CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Sobczak, from Chesapeake, Va., a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Redeployment Assistance and Inspection Detachment, places an inspection sticker on a shipping container at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2011. The team ensures that containers used by the U.S. Army are properly packed and labeled before shipping. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson, 29th MPAD, USD – N PAO)

Joe List entertains crowd.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Comedian Joe List gets the crowd of troops and civilian contractors laughing during the Comics Ready to Entertain tour at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, March 5, 2011. List joined fellow comedians Nate Bargatze and Scott Kennedy during the Armed Forces Entertainment-sponsored tour in support of troops across Iraq and Kuwait. Armed Forces Entertainment is the Department of Defense’s official agency for providing entertainment to troops deployed overseas.

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

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq – Iraqi Security Forces launch artillery rounds into one of the objectives at Khor Al Zubair, April 28, during Operation Lions Leap. The one-hour exercise, which occurred in five phases, involved air, land and sea assets of the Iraqi Security Forces. (Photo by Sgt. James Kennedy Benjamin)

First Scotrail livery - DBS Class 90 No.90024 is seen at the north end of Kings Cross platform 7 at 00.42hrs on Saturday 11th August 2012 ready to work DBS Olympic contingency special 1Z20 01.30 to York. Although there were still large numbers of passengers making there way home from the various London Olympic venues the booked / additional trains run by East Coast and First Capital Connect proved to be sufficient and it returned ECS to Wembley.

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)

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Tech. Sgt. Mitchell Thompson, 921st Contingency Response Squadron ramp coordinator, talks to other members of the Contingency Response Team while off loading CH-47 Chinook helicopters during Exercise Swift Response 16 at Bydgoszcz Airport, Poland, June 8, 2016. Contingency Response units are self-sufficient and can deploy with all personnel, equipment and supplies to execute the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Joseph Swafford/Released)

Airmen from the 821st Contingency Response Group load a pallet onto a C-130J Super Hercules during Exercise Swift Response 16 at the Bydgoszcz Airport, Poland, June 8, 2016. Exercise SR16 is one of the premier military crisis response training events for multinational airborne forces in the world, the exercise has more than 5,000 participants from 10 NATO nations. Contingency Response units are self-sufficient and can deploy with all personnel, equipment and supplies to execute the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Joseph Swafford/Released)

The Airmen of the 615th Contingency Response Wing work alongside Soldiers of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command to direct the loading of cargo belonging to the 172nd Infantry Brigade onto a Boeing 747 aircraft at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airfield in Romania, July 19. 21st TSC personnel helped ensure over 300 containers weighing over 1,000 tons originating out of Grafenwoehr, Germany were inspected, secured and transported onto railcars for movement downrange. (Photo by Sgt. Frank Sanchez III, 21st TSC Public Affairs Office)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq -- Lieutenant Colonel Steven Hughes, Team Chief of the Provincial Police Transition Team, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, toured facilities at the Dibbis police station with Lt. Col. Moayed Bakir Sidiq (right), Police Chief for the Dibbis police district, Kirkuk province, Iraq, July 6, 2011. During the visit, Hughes met with the newly instated police chief to discuss the current state of operations in the district, progress made over past few months, and plans for the future.

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

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Specialist Michael Acosta, top, a multi-channel transmissions systems operator maintainer, assists Sgt. Matthew Cogburn, senior information systems noncommissioned officer assigned to Company B, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, as they test a Harris 7800W radio at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, July 21, 2011. Cogburn, a native of Round Rock, Texas, earned recognition as “Long Knife Strong” Soldier of the Week for his exceptional performance while deployed in support of Operation New Dawn.

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

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE COBRA, Iraq – An HH-60M medevac helicopter lifts off as the crew evacuates an injured Soldier from Contingency Operating Site Cobra, Iraq, April 4, 2011. The medevac crew faced low visibility and blowing dust as they flew through a storm to evacuate the Soldier.

(U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Kyle Miller, 2nd Sqdn., 14th Cav. Regt., 2nd AAB, 25th Inf. Div.)

Final inspection.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Sergeant 1st Class Mario Giron, contracting noncommissioned officer in charge for Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, leaves the troop command post to inspect buildings at Joint Security Station Whiskey 4 before transferring the base to the 3rd Iraqi Army Division, July 30, 2011. Giron, a native of Del Rio, Texas, and Troop B’s mortar section sergeant, managed contractors who supported troops at the base, to include security, laundry and barbers.

