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36th Mobility Response Squadron Airmen and DZSP 21 civilians weigh a forklift for cargo processing May 1, 2015, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in preparation for deployment to Nepal. The 36th Contingency Response Group is a rapid-deployment unit designed to establish and maintain airfield operations and
will join U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development led humanitarian and disaster relief operations in support of the Government and Armed Forces of Nepal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melissa White/Released)
'Doc' performs back-stretching techniques on patient.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – 1st Lt. Michael Lohse, a physical therapist and the officer in charge of the Physical Therapy clinic at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, helps a patient perform stretches to relieve lower back pain Jan. 13, 2011. Lohse, a native of Ettrick, Wis., assigned to 256th Combat Support Hospital, an Army Reserve unit based out of Twinsburg, Ohio, discussed core strength exercises with the Soldier as a way to alleviate lower back pain. The 2565h CSH assumed the mission, Dec. 24, 2010, to provide medical services for Soldiers of U.S. Division-North deployed in support of Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. David Strayer, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
Capt. Jeff Clark, an airfield management officer from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, measures the flight line to determine an aircraft parking plan at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 5, 2013, as part of Exercise Gateway Relief, a U.S. Transportation Command-directed earthquake-response scenario. The 123rd is joining forces with the U.S. Army’s active-duty 689th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., to stand up and operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening, which combines an Air Force Aerial Port of Debarkation with an Army trucking and distribution unit. The aerial port ensures the smooth flow of cargo and relief supplies into affected areas by airlift, while the trucking unit facilitates their final distribution over land. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)
A paratrooper with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, moves off the drop zone after successfully exiting a C-130 Hercules Alaska Air National Guard aircraft Dec. 12, 2013 at the Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The paratrooper exited the aircraft with a full arctic combat load, demonstrating the unit's unique ability to rapidly deploy troops into arctic environments in response to a variety of contingencies. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Smith/Released)
Maj. Butch, Bagram’s new combat stress dog was introduced to the 401st during a Prayer Luncheon held July 3. Combat stress dogs provide an important reminder of home to those working long hours under stressful conditions. The prayer luncheon and meeting Maj. Butch provided a welcome break.
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The 401st Army field Support Brigade provides Soldiers, Sailors, Airman, and Marines, the tools and resources necessary to complete the mission. If they shoot, drive it, fly it, wear it, eat it or communicate with it, the 401st helps provide it. The brigade assists coalition partners with many of their logistical and sustainment needs. The brigade also handles the responsible disposition of equipment in Afghanistan to support evolving missions. We are the single link between Warfighters in the field, and working through Army Sustainment Command, we leverage Army Materiel Command’s worldwide Materiel Enterprise to develop, deliver, and sustain materiel to ensure a dominant joint force for the U.S. and our Allies.
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CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, speaks to Soldiers assigned to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, during a visit to Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 1, 2011. In addition to thanking the troops for their service and sacrifice, Mullen spoke with the deployed Fort Hood Soldiers about current and future military policies. Since arriving in to U.S. Division – North last fall, the 4th AAB troops assumed responsibility of overseeing security operations and partnering with ISF near Mosul in support of Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
080412-A-8382T-008: U.S. and Iraqi Soldiers disembark from a CH-47 Chinook at Contingency Operating Base Speicher after an air assault mission in northern Iraq. Six Black Hawks, belonging to 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, and the Chinook belonging to 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, transported troops to and back from the village where the mission occurred, April 12. (Photo by Sgt. First Class Jeff Troth)
Army Spc. Brandon Glaspie and Army Pfc. Loura Wiggs of the U.S. 689th Army’s Rapid Port Opening Element in Fort Eustis, Va., direct the placement of a pallet of disaster-relief supplies onto a flat-bed truck at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013, as part of Exercise Gateway Relief, a U.S. Transportation Command-directed earthquake-response scenario. The Soldiers were working at the forward node of a Joint Task Force-Port Opening, where relief supplies that arrive by air are staged for further movement over land by trucks. The Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group operated the airlift side of the JTF-PO, known as an Aerial Port of Debarkation. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)
