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GULF OF ADEN (April 19, 2011) The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187) transits the Gulf of Aden. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stephen M. Votaw/Released)
MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii (Jul. 6, 2012) - Canadian forces Soldier explains techniques of clearing rooms during Military Operations on Urban Terrain training as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012. Approximately 2,200 personnel from 9 nations are participating in RIMPAC 12 as part of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 3, Combined Force Land Component Command. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in the biennial RIMPAC exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isis Ramirez)
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Garda Command and Control Unit van parked at Spanish Arch during the Galway Races festival week in Galway.
U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major Robert A. Winzenried, left, U.S. Forces Korea, U.S. Army Gen. Burwell B. Bell and Gen. Walter "Skip" Sharp and U.S. Navy Adm.Timothy Keating, right, Commander U.S. Pacific Command, salute the passing of the colors during the change of command ceremony for Commander U.S. Forces Korea, Seoul, Korea, June 3, 2008. Gen. Bell was relieved by Gen. Sharp at the top U.S. military post on the Korean peninsula. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released)
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MANILA, Philippines (Apr. 4, 2013) - Cryptologic Technician (Technical) Seaman Kelsey Seitz, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46), holds a child during a visit to the House of the Heroes home for children. Tortuga in the midst of a port visit to Manila, will be taking part in Balikatan, an annual Philippines-U.S. military bilateral training exercise and humanitarian assistance engagement. (U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Amanda S. Kitchner)
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4th Attack Reconnaissance Squadron, 6th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
A change of command ceremony was held April 12, 2015 in Santa Fe, N.M. at the 93rd Troop Command. Capt. Randall Hooper relinquished his leadership role to the incoming commander, Capt. Kenneth Martinez. Hooper's wife, Maj. Katherine Hooper, was present to support her husband and pin on the Army Commendation Medal he earned. Hooper said it was the first time he officially rendered a salute to his wife. Martinez's fiancee was present and listened as he addressed the soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 93rd Troop Command.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (May 29, 2013) - Adm. Dr. Marsetio, the Naval Staff Chief of the Indonesian Navy, ceremoniously removes a participant badge from Cmdr. Elaine Collins, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen during the closing ceremonies of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)/ More than 1,000 Sailors and Marines are participating in CARAT Indonesia 2013. CARAT is a series of annual, bilateral maritime exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Timor-Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Joshua T. Rodriguez)
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U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers of the 59th Aviation Troop Command (ATC), South Carolina National Guard, attend an aviation-safety day on Sept. 13, 2020, at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina. The event included the presentation of several safety awards, to include the Broken Wing, an award reserved to aviators and aircrew members who managed to save lives or aircrafts during a midair emergency. The Broken Wing award was given to Chief Warrant Officer Jeffrey R. Hodish for actions performed during a successful emergency landing executed in 2014. During the ceremony, each member of the crew received the Meritorious Service Medal. Attending the event, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Jones, Deputy Adjutant General for the South Carolina Military Department. (U.S. Army National Guard photo Sgt. 1st Class Roby Di Giovine, South Carolina National Guard)
Albanian Soldiers take on the climbing wall event during the European Best Squad Competition at the 7th Army’s Joint Multinational Training Command’s, Grafenwoehr training area, Bavaria, Germany, October 20, 2015. The European Best Squad Competition is an Army Europe competition challenging militaries from across Europe to compete and enhance teamwork with Allies and partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Caleb Barrieau)
The Coast Guard Cutter Hickory crew holds a change of command ceremony at Pioneer Pier in Homer, Alaska, on May 19, 2022.
A change-of-command ceremony marks a transfer of total responsibility and authority from one individual to another and is considered a time-honored tradition conducted before the assembled crew, as well as honored guests and dignitaries to formally demonstrate the continuity of the authority within a command.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Gregory Schmidt.
Tobyhanna Army Depot
June 17, 2019
Reviewing Officer: Maj. Gen. Randy S. Taylor, U.S. Army CECOM Commanding General
Outgoing Commander: Col. Nathan M. Swartz
Incoming Commander: Col. John W. McDonald
Photographer: Thomas Robbins
Bomber Command memorial in Green Park, London, in memory of the 55,573 aircrew from Britain and the Commonwealth killed during the Second World War. The centre of the memorial features a 9 foot bronze sculpture of seven aircrew looking skywards.
Memorial designed by Liam O'Connor; sculpture by Philip Jackson.
