Dave Lapota, scientist, and Melissa Blando, student data analyst, spawning the endangered black abalone in a restoration effort here at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific. (photo by Alan Antcza More
The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Hon. Jo-Ellen Darcy, attended the inauguration ceremony of the Portugues Dam in Ponce, Puerto Rico Feb. 5. Here, The governor of Puerto Rico walks the dam wi More
John Maners, a logger from Spencer, Ind., cuts down a white oak which will be used for an upcoming dry dock period for USS Constitution. The white oaks at Naval Support Activity Crane have been used for repairs More
A prairie dog that made his home on a firing range at Camp Navajo is carefully relocated to a safe living environment by Arizona National Guard environmental office personnel. The Guard moved an entire colony o More
A solar panel is displayed by Ray Medina, right, account manager with Facility Solutions Group, San Antonio, during an Energy Fair at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. On the left is Steve Tristan with RKI Texas. More
A Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE) Pilot Test taken by Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure Group, with oversight from 61 CELS Environmental, at Los Angeles Air Force Base, in El Segundo, Calif., March 22, 2011, to e More
The public will not have access to the north jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River beginning in October 2014 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins the next phase of its major rehabilitation of the jetty system.
The Springville (Scoby) Dam located in Springville, N.Y., is the focus of a Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration Section 506 study. The purpose of the study at the dam is to evaluate an array of measur More
Service members from Camp Humphreys and Osan Air Force Base, in South Korea, pick up trash during “Troops for Trash,” alongside Korean youth from a nearby youth center and their parents, outside Osan Air Force More
Namsan Mountain provides travelers panoramic views of Seoul, as photographed here Jan. 18, 2014, in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Namsan is one several mountains accessible from Seoul. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staf More
Engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 extend the roof of the game check facility outside the Cherry Point Game Warden's office Jan. 27. Hunters aboard the air station use the facility to clean and pre More
A pond on Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., covered in snow and ice on Jan. 29, 2014. The air station was shut down Jan. 28 - 31 due to the snowstorm. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan G. Cole More
Staff Sgt. Thomas Lapeer, 22nd Operations Support Squadron weather flight forecaster, sets up his equipment during an operations readiness exercise Jan. 29, 2014, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Lapeer’s miss More
Tsuyoshi Gibu, rear, Col. Stephen B. Lewallen Jr., front, and Sgt. Maj. Howard L. Kreamer plant a ceremonial Christmas tree on Camp Hansen Jan. 30. The tree was planted as a symbol of friendship between the loc More
The island of Iwo To, formerly known as Iwo Jima, as seen from atop Mount Suribachi Jan. 31 during a professional military education trip. Marines and sailors from 3rd Intelligence Battalion and Combat Logistic More
Lance Cpl. Eleanor H. Roper (right), a Monroe, Wis., native and field radio operator with Ragnarok Company, 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, pulls a Marine Corps Cold Weather Infantry Kit, or M More
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay conducts a direct assist of the motor vessel Calumet, stuck in the Straits of Mackinac at sunset Feb. 4, 2014. Across the Great Lakes region, Coast Guard ice-breaking c More
Navy divers, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, Company 2-3 hold on to the diving stage as it prepares to lower them into the water from the Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship US More
Marines and sailors visit the Fuji Shengen Shrine Feb. 4 as part of a cultural tour during Artillery Relocation Training Program 13-4. The service members visited several unique locations to gain insight about More
Ron Johnson, 22nd Civil Engineering Squadron assistant project manager, clears snow from a parking lot Feb. 5, 2014, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Proper snow removal provides Team McConnell a safe commute More
First Lieutenant Jonathan Ramey, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, who serves an intelligence advisor to the 3rd Zone Afghan Border Police, helps two students understand the use of a map protracto More
Coast Guard Cutters Shackle and Tackle break ice and create sea smoke along the Penobscot River in Brewer, Maine, Feb. 11, 2014. Both 65-foot cutters broke through the nearly 20-inch thick ice to allow open wat More
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ryan Ramsey, Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site (MATES) environmental officer in charge, Texas Army National Guard and Maj. John Hutka MATES superintendent, accept an award from Brig. More
The Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug, departs Chicago's Navy Pier and sails toward the shores off Indiana, Feb. 12, 2014. The Biscayne Bay helped break ice on the southern part of La More