PABRADE, Lithuania -- Sgt 1st Class Chester Shaw, U.S. Army Europe Contingency Command Post sustainment sergeant, works on creating digital overlays that assist in identifying possible routes during Saber Strike here June 6. Saber Strike 2013 is a U.S. Army Europe-led, multinational, tactical field training and command post exercise occurring in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia June 3-14 that involves more than 2,000 personnel from 14 different countries. The exercise trains participants on command and control as well as interoperability with regional partners and is designed to improve joint, multinational capability in a variety of missions and to prepare participants to support multinational contingency operations worldwide. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Victor Aguirre)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Lieutenant Colonel Robert Magee, commander of the 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, shakes hands and presents Spc. Sharee Taylor, a food specialist assigned to Forward Support Company G, 5th Bn., 82nd FA, with a Order of the Spur certificate during an induction ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Marez’s Main Gym, August 4, 2011. Magee, a native of Corsicana, Texas, welcomed Taylor, a native of Jersey City, N.J., and other Fort Hood Soldiers into the cavalry organization, which promotes esprit de corps, after completing a three-day “Spur Ride”.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Honored to serve.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Maj. Gen. David G. Perkins, commanding general of 4th Infantry Division and U.S. Division-North, commends service members for outstanding performance at an award ceremony, Jan. 7, 2011. Petty Officer 2nd Class, Matt Bernhardt assigned to Mobile Unit 6, Joint Task Force Troy, U.S. Division-North, Sgt. Yeli Buonya, with Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and Pfc. John Dorff with Company A, 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion,1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division earned the title of “Ironhorse Strong” Soldier of the Week for their actions while conducting missions in support of Operation New Dawn. Spc. Matthew Sprague of Battery, A Task Force 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd AAB and Staff Sgt. Steven Newman assigned to Battery B, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division bested their peers when they competed for Soldier and Noncommissioned officer of the Quarter. “I’m honored to serve with them,” said Perkins, who praised the Soldiers for their outstanding effort. “I am able to sleep soundly at knowing I have Soldiers and Sailors that get the job done, and get it done well.” After the ceremony, the troops attended dinner with Perkins at the U.S. Division-North Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Center at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, and remained for a three-day pass earned for their achievements as Task Force Ironhorse’s best Sailor and Soldiers during the month of January.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
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Ten Tors is one of the biggest multi-agency, tri service civil contingency exercises in Britain. It is run by more than nine hundred military personnel - almost all of them Reservists - from all three branches of the Armed Forces, led by the Army’s 43 (Wessex) Brigade with its HQ in Tidworth, Wiltshire.
The 54th running of the event this year comes just months after military personnel, including Reservists from the South West , assisted local authorities, the Environment Agency and blue-light services during the floods, carrying out a range of tasks from sandbagging to engineering.
As a military exercise Ten Tors provides the Armed Forces with an invaluable opportunity to practice these life-saving civil contingency responsibilities, to enable the military - assisted by the emergency services, including The British Red Cross and the Dartmoor Search and Rescue Group - to be ready to help when they are called upon during a national emergency.
Brigadier Piers Hankinson MBE, Director of Ten Tors, is the Commander of 43 (Wessex) Brigade and was the Joint Military Commander for the South West during the flooding.
“The severe flooding across parts of the South West earlier this year clearly demonstrates the importance of such training and the ability to react to fast changing conditions and working in a multi-agency tri-service team. It also highlights the way that Reservists, who have wide ranging civilian experience and employment (from plumbers to accountants), train to operate with their regular counterparts under a One-Army ethos.”
Ten Tors:
As well as a vital high-level military exercise, The Ten Tors Challenge is also one of the biggest outdoors adventure events for young people in Britain today. In all, 2400 youngsters aged between 14 and 19 will take part in Ten Tors, with a further 300 youngsters with physical or educational needs taking part in the Jubilee Challenge.
The majority of the teams who enter Ten Tors are from schools and youth groups from Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. As usual, scores of scout groups, sports and ramblers teams and Armed Forces cadet units have accepted the challenge and are taking part.
Those teenagers taking on the Ten Tors Challenge will trek unaided over 35, 45 or 55 miles of some of the toughest terrain and highest peaks in Southern England relying on their navigational skills and carrying all their food, water, bedding, tents and other essentials as they go.
It is a feat they must complete as a team and without any help from adults and they’ll remain entirely self-sufficient during their arduous expeditions, including camping out overnight on the moor.
They do it for the challenge; to test themselves against one of the last remaining wildernesses in Britain. What they get in return for their months of hard training and commitment, as well as determination and bravery during the event itself, is an experience they’ll remember forever and the chance to learn a set of skills and values which will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
It’s a rite of passage which has played a positive and formative role in shaping the lives of more than a quarter of a million people.
