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A Navy trainer shares a playful moment with his charge, a sea lion specially trained to participate in the Navy's fleet-deployed unit, the Mark 5 Marine Mammal System. Sea lions in the unit are used by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Units 3 and 4 to locate and mark underwater practice mines for recovery

A Navy trainer shares a playful moment with his charge, a sea lion spe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Ac) Scott M. Allen Release Status: Released to ... More

Hull Technician 1ST Class Jeff Simons, left, a member of a U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team, examines a device with members of an Australian EOD unit. U.S. and coalition EOD units are clearing mines and other ordnance from Kuwait's harbors following Operation Desert Storm

Hull Technician 1ST Class Jeff Simons, left, a member of a U.S. Navy e...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait(KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Lee Bosco Release Status: Released to Public... More

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his gear in clean water after diving in the oil-polluted water of the harbor to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Dignitaries meet in the wardroom aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) prior to a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait. Among those at the table are Edward Gnehm, left, U.S. ambassador to Kuwait; Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, second from left, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force; and Kuwaiti ports chief CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari, second from right

Dignitaries meet in the wardroom aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

US Navy PETTY Officer 1ST Class Bill Vandiver, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2, probes for land mines during the exercise.(Exact date unknown)

US Navy PETTY Officer 1ST Class Bill Vandiver, Explosive Ordnance Disp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT THUNDER '95 Base: Warren Grove Range State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

US Navy (USN) Mineman Third Class (MN3) Justin Stordahl, Mobile Mine Assembly Unit Fifteen (MOMAU 15), Naval Air Station (NAS) Kingsville, Texas (TX), stands beside a stock pile of MK-6 inert training mines. These inert devices are used to simulate the physical characteristics of floating contact mine warfare systems. MOMAU 15 is currently in the process of relocating to Naval Station Ingleside, TX

US Navy (USN) Mineman Third Class (MN3) Justin Stordahl, Mobile Mine A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Kingsville State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Chris Desmond, USN Release St... More

U.S. Navy (USN) Mineman Third Class Rene Gonzales prepares to place a magnetic coax cable in the sea to pulsate electricity, sweep and destroy mines during a mine countermeasure exercise aboard the USN Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) on Dec. 3, 2006 on the Persian Gulf. The ARDENT is currently deployed in support of maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

U.S. Navy (USN) Mineman Third Class Rene Gonzales prepares to place a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ardent (MCM 12) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Justin K. Thomas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Service members with the Royal Thai Armed Forces pose

Service members with the Royal Thai Armed Forces pose

Service members with the Royal Thai Armed Forces pose for a photo during Humanitarian Mine Action Thailand at Jarumanee Training Area, Ratchaburi Province, Kingdom of Thailand, Jan. 28, 2020. U.S. Marine Corps ... More

Royal Thai navy personnel transfer recovered mines to the support ship HTMS Thalang during the mine recovery phase of Exercise Cobra Gold '82

Royal Thai navy personnel transfer recovered mines to the support ship...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '82 Base: The-Pha Beach Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Feliman Barbante Jr. Release Status: R... More

Led by Rear Adm. (lower half) William W. Mathis, commander, Mine Warfare Command, and his wife, a group of U.S. Navy officers comes aboard the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper support ship HAYASE (MST-462) for a visit. Three Japanese minesweepers and two support ships are stopping in the Philippines while en route to Kuwait to assist in the multinational effort to clear Iraqi mines from the Persian Gulf following Operation Desert Storm

Led by Rear Adm. (lower half) William W. Mathis, commander, Mine Warfa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Chet King Re... More

A US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team 3 member demonstrates the use of a metal detector to locate buried land mines as part of the operation. Kuwaiti Navy EOD personnel are being trained to help clear abandoned mines and unexploded ordnance left behind after the Persian Gulf War

A US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team 3 member demonstrates the u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Eager Express 92 Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dewayne Smith Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Navy (USN) Photographers Mate (PH2) Richard Moore, with the USN Fleet Combat Camera Group Pacific (CCGP), photographs Iraqi ocean mines found hidden on board an intercepted shipping barge, in the early hours of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Photographers Mate (PH2) Richard Moore, with the USN Fle...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: [email protected] Scene Camera Operator: PH1 William... More

