Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District | 09.10.2025
Carina Jung, Ph.D., ERDC research microbiologist, labels soil samples collected for microbial analysis, Sept. 10. Results will indicate the bacteria and fungal communities in natural and modified floodplain soils. USACE St. Paul District courtesy photo...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District | 09.09.2025
Jillian Harms (left), Rock Island District natural resources specialist, and Lewis Wiechmann (right), St. Paul District forester, collect data on forest regeneration at a soil sampling plot near Keithsburg, Illinois, Sept. 9. USACE St. Paul District courtesy photo...
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 08.05.2025
Research biologist Sydney Bufkin with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), compares the soil sample she collected with the Munsell Soil Color chart. The chart is a tool used to determine the soil attributes indicative of wetland conditions. (U.S. Army Photo by Brigida I. Sanchez)...
Photo by Sgt. Anthony Todd | Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency | 03.20.2025
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recovery team members and local workers excavate and transfer dirt from a recovery site in Thailand, March 20, 2025. Soil removed from the recovery site is placed in buckets and sent to screening stations, where recovery team members carefully screen it, placing objects of note aside for further examination. This mission is part of DPAA’s initiative to......
Photo by Senior Airman Rebekah Wilson | 105th Airlift Wing | 08.06.2024
New York Air National Civil Engineers from the 105th and 133rd Airlift Wings test soil strength at Lajes Field, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal, Aug. 6, 2024. Airmen from the 105th CES traveled to the Azores in a deployment for training, equipping them with hands-on skills in unique environments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Rebekah Wilson)...
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 06.18.2024
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, research biologist Sydney Bufkin, digs into the soil to grab a sample to teach students about soil types. The Fundamentals of Ecology Wetlands Course educates students on the importance of soil health to the wetland ecosystem. (U.S. Army Photo by Brigida I. Sanchez)...
Photo by Sgt. Brandon Aultman | Marine Corps Base Hawaii | 02.15.2024
Loleni Coleman, an inspection program manager, Marine Corps Base Hawaii Environmental Compliance and Protection Division (ECPD), collects a soil sample from the shoreline of the Pu’uloa Range Training Facility, HI, Feb. 15, 2024. The ECPD worked alongside the University of Hawaii, Brigham Young University - Hawaii, and Hawaii State Department of Health Hazard Evaluation and Emergency......
Photo by Sgt. Brandon Aultman | Marine Corps Base Hawaii | 02.15.2024
Sarah Failla, left, an environmental inspection specialist, and Loleni Coleman, an inspection program manager, both with Marine Corps Base Hawaii Environmental Compliance and Protection Division (ECPD), collect soil samples from the shoreline of the Pu’uloa Range Training Facility, HI, Feb. 15, 2024. The ECPD worked alongside the University of Hawaii, Brigham Young University - Hawaii, and......