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

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jeffrey Higgs, an airfield operations officer for the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, takes laser rangefinder measurements for a cargo yard at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 30, 2014. More than 70 Kentucky Air Guardsmen are operating an Aerial Port of Debarkation in Senegal to funnel 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 contain the Ebola virus outbreak. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Soldiers assigned to Commando Battalion, 12th Iraqi Army Division, converge on a mock hostage situation with humvees during a rehearsal for Operation Lion’s Leap, at Mahgoor Training Site in Kirkuk province, Iraq, April 10, 2011. During Operation Lion’s Leap, an exercise designed to showcase the Iraqi military’s combat prowess, Iraqi forces plan to integrate mortars, ground troops and air assets during a live fire operation.

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

A contingency New Flyer seen staged just north of Rose Quarter Transit Center (on Wheeler, Soutbound next to the Moda Center). It was sent there to assist with the steel bridge closure MAX Shuttles, but they ended up not being needed on the day when this photo was taken.

This was also the last day that 2540 was ever used in a public setting. It is also one of the very few times that a 2500 was seen in public with replaced windows (some of the windows on this bus were swapped out with ones on LFRs).

There is also an older Gillig BRT to the right of the photo

Kentucky Army National Guard Capt. Forrest Holdsworth, UH-60 Blackhawk Pilot for the 63rd Aviation Brigade, speaks with Patrick Spoden, science and operations officer for the National Weather Station at Paducah, Ky., about the disaster-response capabilities of Kentucky National Guard during an exercise at Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah on June 18, 2014. The Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group is joining with the U.S. Army’s 688th Rapid Port Opening Element to operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening during Capstone '14, a homeland earthquake-response exercise at Fort Campbell, Ky., from June 16 to 19, 2014. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)

Two U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs offloads passengers and cargo under blackout conditions at an intermediate staging base established at Mackall Army Airfield, N.C. during Joint Operational Access Exercise 12-02, June 5, 2012. JOAX is a two-week exercise to prepare Air Force and Army service members to respond to worldwide crises and contingencies.

44th Baltimore LGBTQ Pride Parade March down North Charles Street in Baltimore MD on Saturday afternoon, 15 June 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography

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Brandon Daugherty, a Space Medical Contingency Specialist with the 45th Operations Group, Human Spaceflight Support provides training on how to properly inflate the "Front Porch" floatation device from the Orion spacecraft. This piece of Ground Support Equipment (GSE) can be used to support astronauts who have made a water landing in the Orion spacecraft following a flight.

Members of the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing, including Pararescuemen, Combat Rescue Officers, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists from the 103rd Rescue Squadron, as well as combat support team personnel conduct training with NASA personnel at Joint Base Pearl Horbor-Hickam, Hawaii during Exercise SENTRY ALOHA. A major element of this two week TDY is to participate in a joint NASA and Defense Department mission to evaluate recovery techniques and gear that will be used to recover NASA's Orion spacecraft, the next generation of American space vehicle.

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CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Specialist Charles Porowski, a cannon crewmember assigned to Forward Support Company G, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, locates a target by plotting grid coordinates on a map during a “Spur Ride” at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 3, 2011. In addition to a nighttime map reading skills test, Porowski, a native of Cincinnati, completed a combat lifesaver, automations, communications, and weapons skills test to earn the honor of being inducted into the Order of the Spur.

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

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – First Lieutenant Peter Curtin, an operations officer assigned to 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, sprints the last mile of an Army Physical Fitness Test at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2011. Curtin, a native of Boston, Mass., completed the APFT as a prerequisite for the battalion’s “Spur Ride”. The Fort Hood trooper participated in the cavalry tradition to earn the privilege of wearing silver spurs and being inducted into the Order of the Spur.

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

Soldiers vibe to Hip-hop performance

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Soldiers assigned to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, wave their hands in the air and enjoy a musical performance from hip-hop rapper Chingy during a concert at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, May 27, 2011. The American rapper performed popular hip-hop songs during a two-hour concert for the Soldiers, Department of Defense civilians, and contractors. After the show, Chingy thanked the deployed Fort Hood Soldiers for their services and sacrifices made while serving their country. The St. Louis musician also handed out autographed CDs and T-shirts to 4th AAB Soldiers.

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

Sgt. 1st Class Robert J. Absher from Dallas, Tex. an Operations Noncommissioned Officer for United States Army Africa Command Contingency Control Point helps 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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Transportation and Traffic Management Program Contingency Engineers during the operation of the Ciclavia Pico-Union meets Mid-City Open Streets Bike Route followed by Venice Blvd. and Normandie Avenue crossing point intersection traffic signal red, green lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing don't walk orange hand lights - white walking lights located at Pico Union Area in Los Angeles, California 90006.