U.S. Navy (USN) minemen onboard the USN Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) prepare to place the Navy's AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicle (MNV) over the side prior to a mine countermeasure exercise in the Persian Gulf on Dec. 1, 2006. The MNV's mission is to seek and destroy mines and is used in the region to support maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

U.S. Navy (USN) minemen onboard the USN Avenger Class Mine Countermeas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ardent (MCM 12) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Justin K. Thomas, USN, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

Members of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, U.S. Indo-Pacific

Members of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, U.S. Indo-Pacific

Members of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and non-governmental organizations gather for a picture at the conclusion of a landmine reduction event during Cobra Gold 2020 at Watthana Nakj... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Camden poses for a photo

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Camden poses for a photo

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Camden poses for a photo during Humanitarian Mine Action Thailand on Banuransgri Camp in Ratchaburi Province, Kingdom of Thailand, Jan. 29, 2020. U.S. Marine Corps combat engineers ... More

A member of a U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team checks his team's diving gear for oil residue after it was cleaned. U.S. and coalition EOD units are clearing mines and other ordnance from Kuwait's harbors following Operation Desert Storm

A member of a U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team checks ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait(KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Lee Bosco Release Status: Released to Public... More

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team members check their gear before diving into the oil-polluted water to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team members check their g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, listens as Edward Gnehm, U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, speaks to guests aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) during a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait. Kuwaiti ports chief CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari is seated at center

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team 3 member sets up to demonstrate how to locate and safely disarm a land mine. It is part of Eager Express 92, the training of Kuwaiti Navy EOD personnel to help clear away abandoned mines and unexploded ordnance after the Persian Gulf War

A US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team 3 member sets up to demonst...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Eager Express 92 Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dewayne Smith Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

An overhead aerial view of the Navy's deperming station near Norfolk. The guided missile destroyer USS RAMAGE (DDG-61) is inside the station being depermed. This is a process to neutralize the magnetic field put out by a metal warship to eliminate the danger of magnetic influence mines

An overhead aerial view of the Navy's deperming station near Norfolk. ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elizabeth River, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Robert J. Sitar Release Status: Rel... More

US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) members Machinist's Mate 2nd Albert Moore III (left) and CHIEF GUNNER's Mate Brian Pearson, place leftover 4th of July fireworks with mines that are to be destroyed. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive

US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) members Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ronald L. Heppner, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A Coalition Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team inspects ocean mines hidden inside oil barrels on the deck of an Iraqi shipping barge, in the early hours of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A Coalition Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team inspects ocean...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Richard Moore, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

US Navy (USN) Hull Technician Second Class (HT2) William Schofer, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6 (EODMU-6), Detachment 10, recovers buried ordnance from a mud hole at the sight of an abandoned building, located in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The ordnance cache consists of 340 anti-personnel mines and more than 100 mortars

US Navy (USN) Hull Technician Second Class (HT2) William Schofer, assi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQ FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bart A. Bauer, USN Release Status: Released to Pub... More

US Navy (USN) Hull Technician Second Class (HT2) William Schofer, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6 (EODMU-6), Detachment 10, recovers buried ordnance at the sight of an abandoned building, located in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The ordnance cache consists of 340 anti-personnel mines and more than 100 mortars

US Navy (USN) Hull Technician Second Class (HT2) William Schofer, assi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQ FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bart A. Bauer, USN Release Status: Released to Pub... More

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team members check their gear before diving into the oil-polluted water to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team members check their g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A member of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team 3 demonstrates how to probe for mines to a member of a class of Kuwaiti navy EOD personnel during Eager Express '92

A member of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team 3 demonstrates how ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EAGER EXPRESS '92 Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dewayne Smith Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team 3 sailor is shown demonstrating procedures for locating and safely disarming unexploded ordnance and mines during Eager Express 92. US Navy EOD personnel are training Kuwaiti Navy EOD personnel who are tasked with clearing away the refuge ordnance left behind after the Persian Gulf War

A US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team 3 sailor is shown demonstra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Eager Express 92 Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dewayne Smith Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Navy PETTY Officer 1ST Class Rich Graves, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2, probes for land mines during the exercise.(Exact date unknown)

US Navy PETTY Officer 1ST Class Rich Graves, Explosive Ordnance Dispos...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT THUNDER '95 Base: Sandy Hook State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P... More