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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Randy Walgren, 36th Mobility Response Squadron NCO in charge of aerial operations, ties down shoring blocks, which are used to protect equipment and the aircraft during transport, May 1, 2015, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in preparation for deployment to Nepal. Walgren and his unit the 36th Contingency Repsonse Group will join U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development led humanitarian and disaster relief operations in support of the Government and Armed Forces of Nepal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melissa White/Released)
North Dakota Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Heidi Sigl, of Bismarck, N.D., is greeted by fellow Guard members at the N.D. National Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility, in Bismarck, on Sept. 10, 2013. Sigl along with two other Soldiers of the Guard’s 1919th Contingency Contracting Team (CCT) were welcomed home to North Dakota this afternoon by family, friends and loved ones after a nine-month long mission in Qatar and Afghanistan. (National Guard Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Steve Urlacher, N.D. National Guard Visual Information/Released)
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Maj. Ryan Adams, airflow operations officer for the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, monitors airlift missions from a mobile command post at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 5, 2013, as part of Exercise Gateway Relief, a U.S. Transportation Command-directed earthquake-response scenario. The 123rd is joining forces with the U.S. Army’s active-duty 689th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., to stand up and operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening, which combines an Air Force Aerial Port of Debarkation with an Army trucking and distribution unit. The aerial port ensures the smooth flow of cargo and relief supplies into affected areas by airlift, while the trucking unit facilitates their final distribution over land. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)
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Ten Tors is one of the biggest multi-agency, tri service civil contingency exercises in Britain. It is run by more than nine hundred military personnel - almost all of them Reservists - from all three branches of the Armed Forces, led by the Army’s 43 (Wessex) Brigade with its HQ in Tidworth, Wiltshire.
The 54th running of the event this year comes just months after military personnel, including Reservists from the South West , assisted local authorities, the Environment Agency and blue-light services during the floods, carrying out a range of tasks from sandbagging to engineering.
As a military exercise Ten Tors provides the Armed Forces with an invaluable opportunity to practice these life-saving civil contingency responsibilities, to enable the military - assisted by the emergency services, including The British Red Cross and the Dartmoor Search and Rescue Group - to be ready to help when they are called upon during a national emergency.
Brigadier Piers Hankinson MBE, Director of Ten Tors, is the Commander of 43 (Wessex) Brigade and was the Joint Military Commander for the South West during the flooding.
“The severe flooding across parts of the South West earlier this year clearly demonstrates the importance of such training and the ability to react to fast changing conditions and working in a multi-agency tri-service team. It also highlights the way that Reservists, who have wide ranging civilian experience and employment (from plumbers to accountants), train to operate with their regular counterparts under a One-Army ethos.”
Ten Tors:
As well as a vital high-level military exercise, The Ten Tors Challenge is also one of the biggest outdoors adventure events for young people in Britain today. In all, 2400 youngsters aged between 14 and 19 will take part in Ten Tors, with a further 300 youngsters with physical or educational needs taking part in the Jubilee Challenge.
The majority of the teams who enter Ten Tors are from schools and youth groups from Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. As usual, scores of scout groups, sports and ramblers teams and Armed Forces cadet units have accepted the challenge and are taking part.
Those teenagers taking on the Ten Tors Challenge will trek unaided over 35, 45 or 55 miles of some of the toughest terrain and highest peaks in Southern England relying on their navigational skills and carrying all their food, water, bedding, tents and other essentials as they go.
It is a feat they must complete as a team and without any help from adults and they’ll remain entirely self-sufficient during their arduous expeditions, including camping out overnight on the moor.
They do it for the challenge; to test themselves against one of the last remaining wildernesses in Britain. What they get in return for their months of hard training and commitment, as well as determination and bravery during the event itself, is an experience they’ll remember forever and the chance to learn a set of skills and values which will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
It’s a rite of passage which has played a positive and formative role in shaping the lives of more than a quarter of a million people.
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Airmen from the 36th Contingency Response Group and U.S. Marines unload a U.S. Marine UH-1Y Huey helicopter from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, at Tribhuvan International Airport, May 5, 2015. The 36th CRG is a rapid-deployment unit designed to establish and maintain airfield operations in a forward operating location and joined U.S. Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development led humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in support of the government and armed forces of Nepal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melissa White/Released)
Actor Dennis Haysbert speaks with wounded warriors at the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility April 20 during the USO spring troop visit led by Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The team of celebrities are performing and taking photos with fans in four different countries for eight performances, to include one aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. Other celebrities on the tour include actor/performer Jason "Wee-Man" Acuna; actor/comedian Anthony Anderson; Major League Baseball pitching star Randy "The Big Unit" Johnson; singer/songwriter/actress Diana DeGarmo; singer/songwriter/actor Ace Young, and Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders Kelsi Reich, Brittany Evans and Allyson Traylor. DoD photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Chuck Marsh, Joint Staff.
