Aerial porters from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group offload humanitarian cargo from a U.S. Air Force KC-10 aircraft at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 12, 2014. The Kentucky Airmen will stage the cargo in Senegal before transloading it to U.S. Air Force C-130J aircraft for delivery into Monrovia, Liberia, in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

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Col. Mark Heiniger, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, greets Maj. Gen. Barbara Faulkenberry, vice commander of 18th Air Force, on the flight line of MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013, during Exercise Gateway Relief, a U.S. Transportation Command-directed earthquake-response scenario. The 123rd is teaming up with the U.S. Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., through Aug. 9 to operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening. The JTF-PO combines an Air Force Aerial Port of Debarkation with an Army trucking and distribution unit to ensure the smooth flow of relief supplies into disaster areas by airlift and coordinate final distribution over land. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – U.S. forces prepare Joint Security Station Whiskey 4 for a transfer to Iraqi responsibility at the base in Ninewa province, Iraq, July 30, 2011. Approximately 200 Soldiers and civilian contractors inhabited the base during Operation New Dawn to support Iraqi Security Forces in western Ninewa.

(U.S. Army photo by Capt. Philip Crabtree, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – N)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Brig. Gen. Dawud, commander of al Nasir District Police headquarters, and Chris Henzel, leader of Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team, cut the ribbon at the opening of the new al Nasir District Headquarters, March 23, 2011. The Nasir District Police headquarters is one of ten Iraqi police stations built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Ninewa province, Iraq. The completed Iraqi police stations account for more than $16 million worth of projects for Iraqi security and development, said , said Lt. Col. Paul Reese, deputy commanding officer, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division.

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

Former STM (Société de Transport de Montreal) 17-033. This bus was allocated to Victoria Regional Transit System for contingency during the Olympic Games in Vancouver. It was renumbered to 7122 and remained in service until the end of March, 2010.

United States Army Africa Command Contingency Control Point Soldiers help set up the Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter Aug. 7. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class William Patterson)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. John Hodge, a ramp coordinator for the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, checks in-bound cargo against a manifest aboard a 747 cargo plane at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 2, 2014. The cargo, which includes humanitarian aid and troop-support equipment, will be off-loaded by Kentucky Air National Guardsmen and staged in a nearby cargo yard before being airlifted to Liberia aboard U.S. Air Force C-130s in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Brigadier General Jeffrey Bailey (right), deputy commanding general – maneuver, 4th Infantry Division and United States Division – North, talks with Kurdish Brig. Gen. Shirko Fatih Shwani (center), commander of the 1st Kurdish Regional Guard Brigade, during a visit to the RGB headquarters in Kirkuk province, Aug. 24, 2011. The leaders discussed plans for the RGB to continue contributing to the security checkpoints in the Kirkuk province.

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

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 14, 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. SSgt Brian Harmon, 571 Global Moblity Readiness Squadron, holds his daughter while waiting in the PAX Terminal, Travis AFB before boarding a C-17 bound to Central Africa. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph/Heide Couch)

A U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Boyles, aircraft maintenance craftsman assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing, based at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., guides a C-130 Hercules as it conducts air mobility operations at Holland Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C. during Joint Operations Access Exercise 12-02, June 7, 2012. JOAX is a two-week forcible entry and ground combat exercise to prepare Air Force and Army service members to respond to worldwide crises and contingencies.

A military vehicle speeds past Col. Ronald Kapral, the 81st Brigade Combat Team commander, Lt. Col. Kenneth Garrison, the commander of the 81st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 81st BCT, Lt. Col. Alan Dorow, the commander of the 181st Brigade Support Battalion, 81st BCT, and Capt. Forrest Horan, the commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 81st BSTB, 81st BCT, during training Feb. 6, 2009 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. Ronald Taylor, communications team chief for the U.S. Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element, discusses disaster-relief operations with Maj. Gen. Barbara Faulkenberry, vice commander of 18th Air Force, during Exercise Gateway Relief at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013. The exercise is designed to test the ability of the 689th and the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group ability to stand up and operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening, which receives relief supplies by airlift and stages them for movement over land. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)

Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq - Specialist Angel Turner, right, a

print journalist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th

Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, punches her opponent during

a boxing match at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2011. "I

viewed this event as a challenge; one final, lasting memory prior to us

going home," said Turner, a native of Fayetteville, Ga. The "Boxing Smoker"

was held as a morale booster by the 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery

Regiment, 4th AAB, 1st Cav. Div., for "Long Knife" Soldiers before they

return to Fort Hood, Texas, later this summer.