Guests chat at an informal get-together Feb. 1 in advance of the opening of the second annual U.S. Africa Command C4ISR Senior Leaders Conference in Vicenza, Italy.
U.S. Army Africa photos by David Ruderman
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) hosted its second annual C4ISR Senior Leaders Conference Feb. 2-4 at Caserma Ederle, headquarters of U.S. Army Africa, in Vicenza, Italy.
The communications and intelligence community event, hosted by Brig. Gen. Robert Ferrell, AFRICOM C4 director, drew approximately 80 senior leaders from diverse U.S. military and government branches and agencies, as well as representatives of African nations and the African Union.
“The conference is a combination of our U.S. AFRICOM C4 systems and intel directorate,” said Ferrell. “We come together annually to bring the team together to work on common goals to work on throughout the year. The team consists of our coalition partners as well as our inter-agency partners, as well as our components and U.S. AFRICOM staff.”
The conference focused on updates from participants, and on assessing the present state and goals of coalition partners in Africa, he said.
“The theme for our conference is ‘Delivering Capabilities to a Joint Information Environment,’ and we see it as a joint and combined team ... working together, side by side, to promote peace and stability there on the African continent,” Ferrell said.
Three goals of this year’s conference were to strengthen the team, assess priorities across the board, and get a better fix on the impact that the establishment of the U.S. Cyber Command will have on all members’ efforts in the future, he said.
“With the stand-up of U.S. Cyber Command, it brings a lot of unique challenges that we as a team need to talk through to ensure that our information is protected at all times,” Ferrell said.
African Union (AU) representatives from four broad geographic regions of Africa attended, which generated a holistic perspective on needs and requirements from across the continent, he said.
“We have members from the African Union headquarters that is located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; we have members that are from Uganda; from Zambia; from Ghana; and also from the Congo. What are the gaps, what are the things that we kind of need to assist with as we move forward on our engagements on the African continent?” Ferrell said.
U.S. Army Africa Commander, Maj. Gen. David R. Hogg, welcomed participants as the conference got under way.
“We’re absolutely delighted to be the host for this conference, and we hope that this week you get a whole lot out of it,” said Hogg.
He took the opportunity to address the participants not only as their host, but from the perspective of a customer whose missions depend on the results of their efforts to support commanders in the field.
“When we’re talking about this group of folks that are here — from the joint side, from our African partners, from State, all those folks — it’s about partnership and interoperability. And every commander who’s ever had to fight in a combined environment understands that interoperability is the thing that absolutely slaps you upside the head,” Hogg said.
“We’re in the early stages of the process here of working with the African Union and the other partners, and you have an opportunity to design this from the end state, versus just building a bunch of ‘gunkulators.’ And so, the message is: think about what the end state is supposed to look like and construct the strategy to support the end state.
“Look at where we want to be at and design it that way,” Hogg said.
He also admonished participants to consider the second- and third-order effects of their choices in designing networks.
“With that said, over the next four days, I hope this conference works very well for you. If there’s anything we can do to make your stay better, please let us know,” Hogg said.
Over the following three days, participants engaged in a steady stream of briefings and presentations focused on systems, missions and updates from the field.
Col. Joseph W. Angyal, director of U.S. Army Africa G-6, gave an overview of operations and issues that focused on fundamentals, the emergence of regional accords as a way forward, and the evolution of a joint network enterprise that would serve all interested parties.
“What we’re trying to do is to work regionally. That’s frankly a challenge, but as we stand up the capability, really for the U.S. government, and work through that, we hope to become more regionally focused,” he said.
He referred to Africa Endeavor, an annual, multi-nation communications exercise, as a test bed for the current state of affairs on the continent, and an aid in itself to future development.
“In order to conduct those exercises, to conduct those security and cooperation events, and to meet contingency missions, we really, from the C4ISR perspective, have five big challenges,” Angyal said.
“You heard General Hogg this morning talk about ‘think about the customer’ — you’ve got to allow me to be able to get access to our data; I’ve got to be able to get to the data where and when I need it; you’ve got to be able to protect it; I have to be able to share it; and then finally, the systems have to be able to work together in order to build that coalition.
“One of the reasons General Ferrell is setting up this joint information enterprise, this joint network enterprise . . . it’s almost like trying to bring together disparate companies or corporations: everyone has their own system, they’ve paid for their own infrastructure, and they have their own policy, even though they support the same major company.
“Now multiply that when you bring in different services, multiply that when you bring in different U.S. government agencies, and then put a layer on top of that with the international partners, and there are lots of policies that are standing in our way.”
