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In preparation for setting up the 105mm howitzer, LCPL Hodges digs a fire pit for his gun team. These Marines are participating in Operation CAX-1-2-82

In preparation for setting up the 105mm howitzer, LCPL Hodges digs a f...

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

Reserve firefighters in proximity suits extinguish a blaze in a fire pit during a training exercise

Reserve firefighters in proximity suits extinguish a blaze in a fire p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Futema State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT T. Shearer Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Two US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters assigned to the 321st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), dressed in full proximity suits participate in a fire pit burn exercise held at Camp Justice, Oman, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Two US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters assigned to the 321st Air Expedit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Justice, Masirah Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Marvin Preston, USAF Release St... More

Student fire fighters at the Department Of Defense (DOD), Louis F. Garland Fire Academy, part of the 17th Training Wing (FW), at Goodfellow Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, put out a burning helicopter inside a controlled fire pit

Student fire fighters at the Department Of Defense (DOD), Louis F. Gar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Goodfellow Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AETC Scene Camera Operator: SRA B... More

A Firefighter from the 1ST Civil Engineering Squadron, Langley AFB, Virginia pulls hose from a fire truck as water is sprayed from a nozzle atop the truck toward an aircraft mock-up inside the fire pit during an aircraft fire scenario for the 1ST Fighter Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

A Firefighter from the 1ST Civil Engineering Squadron, Langley AFB, Vi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Mccarrison Release Status:... More

US Air Force (USAF) 321st Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (ECES) Firefighters, in Joint Firefighters Integrated Response Ensemble (JFIRE), and a host nation firefighter prepare to fight a controlled fire during a joint fire pit training exercise held at a forward-deployed location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. This exercise combined efforts involving American and host nation firefighters to train and learn techniques for actual fire responses

US Air Force (USAF) 321st Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (EC...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. Tolley, USAF Releas... More

Firemen wearing protective suits extinguish a blaze in a fire pit during a training exercise

Firemen wearing protective suits extinguish a blaze in a fire pit duri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Woodbridge Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. F. Smith Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Flames burn the cockpit and front section of a mock-up aircraft inside the fire pit at Langley AFB, Virginia during a fire training scenario for the 1ST Fighter Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

Flames burn the cockpit and front section of a mock-up aircraft inside...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Mccarrison Release Status:... More

Civilian Fire fighters from the Norfolk Fire Brigade, United Kingdom, work to extinguish a fire on a mock F-15 aircraft, during an exercise held at the fire pit at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom. The US Air Force (USAF) 48th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) Fire Department invited members of the Norfolk and Suffolk county fire brigades to join in on their annual training

Civilian Fire fighters from the Norfolk Fire Brigade, United Kingdom, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. Tolley, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) 321st Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (ECES) Firefighters, in Joint Firefighters Integrated Response Ensemble (JFIRE) gear, blowout AFFF (Aqueous Film Forming Foam) foam to cool down the fire pit after a joint fire pit training exercise held at a forward-deployed location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. This exercise combined efforts involving American and host nation firefighters to train and learn techniques for actual fire responses

US Air Force (USAF) 321st Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (EC...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. Tolley, USAF Releas... More

Flames can be seen from the inside of a firetruck during

Flames can be seen from the inside of a firetruck during

Flames can be seen from the inside of a firetruck during a modulation fire training exercise at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., June 12, 2019. At the pit, modulation trainings use anywhere between 300 and 500 g... More

Firefighters from Nebraska’s Army National Guard use

Firefighters from Nebraska’s Army National Guard use

Firefighters from Nebraska’s Army National Guard use a light torch to ignite a mock aircraft fire during a training exercise at the fire pit on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., June 13, 2019. Jet fuel is pumped ... More

A Firefighter from the 1ST Civil Engineering Squadron, Langley AFB, Virginia pulls hose from a fire truck as water is sprayed from a nozzle atop the truck toward an aircraft mock-up inside the fire pit during an aircraft fire scenario for the 1ST Fighter Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

A Firefighter from the 1ST Civil Engineering Squadron, Langley AFB, Vi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Mccarrison, USAF Release S... More

