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Monthly Progress Photo, Round House, Turn Table Pit, Looking North, Yard Labor

Monthly Progress Photo, Round House, Turn Table Pit, Looking North, Ya...

Photographs of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard

Photograph of Drawing a Charcoal Pit

Photograph of Drawing a Charcoal Pit

Original caption: Drawing a charcoal pit. The cordwood which has been converted to charcoal has been removed and is being raked away from the slowly burning pile by David Malone (left) while Floyd Malone rapid... More

Photograph of Gully Erosion on Burr Oak Barrow Pit

Photograph of Gully Erosion on Burr Oak Barrow Pit

Original caption: C.P. #14. Gully erosion on Burr Oak barrow pit. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Gully Erosion on Burr Oak Barrow Pit After Grading, Seeding, and Mulching

Photograph of Gully Erosion on Burr Oak Barrow Pit After Grading, Seed...

Original caption: C.P. #13. Gully erosion on Burr Oak barrow pit after grading, seeding, and mulching. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Coal Strip Mine Pit

Photograph of Coal Strip Mine Pit

Original caption: C.P. #15. Coal strip mine pit. Showing coal face, wastecoal and spoil bank. Historic Photographs

COLD GUARD INSTALLATION IN FUEL PIT OF THE ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITIY RETF

COLD GUARD INSTALLATION IN FUEL PIT OF THE ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITI...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/23/1975 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

PROPELLANT TANK IN FUEL PIT AT THE SOUTH 40

PROPELLANT TANK IN FUEL PIT AT THE SOUTH 40

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/16/1977 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: c1977_00900s 1977_00983.jpg Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency Acti... More

FUEL PIT - OXYGEN PIT AT THE ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY RETF

FUEL PIT - OXYGEN PIT AT THE ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY RETF

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 6/14/1978 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

A right side view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, as hot pit refueling operations are performed on it, during exercise Coronet Wrangler

A right side view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 429th T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CORONET WRANGLER Base: Raf Bentwaters Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jose Lopez, Jr. Rel... 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

SGT Charles Nall, right, a maintenance crew chief with the 526th Tactical Fighter Squadron, supervises the hot pit refueling of an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft

SGT Charles Nall, right, a maintenance crew chief with the 526th Tacti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Fernando Serna Release Status: Release... More

A crane is used to lower a rocket motor into a sand pit, where the motor will be destroyed

A crane is used to lower a rocket motor into a sand pit, where the mot...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pease Air Force Base State: New Hampshire (NH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT David Ahlschwede Release Statu... More

A soldier from 4th Bn., 22nd Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light), leaps across a sand pit while running an assault course during the combined Thai/U.S. exercise Cobra Gold '90

A soldier from 4th Bn., 22nd Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light), leaps acros...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '90 Base: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: Al Chang, USAF Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) 5 is reloaded with Phoschek and compressed air while other aircraft wait their turn in the "pit."

Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) 5 is reloaded with Phosc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Channel Islands Ang Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Jim Helton Release Status: ... More

STS106-303-013 - STS-106 - View of the TVIS installation area / ARCU pit in Zvezda during STS-106

STS106-303-013 - STS-106 - View of the TVIS installation area / ARCU p...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) installation area / American-to-Russian Converter Unit (ARCU) pit in the Zvezda / Service Module... More

STS106-303-018 - STS-106 - View of the TVIS installation area / ARCU pit in Zvezda during STS-106

STS106-303-018 - STS-106 - View of the TVIS installation area / ARCU p...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) installation area / American-to-Russian Converter Unit (ARCU) pit in the Zvezda / Service Module... 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

Elliott Sadler burns rubber in the #21 Air Force sponsored NASCAR after a fast pit stop during the Dover Downs International Speedway MBNA 400

Elliott Sadler burns rubber in the #21 Air Force sponsored NASCAR afte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: William M. Plate Jr., USAF CIV. Release Status: Releas... 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

Outside the TAB VEE (Hardened Aircraft Shelter), US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Paul Laspino, Assistant Dedicated Crewchief, 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMS), makes sure that the lights, buttons, and switches in the cock pit are secure and safe prior to the F-16 Fighting Falcons launch. The Falcon is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder. The term TAB VEE derived from Theater Air Base Vulnerability, a working group studying passive defense measures