Bonnie Amos, First Lady of the Marine Corps, talks about energy conservation with Col. John Farnam, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, and Rick Snee, recreation business director with Marin More
Danny Hewett, a drill rig operator with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, shows students a soil sample extracted by a drill rig at Jenkins High School, Feb. 13, 2014. Members of the Corps visi More
U.S. Army Pfc. Richard Lyons, 125th Multi Role Bridge Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, clears a secondary road of debris near Aiken, S.C., Feb. 14, 2014, following a fierce snow and ice storm which More
Bukhansan National Park, pictured here Feb. 16, 2014, in Seoul, South Korea, is one of the most visited parks in the whole world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The park has several hiking tra More
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock cuts a track line for the motor vessel Algosea in Lake St. Clair, Feb. 19, 2014. The Coast Guard's nine Great Lakes icebreakers have put in four times as many icebreakin More
Todd Russell, a natural resources management specialist, points to the best areas for the amphibious assault vehicles to mix up the mud at the salvage yard wetland aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Feb. 19, 2014 More
Personnel Specialist 2nd Class German Furuken, originally from Madison, N.J., removes snow and ice on board Naval Air Facility (NAF) Misawa, Feb. 20, 2014. On average, NAF Misawa receives about 200 inches of sn More
Volunteers and site leaders watch for whales for the 2014 Sanctuary Ocean Count project at Pyramid Rock Beach, Feb. 22, 2014. On Oahu, there are more than 20 different sites designated for whale counting. Two s More
Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, tread through snow covered terrain Feb. 24 at the Sekiyama Training Area in Niigata prefecture, Japan, during Exercise Forest Light 14-2. Snow patrol training wa More
Larry Smith, an environmental consultant with Environmental Safety and Health and Petty Officer First Class Laura Holland, a marine science technician with the Gulf Strike Team, assess the Mississippi River for More
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock, a 225-foot sea-going buoy tender home-ported in Port Huron, Mich., breaks through the ice in the St. Clair River, Feb. 26, 2014. There are nine ice-breaking capable cut More
Bill Chelmowski, St. Paul District small boat operation and ice survey technician, prepares to drill a hole in the Mississippi River, near Lake City, Minn., Feb. 27, to measure the ice thickness within Lake Pep More
Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, hike in a column formation through the winter landscape during overnight snow survival shelter training Feb. 27 at Sekiyama Training Area, Niigata pre More
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Georgia Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, and the More
First Sgt. Nathaniel J. Atkinson, of Goldsboro, N.C., determines progress while Spc. Manuel Villagomez of Dallas, operates a 120M grader at the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) headquarters clearing snow a More
Hospital Corpsman Seaman Apprentice Conor Ruane, assigned to Navy Environmental Preventative Medicine Unit 6, practices testing water for impurities in a mobile water potability lab during a field training exer More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Scott Gendron of Coast Guard Air Station Detroit drills into frozen Lake Erie to gather ice depth measurements in support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration March 5, More
A helicopter operated by a contracted civilian company flies over the grounded Japanese commercial fishing vessel Daiki Maru 7 as it transports two 55-gallon drums filled with hazardous material from the ship n More
Rear Adm. Kevin Cook, 8th Coast Guard District commander, speaks during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Sector Houston/Galveston building on Ellington Field, March 10, 2014. The $43-million, green, hurr More
Sailors assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS Halyburton plant trees with Honduran locals during a community service project. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kameren Guy Hodnett/Released)
Soldiers from the 210th Field Artillery Brigade and 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division joined citizens of Dongducheon, South Korea in the annual Shincheon River Clean-up March 21, 2014. U.S. More
Tech. Sgt. Tawsha Bricker briefs 379th Air Expeditionary Wing senior leaders on a sound level meter at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 25, 2014. The sound level meter is used to instantly read noise levels whic More
Cleanup crews work along the Lake Michigan shoreline near the BP Whiting Refinery in Whiting, Ind., March 25, 2014, to recover crude oil discharged from the refinery. Coast Guard pollution responders from Marin More
Pollution response teams discuss cleanup plans along the Lake Michigan shoreline near the BP Whiting Refinery in Whiting, Ind., March 26, 2014. The pollution responders supervised cleanup efforts in response to More
A Coast Guard vessel lays boom along an area of the Galveston Ship Channel, March 27, 2014. Cleanup efforts continue for the Texas City "Y" response, which resulted from a collision between a bulk carrier and a More