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Bryan Anthony (left) and AIRMAN Jovon Stafford both Firefighters from the 1ST Civil Engineering Squadron, Langley AFB, Virginia spray a full spray of water from their fire hose inside the "Fire Pit", during an aircraft fire scenario for the 1ST Fighter Wing'sOperational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Bryan Anthony (left) and AIRMAN Jovon Staff...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Mccarrison Release Status:... More

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Ronald Ackerson (right) and AIRMAN Jason Reese both Firefighters from the 1ST Civil Engineering Squadron, Langley AFB, Virginia extinguish the frames of an aircraft mock-up fire, inside the "Fire Pit" during an aircraft fire scenario for the 1ST Fighter Wing'sOperational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Ronald Ackerson (right) and AIRMAN Jason R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Mccarrison Release Status:... More

US Army (USA) Firefighters assigned to North Post Station #63, at Fort Belvoir, Washington, District of Columbia (DC), tackles a simulated fuel spill fire during training conducted at the fire pit located at Davison Army Airfield, Virginia (VA)

US Army (USA) Firefighters assigned to North Post Station #63, at Fort...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davison Army Air Field State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Wayne V. Hall, USA Release Status... More

Members of the188th Fighter Wing (FW) Fire Department train using the mock-up aircraft inside the fire pit at the Regional Fire Fighting Training Facility operated by the 188th Fighter Wing (FW), Arkansas (AR), Air National Guard (ANG), at Fort Smith, AR

Members of the188th Fighter Wing (FW) Fire Department train using the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Smith State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Dennis L. Brambl, USAF Release Status: Rele... More

Two US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters assigned to the 321st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), dressed in full proximity suits participate in a fire pit burn exercise held at Camp Justice, Oman, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Two US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters assigned to the 321st Air Expedit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Justice, Masirah Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Marvin Preston, USAF Release St... More

US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters, 321st Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (ECES), in Joint Firefighters Integrated Response Ensemble (JFIRE) perform a pre-fire fighting sweep before conducting a joint fire pit training exercise held at a forward-deployed location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. This exercise combined efforts involving American and host nation firefighters to train and learn techniques for actual fire responses

US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters, 321st Expeditionary Civil Engineerin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. Tolley, USAF Releas... More

Firemen wearing protective suits extinguish a blaze in a fire pit during a training exercise

Firemen wearing protective suits extinguish a blaze in a fire pit duri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Woodbridge Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. F. Smith Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Two US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters assigned to the 321st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), dressed in full proximity suits participate in a fire pit burn exercise held at Camp Justice, Oman, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Two US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters assigned to the 321st Air Expedit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Justice, Masirah Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Marvin Preston, USAF Release St... More

Student fire fighters at the Department Of Defense (DOD), Louis F. Garland Fire Academy, part of the 17th Training Wing (FW), at Goodfellow Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, put out a burning helicopter inside a controlled fire pit

Student fire fighters at the Department Of Defense (DOD), Louis F. Gar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Goodfellow Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AETC Scene Camera Operator: SRA B... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), and Firemen from the Savannah, Georgia (GA), Fire Department, work to extinguish a mock-up aircraft fire, inside the fire pit at the Georgia (GA), Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

US Marine Corps (USMC) Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters from Marine Corps...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Combat Readiness Training Center State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amber Basgil, USMC Rele... More

Two US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters assigned to the 321st Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), prepare to participate in a fire pit burn exercise held at Camp Justice, Oman, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Two US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters assigned to the 321st Air Expedit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Justice, Masirah Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Marvin Preston, USAF Release St... More

D’Artagnan Hook, a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of

D’Artagnan Hook, a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of

D’Artagnan Hook, a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, held a dedication ceremony for the fire pit he built at Armed Forces Park in Yuma, Ariz., Wednesday. This fire pit is the first in Yuma where American... More

Reserve firefighters in proximity suits extinguish a blaze in a fire pit during a training exercise

Reserve firefighters in proximity suits extinguish a blaze in a fire p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Futema State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT T. Shearer Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

Civilian Fire fighters from the Norfolk Fire Brigade, United Kingdom, work to extinguish a fire on a mock F-15 aircraft, during an exercise held at the fire pit at Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom. The US Air Force (USAF) 48th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) Fire Department invited members of the Norfolk and Suffolk county fire brigades to join in on their annual training