Outside the TAB VEE (Hardened Aircraft Shelter), US Air Force (USAF) A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: A1C Isaac G. L. Freeman, USAF Rel... 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

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Thaddeus, 384th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), searches a truck at the new search pit before clearing it to go on base at forward-deployed location

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Thaddeus, 384th Expeditionar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: AMN Bridget Rapp, USAF Release St... More

At the training fire pit Firefighters, Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, in full Proximity gear hone their skills during a weekly live fire training putting out a simulated aircraft fire

At the training fire pit Firefighters, Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ARFF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Le... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF), use flares to ignite fuel in the burn pit during a firefighting training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, South Carolina (SC)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Aircraft Rescue and Firefig...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amber Basgil, USMC Release Status:... More

A US Air Force (USAF) C-130E Hercules cargo aircraft rigged with a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) from the 146th Airlift Wing (AW), Channel Islands Air National Guard Station (ANGS), takes on fuel during a fire retardant pit stop

A US Air Force (USAF) C-130E Hercules cargo aircraft rigged with a Mod...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Channel Islands Ang Station State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC/ANG Scene Camera Opera... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 92d Civil Engineer Squadron, Fire Department, use a P-19 Aircraft Rescue/Structural Fire-fighting Vehicle to extinguish flames on a Mock-up aircraft pit fire, while conducting training at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on Sep. 7, 2004. Real world fire training is conducted several times a month during the summer season to ensure Fairchild's firefighters are prepared to respond to any type of fire incident. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Laura K. Smith) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 92d Civil Engineer Squadron, Fir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Laura K. Smiht, USAF R... More

[Hurricane Katrina] D'Iberville, Ms., September 29, 2005 -- Burning of vegetative debris from Hurricane Katrina. Earthmoving equipment operates at a burning pit near Biloxi, Miss., used specifically for vegetative debris result of Hurricane Katrina. It has been estimated that Hurricane Katrina created 50 million cubic yards of debris in Mississippi. John Fleck/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] D'Iberville, Ms., September 29, 2005 -- Burning o...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

U.S. Air Force Pararescue Applicants, 306th Rescue Squadron, press a wooden log in a mud pit at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., during a screening process on Apr. 21, 2006. The Applicants must pass a timed 3-mile run, a 1500 meter swim, calisthenic exercises and other various tasks before moving on to the next phase of training. (U.S. Air Force photo by AIRMAN 1ST Class Veronica Pierce) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Pararescue Applicants, 306th Rescue Squadron, press a w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Veronica Pierce, USAF Releas... More

Tornado - Greensburg, Kan. , May 19, 2007 -- The "burn pit" operation for Greensburg Kansas tornado debris. Vegetative and other combustible debris from destruction caused by an EF-5 tornado was burned under close supervision at a temporary landfill. FEMA/Crystal Payton

Tornado - Greensburg, Kan. , May 19, 2007 -- The "burn pit" operation ...

The original database describes this as: Title: The burn pit operation in Kansas Production Date: 05/19/2007 Caption: Greensburg, Kan. , May 19, 2007 -- The "burn pit" operation for Greensburg Kansas tornado... More

President Barack Obama bestows the Medal of Honor to

President Barack Obama bestows the Medal of Honor to

President Barack Obama bestows the Medal of Honor to retired Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 15, 2014. Adkins distinguished himself during 38 hours of close-combat... More

Building 11, Looking Northeast, Foundation Pit for Bar Shear

Building 11, Looking Northeast, Foundation Pit for Bar Shear

This is a monthly progress photograph of yard labor in Building 11 looking northeast showing foundation pit for the bar shear. Photographs of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at... More

Dry Dock Number 4, Pit Number 1, Showing Condition

Dry Dock Number 4, Pit Number 1, Showing Condition

Photographs of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard

Dam 156 (Grown over Basin and Burrow Pit) - Bureau of Indian Affairs

Dam 156 (Grown over Basin and Burrow Pit) - Bureau of Indian Affairs

Public domain photograph related to native Americans, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Reservations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Pine Ridge Agency: Miscellaneous Photographs

