 
Tug boat
A boat begins to pull 300 feet of oil boom out into the waterway at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., July 14. Boom is an oil containment device used to trap oil in the water so it can be collected before reaching the shore. Approximately 2,000 feet of booms have been installed around Eglin waterways. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
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Tug boat
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Posted: 7/27/2010
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Fish out of water
A volunteer watches a fish leap from one side of the oil boom to the other during the install of 500 feet of boom along the shoreline of Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., July 14. Boom is an oil containment device used to trap oil in the water so it can be collected before reaching the shore. Approximately 2,000 feet of booms have been installed around Eglin waterways. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
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Fish out of ...
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Posted: 7/27/2010
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Pulling boom
Staff Sgt. Adam Elerson (right) and Airman 1st Class Brian Beauchamp, 96th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, pull boom out of a trailer at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. 600 feet of boom was taken to protect the shoreline July 14. Boom is an oil containment device used to trap oil in the water so it can be collected before reaching the shore. Approximately 2,000 feet of booms have been installed around Eglin waterways. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
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Pulling boom
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Posted: 7/27/2010
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How it's done
Bruce Stippich, 96th Civil Engineer Group, explains how to connect an line of boom prior to installing 500 feet of it along the Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., shoreline July 14. Boom is an oil containment device used to trap oil in the water so it can be collected before reaching the shore. Approximately 2,000 feet of booms have been installed around Eglin waterways. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
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How it's done
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Posted: 7/27/2010
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Steel driver
Staff Sgt. Adam Elerson, 96th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, hammers in stakes that will hold the oil boom in place July 14 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. 500 feet of boom was installed on that day. Boom is an oil containment device used to trap oil in the water so it can be collected before reaching the shore. Approximately 2,000 feet of booms have been installed around Eglin waterways. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
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Steel driver
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Posted: 7/27/2010
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Land fall
Volunteers arrive at the Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., shoreline towing 300 feet of boom to be installed in front of an inlet July 14. Boom is an oil containment device used to trap oil in the water so it can be collected before reaching the shore. Approximately 2,000 feet of booms have been installed around Eglin waterways. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
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Land fall
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Posted: 7/27/2010
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Job well done
Volunteers return from the other bank after installing a boom across an inlet along the Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., shoreline. Boom is an oil containment device used to trap oil in the water so it can be collected before reaching the shore. Approximately 2,000 feet of booms have been installed around Eglin waterways. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
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Job well done
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Posted: 7/27/2010
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Pulling boom
Volunteers begin pulling the 500 feet of oil boom to be installed from the trailer on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., July 14. Boom is an oil containment device used to trap oil in the water so it can be collected before reaching the shore. Approximately 2,000 feet of booms have been installed around Eglin waterways. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
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Pulling boom
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Posted: 7/27/2010
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Carry on
A volunteer carries equipment used to install an oil boom to the boat at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., July 14. Boom is an oil containment device used to trap oil in the water so it can be collected before reaching the shore. Approximately 2,000 feet of booms have been installed around Eglin waterways. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
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Carry on
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Posted: 7/27/2010
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Dragging a line
Volunteers bring the towed oil boom into shore prior to installing it along one of Eglin Air Force Base’s many shorelines July 14. 500 feet of boom was installed on that day. Boom is an oil containment device used to trap oil in the water so it can be collected before reaching the shore. Approximately 2,000 feet of booms have been installed around Eglin waterways. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
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Dragging a line
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Posted: 7/27/2010
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96 SFS exercise
Tech. Sgt. Paul Ruhbusch pins Esteban Ruiz to the ground in effort to 'apprehend' him during a 96th Security Forces Squadron training event July 8. During the exercise squadron personnel responded to an 'active shooter' scenario where Mr. Ruiz, their instructor, played a military member who pulled out his 'gun' during a deployment briefing. (U.S. Air Force by Chrissy Cuttita)
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96 SFS exercise
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Posted: 7/9/2010
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Logistician awarded Bronze Star
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Col. Bruce McClintock, 96th Air Base Wing commander, presents a Bronze Star to Capt. Sergio Costilla, 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron, at a Commander's Call June 24. Capt. Costilla displayed exceptional meritorious service while deployed to Afghanistan for a year in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. He supported 82 combat outposts while traveling 3,600 miles in hostile terrain, often exposed to enemy fire. (USAF photo/Wendall Rowan)
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Logistician ...
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Posted: 6/25/2010
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