The North Dakota Army National Guard’s C-12 aircraft arrives at the Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility, in Bismarck, on Sept. 10, 2013. The aircraft brought home the final three Soldiers of a four-Soldier team of the 1919th Contingency Contracting Team (CCT) that served nine months in Qatar and Afghanistan supporting contracting operations. (National Guard Photo by Bill Prokopyk, N.D. National Guard Public Affairs Office/Released)
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Hypnotist Chuck Milligan topples volunteers like dominoes.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Hypnotist Chuck Milligan addresses his audience with a chuckle as his hypnotized volunteers topple over like a row of dominoes in a relaxed, hypnotized state during a performance at the North Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Center at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2011. Milligan's performance lasted nearly two hours and kept the audience engaged the entire time with laughter and role-play. The performance tour across Iraq is Milligan's third since the onset of Operation Iraqi Freedom. "It is all about the audience," said Milligan. "The more engaged they are, the more fun they are having—the better the performance is."
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Strayer, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
U.S. Division-North NCO of the Quarter.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Maj. Gen. David G. Perkins, commanding general of 4th Infantry Division and U.S. Division-North presents an Army Commendation Medal to Staff Sgt. Steven Newman, a native of Hobart, Ind., and field artilleryman assigned to Battery B, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, during a special awards presentation at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Jan. 7, 2011. Newman, stationed at Contingency Operating Site Marez near Mosul, Iraq, bested his peers when he competed for noncommissioned officer of the quarter, and Sergeant Audie Murphy Club, earning him prestige amongst his Soldiers. “It’s a great thing to have earned this (award),” said Newman. “I could not have done this without the support my Soldiers. I have an amazing section.”
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group and Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s active-duty 689th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., erect Alaskan Shelter sleeping quarters at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 5, 2013, as part of Exercise Gateway Relief, a U.S. Transportation Command-directed earthquake-response scenario. The two units are joining forces to stand up and operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening, which combines an Air Force Aerial Port of Debarkation with an Army trucking and distribution unit. The aerial port ensures the smooth flow of cargo and relief supplies into affected areas by airlift, while the trucking unit facilitates their final distribution over land. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)
Los Angeles Department of Transportation, Special Traffic Operations, Traffic and Transportation Management Plan, and Program Contingency Engineers during the operation for the cicLAvia South Central to Leimert Park, Southwest Los Angeles Open Streets Bicycle Route and Western Avenue crossing points open to cross traffic for automobiles intersection traffic signal red lights, left turn protected red yellow green arrow lights, left turn yield on flashing yellow arrow lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing don't walk orange hand lights located at King Estates in Southwest Los Angeles, California 90062.
(Los Angeles Police Department Southwest Division Patrol Station Number 3 and LAPD South Traffic Division Station Number 25, LADOT - Los Angeles Department of Transportation's Parking Enforcement South Los Angeles Division Agency 55 on 7510 South Figueroa Street in South Los Angeles, California 90003-1737 and Los Angeles City Council District 8, Office of Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson)
North Dakota Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Heidi Sigl, of Bismarck, N.D., is greeted by her children at the N.D. National Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility, in Bismarck, on Sept. 10, 2013. Sigl along with two other Soldiers of the Guard’s 1919th Contingency Contracting Team (CCT) were welcomed home to North Dakota this afternoon by family, friends and loved ones after a nine-month long mission in Qatar and Afghanistan. (National Guard Photo by Bill Prokopyk, N.D. National Guard Public Affairs Office/Released)
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Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group offload equipment from a C-130 Hercules aircraft at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 5, 2013, as part of Exercise Gateway Relief, a U.S. Transportation Command-directed earthquake-response scenario. The 123rd is joining forces with the U.S. Army’s active-duty 689th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., to stand up and operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening, which combines an Air Force Aerial Port of Debarkation with an Army trucking and distribution unit. The aerial port ensures the smooth flow of cargo and relief supplies into affected areas by airlift, while the trucking unit facilitates their final distribution over land. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)
Capt. Kasandra B. Tharp, Contingency Contracting Officer, 617th CCT, 413 CSB
CPT Jared Tharp (552nd MP CO) and CPT Kasandra Tharp at CPT Jared Tharp's change of command ceremony at Schofield Barracks on 19 Jul 2013 as CPT Jared Tharp assumed command of the 552nd Military police company.