Civilian Fire fighters from the Norfolk Fire Brigade, United Kingdom, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. Tolley, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) 321st Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (ECES) Firefighters, in Joint Firefighters Integrated Response Ensemble (JFIRE), and a host nation firefighter fight a controlled fire during a joint fire pit training exercise held at a forward-deployed location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. This exercise combined efforts involving American and host nation firefighters to train and learn techniques for actual fire responses

US Air Force (USAF) 321st Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (EC...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. Tolley, USAF Releas... More

A P-19 crash and fire rescue truck arrives at the mock-up aircraft inside the fire pit at the Regional Fire Fighting Training Facility operated by the 188th Fighter Wing (FW), Arkansas (AR), Air National Guard (ANG), at Fort Smith, AR

A P-19 crash and fire rescue truck arrives at the mock-up aircraft ins...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Smith State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Dennis L. Brambl, USAF Release Status: Rele... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason Hill (left), Videographer, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, assigned to the 321st Expeditionary Communications Squadron (CS), and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Amanda Mills, Journalist, Columbus Air Force Base (AFB), Mississippi (MS), assigned to the 321st Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), document events at the fire pit during a joint fire pit training exercise at a forward-deployed location during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason Hill (left), Videographe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. Tolley, USAF Releas... More

Firemen wearing protective suits extinguish a blaze in a fire pit during a training exercise

Firemen wearing protective suits extinguish a blaze in a fire pit duri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Woodbridge Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT J. F. Smith Jr. Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A medium close up of a mock-up aircraft fire set inside the fire pit at Langley AFB, Virginia during an aircraft fire training scenario for the 1ST Fighter Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI)

A medium close up of a mock-up aircraft fire set inside the fire pit a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David Mccarrison Release Status:... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), and Firemen from the Savannah, Georgia (GA), Fire Department, work to extinguish a mock-up aircraft fire, inside the fire pit at the Georgia (GA), Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

US Marine Corps (USMC) Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters from Marine Corps...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Combat Readiness Training Center State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amber Basgil, USMC Rele... More

Silhouetted against the illumination of the flames, US Marine Corps (USMC) Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), and Firemen from the Savannah, Georgia (GA), Fire Department, work to extinguish a fire during an exercise conducted inside the fire pit at the Georgia (GA), Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

Silhouetted against the illumination of the flames, US Marine Corps (U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Combat Readiness Training Center State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amber Basgil, USMC Rele... More

U.S. Army SPEC. Lyle Lumbar, North Dakota National Guard (NDANG), digs a whole in the center of an earth lodge on Aug. 4, 2004 at Fraine Barracks, North Dakota, to be used as a fire pit and the only source of heat during part of the Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) program.  An earth lodge is part of an authentic Mandan Indian cultural display being constructed during the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial events.  (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Billie Jo Lorius) (Released)

U.S. Army SPEC. Lyle Lumbar, North Dakota National Guard (NDANG), digs...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fraine Barracks State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSG Billie Jo Lorius, USA Release Status... More

Two members of Coast Guard Fire and Rescue battle a

Two members of Coast Guard Fire and Rescue battle a

Two members of Coast Guard Fire and Rescue battle a simulated aircraft fire at the training pit adjacent to Coast Guard Base Kodiak May 23, 2013, in Kodiak, Alaska. These controlled pit fire exercises give the ... More

Midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy collect expended inert projectiles from a fire pit as they work at the center during a summer visit

Midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy collect expended inert projecti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Weapons Sup Cen, Crane State: Indiana(IN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 J. D. Dimattio Release Status... More

US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters assigned to the 82nd Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) conduct training for real world aircraft fires at the fire pit on Sheppard Air Force Base (AFB), Texas (TX). The firemen use a P-23 Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Vehicle to extinguish the fire

US Air Force (USAF) Firefighters assigned to the 82nd Civil Engineerin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sheppard Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Tom Steele, CIV Release Status: Release... More