Bear Creek Dam (Barrow Pit Stripping) - Bureau of Indian Affairs

Bear Creek Dam (Barrow Pit Stripping) - Bureau of Indian Affairs

Public domain photograph related to native Americans, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Reservations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Pine Ridge Agency: Miscellaneous Photographs

Photograph of Preparing a New Charcoal Pit for Coaling

Photograph of Preparing a New Charcoal Pit for Coaling

Original caption: Preparing a new charcoal pit for coaling. C.A. Masie, collier (left) and David Daniels putting wet leaves and then dirt over the lapwood so that the cordwood will burn in a deficiency of oxyge... More

184-inch cyclotron west pit. Photo taken 2/10/1954. 184"-1179 Principal Investigator/Project: Analog Conversion Project

184-inch cyclotron west pit. Photo taken 2/10/1954. 184"-1179 Principa...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

MULTI LAYER BLANKET INSTALLATION IN FUEL PIT AT THE ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY RETF

MULTI LAYER BLANKET INSTALLATION IN FUEL PIT AT THE ROCKET ENGINE TEST...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/25/1974 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

CALORIMETER HARDWARE IN SOUTH 40 ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY RETF FUEL PIT

CALORIMETER HARDWARE IN SOUTH 40 ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY RETF FUEL...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/9/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

PROPELLANT TANK IN FUEL PIT AT THE SOUTH 40

PROPELLANT TANK IN FUEL PIT AT THE SOUTH 40

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/16/1977 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: c1977_00900s 1977_00982.jpg Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency Acti... More

GEAR TOOTH FATIGUE PIT AND BREAK

GEAR TOOTH FATIGUE PIT AND BREAK

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 8/4/1977 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

PROPELLANT TANK IN FUEL PIT AT THE SOUTH 40

PROPELLANT TANK IN FUEL PIT AT THE SOUTH 40

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/16/1977 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: c1977_00900s 1977_00980.jpg Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency Acti... More

FUEL PIT - OXYGEN PIT AT THE ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY RETF

FUEL PIT - OXYGEN PIT AT THE ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY RETF

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 6/14/1978 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

PIPEFITTERS IN THE ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY RETF INSTALLING HIGH PRESSURE ROCKET PIPING ON TEST STAND - LIQUID OXYGEN LOX PIT PIPING AND TANK INSTALLATION

PIPEFITTERS IN THE ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY RETF INSTALLING HIGH PR...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 12/11/1978 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: c1978_04900s 1978_04956.jpg Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency A... More

Bags of gravel serve as a wall for a concrete pit on the missile assembly and maintenance building (MAMB) site during the construction of the MX facilities

Bags of gravel serve as a wall for a concrete pit on the missile assem...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

A load of ordnance is destroyed in a demolition pit after being collected by the Marine from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24). The disposal of discarded Iraqi munitions is being conducted in conjunction with Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

A load of ordnance is destroyed in a demolition pit after being collec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Marjie Shaw Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A Marine from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) waits in a demolition pit as the team prepares to destroy a load of ordnance. The disposal of discarded Iraqi munitions is being conducted in conjunction with Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

A Marine from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team attached to Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Marjie Shaw Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

An M-109A1 self-propelled 155mm howitzer sits in a gun pit beneath a camouflage net during Operation Desert Shield. The howitzer is assigned to 5th Battalion, 11th Marines.