110815-A-FP886-064 CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Staff Sgt. Joshua Moody, squad leader with Company B from Killeen, Texas, 1-5 Calvary, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Calvary Division, advises an Iraqi soldier on the range during a week of marksmanship training on an Iraqi Military Post, August 16. The Iraqi soldiers are learning basic marksmanship, close quarters marksmanship, advanced marksmanship and how to enter and clear a room in an urban environment. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson, 29th MPAD, USD - N PAO)
POHANG, Republic of Korea (April 7, 2017) - Staff Sgt. Robin McClain a cyber-technician assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., shares knowledge with two Republic of Korea Airmen during exercise Turbo Distribution 17-3 at Pohang Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 7, 2017. The CRW specializes in rapidly establishing hubs for cargo distribution operations worldwide, to include remote and austere locations, on short notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Gustavo Gonzalez/Released) 170407-F-CJ433-095
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From left, U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Scott Whitteaker, with the 112th Security Forces Squadron, secures the evacuation route for the 112th Air Expeditionary Wing Headquarters building while Maj. Michael Smith, Lt. Col. Tom Emmolo and Col. David Cohen rush to evacuate during an operational readiness inspection (ORI) in Savannah, Ga., Jan. 25, 2011. During the ORI the wing was tested on their ability to survive and operate in contingency conditions. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Angela Ruiz, U.S. Air Force/Released)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, left, and Gen. Lloyd Austin, commander of U.S. Forces – Iraq, land at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 1, 2011. Mullen and Austin met with senior U.S. Division – North leadership to discuss security in northern Iraq during a tour of the Ninewa Combined Coordination Center.
(U.S. Army photo by Capt. Philip Crabtree, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – N)
Children of South Carolina Air National Guard Airmen participate in the S.C. Military Kids program at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Sept. 17, 2017. SCANG youth experienced virtual reality goggles, drone flying, unplugged coding, computer science and expeditions during the two-day event, which introduces youth to possible careers. SCMK is designed to provide support to the children and youth of families that are impacted by global contingency operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Caycee Watson)
A paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conducts live fire training on Fort Bragg, Sept. 9, 2013. The White Falcons, currently part of the Global Response Force, conducted a two-week intensive training cycle designed to reinforce combat skills for the nation’s airborne assault-capable, contingency unit.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull)
Pictured: Okehampton Camp and 'tent city'
Ten Tors is one of the biggest multi-agency, tri service civil contingency exercises in Britain. It is run by more than nine hundred military personnel - almost all of them Reservists - from all three branches of the Armed Forces, led by the Army’s 43 (Wessex) Brigade with its HQ in Tidworth, Wiltshire.
The 54th running of the event this year comes just months after military personnel, including Reservists from the South West , assisted local authorities, the Environment Agency and blue-light services during the floods, carrying out a range of tasks from sandbagging to engineering.
As a military exercise Ten Tors provides the Armed Forces with an invaluable opportunity to practice these life-saving civil contingency responsibilities, to enable the military - assisted by the emergency services, including The British Red Cross and the Dartmoor Search and Rescue Group - to be ready to help when they are called upon during a national emergency.
Brigadier Piers Hankinson MBE, Director of Ten Tors, is the Commander of 43 (Wessex) Brigade and was the Joint Military Commander for the South West during the flooding.
“The severe flooding across parts of the South West earlier this year clearly demonstrates the importance of such training and the ability to react to fast changing conditions and working in a multi-agency tri-service team. It also highlights the way that Reservists, who have wide ranging civilian experience and employment (from plumbers to accountants), train to operate with their regular counterparts under a One-Army ethos.”
Ten Tors:
As well as a vital high-level military exercise, The Ten Tors Challenge is also one of the biggest outdoors adventure events for young people in Britain today. In all, 2400 youngsters aged between 14 and 19 will take part in Ten Tors, with a further 300 youngsters with physical or educational needs taking part in the Jubilee Challenge.
The majority of the teams who enter Ten Tors are from schools and youth groups from Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. As usual, scores of scout groups, sports and ramblers teams and Armed Forces cadet units have accepted the challenge and are taking part.
Those teenagers taking on the Ten Tors Challenge will trek unaided over 35, 45 or 55 miles of some of the toughest terrain and highest peaks in Southern England relying on their navigational skills and carrying all their food, water, bedding, tents and other essentials as they go.
