Airmen from the 36th Contingency Response Group and U.S. Marines to prepare to 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)

Paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, engage enemy targets during live fire training on Fort Bragg, N.C., 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, 2/82 PAO NCOIC)

Spc. Dylan Carpenter, an Army battle command system operator for the U.S. Army Africa Contingency Command Post, builds the internal framework for the large tent. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Sgt. 1st Class Will Patterson)

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Bradley Fighting Vehicles zero main guns.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – A pair of M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles shoot 25mm tracer rounds at a stationary target 1200 meters away during a live-fire exercise on Memorial Range near Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, July 29, 2011. Bradley crews from 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, zeroed their 25mm main guns and M240C machine guns during the exercise in support of Operation New Dawn.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Quentin Johnson, 2nd AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – N)

Hypnotist performance draws a large crowd at COB Speicher.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Hypnotist Chuck Milligan addresses the crowd of Soldiers and civilians gathered to see his unique performance at the North Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Center at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2011. Milligan allowed members of the audience to participate, joining him on stage to be hypnotized and become part of the performance. Milligan's shtick lasted nearly two hours as the performer engaged the audience with laughter and role-play.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Strayer, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)

Staff Sgt. Omar Galindo, a convoy commander with Bravo Company, 1-185th Armor (Combined Arms Battalion), 81st Brigade Combat Team, California Army National Guard, looks over Spc. Hernandez’s work Feb. 5 at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq. About 900 California National Guardsmen deployed with the 81st BCT based out of Seattle in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in August. They are scheduled to return home this summer.

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)

Spc. Joseph Marchand and Staff Sgt. Donald Coleman, both with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery, 81st Brigade Combat Team, Washington Army National Guard, listen as Col. Ronald Kapral, the commander of the 81st BCT, and Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Sweeney, the command sergeant major of the 81st BCT, speak to their Soldiers during a visit Feb. 7 at Contingency Operating Base Marez, Iraq. About 2,400 Washington National Guardsmen and 900 California National Guardsmen deployed with the 81st BCT based out of Seattle in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in October. They are scheduled to return home this summer.

Pfc. Tabatha Krohn, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division mans the Radio desk at entry control point five, Sept. 5, 2011. Krohn is responsible for helping conduct background checks of personnel identified through biometric checks at Contingency Operating Base Adder. (U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Jennifer Farland HHC, 3BSTB, 3rd AAB, 1st Cav. Div.)

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)

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)

Spc. Michael Lopez, a mechanic with Bravo Company, 1-185th Armor (Combined Arms Battalion), 81st Brigade Combat Team, California Army National Guard, ground guides a vehicle Feb. 5 at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq. About 900 California National Guardsmen deployed with the 81st BCT based out of Seattle in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in August. They are scheduled to return home this summer.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joe Damian, 36th Contingency Response Group independent duty medical technician-paramedic, walks to a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey for a casualty evacuation mission at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 14. Damian flew on nine sorties in three days with the Marines in support of Operation Sahayogi Haat and transported a total of six patients following the second earthquake the struck Nepal May 12. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Melissa B. White/Released)

Roll 'em up, throw 'em down.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION K1, Iraq – Private 1st Class Michael Groves, a combat engineer with Company C, Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, tosses a roll of electrical cable from one rooftop to another as he and other Company C Soldiers dismantle and pack non-essential electrical systems at Contingency Operating Location K1, Kirkuk province, Iraq, July 24, 2011. U.S. Forces at COL K1 removed the systems before vacating and transferring the base to Iraqi control.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Strayer, 109th MPAD, USD – N)

ORLANDO, Fla. - In today’s complex and high tempo operational environment, America’s Army Reserve to rapidly deploy highly trained units to any corner of the world with the personnel and equipment they have on hand. With multiple contingencies and numerous potential threats capable of employing cutting-edge tactics with modern military equipment, the Army Reserve looks to its premiere sustainers such the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) to lead, train and equip its 10,000-Soldier command.

In taking the first, major step toward achieving this vital mission, the 143d ESC conducted a Mission Training Brief Feb. 2-3, 2018, at the command’s headquarters in Orlando, Fla.