An Australian Coalition Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team member inspects ocean mines hidden inside oil barrels on the deck of an Iraqi shipping barge, in the early hours of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Australian Coalition Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team me...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Richard Moore, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

170720-N-QA919-0449 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 20, 2017)

170720-N-QA919-0449 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 20, 2017)

170720-N-QA919-0449 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 20, 2017) Senior Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Brian Stanley, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8, fills a lift balloon attached to a... More

Air Force and Navy demolition disposal experts search for live World War II explosives on the island of Enjebi. Artillery shells, mines, grenades, and bombs are still found on the island. Enjebi, part of Eniwetok Atoll, was used as an atomic testing area in the 1950s

Air Force and Navy demolition disposal experts search for live World W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Marshall Islands (MHL) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Herman J. Kokojan, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

A close-up view of a sea lion, the key element in the Navy's fleet-deployed unit, the Mark 5 Marine Mammal System. Sea lions in the unit are used by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Units 3 and 4 to locate and mark underwater practice mines for recovery

A close-up view of a sea lion, the key element in the Navy's fleet-dep...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Allen Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his gear in clean water after diving in the oil-polluted water of the harbor to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

One of the U.S. Navy's (USN) AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicles (MNV) is raised out of the water after the completion of a mine countermeasure exercise aboard the USN Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) on Dec. 1, 2006 on the Persian Gulf. The MNV's mission is to seek and destroy mines and is used in the region to support maritime security operations (MSO). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

One of the U.S. Navy's (USN) AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicles...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ardent (MCM 12) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Justin K. Thomas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Nightvision view onboard the U.S. Navy (USN) Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) as minemen place a AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicles (MNV) into the water at night to test the ship's ability to conduct mine countermeasure operations during lowlight conditions on Dec. 5, 2006 on the Persian Gulf. The MNV's mission is to seek and destroy mines and is used in the region to support maritime security operations (MSO). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

Nightvision view onboard the U.S. Navy (USN) Avenger Class Mine Counte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ardent (MCM 12) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Justin K. Thomas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Members of a 60th Bombardment Squadron B-52G Stratofortress aircraft crew preparing to take part in a maritime mission include, from left: Captain (CPT) Russell Bridgham, First Lieutenant (1LT) Rodney Yates, 1LT Peter Grettch, CPT James Hays, 1LT Ian Kincaid, CPT Gregory Sprang and STAFF Sergeant Beau Howard. The mission, performed in conjunction with the Navy, includes carrying AIM-84A Harpoon missiles, sea surveillance and reconnaissance and laying sea mines

Members of a 60th Bombardment Squadron B-52G Stratofortress aircraft c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

A Navy trainer walks along the pier with his charge, a sea lion specially trained to participate in the Navy's fleet-deployed unit, the Mark 5 Marine Mammal System. Sea lions in the unit are used by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Units 3 and 4 to locate and mark underwater practice mines for recovery

A Navy trainer walks along the pier with his charge, a sea lion specia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Allen Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Hull Technician 1ST Class Jeff Simons, a member of a U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team, checks out an underground crawl space used by Iraqi soldiers during their occupation of Kuwait. U.S. and coalition EOD units are clearing mines and other ordnance from Kuwait's harbors following Operation Desert Storm

Hull Technician 1ST Class Jeff Simons, a member of a U.S. Navy explosi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait(KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Lee Bosco Release Status: Released to Public... More

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team members check their gear before diving into the oil-polluted water to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team members check their g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, leads Kuwaiti ports chief CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari and other dignitaries down a ladder aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) before the start of a ceremony to mark the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, left, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, and Edward Gnehm, center, U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, listen as Kuwaiti ports chief CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari speaks to guests aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) during a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, left, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, center left, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, shakes hands with CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari, Kuwaiti ports chief, following a ceremony aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, center left, commander, U.S. Navy Middle...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) member, US Navy Machinist Mate 2nd Class Albert Moore III, prepares a package of C-4 explosive for mine demolition. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) member, US Navy Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ronald L. Heppner, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician BM2 (EOD/PJ) Von Vaughn, right, is fitted with his SCUBA gear by his dive partner prior to entering the water to look for and destroy underwater mines during the exercise RIMPAC 98