The main issue is not a question of technology, he said.
“The boxes are the same — a Cisco router is a Cisco router; Microsoft Exchange server is the same all over the world — but it’s the way that we employ them, and it’s the policies that we apply to it, that really stops us from interoperating, and that’s the challenge we hope to work through with the joint network enterprise.
“And I think that through things like Africa Endeavor and through the joint enterprise network, we’re looking at knocking down some of those policy walls, but at the end of the day they are ours to knock down. Bill Gates did not design a system to work only for the Army or for the Navy — it works for everyone,” Angyal said.
Brig. Gen. Joseph Searyoh, director general of Defense Information Communication Systems, General Headquarters, Ghana Armed Forces, agreed that coordinating policy is fundamental to improving communications with all its implications for a host of operations and missions.
“One would expect that in these modern times there is some kind of mutual engagement, and to build that engagement to be strong, there must be some kind of element of trust. … We have to build some kind of trust to be able to move forward,” said Searyoh.
“Some people may be living in silos of the past, but in the current engagement we need to tell people that we are there with no hidden agenda, no negative hidden agenda, but for the common good of all of us.
“We say that we are in the information age, and I’ve been saying something: that our response should not be optional, but it must be a must, because if you don’t join now, you are going to be left behind.
“So what do we do? We have to get our house in order.
“Why do I say so? We used to operate like this before the information age; now in the information age, how do we operate?
“So, we have to get our house in order and see whether we are aligning ourselves with way things should work now. So, our challenge is to come up with a strategy, see how best we can reorganize our structures, to be able to deliver communications-information systems support for the Ghana Armed Forces,” he said.
Searyoh related that his organization has already accomplished one part of erecting the necessary foundation by establishing an appropriate policy structure.
“What is required now is the implementing level. Currently we have communications on one side, and computers on one side. The lines are blurred — you cannot operate like that, you’ve got to bring them together,” he said.
Building that merged entity to support deployed forces is what he sees as the primary challenge at present.
“Once you get that done you can talk about equipment, you can talk about resources,” Searyoh said. “I look at the current collaboration between the U.S. and the coalition partners taking a new level.”
“The immediate challenges that we have is the interoperability, which I think is one of the things we are also discussing here, interoperability and integration,” said Lt. Col. Kelvin Silomba, African Union-Zambia, Information Technology expert for the Africa Stand-by Force.
“You know that we’ve got five regions in Africa. All these regions, we need to integrate them and bring them together, so the challenge of interoperability in terms of equipment, you know, different tactical equipment that we use, and also in terms of the language barrier — you know, all these regions in Africa you find that they speak different languages — so to bring them together we need to come up with one standard that will make everybody on board and make everybody able to talk to each other,” he said.
“So we have all these challenges. Other than that also, stemming from the background of these African countries, based on the colonization: some of them were French colonized, some of them were British colonized and so on, so you find that when they come up now we’ve adopted some of the procedures based on our former colonial masters, so that is another challenge that is coming on board.”
The partnership with brother African states, with the U.S. government and its military branches, and with other interested collaborators has had a positive influence, said Silomba.
“Oh, it’s great. From the time that I got engaged with U.S. AFRICOM — I started with Africa Endeavor, before I even came to the AU — it is my experience that it is something very, very good.
“I would encourage — I know that there are some member states — I would encourage that all those member states they come on board, all of these regional organizations, that they come on board and support the AFRICOM lead. It is something that is very, very good.
“As for example, the African Union has a lot of support that’s been coming in, technical as well as in terms of knowledge and equipment. So it’s great; it’s good and it’s great,” said Salimba.
Other participant responses to the conference were positive as well.
“The feedback I’ve gotten from every member is that they now know what the red carpet treatment looks like, because USARAF has gone over and above board to make sure the environment, the atmosphere and the actual engagements … are executed to perfection,” said Ferrell. “It’s been very good from a team-building aspect.
“We’ve had very good discussions from members of the African Union, who gave us a very good understanding of the operations that are taking place in the area of Somalia, the challenges with communications, and laid out the gaps and desires of where they see that the U.S. and other coalition partners can kind of improve the capacity there in that area of responsibility.
“We also talked about the AU, as they are expanding their reach to all of the five regions, of how can they have that interoperability and connectivity to each of the regions,” Ferrell said.
“(It’s been) a wealth of knowledge and experts that are here to share in terms of how we can move forward with building capacities and capabilities. Not only for U.S. interests, but more importantly from my perspective, in building capacities and capabilities for our African partners beginning with the Commission at the African Union itself,” said Kevin Warthon, U.S. State Department, peace and security adviser to the African Union.