It is a feat they must complete as a team and without any help from adults and they’ll remain entirely self-sufficient during their arduous expeditions, including camping out overnight on the moor.
They do it for the challenge; to test themselves against one of the last remaining wildernesses in Britain. What they get in return for their months of hard training and commitment, as well as determination and bravery during the event itself, is an experience they’ll remember forever and the chance to learn a set of skills and values which will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
It’s a rite of passage which has played a positive and formative role in shaping the lives of more than a quarter of a million people.
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Col. Michel M. Russell, Sr. assumed command of 401st Army Field Support Brigade from outgoing commander, Col. Richard B. O’Connor, II in a ceremony held at brigade headquarters July 17.
The time-honored change of command ceremony is somewhat of a rarity for a unit deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Today’s Army Force Generation model has units rotating in and out of the battle space for a set period of time with the commander usually remaining in command throughout the deployment.
The 401st AFSB is unique in that it is headquartered in Afghanistan with commanders and personnel joining and leaving the unit as their individual assignments dictate.
The 401st AFSB’s mission is to serve as the single entry point for integration and synchronization for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology between the tactical level and the Materiel Enterprise while enhancing unit readiness and improving combat capability; and provide field and sustainment level logistics for both U.S. and Coalition forces in Afghanistan in accordance with Joint Sustainment Command – Afghanistan and U.S. Forces – Afghanistan priorities and is accomplished by more than 41,000 Soldiers, Department of Army civilians and contractors at locations across the Afghanistan area of operations.
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CAMP MARMAL, Afghanistan – U.S. Force Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and the 436th Airlift Wing at Dover AFB, Del., watch a C-5M Super Galaxy land at Camp Marmal in Northern Afghanistan Jan. 26, 2013. The two wings have deployed to assist with the scheduled rotation of two U.S. Army aviation task forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)
Staff Sgt. Bruce Henderson, an infantryman assigned to Charlie Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, uses crossed ski poles to steady his aim Dec. 12, 2013 at the Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Henderson and his unit exited a C-130 Hercules Alaska Air National Guard aircraft from the tailgate with a full arctic combat load, demonstrating their unique ability to rapidly deploy troops into arctic environments in response to a variety of contingencies. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Smith/Released)
Civic leaders and elected officials from Fairchild AFB, Wash,. visited Travis AFB, Calif., July 21-22, 2015, to learn about the broader Air Mobility Command mission. Among other units, the leaders visited the 821st Contingency Response Squadron, 60th Aerial Port Squadron and David Grant Medical Center where they were briefed on air refueling, airlift and medical readiness capabilities of the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ken Wright)
Super Bowl Champion.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Daniel Graham, a tight end with the Denver Broncos, shows his Championship ring from Super Bowl XXXVIII to Maj. Gen. David G. Perkins, Commanding General, 4th Infantry Division and U.S. Division-North, during the Super Sunday Tour at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Feb. 4, 2011. During the Morale, Welfare and Recreation-sponsored tour, National Football League players and cheerleaders visited with service members across Iraq to boost morale and thank troops for their sacrifices in support of the nation.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
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Ten Tors is one of the biggest multi-agency, tri service civil contingency exercises in Britain. It is run by more than nine hundred military personnel - almost all of them Reservists - from all three branches of the Armed Forces, led by the Army’s 43 (Wessex) Brigade with its HQ in Tidworth, Wiltshire.
The 54th running of the event this year comes just months after military personnel, including Reservists from the South West , assisted local authorities, the Environment Agency and blue-light services during the floods, carrying out a range of tasks from sandbagging to engineering.
As a military exercise Ten Tors provides the Armed Forces with an invaluable opportunity to practice these life-saving civil contingency responsibilities, to enable the military - assisted by the emergency services, including The British Red Cross and the Dartmoor Search and Rescue Group - to be ready to help when they are called upon during a national emergency.
Brigadier Piers Hankinson MBE, Director of Ten Tors, is the Commander of 43 (Wessex) Brigade and was the Joint Military Commander for the South West during the flooding.
“The severe flooding across parts of the South West earlier this year clearly demonstrates the importance of such training and the ability to react to fast changing conditions and working in a multi-agency tri-service team. It also highlights the way that Reservists, who have wide ranging civilian experience and employment (from plumbers to accountants), train to operate with their regular counterparts under a One-Army ethos.”
