

US Marine Corps Sergeant Sean Ropp of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company holds a tent frame, while US Marine Corps Lance Coporal Jason Reis attaches another piece during the tent city assembling portion of Operation NEW HORIZONS. Approximately 100 Marine, Army and Air Force personnel have deployed to Castries, Saint Lucia, as part of New Horizons. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Castries Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steven Pearsall, USAF Release Status: Rel More

US Marine Corps Sergeant Sean Ropp of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, attaches tent supports, while US Marine Corps Second Lieutenant Brian Briggs watches intently during the tent city assembling portion of Operation NEW HORIZONS. Approximately 100 Marine, Army and Air Force personnel have deployed to Castries, Saint Lucia, as part of New Horizons. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Castries Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steven Pearsall, USAF Release Status: Rel More

Poster depicting activities of the 48th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), Georgia Army National Guard (GAARNG) "Mountain Eagle." at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Emma Tatum, Civilian Release Status: Released to More

US Marines from the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, sit beneath the shelter of a courier van while repairing a damaged jackhammer. Approximately 100 marines, soldiers and airmen have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of Exercise NEW HORIZONS. New Horizons has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steven Pearsall, USAF Release Status: Released to Public More

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Drew Fisher of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, cleans up the site after completely gutting the inside of the Babonneau community center in Saint Lucia. Approximately 100 marines, soldiers and airmen have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of Exercise NEW HORIZONS. New Horizons has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Babonneau Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steven Pearsall, USAF Release Status: Re More

Members of the community of Babonneau, Saint Lucia, show their appreciation for the restoration of their community center by serving a creole breakfast to the Marines of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, during Operation NEW HORIZONS. Approximately 100 US Marines, Soldiers and Airmen have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of New Horizons. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Babonneau Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steven Pearsall, USAF Release Status: Re More

US Marine Corps First Lieutenant Brian Briggs and US Marine Corps STAFF Sergeant Shane Scovill of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, work together to level freshly poured cement at the community center in Babonneau, Saint Lucia. Approximately 100 US Marines, Soldiers and Airmen personnel have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of the Operation NEW HORIZONS. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Babonneau Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steven Pearsall, USAF Release Status: Re More

US Marine Corps Corporal Shawn Callamari of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, works to smooth freshly poured cement at the community center in Babonneau, Saint Lucia. Approximately, 100 US Marines, Soldiers and Airmen personnel have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of Operation NEW HORIZONS. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Babonneau Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steven Pearsall, USAF Release Status: Re More

Members of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, work to add roof supports on to the community center that they are remodeling for the people of Babonneau, Saint Lucia, in support of Operation NEW HORIZONS. Approximately 100 Marine, Army and Air Force personnel have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of New. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Babonneau Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steven Pearsall, USAF Release Status: Re More

Members of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, work to add the roof supports on to the community center that they are remodeling for the people of Babonneau, Saint Lucia, in support of Operation NEW HORIZONS. Approximately 100 Marine, Army and Air Force personnel have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of New Horizons. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Babonneau Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steven Pearsall, USAF Release Status: Re More

Members of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, work to add roof supports on to the community center that they are remodeling for the people of Babonneau, Saint Lucia, in support of Operation NEW HORIZONS. Approximately 100 Marine, Army and Air Force personnel have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of New Horizons. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Babonneau Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steven Pearsall, USAF Release Status: Re More

Members of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, work to add the roof supports on to the community center that they are remodeling for the people of Babonneau, Saint Lucia, in support of Operation NEW HORIZONS. Approximately 100 Marine, Army and Air Force personnel have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of New Horizons. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Babonneau Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steven Pearsall, USAF Release Status: Re More

Sergeant (SGT), Matthew Mosley and Lance Corporal (LCPL), Sacha Baker, USMC, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company use a skill saw to cut ply board, for the roof of the new Banonneau Community Center being built at Castries, Saint Lucia, during Exercise NEW HOIRIZON. During the Exercise a Combined Task Force of USMC, USAF, and USA personnel conduct engineering and medical operations, enabling required joint training and provide humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin Americas

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Castries Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeanette Copeland, USAF Release Status: Re More

US Air Force Lance Corporal Robert Serrano and US Air Force Corporal Scott Hollandsworth from the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, create a door frame for the Babonneau community center in Castries, Saint Lucia. Approximately 100 Marine, Army and Air Force personnel have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of the Operation NEW HORIZONS. the operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Castries Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeanette M. Copeland, USAF Release Status: More

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Drew Fisher of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, applies plaster to the ceiling of the Babonneau community center in Castries, Saint Lucia. Approximately 100 Marine, Army and Air Force personnel have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of Operation NEW HORIZONS. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Castries Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeanette M. Copeland, USAF Release Status: More