Coast Guard Boatswain’s Mate Petty Officer 1st Class Karen Sinkey with the Coast Guard's Pacific Strike Team based in Novato, Calif., operates a 23-foot vessel in the waters near Humboldt Bay, March 28, 2014. T More
Chris Moulton, a firefighter with the Valdez fire department, climbs inside a glacier crevasse to rescue a simulated victim during Alaska Shield 14 here, March 30, 2014. Alaska Shield 14 is an exercise that inv More
A shoreline assessment team made up of representatives from the Coast Guard, the Environmental Protection Agency and BP takes samples during their survey near the BP Whiting Refinery in Whiting, Ind., March 30, More
Patrick Walther, a wildlife biogist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, releases two ducks at the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, April 4, 2014. The ducks were released after being rehabilitated and clea More
U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Sommer Brown, in the North Carolina National Guard Joint Operations Center, coordinates with staff leaders during a training exercise April 5, 2014, in order to rehearse activating personnel More
Oil-spill cleanup contractors, accompanied by U.S. Fish and Wildlife personnel, drive light machinery equipment across South Matagorda Island, Texas, April 5, 2014. Coordination between oil recovery crews, U.S. More
Lt. j.g. Luke Keiser, left, from Chicago, and Lt. Josh Perry, from Spokane, Wash., both assigned to Naval Facilities Engineering Command Northwest, separate recyclables from trash during the 18th annual Dumpste More
Crushed and baled water bottles await pickup at the recycling center on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 17, 2014. The funds that are collected from selling the bottles are used to support the recycling program, spe More
Soldiers from the construction effects platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 19th Engineer Battalion, work on a sidewalk near the Zone 6 Post Exchange April 18, 2014. The construction supplies for the More
Katie Ramirez, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) Energy Installation manager, demonstrates the difference in energy consumption between an incandescent and fluorescent light bulb at the Pearl Harbor Navy E More
Katie Ramirez, left, energy installation manager at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, speaks to patrons on water saving methods at the Pearl Harbor Navy Exchange Earth Day Expo: Partnering for a Greener Future on More
Refuse from a baseball field is piled up for removal April 19 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Around 40 Marines volunteered to clean up the area as part of a series of events celebrating Earth Day. Local y More
The Coast Guard is responding to a diesel spill sheen in the Ala Wai small boat harbor April 21, 2014. An approximate 200 feet by 30 feet sheen, likely to be diesel fuel or another petroleum product, was locate More
A Casey Trees work crew uses an auger on Earth Day 2014, April 22, to bore a hole for one of 100 trees being planted at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling.
Naval Air Facility Atsugi Yeoman Seaman Jackie Lewis, of Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, plants a new flowerbed for the NAF Atsugi Liberty Center as part of an Earth Day clean up. During the event More
Sailors assigned to U.S. Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, R.I. participate in a cleanup project on NWC campus and Naval Station Newport in support of Earth Day 2014. Commands across the Navy celebrate and pa More
Sailors, attached to Naval Air Facility Misawa and its tenant commands, collect trash during a base-wide cleanup, April 22, 2014. Navy Misawa Sailors spread out across Misawa Air Base to clean up trash and refu More
Ship’s Serviceman Senior Chief Jimmy Palis assigned to amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) participates in Earth Day by picking up litter. Green Bay is currently undergoing a regularly schedul More
Students from Berkley Manor and Heroes Elementary schools learn about wildlife aboard the base from Diana Rashash, extension area specialized agent from the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, at the More
A Marine collects trash during a beach cleanup April 25 at Camp Schwab. Most of the trash washes ashore with the tide, according to Mike Fisher, the environmental protection specialist for Camp Schwab. By sched More
Mariana and Gio Santos, and their mother, Rachel Warren try to identify the difference between dragonfly and damselfly larva at a display by the Fort Hood Department of Public Works at the Fort Hood Earth Day c More
Samuel Richards, 374th Force Support Squadron library director, distributes morning glory seedlings at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 26, 2014. Volunteers taught children about plant care and recycling as part o More
Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14 prepare to hike up a trail on Mt. Etna, Italy, April 26, 2014. The service members hiked up the volcano in observance of Earth Day.
A tornado ripped through the Vilonia, Ark., April 27, 2014, killing at least 15 people, injuring dozens more and destroying multiple homes. Vilonia is approximately 20 miles away from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.