“An MTB promotes cohesion through collaboration,” said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Walter L. Flinn, commander, 332nd Transportation Terminal Battalion. “It offers a forum for commanders to share their successes and shortcomings while seeking and offering guidance among their fellow leaders.”

Led by U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Deborah L. Kotulich, commanding general, 143d ESC, the MTB featured dozens of senior leaders from the company to the ESC level whose wealth of knowledge and experience offered solutions to a myriad of logistical challenges.

“The expectation of having several months to bring your Soldiers up to speed at a pre-mobilization station is coming to an end,” Kotulich announced to dozens of battalion and brigade commanders and command sergeants majors huddled in the conference room. “We must assume that we will mobilize at a moment’s notice, and it’s our responsibility that we physically and mentally prepare every Soldier for the rigors of combat through realistic training.”

Kotulich expects every downtrace unit to spend less time in classrooms and more time in the field. This focus on individual and collective readiness stems from the U.S. Army Reserve Command’s Ready Force X initiative.

“Ready Force X is the Army Reserve’s answer to the [U.S.] Army’s demand for properly equipped and highly trained Soldiers who can rapidly deploy into combat,” said U.S. Army Col. Wanda Williams, commander, 641st Regional Sustainment Group. “Almost half of the 143d ESC’s downtrace units must meet the strict criteria established by Ready Force X’s “Fight Fast” mentality. This MTB offers precious time for commanders to obtain timely information needed to properly execute the numerous requirements to maintain a constantly high state of readiness.”

While Kotulich entrusts her fellow officers to formulate plans and carry out the Army Reserve’s “Fight Fast” initiative, she relies on her command sergeants major to refine the tasks required to carry out their commanding general’s intent.

“There are 43 individual training requirements that every unit must complete before reporting to a pre-mobilization site,” said U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Carlos O. Lopes, command sergeant major, 143d ESC. “As NCOs, we are responsible for providing effective training that ensures every Soldier has mastered these fundamental skills that directly determine one’s survivability on the battlefield.”

“NCOs can only do this if they understand their commanders’ intent,” added Command Sgt. Maj. Kenyatta S. Stamps, command sergeant major, 787th Combat Support and Sustainment Battalion. “The MTB allows us to hear those intentions firsthand and develop effective techniques and tactics to achieve them.”

These techniques and tactics encompass a variety of tasks that enhance speed, agility and sustained readiness at the individual, team and unit level. From warrior drills to medical readiness, commanders must meticulously manage finite time and resources to crystallize the Army Reserve’s strategic vision and implement the 143d ESC’s operational mission.

“Ready Force X is about leadership, energy and execution,” said Flinn. “Commanders must own the responsibility for readiness. Establishing an open dialog among senior leaders remains paramount to understanding not only what we do but how we do it.”

With more than half of the 143d ESC falls under the Ready Force X umbrella, every unit and Soldier must face the challenges if they are to reap the awards of transforming America’s Army Reserve into the most lethal and capable federal reserve force in U.S. history.

“America demands highly trained and proficient Soldiers, and the Army Reserve is blessed to have motivated men and women ready to endure the hardships inherent in armed conflict,” said Williams. “That’s why I tell my Soldiers, ‘Don’t worry about the names. Just be ready. Be ready now!”

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, 143d ESC

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)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq- Army Spc. Rodolfo Moreno, a finance specialist, 4th Financial Management Company, from Fort Bliss, Texas, attached to 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, adds the names of Soldiers lost during their support of Operation New Dawn to the Warrior Memorial Wall centered at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2011. Moreno is one of the many volunteers amending the memorial site that bears the names of U.S. soldiers lost during Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)

U.S. Army Africa 1st Lt. Salvatore Buzzurro, Africa Contingency Operations Training & Assistance program military mentor, gives a Sierra Leone Armed Forces Soldier some advice on troop leading procedures. The SL Army has been training with the ACOTA program for two years, and this is the fifth company prepping for their peacekeeping mission in another country. Photo by U.S. Army Africa.