An M-109A1 self-propelled 155mm howitzer sits in a gun pit beneath a c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Masters Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

The 12th Operations Support Squadron oversees academic/simulator contracts for Pilot Instructor Training (PIT) and Joint Undergraduate navigator Training (JUNT). Console operators help set up realistic looking images in the equipment used in the training program. Here, an unidentified console operator is setting up the protocols for the trainees working at their instruments in the background

The 12th Operations Support Squadron oversees academic/simulator contr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Javier Garcia, Gs-7 Release Status: Rel... More

STS106-303-017 - STS-106 - View of the TVIS installation area / ARCU pit in Zvezda during STS-106

STS106-303-017 - STS-106 - View of the TVIS installation area / ARCU p...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) installation area / American-to-Russian Converter Unit (ARCU) pit in the Zvezda / Service Module... More

STS106-302-019 - STS-106 - View of the TVIS installation area / ARCU pit in Zvezda during STS-106

STS106-302-019 - STS-106 - View of the TVIS installation area / ARCU p...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) installation area / American-to-Russian Converter Unit (ARCU) pit including the fan in the Zvezd... More

STS106-303-034 - STS-106 - View of the TVIS installation area / ARCU pit in Zvezda during STS-106

STS106-303-034 - STS-106 - View of the TVIS installation area / ARCU p...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) installation area / American-to-Russian Converter Unit (ARCU) pit in the Zvezda / Service Module... More

Right side front view medium shot as US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Nate Roberson, Hydraulic SPECIALIST, 6th Aircraft Generation Squadron, MacDIll Air Force Base, Florida, pre-positions a fire bottle prior to towing a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker (Background) to a refueling pit (Not shown) on MacDill

Right side front view medium shot as US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Nate R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Mona Franklin, USAF Release Status... More

Three United States Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters depart Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina after a brief refueling stop. The USMC CH-46E's, assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron One Six Two (HMM-162), Marine Corps Air Station, New River, North Carolina, have just been hot pit refueled by a USMC KC-130 of Marine Aerial Refueling/Transport Squadron Two Five Two (VMGR-252) from MCAS Cherry Point, NC. The hot pit refueling, where one or more aircraft refuel with their engines running, occured as the helicopters transited the area while deploying to Naval Air Station Atlanta, Georgia for an exercise, 14 August 2000

Three United States Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters depart ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis Release Status: ... More

Two United States Marine Corps marines move a fuel hose to a new position on the Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina flight line as an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon taxies in the background. Because of the busy airfield operations, the hot pit refueling area had to be moved away from the main taxiway on the base as the large USMC helicopters being refueled essentially blocked the taxiway and limited flight operations at the base. USMC CH-46E Sea Knights and AH-1W Super Cobras from Marine Corps Air Station, New River, North Carolina, are being hot pit refueled by a USMC KC-130 of Marine Aerial Refueling/Transport Squadron (VMGR-252) from MCAS, Cherry Point, NC. The hot pit refueling, where one or...

Two United States Marine Corps marines move a fuel hose to a new posit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Two United States Marine Corps marines move a fuel hose to a new position on the Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina flight lin... More

Two United States Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters hover above the Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina flight line as they await permission to take-off. The AH-1W's are assigned to Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. United States Marine Corps CH-46E Sea Knights and AH-1Ws were hot pit refueled by a USMC KC-130 of Marine Aerial Refueling/Transport Squadron Two Five Two (VMGR-252) from MCAS Cherry Point, NC. The hot pit refueling, where one or more aircraft refuel with their engines running, occured as the helicopters transited the area while deploying to Naval Air Station Atlanta, Georgia, for an exercise, 14 August 2000

Two United States Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters ho...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis Release Status: ... More

Crash Fire Rescue Marines wait in their fire retardant suits to put out a training fire at the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma burn pit

Crash Fire Rescue Marines wait in their fire retardant suits to put ou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Robert Macmenamin Release Status: Released to Publi... More

US Air Force General and Mrs. Hal Hornburg watch the start of the MBNA 400 Winston Series race from Nascar driver Jimmy Spencer's pit at Dover Downs International Speedway, Delaware, September 24, 2000

US Air Force General and Mrs. Hal Hornburg watch the start of the MBNA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: William M. Plate Jr., USAF CIV. Release Status: Releas... More

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Robert Armentrout, 8th Supply/POL, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, hooks up a single point nozzle to an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft for a cold pit refueling during the semi-annual Beverly Bearcat Operational Readiness Inspection

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Robert Armentrout, 8th Supply/POL, 8th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Paul D. Watson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Ben Schroeder from the 494th Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, supervises US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Craig Oberschlake also from the 494th FS, 48th FW, RAF, Lakenheath, England, during a hot pit refuel. A hot pit is a place where an aircraft can be refueled with the engine running

