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Scientists watch soldiers sample simulated leaking chemical weapons in an underground facility in order to get a better idea of both the bulky protective gear soldiers must wear as well as the dark, constrained More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Iskandariyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Kurt Gibbons III, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Iskandariyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Kurt Gibbons III, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Shakaria Village Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV Scene More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC William Servinski II Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC William Servinski II Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC William Servinski II Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC William Servinski II Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC William Servinski II Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC William Servinski II Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC William Servinski II Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC William Servinski II Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC William Servinski II Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC William Servinski II Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC William Servinski II Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Falcon State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV Scene Camera Ope More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Falcon State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV Scene Camera Ope More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE SHEPHERD Base: Hohenfels State: Bavaria Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST INFANTRY D More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE SHEPHERD Base: Hohenfels State: Bavaria Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST INFANTRY D More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE SHEPHERD Base: Hohenfels State: Bavaria Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST INFANTRY D More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Seniya State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION Scene Camer More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Seniya State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION Scene Camer More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Release Status: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Release Status: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA Release Status: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MOUNTAIN Scene Camera Operator: SP More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MOUNTAIN Scene Camera Operator: SP More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MOUNTAIN Scene Camera Operator: SP More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jeremy Lock, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jeremy Lock, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jeremy Lock, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jeremy Lock, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot More

Iraqi police special weapons and tactics members find a variety of weapons including mortars, rockets and explosives in an extremist's house in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, Jan. 4.

A Concerned Local Citizens keeps an eye out for al-Qaida members while conducting a joint operation with U.S. Army Soldiers from Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Te More

Afghan national police from Shkin, assisted by coalition forces, discovered three improvised explosive devices on a frequently traveled civilian road near the village of Kakakhel. The officers found three IEDs, More

Explosive ordnance disposal technicians with Team "Big Deal," 3rd Platoon, 2nd EOD Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group, assess the damage of a Iraqi civilian truck after an improvised explosive device attack. T More

Staff Sgt. Stuart Sword, from Virginia Beach, Va., coordinates with Capt. Abusef, commander of 1st Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, to search for a possible improvised explosiv More

A Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate (GUSS) follows the beacon signal of Pfc. Dylan Hoffstatter, right, grenadier for 3rd Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, during a 2010 evaluation of the G More

U.S. Army Spc. DeShawn McCray, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team security force member from Lake City, S.C., provides security for his halted convoy and watches Afghan drivers pass the team Sept. 13. The PR More

A mine clearing line charge detonates on Route 611 during Operation Outlaw Wrath in Sangin District, Dec. 4, 2010. Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), conducted the cleari More

Sgt. Diatullah, a 39-year-old native of Afghanistan's Parwan province and squad leader with the 3rd Afghan National Army Commando Kandak, directs his squad into security positions during a two-day clearing oper More

Ashraf, a 22-year-old Afghan National Policeman from Zabul province, helped locate 27 improvised explosive devices in Kandahar Province's Maruf District during a three-week period in autumn 2010. He is pictured More

Afghan National Army mullahs gather with their Navy chaplain counterparts for a meeting, at Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 1, to discuss how the mullahs can better integrate with their local co More

A local girl finds a seat in the Laki Girls School after the schools ribbon cutting in Garmsir District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 15. The girls school was adapted from an old women's center that the More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Russell Clark, left, poses with his interpreter in an opium poppy field as Afghan National Police use sticks to hack off the plants' seed pods before they can be used to make heroin, in Kanda More

Forward Operating Base Edinburgh, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Cpl. Nicholas Lavery (left) of Akron, Ohio, refuels dozens of fuel cans during a convoy mission. He and the two other fuel drivers with the logi More

Pfc. Jose Roldan, left, and Pfc. Joseph Jackson stand at attention after receiving Purple Hearts. Marine Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan awarded eight U.S. Army soldiers the Purple Heart medal during a Christmas Day c More

Maj. Dawn Brown, a Marine Corps reservist with the 3rd Civil Affairs Group at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, plays with Allie, a black Labrador Retriever, employed to search for terrorists' bombs and explosive More

Betany Gulalai, 12, pushes her wheelchair as U.S. Air Force Lt. Alisha Acosta, a native of Greeley, Colo., and nurse with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing and U.S. Air Force Capt. Sean Wilson, a native of Winst More