Master Sgt. Jesse Spainhour, a crew chief from the Tennessee Air Guard, pulls a pallet of equipment from the Kentucky Air Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group onto a C-17 Globemaster III at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 29, 2017 in preparation for Hurricane Harvey rescue efforts in Texas. More than 40 Airmen from the Kentucky and Mississippi Air National Guard are deploying to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, where they will rapidly establish airfield, aeromedical evacuation and cargo operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Sergeant James Quatro, right, a military policeman assigned to 105th Military Police Company, Task Force Shield, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, instructs Iraqi Police assigned to the 2nd and 4th Emergency Response Battalions, how to stand properly when firing their AK47 rifles. Quatro, a native of Rochester, N.Y., also trained the policemen on how to assemble and disassemble the weapon, and basic rifle marksmanship.

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

Transportation Management Plan Contingency Engineers during an operation of One Life Walk to Los Angeles State Historic Park Special Event and Los Angeles Chinatown Golden Dragon Parade followed by Spring Street intersection traffic signal red lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing don't walk orange hand lights, Main Street and Alameda Street located at La Villa de la Plaza Del Pueblo Village Apartment Buildings and El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument, Placita Olvera, Olvera Street Plaza and Los Angeles Union Station in Chinatown Los Angeles and Downtown Los Angeles Civic Center, 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.

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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)

Four members of the Bismarck-based 1919th Contingency Contracting Team were recognized for their overseas service during a Freedom Salute ceremony Dec. 7 at Raymond J. Bohn Armory in Bismarck. Soldiers 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 Spc. Zach Schuster/Released)

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Master Sgt. Joaquim Chacon, 571st Contingency Response Group based out of Travis Air Force Base, Ca, pulls on a chain to secure a vehicle inside a C-17 Globemaster III in Rwanda, Africa Jan. 19, 2014. U.S. forces will transport a total number of 850 Rwandan soldiers and more than 1000 tons of equipment into the Central African Republic to aid French and African Union operations against militants during this three week-long operation. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane)

A soldier from Troop A, 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment from the Virginia Army National Guard, carries personal gear and a box of meals-ready-to-eat to the mine resistant ambush protected vehicle on Contingency Operating Base Adder, in preparation for their final convoy out of Iraq, Dec. 2. (Photo by Spc. Anthony Zane, 362nd MPAD)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – An Iraqi policeman defeats attackers during a martial arts demonstration as part of a graduation ceremony at the Mosul Public Service Academy in Mosul, Iraq, June 12, 2011. Newly graduated policemen showed top Iraqi leaders their readiness to join the police force by demonstrating combative skills and crime scene investigation techniques.

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

Master Sgt. Michael Thornton, Personnel Contingency Operations team chief, takes a break and talks with members of the Royal Malaysian Air Force after a community service project at a retirement home for Cope Taufan, Tasek Gelugor, Malaysia, June 13, 2014. The community service event provides opportunities for Malaysian and U.S. forces to give back to the community that is hosting Cope Taufan 2014. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt Andrew Jackson / Released)

Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group coordinate with higher headquarters to control the airflow of simulated disaster-relief supplies into 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 coordination is conducted from a portable structure called a HELAMS, which is short for Hard-sided Expandable Lightweight Air Mobile Shelter. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Sergeant Kevin Chapman, an infantryman and squad leader assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, leaves the Emergency Services Unit headquarters after a mission in Kirkuk, Iraq, July 16, 2011.

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

Collecting the evidence.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Members of the Diyala Provincial Police Force Crime Scene Management Team mark, document and collect evidence at a simulated murder scene during a training exercise in Baquba, Iraq, May 15, 2011. CSM team members enter crime scenes already secured by first responders, such as the Emergency Response Force, and immediately begin preserving the integrity of the crime scene to collect and process evidence, take witness statements and begin an investigation leading to an arrest warrant.