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Ben Schroeder from the 494th Fighter Squad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joanna E. Reihle, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

An American Flag poster hangs along with NASCAR pit crew signs at Dover Downs International Raceway, Delaware

An American Flag poster hangs along with NASCAR pit crew signs at Dove...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: Dan Gill... More

Two Task Force Falcon G3 Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) team members spray the excess chemicals from their French chemical protective suits prior to stepping out of the cleaning pit, during the cleanup of the IBG Battery factory in the town of Gnjilane, near Camp Montieth, during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN II

Two Task Force Falcon G3 Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) team member...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Gnjilane Country: Serbia (SER) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Michael Barranti, USA Release Status: 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

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Laura Palmer, 384th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), searches all vehicles for contraband and weapons in the search pit at the 384th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) forward deployed location

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Laura Palmer, 384th Expediti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: AMN Bridget Rapp, USAF Release St... More

At the training fire pit Firefighters, Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, in full Proximity gear hone their skills during a weekly live fire training putting out a simulated aircraft fire

At the training fire pit Firefighters, Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ARFF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Le... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF), prepare to ignite fuel in the burn pit during a firefighting training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, South Carolina (SC)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Aircraft Rescue and Firefig...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amber Basgil, USMC Release Status:... More

Harry Khalil, Ministry of Defense, Firefighter (foreground), and US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Barton Drummond, Station CHIEF, 48th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), ready to respond to any emergencies on the flightline, as they watch aircraft taxi into the hot pit zone for fuel

Harry Khalil, Ministry of Defense, Firefighter (foreground), and US Ai...

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

Two U.S. Air Force P-19 Aircraft Rescue/Structural Fire-fighting Vehicles assigned to the 92d Civil Engineer Squadron, Fire Department, are used to extinguish flames on a Mock-up aircraft pit fire, while conducting training at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., on Sep. 7, 2004. Real world fire training is conducted several times a month during the summer season to ensure Fairchild's firefighters are prepared to respond to any type of fire incident. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Laura K. Smith) (Released)

Two U.S. Air Force P-19 Aircraft Rescue/Structural Fire-fighting Vehic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Laura K. Smiht, USAF R... More

President Barack Obama describes the heroism of Army

President Barack Obama describes the heroism of Army

President Barack Obama describes the heroism of Army Spc. 4 Donald P. Sloat just before posthumously awarding him the Medal of Honor in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 15, 2014. Sloat distinguished hims... More

Heat Treatment Building Furnace Pit, Watertown Arsenal

Heat Treatment Building Furnace Pit, Watertown Arsenal

Original caption: J.O. 2749 K (U.S. Govt - Watertown Arsenal) #3, 11-16-17; Furnace Pit in Heat Treatment Building, looking N.E.; N59568 630 Bldgs - general, #2476-2499

Dam 49 (Burrow Pit and Basin) - Bureau of Indian Affairs

Dam 49 (Burrow Pit and Basin) - Bureau of Indian Affairs

Public domain photograph related to native Americans, Reservations, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of Gully Erosion on Burr Oak Barrow Pit

Photograph of Gully Erosion on Burr Oak Barrow Pit

Original caption: C.P. #13. Gully erosion on Burr Oak barrow pit. Historic Photographs

Photograph of Good Cover of Grass on Eroded Burr Oak Barrow Pit

Photograph of Good Cover of Grass on Eroded Burr Oak Barrow Pit

Original caption: C.P. #13. Same view after showing good cover of grass. Historic Photographs

A U.S. Navy Basic Underwater Demolition/Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) (BUD/S) trainees struggle in a mud pit during a "hell week" exercise. Phase I of BUD/S training concludes with "hell week," when students' physical, emotional and mental abilities are tested under adverse conditions

A U.S. Navy Basic Underwater Demolition/Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) (BUD/S) tr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Re... More

FUEL PIT - OXYGEN PIT AT THE ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY RETF

FUEL PIT - OXYGEN PIT AT THE ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY RETF

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 6/14/1978 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