“I think that General Ferrell has done an absolutely wonderful thing by inviting key African partners to participate in this event so they can share their personal experience from a national, regional and continental perspective,” he said.
Warthon related from his personal experience a vignette of African trust in Providence that he believed carries a pertinent metaphor and message to everyone attending the conference.
“We are not sure what we are going to do tomorrow, but the one thing that I am sure of is that we are able to do something. Don’t know when, don’t know how, but as long as our focus is on our ability to assist and to help to progress a people, that’s really what counts more than anything else,” he said.
“Don’t worry about the timetable; just focus on your ability to make a difference and that’s what that really is all about.
“I see venues such as this as opportunities to make what seems to be the impossible become possible. … This is what this kind of venue does for our African partners.
“We’re doing a wonderful job at building relationships, because that’s where it begins — we have to build relationships to establish trust. That’s why this is so important: building trust through relationships so that we can move forward in the future,” Warthon said.
Conference members took a cultural tour of Venice and visited a traditional winery in the hills above Vicenza before adjourning.
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A change of command ceremony for the 1st Cavalry Division was conducted Oct. 3 on Cooper Field. The division said farewell to Maj. Gen. John C. Thomson, III and Command Sgt. Maj. Maurice Jackson, while welcoming Maj. Gen. Paul T. Calvert and Command Sgt. Maj. Shane E. Pospisil.
Cmdr. Dan Ursino is frocked to the rank of captain by Rear Adm. Peter Gautier, Coast Guard Pacific Area deputy commander, and his wife Karen during a modified change-of-command ceremony aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast while moored in Astoria, Oregon, July 24, 2020. Cmdr. Craig Allen Jr. relieved Ursino as Steadfast’s commanding officer during the ceremony, presided over by Gautier. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Brandon Brooks.
KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (May 19, 2012) - Sgt. Orelous Hall plays duck, duck, goose during a community service project at the Bukit Harapan Therapeutic Community children's home in Kota Kinabalu. For the project, Sailors and Marines deployed with the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island volunteered their labor and spent time with children at the home. Makin Island and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Alan Gragg)
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(center) Brigadier General Ben Hodges, deputy commander for Regional Command-South, Afghanistan with the winners of the Army 10 Miler "shadow" race held Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan 4 October. (from left to right) Mr. Joseph Boland, Canadian service member finished first place, Captain Linus Wilson, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade finished second place, Maj. David Fielder, 4th Brigade Combat team finished third place, Ms. Sarah Zleminski, Role 3 hospital US Navy finished second place for females, Ms. Tracy Tyson, 5-2 Stryker Brigade finished first for females, and Ms. Yesenia Byrne, 5-2 Stryker Brigade finished third place for females. Photo by 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, GUAM (Sept. 18, 2016) - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Buley, Tropospheric Scatter Microwave Radio Terminal operator with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18 adjusts the radio terminal's trajectory allowing it to receive and transmit data during Valiant Shield 16 at Andersen Air Force Base. The radio terminal provided uninterruptable communications between Guam and Tinian. VS16 is a biennial, U.S.-only, field training exercise that focuses on joint training with U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force to increase interoperability and working relationships. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Makenzie Fallon) 160918-M-AA671-018
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Tobyhanna Army Depot
June 17, 2019
Reviewing Officer: Maj. Gen. Randy S. Taylor, U.S. Army CECOM Commanding General
Outgoing Commander: Col. Nathan M. Swartz
Incoming Commander: Col. John W. McDonald
Photographer: Thomas Robbins
ANSBACH, Germany – Thirteen NCOs from Installation Management Command – Europe (IMCOM-E) participated in an induction ceremony at the Ansbach Theater on Bismarck Kaserene this afternoon, Sept. 14.
The time-honored ceremony which marks each participant’s transition into the Non-Commissioned Officers Corps was hosted by U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach (USAG Ansbach) Command Sgt. Major Philson Tavernier and attended by Command Sgt. Majors representing every Garrison in Europe: Command Sgt. Maj. Bryant Mason (USAG Italy), Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Sutterfield (USAG Bavaria), Command Sgt. Maj. Chad Pinkston (USAG Wiesbaden), Command Sgt. Maj. Samara Pitre (USAG Benelux), Command Sgt. Maj. Brett Waterhouse (USAG Rheinland Pfalz) and Command Sgt. Maj. Toese Tia (USAG Stuttgart).