Tennessee National Guard Spc. Tyler Vineyard with the 253rd Military Police Company speaks with a tornado victim in Lincoln County, Tenn., on April 29, 2014, after the location was ravaged the night prior by a More
Logistics Specialist Seaman Audrianna Lewis, left, from Los Angeles, and Logistics Specialist Seaman Angelica Moreno, from San Diego, both assigned to Fleet Readiness Center Northwest, pick up trash on City Bea More
Naval Air Station Pensacola sustained flooding reported in excess of 3.5 feet in low lying areas from severe storms starting April 29, 2014. Many areas of the base were inaccessible due to the high water. (U.S More
Courage, an Australian wedged-tailed eagle, spreads his wings aboard Robertson Barracks, April 30, 2014. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin were given a chance to hold Courage, who serves as the masc More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Carl Bunt, an information systems technician at the Coast Guard Electronic Support Detachment in Kodiak, Alaska, gathers trash along Jewel Beach at Coast Guard Base Kodiak, May 2, 2014. More
Members of the Tennessee National Guard’s 194th Engineer Brigade provide heavy equipment to remove debris while assisting local residents in Lincoln County, Tenn., after the tornado that devastated the region A More
Pile driver machine of German company Eurosol pushes a stake into the ground to support the solar panels' structure on Chievres Air Base, Chievres, Belgium, May 15, 2014. With 1,842 solar panels and 451 kilowat More
Area photographed near Sam Rayburn hydropower plant where buoys were placed April 28 to prevent the oil from seeping into the lake.
Black skimmers fly above a newly-constructed bird island at the Savannah Harbor Dredged Material Containment Area 12A, May 30, 2014. (USACE photo by Tracy Robillard)
Terry Lopez (left), a collection technician and Noa Dettweiler, the vice president and general counsel of Bishop Museum look for bird fossils at Ki’i Point Beach near Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility aboard More
A mature red-footed booby bird (right) and a younger one nest together at the Ulupa‘u Wildlife Management Area aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 3, 2014. From June 1 through 7, Todd Russell, a natural resou More
Marines with G-3 Civil Affairs Detachment, I Marine Expeditionary Force, attend Agricultural Development for Armed Forces Pre-Deployment Training at the San Diego Botanical Gardens in Encinitas, Calif., June 10 More
Ensign Brandi Belveal, of Charleston, W.Va., practices identifying sport fish at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas as part of training at the Coast Guard’s Gulf Regional Fisheries Training Center, June 12, 2 More
The 36th Wing, in conjunction with local government agencies, conducted Typhoon Exercise Pakyo June 19–27, 2014, on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The exercise integrates all command and control center efforts More
Marylou Staman, University of Guam Sea Turtle Monitoring, Protection and Educational Outreach on Guam project manager, inventories a nest in the Tarague Basin on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 25, 2014. St More
Marines, Sailors and Civilians attended a Hurricane and Severe Weather Seminar June 25, 2014 at Miller's Landing at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. in preparation for the upcoming hurricane season. More
Josefa Muñoz, University of Guam biology major, Daniel McKay, UOG assistant professor, and Cacilie Craft, community volunteer, monitor Mariana fruit bats flying around the Tarague Basin on Andersen Air Force Ba More
U.S Coast Guard crew members assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kukui help prepare Layson ducks for translocation to Kure Atoll, Hawaii Sept. 3, 2014. The U.S. Coast Guard partnered with the U.S. Fish and More
Crew members of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kukui move trash off of a pier and into a small boat for transport Sept. 4, 2014, at Kure Atoll, Hawaii. Crew members of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kukui helped clea More
Coast Guardsmen from Station Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and volunteers from the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center work together to release more than 300 baby sea turtles back into the Atlantic Ocean Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. More
Asha Beachom, right, a senior at Hampton Uplift Preparatory charter school in Dallas, takes a water sample Thursday under the watchful eye of Dr. Dian Smith, a research scientist with the University of North Te More
The West Fort Hood substation is one of two sites that will be used for electrical transmission and distribution for the 40-megawatt solar photovoltaic facility. (Photo by Christine Luciano, DPW Environmental)
Soldiers with the 770th Engineer Company, 479th Engineer Battalion, 411th Engineer Brigade, 412th Theater Engineer Command, are working to clear land in Mattydale, N.Y., which will become home to a new Army Res More
Angela Richards, local volunteer, plants marigold seedlings with children at Yokota Air Base, Japan, April 26, 2014. The volunteers reused several materials in the process to promote recycling during the Earth More
The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Hon. Jo-Ellen Darcy, attended the inauguration ceremony of the Portugues Dam in Ponce, Puerto Rico Feb. 5. The dam's cost, whose planning dates back to the 1 More