PIPEFITTERS IN THE ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY RETF INSTALLING HIGH PRESSURE ROCKET PIPING ON TEST STAND - LIQUID OXYGEN LOX PIT PIPING AND TANK INSTALLATION

PIPEFITTERS IN THE ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY RETF INSTALLING HIGH PR...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 12/11/1978 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: c1978_04900s 1978_04957.jpg Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency A... More

DRILL PIT FIRE TRAINING, NASA Technology Images

DRILL PIT FIRE TRAINING, NASA Technology Images

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 12/5/1980 Photographer: HANK SEIDEL Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 0 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

A view, looking north, of the payload servicing pit, part of Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6), under construction

A view, looking north, of the payload servicing pit, part of Space Lau...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C P.A. Woods Release Status: R... More

A front view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft being refueled from a fuel bladder pit. The aircraft, from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, is involved in exercise Team Spirit '81

A front view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft being refueled from a fuel blad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '81 Base: Kwang Ju Air Base Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Paul Hayashi Release Status: Released to ... More

SRA Mark Wilson, right, 5072nd Air Base Squadron, one of 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 1980, and SRA Sheppard are in final preparation for pit fire training

SRA Mark Wilson, right, 5072nd Air Base Squadron, one of 12 Outstandin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Galena Air Force Station State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jonathan H. Winters Release Statu... More

A mud pit adjacent to a 1500-foot well drilling machine, in operation during Exercise GALLANT EAGLE '84

A mud pit adjacent to a 1500-foot well drilling machine, in operation ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC... 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

A U.S. Navy Basic Underwater Demolition/Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) (BUD/S) trainees struggle in a mud pit during a "hell week" exercise. Phase I of BUD/S training concludes with "hell week," when students' physical, emotional and mental abilities are tested under adverse conditions

A U.S. Navy Basic Underwater Demolition/Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) (BUD/S) tr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Re... More

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division digs a firing pit for an M224 60mm mortar during Operation GOLDEN PHEASANT

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division digs a firing pit for an M224 6...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN PHEASANT Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: SPECIALIST Prince Hearns Iii Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Library of Environmental Images, Office of Research and Development (ORD), September 1996 - Municipal Solid Waste - Waste management plant "pit"

Library of Environmental Images, Office of Research and Development (O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Keywords: Waste management Credit: K. Mirza/S. Olson Digital Photographs Relating to the Environment

Straight on medium shot of a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Standing in front of the aircraft are (From left to right), SENIOR AIRMAN Nick Demarco, Flying Crew CHIEF, SRA Nate Roberson, Hydraulic SPECIALIST and STAFF Sergeant Nick Bardash, Flying Crew CHIEF. All three are from the 6th Aircraft Generation Squadron and are preparing the KC-135 for towing to MacDill's fuel pit (Not shown)

Straight on medium shot of a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from Mac...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Mona Franklin, USAF Release Status... More

Two United States Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters hover as they approach a hot pit refueling area set up on the Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, flight line. The AH-1W's are from the Marine Corps Air Station, New River, North Carolina. USMC CH-46E Sea Knights and AH-1W's are being hot pit refueled by a USMC KC-130 of Marine Aerial Refueling/Transport Squadron Two Five Two (VMGR-252) from MCAS Cherry Point, NC. The hot pit refueling, where one or more aircraft refuel with their engines running, occured as the helicopters transited the area while deploying to Naval Air Station Atlanta, Georgia for an exercise, 14 August 2000

Two United States Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters ho...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis Release Status: ... More

A United States Marine Corps marine monitors hot pit refueling operations in progress on the Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, flight line. The marine pictured is part of a KC-130 Hercules tanker crew from Marine Aerial Refueling/Transport Squadron Two Five Two (VMGR-252) 'Heavy Haulers' that have positioned themselves on a large section of open tarmac to hot pit refuel USMC helicopters. The KC-130 is assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina while the CH-46E Sea Knights and AH-1W Super Cobras being refueled are from MCAS New River, NC, 14 August 2000

A United States Marine Corps marine monitors hot pit refueling operati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis Release Status: ... More