Silhouetted against the illumination of the flames, US Marine Corps (USMC) Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), and Firemen from the Savannah, Georgia (GA), Fire Department, work to extinguish a fire during an exercise conducted inside the fire pit at the Georgia (GA), Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

Silhouetted against the illumination of the flames, US Marine Corps (U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Combat Readiness Training Center State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amber Basgil, USMC Rele... More

A Firefighter at the Georgia (GA), Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), feeds fire hose to firemen working to extinguish a mock-up aircraft fire, inside the fire pit, during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

A Firefighter at the Georgia (GA), Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Rea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Combat Readiness Training Center State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amber Basgil, USMC Rele... More

Members of a crash fire rescue team advance into a fire pit in order to dowse an extremely hot jet fuel fire to sharpen their skills in the event a real fire emergency were to arise

Members of a crash fire rescue team advance into a fire pit in order t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Marshall Paull Release Sta... More

Spectators view the mock-up aircraft inside the fire pit at the Regional Fire Fighting Training Facility operated by the 188th Fighter Wing (FW), Arkansas (AR), Air National Guard (ANG), at Fort Smith, AR

Spectators view the mock-up aircraft inside the fire pit at the Region...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Smith State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Dennis L. Brambl, USAF Release Status: Rele... More

Student fire fighters at the Department Of Defense (DOD), Louis F. Garland Fire Academy, part of the 17th Training Wing (FW), at Goodfellow Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, put out a burning helicopter inside a controlled fire pit

Student fire fighters at the Department Of Defense (DOD), Louis F. Gar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Goodfellow Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AETC Scene Camera Operator: SRA B... More

Harry Khalil, Ministry of Defense, Firefighter, 48th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), operates the T-3000 fire truck roof turret at the fire pit training area. The roof turret is used for high flow applications and can distribute over 1,200 gallons of water a minute

Harry Khalil, Ministry of Defense, Firefighter, 48th Civil Engineering...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: RAF Lakenheath State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. Tolley, USAF R... More

Silhouetted against the illumination of the flames, US Marine Corps (USMC) Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), and Firemen from the Savannah, Georgia (GA), Fire Department, work to extinguish a fire during an exercise conducted inside the fire pit at the Georgia (GA), Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

Silhouetted against the illumination of the flames, US Marine Corps (U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Combat Readiness Training Center State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amber Basgil, USMC Rele... More

Members of Coast Guard Fire and Rescue man a hose and

Members of Coast Guard Fire and Rescue man a hose and

Members of Coast Guard Fire and Rescue man a hose and wait for commands during a pit fire designed to simulate an aircraft fire near base Kodiak on May 23, 2013, in Kodiak, Alaska. These controlled pit fire exe... More

D’Artagnan Hook, a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of

D’Artagnan Hook, a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of

D’Artagnan Hook, a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, held a dedication ceremony for the fire pit he built at Armed Forces Park in Yuma, Ariz., Wednesday. This fire pit is the first in Yuma where American... More

D’Artagnan Hook, a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of

D’Artagnan Hook, a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of

D’Artagnan Hook, a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, held a dedication ceremony for the fire pit he built at Armed Forces Park in Yuma, Ariz., Wednesday. This fire pit is the first in Yuma where American... More

Dan Brown, a firefighter with Coast Guard Fire and

Dan Brown, a firefighter with Coast Guard Fire and

Dan Brown, a firefighter with Coast Guard Fire and Rescue, relaxes after successfully combating a simulate aircraft fire near Coast Guard Base Kodiak, May 23, 2013. The protective gear worn is vital to the safe... More

John Cannon, a firefighter with Coast Guard Fire and

John Cannon, a firefighter with Coast Guard Fire and

John Cannon, a firefighter with Coast Guard Fire and Rescue, gears up before attempting to fight a simulated out of control aircraft fire near Coast Guard Base Kodiak, May 23, 2013, in Kodiak, Alaska. The fire ... More

Firemen from Nebraska’s Army National Guard perform

Firemen from Nebraska’s Army National Guard perform

Firemen from Nebraska’s Army National Guard perform a buddy check after extinguishing a handline fire at the training facility at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., July 13, 2019. During the training, safety is pa... More