US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician BM2 (EOD/PJ) Von Vaughn...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '98 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 August Sigur Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon minesweepers off the USS ANCHORAGE (LSD-36) probe the waters, for mines surrounding the amphibious landing, during rehearsals for Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '99. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon minesweepers off the USS ANCHORAGE (LSD-36) pro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Cam... More

US Navy PETTY Officer Second Class Chris Roath of the Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit 3, Detachment 6 Marine Mammal Systems briefs Lieutenant General Norty Schwartz, Commander of Alaskan Command and Alaskan legislative represenatives about the Mark 6 dolphin program while in Ketchikan, Alaska. The dolphins will be used to detect mines and opposing forces swimmers in Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2001 harbor defense operations. Northern Edge is Alaska's premier joint training exercise, which encompasses military troops from all over North America and it lasts for two weeks

US Navy PETTY Officer Second Class Chris Roath of the Explosive Ordnan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2001 Base: Ketchikan State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Co... More

A Coalition Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team inspects ocean mines hidden inside oil barrels on the deck of an Iraqi shipping barge, in the early hours of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A Coalition Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team inspects ocean...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Richard Moore, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

U.S. Navy Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) Sailors raise an AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicles (MNV) out of the water after the completion of a mine countermeasure exercise on Dec. 2, 2006 on the Persian Gulf. The MNV's mission is to seek and destroy mines and is used in the region to support maritime security operations (MSO). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

U.S. Navy Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Justin K. Thomas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Three airmen from the 42nd Munitions Maintenance Squadron secure a pair of Mark 60 CAPTOR (encapsulated torpedo) anti-submarine mines on a skid during Ghost Warrior, a joint Air Force/Navy exercise conducted during the base's conventional operational readiness inspection

Three airmen from the 42nd Munitions Maintenance Squadron secure a pai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GHOST WARRIOR Base: Loring Air Force Base State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his gear in clean water after diving in the oil-polluted water of the harbor to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member prepares to enter the oil-polluted water to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member prepares to en...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A US Navy (USN) Coalition Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team member inspects ocean mines hidden inside oil barrels on the deck of an Iraqi shipping barge, in the early hours of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) Coalition Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Richard Moore, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

US Navy (USN) Special Warfare Operators search an Iraqi vessel for weapons and illegal cargo. USN Special Warfare Operators assisted in operations that cleared Iraqi waterways of mines and rogue vessels to make way for the arrival of humanitarian relief shipments to the port of Umm Qsar, Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Special Warfare Operators search an Iraqi vessel for wea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Umm Qasr Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Sw) Arlo Abrahamson, USN Release Status: Releas... More

One of the U.S. Navy's (USN) AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicles (MNV) breaks the surface as it is raised out of the water after the completion of a mine countermeasure exercise aboard the USN Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) on Dec. 1, 2006 on the Persian Gulf. The MNV's mission is to seek and destroy mines and is used in the region to support maritime security operations (MSO). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

One of the U.S. Navy's (USN) AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicles...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ardent (MCM 12) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Justin K. Thomas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) member, US Navy CHIEF Hull Technician Clint Hospodar, crimps a non-electrical blasting cap unto an 8 minute time fuse. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) member, US Navy CH...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ronald L. Heppner, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) member, US Navy CHIEF GUNNER's Mate Brian Pearson, prepares lengths of 8 minute time fuse. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) member, US Navy CH...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ronald L. Heppner, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A Navy trainer shares a playful moment with her charge, a sea lion specially trained to participate in the Navy's fleet-deployed unit, the Mark 5 Marine Mammal System. Sea lions in the unit are used by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Units 3 and 4 to locate and mark underwater practice mines for recovery

A Navy trainer shares a playful moment with her charge, a sea lion spe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Ac) Scott M. Allen Release Status: Released to ... More

A Navy trainer feeds a sea lion its reward following the animal's dive to locate practice mines from the ocean. The sea lion is especially trained to participate in the Navy's fleet-deployed unit, the Mark 5 Marine Mammal System, which is used by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Units 3 and 4 to locate and mark underwater practice mines for recovery

A Navy trainer feeds a sea lion its reward following the animal's dive...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Ac) Scott M. Allen Release Status: Released to ... More

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his gear in clean water after diving in the oil-polluted water of the harbor to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Dignitaries gather aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) following a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait. Among the dignitaries are Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, left, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force; CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari, fourth from left, Kuwaiti ports chief; and U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait Edward Gnehm, third from right

Dignitaries gather aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) follow...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