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Daniel Villarreal of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, paints the outside of the Babonneau community center in Castries, Saint Lucia. Approximately 100 Marine, Army and Air Force personnel have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of Operation NEW HORIZONS. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Castries Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeanette M. Copeland, USAF Release Status: More

US Air Force Lance Corporal Robert Corialle and US Air Force Lance Corporal Daniel Villarreal from the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, prepare the ground for concrete paving at the Babonneau community center in Castries, Saint Lucia. Approximately 100 Marine, Army and Air Force personnel have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of Operation NEW HORIZONS. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Castries Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeanette M. Copeland, USAF Release Status: More

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Sacha Baker from the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, shovels dirt into buckets during the Babonneau community center project in Castries, Saint Lucia. Approximately 100 Marine, Army and Air Force personnel have deployed to Saint Lucia as part of Operation NEW HORIZONS. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Castries Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeanette M. Copeland, USAF Release Status: More

Members of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, work together to fill the patio in front of the Babonneau community center with cement. Approximately 100 Marine, Army and Air Force personnel have deployed to Castries, Saint Lucia, as part of Operation NEW HORIZONS. The operation has a two fold mission of readiness training and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean and Latin America

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Castries Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeanette M. Copeland, USAF Release Status: More

Jn-Namkie Joseph, a 2 1/2 year old little girl from the Windward Island of Saint Lucia sits patiently waiting on the patio of the new community center built by members of the US Marines. US Marines from 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company constructed the community center in Babanneau, Saint Lucia during Exercise NEW HORIZONS 2000

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS 2000 Base: Bababbeau Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Trish Bunting Release Status: Relea More

US Marines Corps STAFF Sergeant Brian Briggs from 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company accepts a plaque from Jn-Namkie Joseph, a 2 1/2 year old little girl from the Windward Island of Saint Lucia. SSGT Briggs received the plaque at the opening ceremony for the community center built by US Marines, in Babanneau, Saint Lucia during Exercise NEW HORIZONS 2000

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS 2000 Base: Bababbeau Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Trish Bunting Release Status: Rele More

US Marines Corps STAFF Sergeant Sean Ropp and Private First Class Dustin Haley of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company assist Ms. Norma Herman, as she cuts the ribbon during the opening ceremony for the new Babanneau Community Center. US Marines, in Babanneau, Saint Lucia (Windward Island), built the Center. During Exercise NEW HORIZONS 2000 Approximately 100 US Marine, US Army, and US Air Force personnel deployed to Saint Lucia and other parts of the Caribbean and Latin America to conduct training and provide humanitarian assistance

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS 2000 Base: Babanneau Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Trish Bunting Release Status: Relea More

US Air Force Lieutenant General William T. Hobbins, (left) 12th Air Force Commander, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, gets an explanation from US Marine Corps STAFF Sergeant Ropp of the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Fleet Service Support, Charlie Company, about work that was done at the Babanneau Community Center, in Saint Lucia, during Exercise NEW HORIZONS

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Bababbeau Country: Saint Lucia (LCA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Trish Bunting Release Status: Released t More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 6th Engineer Support Battalion, (ESB) install the second portion of the hose reel for the tactical fuel distribution system, at the Logistics Support Area, Camp Viper, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Viper Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Edward D. Kniery, USMC Release Status: Releas More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 6th Engineer Support Battalion, (ESB) 1ST Force Support Group, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, operate a Tactical Water Distribution System (TWDS), containing three 50,000-gallon collapsible water tanks, at the Logistics Support Area, Camp Viper, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Viper Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Edward D. Kniery, USMC Release Status: Releas More

Four fresh water pumps are used to draw water from the Euphrates River, to supply the US Marine Corps (USMC) Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Units (ROWPU) operated by Marines of the 6th Engineer Support Battalion, (ESB) 1ST Force Support Group, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, at a Tactical Water Distribution System (TWDS), located at the Logistics Support Area, Camp Viper, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Viper Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Edward D. Kniery, USMC Release Status: Releas More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Kenneth Camling, assigned to the 6th Engineer Support Battalion, (ESB) 1ST Force Support Group, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, performs a chlorine test on a water sample, at a Tactical Water Distribution System (TWDS), located at the Logistics Support Area, Camp Viper, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Viper Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Edward D. Kniery, USMC Release Status: Releas More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the 6th Engineer Support Battalion, (ESB) 1ST Force Support Group, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, operate the Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Units (ROWPU) for the Tactical Water Distribution System (TWDS), containing three 50,000-gallon collapsible water tanks, at the Logistics Support Area, Camp Viper, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Viper Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Edward D. Kniery, USMC Release Status: Releas More

US Marines Corps (USMC) General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) and Sergeant Major (SGM) Alford McMichael, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (SGMMC), visit the 9th Engineer Support Battalion. GEN Hagee visited the III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) for the first time as the CMC; during his visit he toured bases throughout Okinawa, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: HQMC Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, USMC Release Status: Released to Publ More