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

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Iraqi police demonstrate how to collect evidence during their graduation from the Mosul Public Service Academy in Mosul, Iraq, June 12, 2011. During their four-week training course, Iraqi police trainees also learned police ethics, martial arts, crime scene security, marksmanship and rights of the accused.

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

A contingency from the Royal Thai Air Force recently visited Travis Air Force Base to see firsthand how the USAF and David Grand Medical Center implements military medical training and manages health care and preventative medicine programs. They also had the opportunity to explore other facets of Travis by touring the Heritage Center, traffic control tower and a static aircraft display. Thailand and the U.S. are committed to strengthening the long-standing relationship and paving the way for continued cooperation between the two air powers. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph/Heide Couch)

Walter Payton Man of the Year Madieu Williams.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq –Madieu Williams, a defensive back for the Minnesota Vikings, reacts to the announcement that he is the recipient of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, during a visit with Soldiers of 4th Infantry Division and U.S. Division-North Headquarters, Feb. 4, 2011. Participating in the Super Sunday Tour, a Morale, Welfare and Recreation-sponsored event brining National Football League players and cheerleaders to visit Soldiers deployed to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn, Williams learned of his selection via a special video teleconference with the NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year Award Luncheon in Dallas. Williams won the award for his charitable contributions providing medical care and education for people of Sierra Leon.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)

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

Aerial porters from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group push a pallet of cargo onto a C-130 aircraft from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 4, 2014. The Kentucky Airmen are operating an Aerial Port of Debarkation to funnel humanitarian aid to Liberia in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Command Sgt. Maj. Earl Rice, senior enlisted advisor to the U.S. Forces-Iraq deputy commanding general-operations, congratulates Sgt. Sondra Setterington during the U.S. Division-North Soldier of the Quarter competition at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, March 29, 2011. Setterington, an imagery analyst from Charlotte, Mich., assigned to Company C, Task Force ODIN, earned the honor of Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter. “She is more than just a role model,” said Sgt. 1st Class Michael Pierre, senior noncommissioned officer, Company C. “She is a trend setter—the trend of excellence.”

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

EAST CHINA SEA (March 30, 2017) ) A Sailor aboard the Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) uses a signal-searchlight to communicate with Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) prior to a replenishment-at-sea. Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeanette Mullinax/Released)

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-17’s are staged at Entebbe airport as a convenient mid-way point with the proper facilities to service the aircraft and support aircrews. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph/Heide Couch)

Aerial porters from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group offload humanitarian cargo from a U.S. Air Force KC-10 aircraft at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 12, 2014. The Kentucky Airmen will stage the cargo in Senegal before transloading it to U.S. Air Force C-130J aircraft for delivery into Monrovia, Liberia, in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

Certificates of Appreication were presented to Larry McCullough (right), deployed from Red River Army Depot (right), and members of the Air Force 577th Expeitionary RED HORSE squadron by Command Sgt. Maj. Caisido, 401st AFSB command sergeant major, September 23.

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Awarding a Combat Infantryman’s Badge.

CONTIGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Col. Eric Welsh, commander, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division from Fort Riley, Kan., presents Sgt. Craig Rion with a brigade coin after awarding him the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Jan. 7, 2011, at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq. Rion, an Omaha, Neb.-native, earned the award for direct fire contact when an insurgent attacked his patrol with an RKG-3 hand grenade Dec. 27, 2010, in Kirkuk, Iraq.