U.S. Navy photographers gather on the pier to document the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility. The port is being reopened after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

U.S. Navy photographers gather on the pier to document the re-opening ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Pete Hatzakos Release Status: Released to P... More

A U.S. Navy dolphin named Ten is rewarded by her trainer, PETTY Officer 3rd Class Tim McCall, after a successful day of searching for mines off the coast of San Clemente during this multi-national explosive ordnance disposal training exercise. Ten and McCall are attached to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 1, Mobile Unit Three

A U.S. Navy dolphin named Ten is rewarded by her trainer, PETTY Office...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BELL THUNDER '95 Base: San Clemente Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Opera... More

US Navy Electronics Technician 1ST Class Leon Ullel, excavates an area to stack mines for destruction. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive

US Navy Electronics Technician 1ST Class Leon Ullel, excavates an area...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ronald L. Heppner, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Navy (USN) Hull Technician Second Class (HT2) William Schofer (left), assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6 (EODMU-6), Detachment 10, assist in the recovery of buried ordnance from a mud hole at the sight of an abandoned building, located in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The ordnance cache consists of 340 anti-personnel mines and more than 100 mortars

US Navy (USN) Hull Technician Second Class (HT2) William Schofer (left...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQ FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bart A. Bauer, USN Release Status: Released to Pub... More

One of the U.S. Navy's (USN) AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicles (MNV) is lowered over the side prior to a mine countermeasure exercise aboard the USN Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) on Dec. 1, 2006 on the Persian Gulf. The MNV's mission is to seek and destroy mines and is used in the region to support maritime security operations (MSO). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

One of the U.S. Navy's (USN) AN/SLQ-48(V) Mine Neutralization Vehicles...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ardent (MCM 12) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Justin K. Thomas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, lower right, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, greets CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari, Kuwait's chief of ports, and Edward Gnehm, U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, as they come aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3). The LA SALLE is in Ash Shuaybah for a ceremony marking the re-opening of the port after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, lower right, commander, U.S. Navy Middle...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Joe Gawlowicz Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his gear in clean water after diving in the oil-polluted water of the harbor to search for Iraqi mines. Australian and British EOD teams are also taking part in the effort to clear the area of ordnance left by Iraqi forces who were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm

A U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team member rinses his g...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, speaks to guests aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) during a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait. Seated behind Taylor are Kuwaiti ports chief CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari, right, and Edward Gnehm, U.S. ambassador to Kuwait

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A Coalition Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team inspects ocean mines hidden inside oil barrels on the deck of an Iraqi shipping barge, in the early hours of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A Coalition Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team inspects ocean...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Richard Moore, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

US Navy (USN) Machinists Mate 2nd Class (MM2) Russell Barnhill works with his dolphin team member, K-Dog. K-Dog is part of Marine Mammals Systems Platoon of Naval Special Clearance Team 1 (NSCT-1). K-Dog and other dolphins based at Naval Base (NB) Point Loma, have a primary mission of locating mines

US Navy (USN) Machinists Mate 2nd Class (MM2) Russell Barnhill works w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kristina Brockman, USN Release Status: Relea... More

U.S. Navy (USN) Mineman Third Class Sean McFarland tightens rigging on a magnetic coax cable aboard the USN Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship USS ARDENT (MCM 12) during a mine countermeasure exercise conducted in support of maritime security operations on Dec. 3, 2006 on the Persian Gulf. The cable is used to pulsate electricity that sweeps and destroys various mines in the sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Justin K. Thomas) (Released)

U.S. Navy (USN) Mineman Third Class Sean McFarland tightens rigging on...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ardent (MCM 12) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Justin K. Thomas, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Royal Thai navy personnel transfer recovered mines to the support ship HTMS Thalang during the mine recovery phase of Exercise Cobra Gold '82

Royal Thai navy personnel transfer recovered mines to the support ship...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '82 Base: The-Pha Beach Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Feliman Barbante Jr. Release Status: R... More

Ordnance personnel from the 42nd Munitions Maintenance Squadron load Mark 60 CAPTOR (encapsulated torpedo) anti-submarine mines onto a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft from the 42nd Bombardment Wing during Ghost Warrior, a joint Air Force/Navy exercise conducted during the base's conventional operational readiness inspection