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (center), Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Alford McMichael, (right), stand with members of the 9th Engineer Support Battalion for a group shot. GEN Hagee visited III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) for the first time as the CMC. During his visit he will tour Marine bases located on Okinawa, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: HQMC Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, More

General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, (left), Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), and Sergeant Major (SGTMAJ) Alford McMichael, (left center), Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, visit the 9th Engineer Support Battalion. GEN Hagee visited III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) for the first time as the CMC. During his visit he will tour Marine bases located on Okinawa, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: HQMC Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, More

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel, US Navy (USN) Sailors with the 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB) and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 2 (NMCB2) personnel from Okinawa, play soccer with school children at the Wat Tong Hong School, during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2003

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2003 Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: 9ESB Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amanda L. Rothweiler, USM More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Lauro Samaniego, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, assigned to Headquarters Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), enters a building wearing an EOD-8 Bomb Suite and support equipment, during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted at Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FPEX Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Ken Blankenship, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, assigned to Headquarters Company (HQ Co), 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), assists his coworker, USMC SGT Lauro Samaniego, by untangling the communication wire that runs from his EOD-8 Bomb Suit during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the EOD team members could test and improve their response time in preparation for a real event

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC Release Status: Released to Pub More

A Remote Ordnance Neutralization System (RONS) robot moves into position to examine a explosive device during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted by US Marine Corps (USMC), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians assigned to Headquarters Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FPEX Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Lauro Samaniego, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, assigned to Headquarters Company (HQ Co), 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), is assisted by his unit co-worker, USMC SGT Ken Blankenship, in putting on his EOD-8 Bomb Suit in order to dispose of a simulated (dummy) letter bomb during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the EOD team members could test and improve their response time in preparation for a real event

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC Release Status: Released to Pub More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Lauro Samaniego (left), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, assigned to Headquarters Company (HQ Co), 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), is assisted by his unit co-worker, USMC SGT Ken Blankenship (right), in putting on his EOD-8 Bomb Suit in order to dispose of a simulated (dummy) letter bomb during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the EOD team members could test and improve their response time in preparation for a real event

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC Release Status: Released to Pub More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Lauro Samaniego, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, assigned to Headquarters Company (HQ Co), 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), wears his EOD-8 Bomb Suit to protect him as he picks up a suspected simulated (dummy) letter bomb during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the EOD team members could test and improve their response time in preparation for a real event

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC Release Status: Released to Pub More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Lauro Samaniego (left, wearing an EOD-8 Bomb Suit), and SGT Perry (right), both Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians, assigned to Headquarters Company (HQ Co), 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), confer together on a safe route for SGT Samaniego to take to enter a building in order to search for a suspected simulated (dummy) letter bomb during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the EOD team members could test and improve their response time in preparation for a real event

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC Release Status: Released to Pub More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Lauro Samaniego, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, assigned to Headquarters Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), gets help from his fellow Marines as he dons the helmet to his EOD-8 Bomb Suite, during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted at Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FPEX Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Lauro Samaniego, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, assigned to Headquarters Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), dons an EOD-8 Bomb Suite and support equipment, during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted at Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FPEX Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC More

US Marine Corps (USMC) GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT), Glen Andrews (left), lends assistance to USMC Sergeant (SGT) Lauro Samaniego (center), as he dons his EOD-8 Bomb Suite and support equipment, during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted at Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan. Both Marines are Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians, assigned to Headquarters Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FPEX Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Lauro Samaniego (center), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, assigned to Headquarters Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), removes his EOD-8 Bomb Suite following a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted at Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FPEX Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Lauro Samaniego, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, assigned to Headquarters Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), sets up an x-ray machine to take photos of a dummy bomb, while wearing an EOD-8 Bomb Suite and support equipment, during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted at Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FPEX Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Lauro Samaniego, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, assigned to Headquarters Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), dons an EOD-8 Bomb Suite and support equipment, during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted at Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FPEX Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Lauro Samaniego, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, assigned to Headquarters Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), descends a flight of stairs wearing an EOD-8 Bomb Suite and carrying support equipment, during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted at Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FPEX Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Lauro Samaniego, gets help from USMC GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT), Glen Andrews (right), as he dons his EOD-8 Bomb Suite, during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted at Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan. Both Marines are Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians, assigned to Headquarters Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FPEX Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Ken Blankenship (left), and SGT Lauro Samaniego, both Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians assigned to Headquarters Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), sets up a Remote Ordnance Neutralization System (RONS) robot during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted at Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FPEX Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC More

US Marine Corps (USMC) GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT), Glen Andrews (right), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician, assigned to Headquarters Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), helps to dress USMC Sergeant (SGT) Lauro Samaniego in the EOD-8 Bomb Suite and support equipment, during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted at Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FPEX Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Daniel Klein, USMC More