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Members of the Army National Guard participate in an exercise that evaluates their ability to rapidly establish decontamination sites and evacuate casualties.
Members of the Army National Guard participate in an exercise that evaluates their ability to rapidly establish decontamination sites, evacuate casualties and provide decontamination and medical triage in support of civil authorities.
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Servicemembers train to use cannons as members of the armor and field artillery team.
Navy divers train hard and often so they can save lives under any circumstance.
Members of the Army National Guard engage in high-altitude low-opening (HALO) parachute training in Arizona.
Members of the Army National Guard perform a sweep on a bus during a training exercise.
Army chaplains are available on base and on the battlefield to offer spiritual support to servicemembers and their families.
Airman 1st Class Laura Lund talks about working as a aircraft engine mechanic at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico.
Petty Officer 1st Class Timothy Florez Adams demonstrates some of his duties as a damage controlman for the Coast Guard.
Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Army National Guard helped minimize damage to the Gulf Coast.
Airman 1st Class Carlos Puga shows how to fold a parachute and explains why it is so important to handle parachutes properly.
Senior Airman Kyle Knox, of the Air Force Reserve's 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, describes his team's crucial mission.
Staff Sgt. William Alston and his unit practice setting up a mobile launch platform for Patriot missiles.
Cpl. Christopher Vogt works as a canine handler and trains his dog, Kepie, to help protect the president of the United States.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Crandall describes his job as a fire control technician on the USS Montpelier, a Navy submarine.
Capt. Ryan McHugh, an Air Force pediatrician, visits with a young patient and his mother at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Seaman Deirdre Gray describes the United States Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Healy's special scientific and ice-breaking mission.
Staff Sgt. Erik Reichenbach and Tech. Sgt. Kenny Rogers, of the Maryland Air National Guard, discuss their work with munitions systems.
Air Force Reserve Senior Airman Jessica Eastburn works as a Global Positioning Systems (GPS) satellites operator.
In Hawaii, Sgt. Michael Podemski and his unit dispose of unexploded ordnance by blowing it up.
Petty Officer Alicia Ferrell, a Nuclear Machinist's Mate or "Navy Nuke," discusses her role in the Navy and the training she received for her nuclear energy career.
Staff Sgt. Bennett Weidemann, manager and drummer for the Air Force rock band, Afterburner, describes the band's role in the Military.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Adrien Cheval ensures that a Coast Guard boat is ready for search-and-rescue and maritime law enforcement missions.
2nd Lt. Ingrid Alvarez uses the skills she has developed in the Army Reserve to help people at home and abroad.
Senior Airman Nicole Young inspects a KC-135, a refueling aircraft, inside and out, and then she assists with takeoff.
Aircraft maintainers at Charleston Air Force Base in Charleston, S.C., have the critical role of servicing one of the world's largest cargo and troop transport planes, the C17 Globemaster III.
Navy chaplains of various faiths discuss the emotional and spiritual support they provide to servicemembers.
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