A firefighter from Nebraska’s Army National Guard performs

A firefighter from Nebraska’s Army National Guard performs

A firefighter from Nebraska’s Army National Guard performs a nozzle stream check, prior to participating in a handline fire training exercise at the fire pit on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., June 13, 2019. Be... More

A firefighter from South Dakota’s Army National Guard

A firefighter from South Dakota’s Army National Guard

A firefighter from South Dakota’s Army National Guard carries a light torch after igniting the fuel pit at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., June 12, 2019. The fire pit at Ellsworth AFB provides Guardsmen with a ... More

A firetruck from South Dakota’s National Guard prepares

A firetruck from South Dakota’s National Guard prepares

A firetruck from South Dakota’s National Guard prepares to extinguish a mock aircraft fire at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., June 12, 2019. For larger fires, fire trucks drive around the fire pit and use turre... More

A firefighter from Nebraska’s Army National Guard takes

A firefighter from Nebraska’s Army National Guard takes

A firefighter from Nebraska’s Army National Guard takes a breather after extinguishing a mock aircraft fire during a qualification training exercise at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., June 20, 2019. Ellsworth A... More

D’Artagnan Hook, a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of

D’Artagnan Hook, a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of

D’Artagnan Hook, a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, held a dedication ceremony for the fire pit he built at Armed Forces Park in Yuma, Ariz., Wednesday. This fire pit is the first in Yuma where American... More

Ellsworth firefighters stand alongside firemen from

Ellsworth firefighters stand alongside firemen from

Ellsworth firefighters stand alongside firemen from South Dakota’s Army National Guard prior to a training exercise at the fire pit on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., June 12, 2019. Ellsworth AFB has one of the... More

Two Coast Guard Fire and Rescue attack teams combat

Two Coast Guard Fire and Rescue attack teams combat

Two Coast Guard Fire and Rescue attack teams combat a simulated aircraft fire during a training exercise near base Kodiak on May 23, 2013, in Kodiak, Alaska. These controlled pit fire exercises give the firefig... More

Firetrucks from South Dakota’s National Guard are filled

Firetrucks from South Dakota’s National Guard are filled

Firetrucks from South Dakota’s National Guard are filled with water prior to a modulation training exercise at the fire pit on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., June 12, 2019. The firetrucks can hold approximatel... More

Firefighters from Nebraska’s Army National Guard extinguish

Firefighters from Nebraska’s Army National Guard extinguish

Firefighters from Nebraska’s Army National Guard extinguish a live fuel fire at the training facility on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., June 13, 2019. Firefighters are required to receive aircraft fire trainin... More

Firefighters from Nebraska’s Army National Guard extinguish

Firefighters from Nebraska’s Army National Guard extinguish

Firefighters from Nebraska’s Army National Guard extinguish a handline fire at the training facility on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., June 13, 2019. A handline fire uses approximately 150 to 200 gallons of je... More

D’Artagnan Hook, a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of

D’Artagnan Hook, a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of

D’Artagnan Hook, a Life Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, held a dedication ceremony for the fire pit he built at Armed Forces Park in Yuma, Ariz., Wednesday. This fire pit is the first in Yuma where American... More

Luke Nymeyer, a firefighter at Coast Guard Fire and

Luke Nymeyer, a firefighter at Coast Guard Fire and

Luke Nymeyer, a firefighter at Coast Guard Fire and Rescue, relaxes his gear after successfully combating a sizable fire during a simulated aircraft fire near base Kodiak, May 23, 2013, in Kodiak, Alaska. The p... More

Tom Demi, an assistant fire chief at Coast Guard Fire

Tom Demi, an assistant fire chief at Coast Guard Fire

Tom Demi, an assistant fire chief at Coast Guard Fire and Rescue, ignites the pit before a simulated aircraft fire training evolution near Coast Guard Base Kodiak, May 23, 2013, in Kodiak, Alaska. Underwater pi... More

Nebraska Army National Guard firefighters extinguished

Nebraska Army National Guard firefighters extinguished

Nebraska Army National Guard firefighters extinguished a handline fire during a qualification training exercise at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., June 13, 2019. Firefighters douse the handline fire with water,... More

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