Ordnance personnel from the 42nd Munitions Maintenance Squadron load M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GHOST WARRIOR Base: Loring Air Force Base State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

A journalist from the Navy Broadcasting Service videotapes the comments of an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) diver involved in the clearing of Iraqi mines and ordnance from Kuwait's harbors following Operation Desert Storm

A journalist from the Navy Broadcasting Service videotapes the comment...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Joe Gawlowicz Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, left, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East Force, shakes hands with Edward Gnehm, U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, speaks to guests aboard the command ship USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) during a ceremony marking the re-opening of Ash Shuaybah's port facility after a multinational effort to clear the mines laid by Iraqi forces during their occupation of Kuwait. Kuwaiti ports chief CAPT. Abdel-Rahman Naibari is seated at center

Rear Adm. Raynor A.K. Taylor, left, commander, U.S. Navy Middle East F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Ash Shuaybah Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey, USN Release Status: Released t... More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) members, US Navy CHIEF GUNNER's Mate Brian Pearson and CHIEF Hull Technician Clint Hospodar, rig 8 minute time fuses with non-electric blasting caps. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) members, US Navy C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ronald L. Heppner, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Amphibian Assault Vehicles (AAV7A1) swim towards the beachhead commencing the assault on Red Beach. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon minesweepers off the USS ANCHORAGE (LSD-36) probe the waters, for mines surrounding the amphibious landing, during rehearsals for Exercise KERNEL BLITZ `99. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-Chief Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1st Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Amphibian Assault Vehicles (AAV7A1) swim towards the beachhead commenc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Cam... More

A Coalition Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team inspects ocean mines hidden inside oil barrels on the deck of an Iraqi shipping barge, in the early hours of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A Coalition Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team inspects ocean...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Richard Moore, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

Mr. Alemayehu Mekonin (left), a Water Engineer at the Gode Waste Water Treatment Facility, greets US Navy (USN) Commander (CDR) Paul Vandenberg, an Engineer assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7 (NMCB-7), as he arrives at the Facility in Gode, Ethiopia (ETH). Mr. Mekonin is overseeing a construction project to add capacity to the area's water treatment ability. CDR Vandenberg is doing preliminary research as part of Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Horn of Africa, which is interested in aiding the people of Ethiopia as they improve their quality of life. In the center is Abdi Reshid Mohamed Omer, the head of Ethiopia's Mines and Energy Department

Mr. Alemayehu Mekonin (left), a Water Engineer at the Gode Waste Water...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Gode Country: Ethiopia (ETH) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Roger S. Duncan, USN Release Status: Released... More

US Navy (USN) Hull Technician Second Class (HT2) William Schofer, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6 (EODMU-6), Detachment 10, recovers buried ordnance at the sight of an abandoned building, located in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The ordnance cache consists of 340 anti-personnel mines and more than 100 mortars

US Navy (USN) Hull Technician Second Class (HT2) William Schofer, assi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQ FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bart A. Bauer, USN Release Status: Released to Pub... More

170719-N-QA919-0514 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 19, 2017)

170719-N-QA919-0514 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 19, 2017)

170719-N-QA919-0514 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 19, 2017) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 2nd Class Shawn Geiser, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8, hunts for simulated mines in the Medit... More

170724-N-QA919-0500 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 24, 2017)

170724-N-QA919-0500 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 24, 2017)

170724-N-QA919-0500 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 24, 2017) A French Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) diver builds a water charge to defuse a simulated improvised explosive device in response to a simulated EOD... More

U.S. Marines demonstrate a two-man support carry during

U.S. Marines demonstrate a two-man support carry during

U.S. Marines demonstrate a two-man support carry during a supplemental landmine casualty care event on Banuransgri Camp in Ratchaburi Province, Kingdom of Thailand, Jan. 29, 2020. U.S. Marine Corps combat engin... More

Royal Thai navy personnel transfer recovered mines to the support ship HTMS Thalang during the mine recovery phase of Exercise Cobra Gold '82

Royal Thai navy personnel transfer recovered mines to the support ship...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '82 Base: The-Pha Beach Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Feliman Barbante Jr. Release Status: R... More

A U.S. Navy dolphin, from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 1, Mobile Unit 3, is swaddled in wet sheep skin as it waits to board a plane for redeployment on June 3, 1995. The trained dolphin was used to hunt for simulated underwater mines during this multi-national, explosive ordnance disposal training exercise