Spc. Clifton Roach, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, scans his sector from the turret of a mine resistant ambush protected all-terrain vehicle, during Operation Southern Strike II i More

An Afghan Border Policeman uses a metal detector to check for landmines during Operation Southern Strike II, near Yaro Kalay, Afghanistan, June 4, 2012. The ABP-led operation focused on disrupting enemy formati More

The 618th Engineer Support Company is conducting their company validation training exercise, June 7, at the Fort Bragg Home Station Training Lanes. The Caiman, a Mine Resistant Armored Protected Vehicle rushes More

Spc. Tyler Winowiecki, an infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, cleans the dust off his M4 carbine during Operation Buffalo More

An infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, cleans the dust off his M4 carbine during Operation Buffalo Thunder II in the distr More

Maj. Roger Shaw, an officer with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, listens to members of the local Afghan Border Police at a checkpoint during Operation Buffalo Thunder II near Baradge More

Marines with Personal Security Detail, Regimental Combat Team-7, practice using the Thor III, a remote-controlled improvised explosive device jammer, during counter-IED training at Camp Wilson, July 18. The jam More

Soldiers with 2nd Platoon of the 569th Engineer Company gather on a berm at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2012. Soldiers of the 569th Engineers have located hundreds of improvised exp More

A coalition soldier lubricates the bolt of his rifle prior to sharpening his shooting skills at a firing range on Forward Operating Base Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2013. (U.S. Army photo More

Members of an afghan and coalition security force strap into the seats of a CH-47 Chinook prior to an operation in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan.19, 2013. The operation led to the ar More

A coalition security force member conducts roll-call prior to a mission that arrested a Taliban leader in Helmand province, Jan. 24, 2013. The detained Taliban leader oversaw an improvised explosive device (IED More

A member of an afghan and coalition security force team looks out the window of a CH-47 Chinook prior to an operation in Nad 'Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2013. The operation led to the More

A member of an afghan and coalition security force calls the manifest prior to an operation in Nad 'Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 3, 2013. The operation let to the arrest of a Taliban leader More

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force searches for weapons, drugs, and documents during an operation in Nad 'Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 6, 2013. The operation led to the arre More

Afghan and coalition forces prepare to conduct an operation on a Taliban leader's home in Khash Rod district, Nimroz province, Afghanistan, March 6, 2013. The insurgent was a significant link for the Taliban's More

A member of an afghan and coalition security force prepares to depart to an operation in search of a Taliban leader in Marjeh district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 12, 2013. The Taliban leader holds se More

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force gathers prior to an operation in Nawah-ye Barakzai district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 20, 2013. The operation resulted in the arrest of a Taliban l More

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force provides security during an operation in search of a senior Taliban leader in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 28, 2013. The senior More

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force provides security outside an Afghan home during an operation in search of a senior Taliban leader in Nad 'Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 2, More

A member of Afghan and coalition security force prepares for an operation in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 4, 2013. The operation led to the detainment of a Taliban leader and one More

Afghan and coalition security force members fire a flare before departing for an operation in Nahr-e Saraj District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 18, 2013. The operation led to the detention of a senior More

An Afghan and coalition security force wait prior to a night operation in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 27, 2013. The operation resulted in the detention of a Taliban leader and tw More

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force prepares to depart for a night operation in Marjeh district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 3, 2013. The operation resulted in the arrest of a Taliban lead More

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force searches a Taliban facilitator's residence for improvised explosive devices and weapons in Nawah-ye-Barakzai district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 5, 20 More

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force conducts preliminary checks during a night operation in Marjeh district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 7, 2013. The operation resulted in the arrest of a More

A coalition security force member prepares to board a CH-47 Chinook on Forward Operating Base Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 11, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard W. Jones Jr.)