The thirteen Soldiers proceeding through the NCO arches today: Sgt. Trayvon Johnson, Sgt. Orlando Lambert, Sgt. Jarod Phillips, Sgt Kiana Mitchell, Sgt. Tyler Shicks, Sgt. Jacob Doughty, Sgt. Leon Mendozamiranda, Sgt Scarlett Mitchell, Sgt. Chase Sykes, Sgt. Jose Heredia, Sgt. Krystal Lopez and Sgt. John Seely.
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Photo by Michael Beaton, U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach Public Affairs (RELEASED).
Army Maj. Donald Kim (left), U.S. Army liaison officer for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Eastern Army and Central Readiness Force, and JGSDF Sgt. 1st Class Yamanashi Yoshihiro (right), escort noncommissioned officer-in-charge, 2nd Company, 34th Infantry Regiment, JGSDF Eastern Army, finalize the route for a vehicle convoy Sep. 4, 2016, in Kakegawa, Japan. The U.S. Army and JGSDF bilateral convoy simulated a humanitarian relief mission as part of the Shizuoka Prefecture Comprehensive Disaster Drill. The drill demonstrated how a diverse collection of local, regional, national and international organizations can pool their respective resources to effectively respond to a major disaster. In addition to coordinating convoy routes, the contingent of U.S. Army troops collaborated with their JGSDF counterparts to provide casualty care, establish mobile communication site and set up supply distribution points. (Photo by Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, U.S. Army Japan)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jun. 18, 2012) – Capt. Greg Harris, commander of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11, and Capt. Jeff Ruth, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) land on the flight deck of Nimitz in an F/A-18F Super Hornet attached to the 'Black Knights' of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154. Capt. Harris completed his 1000th carrier landing on board Nimitz . Nimitz recently got underway to participate in the Rim of the Pacific, the world’s largest international maritime exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by MCSA Ryan J. Mayes)
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Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, wished a fond farewell to Capt. Zachery Busenbark and welcomed Capt. Joshua Overstreet into the fold during a change of command ceremony March 5, 2016 at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
ROBERTSON BARRACKS, NT, Australia (Sept. 23, 2016) - Marines perform burpees during a Company C squad competition at Robertson Barracks, Northern Territory. The squad-level competition determined which rifle squad or weapons platoon section had the best physical fitness, small-unit leadership, and cohesion within Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Carlos Cruz Jr.) 160923-M-KE800-002
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Troopers and their families from 2nd Cavalry Regiment say farewell to Col. John V. Meyer III, the 78th Colonel of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and welcome Col. Patrick J. Ellis, the 79th Colonel of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment during a Change of Command Ceremony at Vilseck High School Sports Field July 15, 2016 on Rose Barracks, Germany. The ceremony also included the Change of Command for 3rd Squadron, 4th Squadron, Field Artillery Squadron, Regimental Engineer Squadron, and the Regimental Support Squadron.(U.S. Army photo by Spc Sarah-Jane Guest)
Command staff from the Republic of Korea and U.S. Marine Corps pose for a photo after a ROK-U.S. leadership exchange as part of Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise 2014 at Pohang, Republic of Korea March 15. MEFEX exercises the interoperability and combined capability of the ROK and U.S. Marine Corps forces as they build upon pre-existing relationship with the motto "Invincible Marines, We go together." (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Manning/Released)
CAMP ZAMA, Japan - Hundreds of Soldiers, airmen and family members donned Santa hats and formed ranks outside the Yano Fitness Center to conduct a casual holiday run around Camp Zama, Japan, Dec. 18, 2015.
Led by Army Maj. Gen. James F. Pasquarette, commanding general, U.S. Army Japan, and Army Command Sgt. Maj. Eric C. Dostie, command sergeant major, USARJ, the troops ran through the neighborhood waving their unit colors and singing cadences. Spouses and children cheered the men and women uniform while members the of the U.S. Army Japan band filled the air with Christmas carols and contemporary hits.
The run marked the official beginning of USARJ's half day work schedule in honor of the holiday season.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, U.S. Army Japan
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Members of the Joint Sustainment Command Afghanistan gathered together for a transfer of authority ceremony marking the official transfer of authority for the JSC-A to the 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command from the 184th ESC. JSC-A’s mission is to provide logistics and sustainment capabilities for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. There Ceremony was hosted by the 4th Battalion of the 401st Army Field Support Battalion, a unit in the command headquartered at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Photos by Summer Barkley.
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