A U.S. Navy dolphin, from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 1, Mobile ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BELL THUNDER '95 Base: San Clemente Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Opera... More

US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) member Machinist Mate 2nd Class Albert Moore III, places an explosive with blasting cap and fuse into a stack of deactivated anti-tank and anti-personnel mines. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive

US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2 (EODMU-2) member Mac...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Ronald L. Heppner, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A US Navy (USN) Emergency Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Training Instructor with EOD Unit 8, at Sigonella, Sicily (SIC) and students from a Lebanese Army Engineering Regiment review the use of Thiokol Flares to burn land mines during a demining operational field training exercise in Beirut, Lebanon (LBN)

A US Navy (USN) Emergency Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Training Instructor ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN) Scene Major Command Shown: SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND EUROP Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Justin D. Pyle, USA Releas... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Gabriel Green conducts

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Gabriel Green conducts

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

From left to right, U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Stacy Clardy,

From left to right, U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Stacy Clardy,

From left to right, U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Stacy Clardy, the III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general, Thai Army Lt. Gen. Sittipol Nimnuan, director general of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Thai Mine Actio... More

CNATTU Keesler hosts 9/11 memorial ceremony

CNATTU Keesler hosts 9/11 memorial ceremony

U.S. Marine Private 1st Class Horus Florestrujillo, Keesler Marine Detachment student, stands in formation during a 9/11 memorial ceremony hosted by the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Keesler... More

Service members with the Royal Thai Armed Forces apply

Service members with the Royal Thai Armed Forces apply

Service members with the Royal Thai Armed Forces apply tourniquets to one another during a supplemental landmine casualty care event on Banuransgri Camp in Ratchaburi Province, Kingdom of Thailand, Jan. 29, 202... More

170724-N-QA919-0484 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 24, 2017)

170724-N-QA919-0484 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 24, 2017)

170724-N-QA919-0484 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 24, 2017) A French Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) diver responds to a simulated EOD call in the Mediterranean Sea during exercise Noble Melinda 2017, July 24.... More

Service members with the Royal Thai Armed Forces conduct

Service members with the Royal Thai Armed Forces conduct

Service members with the Royal Thai Armed Forces conduct Non-Technical Surveys at Jarumanee Training Area, Ratchaburi Province, Kingdom of Thailand, Jan. 27, 2020. These surveys consist of interviewing locals a... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Correy Lockett, left, and Sgt.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Correy Lockett, left, and Sgt.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Correy Lockett, left, and Sgt. Ethan Camden evaluate service members with the Royal Thai Armed Forces during an inert mine training lane test at Jarumanee Training Area, Ratchaburi Provin... More

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Roy Davis, left, and

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Roy Davis, left, and

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Roy Davis, left, and Navy Hospitalman Jeffrey Madden assist service members with the Royal Thai Armed Forces to apply a tourniquet during a supplemental landmine casualty care eve... More

170719-N-QA919-0172 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 19, 2017)

170719-N-QA919-0172 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 19, 2017)

170719-N-QA919-0172 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 19, 2017) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 3rd Class David Garcia, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8, operates a mobile diver-held sonar im... More

171020-N-IO414-040 CHINHAE, Republic of Korea (Oct.

171020-N-IO414-040 CHINHAE, Republic of Korea (Oct.

171020-N-IO414-040 CHINHAE, Republic of Korea (Oct. 20, 2017) The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Chief (MCM 14) arrives in Chinhae for a port visit after completing Multinational Mine Warfare Exer... More

U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Stacy Clardy, left, the III Marine

U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Stacy Clardy, left, the III Marine

U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Stacy Clardy, left, the III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general, and members of the Royal Thai Armed Forces including RTAF Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. Pariphat Phalasin, listen to ... More

170719-N-QA919-0517 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 19, 2017)

170719-N-QA919-0517 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 19, 2017)

170719-N-QA919-0517 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 19, 2017) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 3rd Class David Garcia, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8, operates a mobile diver-held sonar im... More

Service members with the Royal Thai Armed Forces carry

Service members with the Royal Thai Armed Forces carry

Service members with the Royal Thai Armed Forces carry U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Camden during a supplemental landmine casualty care event on Banuransgri Camp in Ratchaburi Province, Kingdom of Thailand, Jan... More

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