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)

Members of 401st AFSBn—Kandahar, Joint Sustainment Command—Afghanistan, and other from Kandahar Airfield came together to celebrate the ground breaking of a new medical clinic. The clinic will be for the use of third country nationals and will offer medical care at cost. The clinic is important to provide contract workers from other countries access to affordable medical care so they can continue their support to the mission.

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The 401st Army field Support Brigade gives our 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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Spc. Jessica Zullig, a print journalist with 135th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, is currently serving a tour at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Tikrit, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Cassandra Monroe)

Aerial porters from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group offload pallets of humanitarian aid from a U.S. Air Force KC-10 aircraft onto a Halverson cargo-handling vehicle 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)

SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 26, 2016) - Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Alex P. Christie, a native of Chico, Calif., swims out to retrieve Oscar, the training mannequin, during a man-overboard drill aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93). Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, USS Chung-Hoon is operating as part of the John C. Stennis Strike Group and Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Marcus L. Stanley/Released) 160426-N-MJ645-011

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intersection traffic signal flashing red lights powered off and switched off modification controlled by Los Angeles Department of Transportation, Special Traffic Operations, Transportation and Traffic Management Plan Contingency Engineers during an operation of Los Angeles Chinatown Lunar New Year Golden Dragon Parade Special Event next to Chinatown Central Plaza Arch Pagoda entry on the right located at 900 blocks of North Broadway in Chinatown Los Angeles, California 90012.

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.

This is the preview, END and FINISH LINE of the Los Angeles Chinatown Firecracker 10k Run combining 5k, 10k and Kiddie K run routes right here.

Burgerlords, Grand Star Jazz Club, Ooga Booga and Wonder Bakery are on the right hand side

金龍大遊行巡遊會洛杉磯中國城華埠孟歐之風中央廣場北百老滙街同埋行人過馬路交通燈信號機

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This is a soccer stadium at Contingency Operating Base Speicher near Tikrit, Iraq. It used to be Al Sahra Airfield under Saddam Hussein until the US took it over in 2003.

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)

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)

Soldiers in the U.S. Army Africa Contingency Command Post work together to help raise the large tent internal framework into place. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Sgt. 1st Class Will Patterson)

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Lt. Gen. Helmick awards Soldier with coin

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, Deputy Commanding General of Operations for U.S. Forces-Iraq, presents a U.S. Forces-Iraq coin for excellence to Spc. Brian Carter during a ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Marez, May 24, 2011. Carter serves as a military policeman assigned to 214th Military Police Company, attached to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. Primarily working as a radio telephone operator, Carter, a native of Opelika, Ala., earned the coin for his work in supporting 4th AAB’s mission while working in the military police company’s tactical operating center.

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

(Top to bottom) Pfc. Jeremy Rivera, 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, and Sgt. Tomes Weekes, 8th Ordinance Battalion, practice combatives drills on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Sept. 1.

and Traffic Management Plan Contingency Engineers during the operation of the Los Angeles Chinatown Firecracker 10 km Run Race Course Route followed by Solano Avenue traffic signal green lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing white walking lights on located at North of Chinatown and Solano Canyon district areas in the City of Los Angeles, California 90012.

End School Zone - Maximum Speed Limit 35 MPH (60 km/h).

Note: This route is used for Los Angeles Chinatown Firecracker 10k Run with a split of 5k route left turn on Bishops Road to Cathedral High School, Dodger Stadium and return to Chinatown, 10k run route continues going straight all the way to Elysian Park uphill east entrance (Park Drive). Uphill to Northeast Los Angeles Little League Baseball Field in Elysian Park and down the hill to Dodger Stadium combining with 5k run, returning to Chinatown with the same route. Kiddie K run turnaround here.

洛杉磯中國城華埠以北索拉諾 - 蘇蘭奥山谷北百老滙街及和主教道

洛杉磯中國城唐人街華埠五公里爆竹跑比賽參加者分開比賽路線在北百老滙街馬上必須要轉左在主教道前往運動場道至道奇體育場掉頭返回華埠終點結束完畢站場但是十公里跑步參加者直行走前往伊來筍公園上山.

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This is the 5k Run Race Route of the Homeboy - Homeboyle Industries Chinatown, Solano Canyon, Naud Industrial Junction and Outer Los Angeles State Historic Park.

這裡是5公里小家子 (家仔) 工業跑步比賽路線跑往洛杉磯華埠, 蘇蘭諾山峽谷, 諾德工業樞紐及外洛杉磯州立歷史公園區.

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Kentucky Guard member Tech. Sgt. Phil Seif with the 123rd Contingency Response Element installs a speaker system on top of the Hard sided Expandable Light Air Mobile Shelter in Springfield, Mo on May 16, 2011 during the National Level Exercise. The NLE is comprised of the Department of Defense forces and Human Services such as the Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The NLE itself is a scenario of a 6.0 or higher earthquake on the New Madrid fault line. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maxwell Rechel)

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- Airmen from the 818th Contingency Response Group, 621st Contingency Response Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. clear the area during sling load training with a CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopter assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 at JBMDL Feb 9, 2014. Sling load training enables both air and ground units the opportunity to practice moving large or urgent cargo into areas where fixed-wing aircraft cannot reach, such as aid supplies inside disaster areas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

Virginia National Guard Soldiers from the Virginia Beach-based 1940th and 1945th Contingency Contracting Teams participate in a six-day, joint, multi-state, contracting exercise Nov. 15, 2013, at Camp Pendleton, Va. The exercise, Vital Pledge, also includes Air and Army Guard personnel in Maine, Minnesota and South Dakota, as well as civilians from the Defense Logistics Agency. In addition to improving the Soldiers’ and Airmen’s familiarity with contracting systems and equipment, the exercise served to help prepare the four Soldiers of the 1945 CCT for their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in early 2014. (Photo by Master Sgt. A.J. Coyne, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jarrod Blanford, an aerial porter from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, directs the placement of a pallet of humanitarian cargo from an all-terrain forklift onto a Halverston Loader at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 4, 2014. The cargo will then be transferred to a U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, for delivery to 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)

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. Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Skeens, a command post controller for Joint Task Force-Port Opening Senegal, coordinates air movement from a mobile airfield operations center Oct. 18, 2014, at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal. Skeens and more than 70 other Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group are operating a cargo hub in Senegal to funnel humanitarian supplies and military support equipment 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. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

LIBAVA, Czech Republic -- Training rounds from A-10 Thunderbolt II hit the ground Sept. 14 during Ramstein Rover 2012 at a training range 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)

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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)

James Butcher (center), a volunteer with the American Red Cross, assists local officials during the Coastal Bend Regional Evacuation Exercise (CBREE) at Corpus Christi International Airport, in Corpus Christi, Texas, on May 17, 2012. (National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Phil Fountain)

Will one of these boys take home the medal for Missouri this year?

Good luck, Colby Garrelts and Gerard Craft!

Chefs Night Out

Plaza Food Hall

New York, New York

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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)

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)

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)