Two Task Force Falcon G3 Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) team members spray the excess chemicals from their French chemical protective suits prior to stepping out of the cleaning pit, during the cleanup of the IBG Battery factory in the town of Gnjilane, near Camp Montieth, during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN II

Two Task Force Falcon G3 Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) team member...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Gnjilane Country: Serbia (SER) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Michael Barranti, USA Release Status: Rele... 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

US Marine Corps (USMC) rounds for an M198 155 mm Medium Range Towed Howitzer sit in the ammunition pit until they are ready to be fired, at the East Fuji Maneuver Area (FMA), Japan (JPN)

US Marine Corps (USMC) rounds for an M198 155 mm Medium Range Towed Ho...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: East Fuji Maneuver Area (FMA) Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn, 12th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Craig M. Williamso... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Michael Land, 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (ECES), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) guides a forklift loaded with Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) into a demolition pit on the range at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Michael Land, 506th Expe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. Williams, USAF Release Status: ... More

Civilian firefighters spray a simulated pit fire during a training session at the 167th Air Wing (AW), West Virginia Air National Guard (WVANG), Martinsburg, West Virginia (WV) fire training area. The Airport Rescue Firefighting training is a West Virginia University (WVU) program designed to provide required Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) annual training

Civilian firefighters spray a simulated pit fire during a training ses...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Martinsburg State: West Virginia (WV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Emily Beightol, USAF Release Status: R... More

040830-F-0629H-001 (Aug. 30, 2004)US Air Force (USAF) firefighters, 20th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), 20th Fighter Wing (FW), respond to a simulated airplane crash scenario at the base burn pit during a Major Accident Response Exercise (MARE) conducted on Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC). U.S. Air Force photo by MASTER SGT. Paul Holcomb (RELEASED)

040830-F-0629H-001 (Aug. 30, 2004)US Air Force (USAF) firefighters, 20...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Paul Holcomb, USAF Release St... More

U.S. Air Force MASTER SGT. Kevin Johnson guides STAFF SGT. Brandon Koebbe as he operates a John Deere 544E loader to move a rocket motor inside a disposal pit outside Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, on April 2, 2005. Both are explosives ordnance disposal technicians from the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Matthew Lohr) (Released)

U.S. Air Force MASTER SGT. Kevin Johnson guides STAFF SGT. Brandon Koe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Lohr, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

[Hurricane Katrina] D'Iberville, Ms., September 29, 2005 -- Burning of vegetative debris from Hurricane Katrina. Earthmoving equipment operates at a burning pit near Biloxi, Miss., used specifically for vegetative debris result of Hurricane Katrina. It has been estimated that Hurricane Katrina created 50 million cubic yards of debris in Mississippi. John Fleck/FEMA

[Hurricane Katrina] D'Iberville, Ms., September 29, 2005 -- Burning o...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

PFC Christopher Hinton and SPC John Farabaugh from Bravo Company, Task Force 1/87, 10th Mountain Division's Mortar Platoon conduct dry launches of their 120mm mortar at a new mortar pit at FOB Abu Ghiraib, Iraq on January 18th, 2006. (US Army photo by PFC Nathaniel Lawrence)(RELEASED)

PFC Christopher Hinton and SPC John Farabaugh from Bravo Company, Task...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PFC Nathaniel Lawrence, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Navy National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) driver Shane Huffman (center) and one of his pit crew member talk to a Sailor during his visit onboard Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS BATAAN (LHD 5) at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. During their tour, Shane Huffman and his crew signed autographs and posed for pictures with the BATAAN Sailors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Kleynia R. McKnight) (Released)

US Navy National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) driver...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Kleynia R. Mcknight, USN Release ... More

Pilot Instructor Training students from OSS squadrons

Pilot Instructor Training students from OSS squadrons

Pilot Instructor Training students from OSS squadrons of the 12th Flying Wing attend aircrew flight equipment and survival training at the 12th Operations Support Squadron on Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Aug... More

Kentucky River Lock Number Seven Lock Pit

Kentucky River Lock Number Seven Lock Pit

Original caption: Improving Kentucky River. Lock No. 7. Lock pit looking down stream. September 17, 1897. Historical Photographs

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