Ten Tors:
As well as a vital high-level military exercise, The Ten Tors Challenge is also one of the biggest outdoors adventure events for young people in Britain today. In all, 2400 youngsters aged between 14 and 19 will take part in Ten Tors, with a further 300 youngsters with physical or educational needs taking part in the Jubilee Challenge.
The majority of the teams who enter Ten Tors are from schools and youth groups from Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. As usual, scores of scout groups, sports and ramblers teams and Armed Forces cadet units have accepted the challenge and are taking part.
Those teenagers taking on the Ten Tors Challenge will trek unaided over 35, 45 or 55 miles of some of the toughest terrain and highest peaks in Southern England relying on their navigational skills and carrying all their food, water, bedding, tents and other essentials as they go.
It is a feat they must complete as a team and without any help from adults and they’ll remain entirely self-sufficient during their arduous expeditions, including camping out overnight on the moor.
They do it for the challenge; to test themselves against one of the last remaining wildernesses in Britain. What they get in return for their months of hard training and commitment, as well as determination and bravery during the event itself, is an experience they’ll remember forever and the chance to learn a set of skills and values which will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
It’s a rite of passage which has played a positive and formative role in shaping the lives of more than a quarter of a million people.
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Soldiers present and post the colors of the 4th Infantry Division during the division’s color casing ceremony in a hangar, Oct. 20, 2011 at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq. The "Ivy Division" completed its yearlong Operation New Dawn deployment, spending a year commanding and controlling United States Division-North and Task Force Iron Horse. The 4th Infantry Division controlled approximately 49,000 square miles, covering the area between Baghdad and the Iraq-Turkey border.
Tech. Sgt. Robert Shipp, an aerospace ground equipment specialist from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, prepares a 60-kilowatt electric generator during camp build-up at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 5, 2013, as part of Exercise Gateway Relief, a U.S. Transportation Command-directed earthquake-response scenario. The 123rd is joining forces with the U.S. Army’s active-duty 689th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., to stand up and operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening, which combines an Air Force Aerial Port of Debarkation with an Army trucking and distribution unit. The aerial port ensures the smooth flow of cargo and relief supplies into affected areas by airlift, while the trucking unit facilitates their final distribution over land. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)
U.S. Soldier mentors Iraqi communications specialist
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Sgt. Christopher Cisco, a signal support specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, observes Pfc. Naiem Gelewa, a communications specialist assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, as he trains on a combat network radio system at the Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, April 6, 2011. Cisco, a native of Freehold, N.J., trains the Iraqi soldiers at GWTC to program encrypted networks, secure radio channels, and communicate with adjacent units using radio systems.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
FORT IRWIN, Calif. - A U.S. Army Soldier from 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division prepares to evacuate a casualty during a tear gas attack for Training Rotation 14-06 at the National Training Center here, April 19, 2014. Decisive Action Rotation sat the NTC ensure brigade combat teams remain versatile, responsive and consistently available for the current fight and unforeseen future contingencies. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Paul Sale, Operations Group, National Training Center)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Private 1st Class Anthony Richardson, an infantryman assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, walks with members of the Kirkuk expanded Combined Security Force during a patrol in Kirkuk City, Iraq, March 8, 2011. The eCSF is comprised of Iraqi Army soldiers, Kurdish Regional Guard and Iraqi Policemen serving together to provide security in Kirkuk province.
(U.S. Army photo by 1st Sgt. Steven Sierras, Company A, 2nd Bn.,12th Cav. Regt., 1st AATF, 1st Inf. Div.)
Sgt. Kellyn Furgiuele of the 372nd Inland Cargo Transportation Company, 275th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command and Pfc. Michael Doumas of 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Sust. Bde., receive applause Oct. 12 after winning in their respective groups for the 310th ESC’s Grey Ghost Stakes Best Warrior and NCO competition at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq.