(U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Alyxandra McChesney, 1st AATF PAO, USD-N)

Sgt. 1st Class Jack Hahne embraces Command Sgt. Maj. Susan Shoe, South Dakota's State Command Sgt Maj. at Rapid City Regional Airport on Tuesday, September 17, 2013 after spending 9 months deployed to Afghanistan. Symonds is a part of the 1978th Contingency Contracting Team, which is responsible for assisting with the development and administration of contracting support plans, policy and appendices in support of operational, contingency and deliberate plans. He retunred with Maj. Matthew Symonds, which concludes the 1978th's deployment.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ryan McNary, an aerial porter from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, directs humanitarian cargo onto a U.S. Air Force C-130J aircraft during an engines-running on-load at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 10, 2014. The aircraft and crew are deployed to Senegal from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, as part of the 787th Air Expeditionary Squadron and will fly the cargo into Monrovia, Liberia, in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

Professional performance, great resourcefulness.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – “Ironhorse Strong” Soldier of the Week, Spc. Michael Hubbard, a combat medic assigned to Troop A, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, earned recognition for his superior performance of duty, displaying initiative above his pay grade and responsibility. Hubbard enlisted the help of U.S. forces, Iraqi Army and Peshmerga security forces to fortify the entry control point, improving protective measures at a combined security checkpoint in northern Iraq. Hubbard’s professionalism and initiative to lead this project in addition to his daily duties and responsibilities as a combat medic earned the Soldier from Topeka, Kan., the honor of “Ironhorse Strong” Soldier for the first week of 2011.

(U.S. Army photo)

Col. Khalil cuts the ribbon.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Standing alongside Lt. Col. Donald Brown, commander of 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, the commander of Salah ad Din Emergency Response Unit, Col. Khalil cuts the ceremonial ribbon commemorating the opening of a new school in the rural village area of al Noman, south of Tikrit, Iraq, Feb. 7, 2011. The school opening was made possible due to the efforts of the Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, aided the local Iraqi government in Salah ad Din province, opening 21 education facilities since taking responsibility for the area in August 2010. The school and other projects facilitated by Soldiers of 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt., made the rural village area of al Noman a place where children can get an education and farmers can successfully raise a family.

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

Helping hand.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Lt. Col. Sam Curtis, commander for Task Force Spear, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, passes Maj. Gen. Muhammed Sabri Latif Ali, division commander of the 3rd Federal Police Division, to an Iraqi school in Al Mansour District of western Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 13, 2011. U.S. and Iraqi forces distributed the gifts donated by non-profit organizations and U.S. citizens to an Iraqi school in Al Mansour District of western Mosul, Iraq.

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

SLUNJ, Croatia (Oct. 27, 2021) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 fill concrete masonry units during the Croatia contingency medical facility project, Oct. 27, 2021. The medical facility is intended to support exercise Saber Guardian, a multi-national exercise with U.S. and partner nation militaries. NMCB 1 is forward deployed to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater security cooperation in the U.S. Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Fleet areas of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Builder 2nd Class Emily Due)

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-17’s are staged at Entebbe airport as a convenient mid-way point with the proper facilities to service the aircraft and support aircrews. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph/Heide Couch)

U.S. Army Africa 1st Lt. Grady Hyatt, Africa Contingency Operations Training & Assistance (ACOTA) program military mentor, briefs a Sierra Leone Armed Forces Soldier on reconnaissance patrolling. Photo by U.S. Army Africa.

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CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – First Lieutenant Waleed Ramabhar, left, an intelligence officer assigned to the 3rd Iraqi Army Division, and staff Col. Hasen Ali, senior Iraqi Army officer for the Ninewa Combined Coordination Center, review significant activity reports after a key leader brief at the NCCC, July 25, 2011. Soldiers assigned to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, advise and train Iraqi and Kurdish Security Forces at the NCCC in support of Operation New Dawn.

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

CORAL SEA (July 20, 2017) Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Rayonna Leegibson, from Pittsburgh, left, searches a role-playing suspect under instruction from Operations Specialist 2nd Class Monique Monts, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., right, on the boat deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) as part of an anti-terrorism training exercise. Ashland is on a patrol in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance partnerships and be a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay/Released.)