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White phosphorous ignites and rains from the sky after confiscated mortar rounds, grenades, guns and other explosive devices were destroyed by Army explosive ordnance disposal technicians on Contingency Operating Base Q-West, Iraq, Dec. 31. The controlled blast, which contained more than 1,500 pounds of explosives, was set off at midnight as a way to ring in the New Year from Iraq. Photo by Spc. Eric Rutherford, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.

flashing yellow lights switched off and Bernard Street intersection traffic signal flashing red lights modification controlled by Los Angeles Department of Transportation, Special Traffic Operations, Transportation and Traffic Management Plan Contingency Engineers during the operation of the Los Angeles Chinatown Lunar New Year Golden Dragon Parade located at Chinatown Los Angeles, California 90012 where this intersection is frequently used and it is so busy periodically.

A Team of LAPD Motorcycle Drill Officers on Motorbikes are performing here to welcome the opening of the Los Angeles Chinatown Golden Dragon Parade special event right here upon the floats are coming right here.

Note: The new current G.D.P. route travelled Southbound Broadway and made a left turn at Eastbound West Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and ENDS at a right turn into Southbound Spring Street Olvera Street for parade floats disbanding zone since February 2007 to February 2012 but now this Golden Dragon Parade route on Southbound Broadway turns right to Westbound Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and ENDS at North Hill Street overpass bridge and North Grand Avenue for parade floats disbanding zone since February 2013 to present. The former G.D.P. route was on Northbound Broadway (ended here until 2000) from Cesar E. Chavez Avenue to Bernard Street and Southbound Hill Street at Ord Street took place here until 2006.

The former G.D.P. route was on Northbound Broadway (ended here until 2000) from Cesar E. Chavez Avenue to Bernard Street and Southbound Hill Street at Ord Street took place here until 2006.

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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)

USF-I general recognizes military policemen

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, Deputy Commanding General of Operations for U.S. Forces-Iraq, presents Spc. Kayla Long, a native of Alexander City, Ala., and a military policewoman assigned to 214th Military Police Company, a USF-I coin for excellence during a ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Marez, May 24, 2011. Long and other troopers from 214th Military Police Company, and Alabama Army National Guard unit attached to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, supported U.S. forces’ advise, train and assist mission in support of Operation New Dawn.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)

001. Sgt. 1st Class Heidi Sigl, senior enlisted leader for the Bismarck-based 1919th Contingency Contracting Team, is recognized by Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, during a Freedom Salute ceremony Dec. 7 at Raymond J. Bohn Armory in Bismarck. Sigl and three other members of the highly specialized unit recently returned from a yearlong deploment to Afghanistan and other areas of Southwest Asia. The Freedom Salute campaign is one of the largest Army National Guard recognition endeavors in history, designed to publicly acknowledge Army Guard Soldiers and those who supported them during missions in support of Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom.

(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Jungels/Released)

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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)

Paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct live fire, urban operations 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)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Kirkuk Emergency Services Unit Raid Platoon commander Chief Warrant Officer Shakhawan Fateh questions local residents after confiscating weapons-making materials found in the residents’ home during Operation Lion Claw in Kirkuk, May 4, 2011. U.S. Soldiers of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, assisted the ESU in discovering rocket making material and vital intelligence.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, augmented by troops from the active-duty Air Force and Air National Guard units in multiple states, dowload relief supplies from aircraft around the clock at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the wake of Hurricane Maria Oct. 6, 2017. The unit’s Airmen established an aerial port of debarkation upon arrival here Sept. 23, and have processed more than 7.2 million pounds of cargo and humanitarian aid for distribution in the first three weeks of the operation. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Dale Greer)

004. Sgt. 1st Class Heidi Sigl and Maj. Michael Lowe, senior enlisted leader and commander for the Bismarck-based 1919th Contingency Contracting Team, present Gov. Jack Dalrymple with a North Dakota flag during a Freedom Salute ceremony Dec. 7 at Raymond J. Bohn Armory in Bismarck. The flag was flown over locations like Salerno in Afghanistan. Sigl, Lowe and two other members of the highly specialized unit recently returned from a yearlong deploment to Afghanistan and other areas of Southwest Asia. The Freedom Salute campaign is one of the largest Army National Guard recognition endeavors in history, designed to publicly acknowledge Army Guard Soldiers and those who supported them during missions in support of Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom.

(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Jungels/Released)

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CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Aruba Iraqi Police Chief Col. Sherzad, passes out toys to students of al Fadallah Elementary school during its reopening ceremony, March 14, 2011. The local IP worked with “Thunderhorse” Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, attached to 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, from Fort Riley, Kan., to coordinate distribution of the school supplies, toys, sporting equipment and winter coats donated by various U.S. non-governmental organizations.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Spc. Brad Demers, a medic with Company C, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, assists a Soldier during sick call at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2011. Demers, a Southbridge, Mass., native, plans to use his Army medical training to transition to a career as a doctor.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson, 29th MPAD, USD-N PAO)

NAMEST AIR BASE, Czech Republic -- A-10 Thunderbolt IIs pilots from the 81st Fighter Squadron check their aircrafts systems before flight Sept. 14, during Ramstein Rover 2012 here. RARO 12 is a NATO exercise focused on preparing forward air controllers for contingency operations. Sixteen NATO member nations are participating in the exercise to establish and build upon common techniques, tactics and practices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natasha Stannard/ Released)

Firefighters with Chevron Fire Department prepare to respond to a simulated fire aboard a container ship as part of an oil and hazardous substance response exercise at Kalaeloa Barbers Point Harbor Sept. 10, 2014. The exercise was designed to test and evaluate core components of the Hawaii Area Contingency Plan, Chevron Facility Response Plan and various emergency response plans during a simulated fire and oil spill. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Melissa E. McKenzie)

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Airman Mikal Moore, a Contingency Response Group aerial porter from Kentucky Air National Guard, chains down an M983 Truck inside a C-5 Galaxy on the Altus Air Force Base flight line Jan. 4, 2013. Members of the 97th Air Mobility Wing; the Kentucky Air Guard; the 31st Air Defense Artillery Army Brigade, Fort Sill, Okla; and the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, W. Va., joined forces to deploy batteries of Patriot air-defense systems, more than two million pounds of equipment and over 300 personnel to Turkey in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Levin Boland / Released)

FORT POLK, La. – Airmen from the 570th Contingency Response Group at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., stand outside the CRG command post at Geronimo Landing Zone on Fort Polk, La. Oct 15, 2012. The CRG was supporting Joint Readiness Training Exercise Decisive Action. The exercise includes emphasis on joint forcible entry, phased deployment with an airborne parachute operation, a combined noncombatant evacuation, combine arms maneuver, wide area security, unconventional warfare and unified land operations in a joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres) (Released)

BAGHDAD –Soldiers at Contingency Operating Station Hammer and Department of Defense employees were put to sleep by hypnotist Chuck Millign during his show at the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Center Jan. 26. Millign said it was his privilege and honor to be in Iraq spending time with Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by Georges Abourmrad, 2nd BCT PAO, 10th Mtn. Div., USD-C)

Airmen of the 621st Contingency Response Wing wait for equipment to be leaded onto before taking off in a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on their way to Port-au-Prince, Haiti in response to Hurricane Matthew, October 6, 2016. The CRW is highly-specialized in rapidly deploying personnel to quickly open airfields and establish, expand, sustain, and coordinate air mobility operations alongside joint and intra-agency partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Martyn/Released)

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 conducts slingload operations with U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 10. Both units were preparing for a Marine airpower demonstration at the 2012 JB MDL Open House and & Air Show, scheduled for May 12 and 13. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

Actor Anthony Anderson makes his way from speaking 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. After visiting the warriors at the CASF, the team of celebrities travelled to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center to meet other wounded warriors. 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 Dennis Haysbert; 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.

Senior Airman Bryant Lurty, 621st Contingency Response Squadron Aerial Port team member, shows Flight Lt. Nicola Durie, Royal New Zealand Air Force air movements, the controls to a forklift during a Joint Readiness Training exercise at Alexandria International Airport, LA. April 17, 2016. JRTC is a multinational exercise focused on pre-deployment and airdrop capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua King)

Capt. Jack Robinson, 821st Contingency Response Support Squadron airfield assessment team chief and civil engineer, right, and Capt. Andrew Senko, 821st Contingency Response Squadron airfield assessment civil engineer, left, discuss airfield structural capabilities with Col. Mohammed Tourabi, Royal Moroccan Air Force, center, at the Inezgane Airport, Morocco, April 24, 2021. The members, assigned to an airfield survey team, were tasked to survey five airfields across Morocco to determine their suitability to receive mobility aircraft. (courtesy photo)

Members of the U.S. Army Pacific Command Contingency Post and the Oregon National Guard joined Bangladesh and U.S. government and non-government organizations in brainstorming courses of action when faced with a major earthquake scenario as part of the table-top exercise during the second day of the 2013 Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise & Exchange (DREE) Aug. 19, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The four-day DREE, led by the USARPAC and the Bangladesh Government and Armed Forces Division, began Aug. 18, as a civil-military disaster preparedness and response initiative featuring table-top exercise followed by a field training exercise focused on command and control, urban search and rescue, engineering capacity, and debris management. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mary E. Ferguson)

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)

Spc. Garret VanBrink, Spc. Paul Saya and Staff Sgt. Sean Henry, all with the Force Protection Company, 81st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 81st Brigade Combat Team, Washington Army National Guard, take a break from training during a visit from Col. Ronald Kapral, the commander of the 81st BCT, and Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Sweeney, the command sergeant major of the 81st BCT, Feb. 6 at Contingency Operating Base Q-West, Iraq. About 2,400 Washington National Guardsmen and 900 California National Guardsmen deployed with the 81st BCT based out of Seattle in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in October. They are scheduled to return home this summer.

Army Sgt. Brenda Acuna and Army Spc. Marquis Talbot of the U.S. Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element in Fort Eustis, Va., strap simulated disaster-relief supplies to a flat-rack pallet on the flight line of 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 689th is joining with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group to stand up and operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening through Aug. 9. The JTF-PO, which combines an Air Force Aerial Port of Debarkation with an Army trucking and distribution unit, ensures the smooth flow of relief supplies into affected areas by airlift and coordinates final distribution over land. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, augmented by Airmen from the Mississippi Air Guard, work to establish an air cargo and aeromedical evacuation hub at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, Aug. 30, 2017, in support of Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. The 49 Airmen arrived aboard two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft with 90 tons of equipment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Horton)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Sergeant Lydia Davis, left, supply sergeant for Company C, 27th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and Sgt. Corina Lopez, operations noncommissioned officer for Company C, review an order for an incoming shipment of supplies at the company headquarters at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, July 21, 2011. Davis, a native of Dallas, and Lopez, a native of Redlands, Calif., are currently deployed in support of Operation New Dawn.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)

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)

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Gary J. Volesky (right), commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, speaks with U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Bruce Bancroft (left) and U.S. Air Force Col. David Mounkes of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group Oct. 18, 2014, during a tour of the Joint Operations Center for Joint Task Force-Port Opening Senegal at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal. The JTF-PO is funneling humanitarian supplies and military support into West Africa as part of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to respond to the Ebola outbreak. Volesky will serve as the new commander of the U.S. military’s Operation United Assistance Joint Forces Command, headquartered in Liberia, where the Department of Defense is sending 3,000 troops to support the mission. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing (CRW) based at Travis Air Force Base, CA, deploy to Central African Republic (CAR) for humanitarian support, on December 13, 2013. AFRICOM is beginning to transport African troops from Burundi to CAR using US Air Force C-17 aircraft operating out of Entebbe as part of a larger effort of African nations supporting the African crisis in CAR. C-17s will to fly about a dozen missions from Entebbe over a week time frame, transporting a Burundian light infantry battalion of about 850 men and equipment from Bujumbura to Bangui in CAR. The C-17âs are staged at Entebbe airport as a convenient mid-way point with the proper facilities to service the aircraft and support aircrews. TSgt Michael Muya, ass igned to the 60th Aerospace Medicine Squadron use the last few minutes before departure to make a few final phone calls. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph/Heide Couch)