Family members, friends, fellow Soldiers and Virginia Guard senior leaders bid a formal farewell to the Soldiers of the Virginia Beach-based 1945th Contingency Contracting Team, 529th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 329th Regional Support Group Feb. 8, 2014, at Camp Pendleton in Virginia Beach. Virginia Sen. Jeffrey L. McWaters of the 8th District, Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Long Jr., the Adjutant General of Virginia, Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis A. Green, the Virginia National Guard Senior Enlisted Leader, Col. Michelle Rose, commander of the 329th RSG, Lt. Col. Michael Waterman, commander of the 529th CSSB, Lt. Col. Brent Carey, team leader of the 1944th CCT, and Capt. Bert Hankins, commander of the 1945th CCT, were among the speakers at the ceremony. The four-Soldier team will now head to Camp Shelby, Miss., for premobilization training before they head to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (Photo by Master Sgt. A.J. Coyne, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
A Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft taxies into MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 5, 2013, as part of Exercise Gateway Relief, a U.S. Transportation Command-directed earthquake-response scenario. The Kentucky Air Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group is joining forces with the U.S. Army’s active-duty 689th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., to stand up and operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening, which combines an Air Force Aerial Port of Debarkation with an Army trucking and distribution unit. The aerial port ensures the smooth flow of cargo and relief supplies into affected areas by airlift, while the trucking unit facilitates their final distribution over land. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE COBRA, Iraq – Soldiers with 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Division – North, and local Iraqis load various commercial products and goods onto a truck at Contingency Operating Base Cobra, Iraq, July 2011. The supplies were part of a combined humanitarian aid project to support local Iraqi families in the villages surrounding COS Cobra in support of Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Randy Warren, 2/1 CAV AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
PALU, Indonesia (Oct. 9, 2018) - A bird's-eye view of the airport hangar in Balikpapan, Indonesia. Members from the 36th Contingency Response Group at Andersen, Air and 374th Airlift Wing from Yokota Air Base, Japan are supporting the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) humanitarian relief efforts after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck Indonesia's Sulawesi Island Sept. 28, 2018. The airport is the staging ground for all humanitarian goods before being transported to Palu, Indonesia where they are received and distributed to those affected. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. JT May III) 181009-F-ZM606-076
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Pictured: Okehampton Camp and 'tent city'
Ten Tors is one of the biggest multi-agency, tri service civil contingency exercises in Britain. It is run by more than nine hundred military personnel - almost all of them Reservists - from all three branches of the Armed Forces, led by the Army’s 43 (Wessex) Brigade with its HQ in Tidworth, Wiltshire.
The 54th running of the event this year comes just months after military personnel, including Reservists from the South West , assisted local authorities, the Environment Agency and blue-light services during the floods, carrying out a range of tasks from sandbagging to engineering.
As a military exercise Ten Tors provides the Armed Forces with an invaluable opportunity to practice these life-saving civil contingency responsibilities, to enable the military - assisted by the emergency services, including The British Red Cross and the Dartmoor Search and Rescue Group - to be ready to help when they are called upon during a national emergency.
Brigadier Piers Hankinson MBE, Director of Ten Tors, is the Commander of 43 (Wessex) Brigade and was the Joint Military Commander for the South West during the flooding.
“The severe flooding across parts of the South West earlier this year clearly demonstrates the importance of such training and the ability to react to fast changing conditions and working in a multi-agency tri-service team. It also highlights the way that Reservists, who have wide ranging civilian experience and employment (from plumbers to accountants), train to operate with their regular counterparts under a One-Army ethos.”
Ten Tors:
As well as a vital high-level military exercise, The Ten Tors Challenge is also one of the biggest outdoors adventure events for young people in Britain today. In all, 2400 youngsters aged between 14 and 19 will take part in Ten Tors, with a further 300 youngsters with physical or educational needs taking part in the Jubilee Challenge.
The majority of the teams who enter Ten Tors are from schools and youth groups from Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. As usual, scores of scout groups, sports and ramblers teams and Armed Forces cadet units have accepted the challenge and are taking part.
Those teenagers taking on the Ten Tors Challenge will trek unaided over 35, 45 or 55 miles of some of the toughest terrain and highest peaks in Southern England relying on their navigational skills and carrying all their food, water, bedding, tents and other essentials as they go.
It is a feat they must complete as a team and without any help from adults and they’ll remain entirely self-sufficient during their arduous expeditions, including camping out overnight on the moor.
They do it for the challenge; to test themselves against one of the last remaining wildernesses in Britain. What they get in return for their months of hard training and commitment, as well as determination and bravery during the event itself, is an experience they’ll remember forever and the chance to learn a set of skills and values which will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
It’s a rite of passage which has played a positive and formative role in shaping the lives of more than a quarter of a million people.
NOTE TO DESKS:
MoD release authorised handout images.
All images remain Crown Copyright 2013.
Photo credit to read - Cpl Si Longworth RLC (Phot)
Email: simonlongworth@mediaops.army.mod.uk
richardwatt@mediaops.army.mod.uk
shanewilkinson@mediaops.army.mod.uk
Si Longworth - 07414 191994
Richard Watt - 07836 515306
Shane Wilkinson - 07901 590723