Spc. Alexander Quebedeaux, a petroleum supply specialist assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), bottom, grapples with Ultimate Fighting Championship star Kyle Kingsbury during a UFC Tour mixed martial arts workshop at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Feb. 24, 2011. Kingsbury and UFC welterweight Mike Swick headlined the clinic, where the group answered questions from service members about fights, nutrition and fitness training. After signing autographs and posing for photos, Kingsbury and Swick invited the service members to test their skills and learn new techniques on the mat.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Shawn Miller/Released)

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Strobist: SB900 jammed into an orange cone as a light stand at 1/8th power, front right. Fired from the popup commander on the D300S, also at ~1/8th for some on axis fill. Finally got a chance to do some OCF work over here!

A little one-on-one.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – First Lt. Lowell Garthwaite, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division plays soccer with a student who will be attending a newly opened school located in the rural farm village of al Noman south of Tikrit, Iraq, Feb. 7, 2011. The newly opened education facility replaced a two-room mud building which could only support 20 students and would collapse during the rainy season. “Wolfhound” Soldiers of 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt. distributed school supplies and soccer balls to the students following a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the official opening of al Noman School.

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

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-17’s are staged at Entebbe airport as a convenient mid-way point with the proper facilities to service the aircraft and support aircrews. SSgt Brandon Pelfey, assigned to the 571 Golbal Mobility Readiness Squadron, kisses his baby daughte goodbye before he makes his departure. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph/Heide Couch)

Paint as Material Contingency

Exhibition in the Artlab by the Third Year Advanced Painting class (VAS 3310).

October 31 - November 14, 2014

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 6, 2014,

Participating student artists from VAS 3310

Sophie Bisnaire

Danielle Brideau

Michelle Bunton

Tabitha Chan

Christie Constantine

Cayley Cowan

Emilie Currie

Yara El Safi

Corry Faulkner

Angela Ferreira

Jacob Freeman

Brenda Fuhrman

Ella Gonzales

Karissa Hill

Alexandra Kalifer

Sophia Lloyd-Jones

Rowan McCormick

Jasmine Park

Faith Patrick

Andrea Polzer

Robin Scott

Abby Vincent

Daniel Welsh

Carina Wharton

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Sgt. 1st Class Jack Hahne hold his nephew, Paxton Glines, 4 months, during his welcome home ceremony as part of the 1978th Contingency Contracting Team, South Dakota Army National Guard, Sept. 24, 2013, on Camp Rapid in Rapid City, S.D. The 1978th returned from a nearly 10-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Beck/Released)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brian Leach, an aerial porter from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, directs the positioning of a forklift to offload pallets of humanitarian aid from a Halverson cargo-handling vehicle at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 12, 2014. The cargo will be staged in Senegal before being transloaded to U.S. Air Force C-130J aircraft for delivery into Monrovia, Liberia, in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

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)

003. Sgt. 1st Class Heidi Sigl, senior enlisted leader for the Bismarck-based 1919th Contingency Contracting Team, presents Dallas Eckholm, supervisory contracting officer for the United States Property and Fiscal Office, with a framed collage during a Freedom Salute ceremony Dec. 7 at Raymond J. Bohn Armory in Bismarck. Members of the highly specialized unit asked the Purchasing Contract Team of the USPFO to accept this token of their appreciation as their Distinguished Outstanding Center of Influence for leadership, guidance and training to the Soldiers prior to their mobilization to Afghanistan and other areas of Southwest Asia. Eckholm accepted the award on behalf of the Purchasing and Contracting Team. 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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South Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1978th Contingency Contracting Team stand to be recognized during their welcome home ceremony Sept. 24, 2013, on Camp Rapid in Rapid City, S.D. The 1978th returned from a nearly 10-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Beck/Released)

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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)

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-17’s are staged at Entebbe airport as a convenient mid-way point with the proper facilities to service the aircraft and support aircrews. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph/Heide Couch)