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

STS116-S-071 (22 Dec. 2006) --- Discovery's drag chute is fully deployed as the spacecraft rolls toward wheels stop on Runway 15 at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility , concluding mission STS-116. The Vehicle Assembly Building can be seen at far right. Aboard are astronauts Mark L. Polansky, commander; William A. Oefelein, pilot; and Robert L. Curbeam Jr., Joan E. Higginbotham, Nicholas J.M. Patrick and European Space Agency astronauts Christer Fuglesang and Thomas Reiter--all mission specialists. Reiter is returning from a six-month stay on the International Space Station. During the mission, three spacewalks attached the P5 integrated truss structure to the station, and completed the rewiring of the orbiting laboratory's power system. A contingency spacewalk was added to retract a stubborn solar array. Main gear touchdown was at 5:32 p.m. (EST). Nose gear touchdown was at 5:32:12 p.m. and wheel stop was at 5:32:52 p.m. At touchdown -- nominally about 2,500 ft. beyond the runway threshold -- the orbiter is traveling at a speed ranging from 213 to 226 mph. Discovery traveled 5,330,000 miles, landing on orbit 204. Mission elapsed time was 12 days, 20 hours, 44 minutes and 16 seconds. This is the 64th landing at KSC.

Master Sgt. Daniel Graham, 621st Contingency Response Squadron air traffic controller, boards a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Oct. 6, 2016. Graham is one of more than 30 Airmen, consisting of command and control, airfield assessment, aerial port, aircraft maintenance, contracting, and security forces, from the 621st Contingency Response Wing deploying to Port Au Prince International Airport, Haiti, in response to Hurricane Matthew. (Photo by A1C Zachary Martyn)

Bump, set, Speicher.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Soldiers of U.S. Division-North came together on the first day of 2011 to compete in friendly sporting events hosted at the Contingency Operating Base Speicher Main Gymnasium Jan. 1, 2011. During the Volleyball games, Soldiers jockeyed for position, spiked for points and broke a sweat in the heat of competition but did not leave out the traditional post-game hand shake as a sign of good sportsmanship. Many U.S. Division-North Soldiers serving at COB Speicher in support of Operation New Dawn, took a break from the busy routine of work and operations to participate in volleyball, dodge ball and basketball games organized especially for New Year’s Day.

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

This beautiful bowl is by Israeli ceramicist Marcelle Klein from her 'contingency' line. I love how they reflect the texture and feel of nature despite a smooth marble-like exterior and abstracted organic shape. Simple and clean yet evocative and dreamy. My favorite. Read more about Israeli ceramics and art at www.designistdream.com

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Rare visitor at Orebro-Bofors Airport. A cargo charter flight to Baku with supplies from Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB).

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We arrived Quito a day earlier than suggested, even though an extra day was already built into the itinerary as a contingency for delays. Our first day was spent recovering from our flight (made more difficult by the altitude). While we were exploring Old Town, we wandered into a tourist information place where I immediately noted some beautiful hummingbird figurines. I remarked that too bad there weren't hummingbirds in the Galapagos! Knowing how much I love hummingbirds, my husband suggested that we go on a tour to the cloud forest the next day. "But we're supposed to meet up with our group tomorrow morning," I demurred. "Oh, Stephen and Ellie already know us, and we can get the details when we get back for dinner. We can leave them a message," he reassured me.

Hah! Can you imagine that I had to be convinced to see hummingbirds? My husband insisted that he'd rather see the cloud forest than do more street photography. So we went to Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve for the day and really enjoyed ourselves. We were informed that there weren't as many hummingbirds around because it was summer. In the winter, the rain dilutes the nectar content of the flowers, so many come visit the feeders at the Reserve. Still, there were enough hummingbirds visiting to make me happy.

This is a Gorgeted Sunangel. Not sure if he's angelic, as we know hum birds can be feisty. But he is certainly gorgeous.

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CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Chaplain (Cpt.) Young Jin Jung, chaplain, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, talking with Pfc. William Norris, his assistant, at the chapel on Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Sept. 16, 2011.

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

Members of the Wisconsin National Guard’s 1967th Contingency Contracting Team is serving at Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa, providing contracting support services to U.S. forces in the region, and is currently responsible for 74 contracts worth more than $10 million. Pictured are, left to right: Capt. James Hedman, Sgt. 1st Class Curtis Clements, Capt. Gary Brown, Sgt. Brookelyn Nelson and Master Sgt. Zachary Tevis. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Murakami

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)

Soldiers of U.S. Army Africa Contingency Command Post go over a battle task for a scenario with a South African National Defense Force soldier during a CCP exercise in preparation for Shared Accord 13, a joint peace keeping and humanitarian exercise. The intent for the CCP exercise was to familiarize the SANDF with the Combined Joint Task Force Headquarters capabilities so U.S. and South African soldiers will have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities as a CJTF during SA13. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Terysa M. King)

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A paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conducts live fire training on Fort Bragg, Sept. 9, 2013. The White Falcons, currently part of the Global Response Force, conducted a two-week intensive training cycle designed to reinforce combat skills for the nation’s airborne assault-capable, contingency unit.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull)