Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Luke McCall | Navy Closure Task Force - Red Hill | 04.15.2024
Rear Adm Marc Williams, deputy commander, Navy Closure Task Force-Red Hill, provides and update on the removal of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) concentrate from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickham, April 15, 2024. ...
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Glenn Slaughter | Navy Closure Task Force - Red Hill | 04.15.2024
Navy contractors remove aqueous film-forming foam concentrate from inside the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Halawa, Hawaii, April 15, 2024. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Glenn Slaughter)...
Video by John Goddin | Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center | 01.10.2024
Air Force firefighting crews around the world are in the process of transitioning their Fire and Emergency Services vehicles and other resources from aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) to a new Fluorine-Free Foam (F3). Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida was the first Air Force installation in the continental United States to complete the transition from AFFF to F3 in firefighting equipment there......
Video by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Taranto | DMA Pacific - Hawaii Media Bureau | 05.05.2023
AFFF Investigation Media Press Conference
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Desmond Parks | USS New Orleans (LPD 18) | 05.10.2022
220510-N-XB010-2001 SASEBO, Japan (May 10, 2022) USS New Orleans (LPD 18) performs a Type Commander (TYCOM) Material Inspection through an aqueous film forming foam demonstration in the hangar bay and fires an Mk-46 30mm gun weapon system. New Orleans, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of......
Video by Seaman Matthew Bakerian | USS America (LHA 6) | 01.06.2022
USS America (LHA 6) conducted a Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) assessment in the Philippine Sea and Sasebo, Japan, Jan. 6-8....
Video by Jeff Chao, Marisa Gaona and Christopher Kieffer | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 04.20.2020
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is proud to have a long history of discovering, developing and delivering new ways to protect our environment. Today, ERDC continues to produce world-class research to support the Corps of Engineers’ Environmental Operating Principles. That includes methods to remove blue-green algae from large bodies of water and break down its......
Video by Jeff Chao and Christopher Kieffer | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 03.12.2020
A challenging problem facing our military is the impact caused by aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) that has been used to control aviation fires at military bases since the 1970s. It contains a substance called PFAS, which has been discovered at hundreds of installations around the world, and Department of Defense leadership has committed to further studying the issue. In support of the......