An Afghan and coalition security force secure a Taliban leader's home during an night operation in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 22, 2013. The leader is responsible for directing and More

Capt. Nathan Knowles, a Tactical Training Exercise Control Group Marine, often called a Coyote, buries a pressure plate in the combat village at the Western Barry M. Goldwater Range Yuma, Ariz., June 3. As part More

Afghan and coalition security force members move through a wheat field during an operation in Zurmat District, Paktiya province, Afghanistan, June 23, 2013. The security force was searching for extremists respo More

Afghan and coalition force members provide security during a night operation in Chitmal District, Balkh province, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2013. The Taliban improvised explosive device facilitator is in direct co More

Coalition force members drop leaflets west of the Baghlan-e Jadid river in Baghlan-e Jadid district, Afghanistan, Nov. 12, 2013. The leaflet drop was conducted to degrade and decrease support of extremists' ne More

Staff Sgt. Seth Collard, a platoon sergeant with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, searches a vehicle in the Qasim Bazaar, Jan. 17, 2014. Collard, a 29-year-old native of Angleton, Texas, and a More

A convoy from 4th platoon, Mobility Assault Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion makes a brief stop during their route clearance mission through Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 24, 2014. Route clearance More

Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 load large containers filled with supplies, gear and equipment onto a CH-53E Super Stallion abord Forward Operating Base Sabit Qadam, Afghanistan, April 30, 201 More

Engineer Soldiers of the Calumet, Mich., based Army National Guard 1431st Engineer Company (Sapper) train on route clearance skills at their armory on Sept. 26, 2014. (Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Clas More

Bomb techs learn the ins and outs of XTK software custom designed by Sandia National Laboratories to meet their needs.

U.S. Marines with 1st Civil Affairs Group, Marine Corps Forces Reserve, patrol through Kilo-2 MOUT town during a field exercise on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 11, 2017. Civilian role players contributed to rea More

While posing as OPFOR, Soldiers from the 509th Clearance Company at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, emplace a command wire Improvised Explosive Device (IED) before night Operational Testing begins at Fort Leonard More

A Talon Robot operated by the 509th Clearance Company enroute to interrogate a possible Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during night Operational Testing at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. (Photo by Clay Beach)

AUCKLAND, New Zealand – An exercise participant assesses possible radiological contamination of a Royal New Zealand Air Force helicopter during Kiwi Resolve, a four-day information exchange and field exercise f More

A B-29 Marker was dedicated during a memorial honoring the 13 Airmen who died in a B-29 Superfortress plane crash on April 11, 1950. (DTRA Public Photo by Melissa Tune)

An Air Force officer assigned to DTRA’s Research and Development Directorate shows off part of a MACS-B and what this particular component looks like when it transforms from a tracked unmanned ground vehicle in More

U.S. Ambassador to the Lao PDR Rena Bitter (center left) and Dr. Robert Pope (center) met with Lao officials to review U.S.-Lao cooperative efforts to strengthen training for Lao veterinarians and animal health More

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Tim Horn, DTRA Command Senior Enlisted Leader, spoke to the Air Force’s newest First Sergeants during a graduation ceremony, May 3, 2019. (Courtesy photo)

The Honorable David L. Norquist, performing the duties of The Deputy of the Secretary of Defense, and Sajeel S. Ahmed, Acting Director of Administration and Organizational Policy Office of the Chief Managment O More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Gabriel Green conducts a period of instruction on Humanitarian Mine Action Technical and Non-Technical Survey training on Banuransgri Camp, Ratchaburi Province, Kingdom of Thailand, More

Lt. Col. Phillip Murrell, 192nd EOD Battalion commander (left) and Staff Sgt. Nickolas Brodock talk with Rep. Rick Crawford, a former Army EOD specialist, at the Feb. 26 Capitol Hill reception. Brodock received More

An Iraqi police special weapons and tactics member organizes the assortment of weapons found in a cache at an extremist's safe house in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, Jan. 4. Mortars, rocket propelled grenades, improvised e More

U.S. Army Sgt. Hector Garcia, left, along with a fellow soldier from Blue Platoon, Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, patrol up a dirt ro More

Afghan national police from Shkin, assisted by coalition forces, discovered three improvised explosive devices on a frequently traveled civilian road near the village of Kakakhel. The officers found three IEDs, More

Afghan civilians exit their vehicles and gather around an interpreter with U.S. Army Maj. Jonathon Price, Civil Affairs team leader with the Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Sept. 13 along Highway 1 in Qar More