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)

IA, Peshmerga inspect vehicle.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Iraqi Army Soldiers and Kurdish Peshmerga security forces inspect a vehicle at a combined security checkpoint in Diyala province, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2011. Sgt. Spencer Knight, a cavalry scout assigned to Troop B, 2nd Battalion, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, said he has seen a drastic improvement in the security forces competence and willingness to learn and work together since Troop A’s arrival in country in June 2010. “They are not relying on us anymore,” said Knight, who hails from Oahu, Hawaii. “They may ask us questions, but for the most part they are doing everything on their own.” Iraqi soldiers, Peshmerga and U.S. forces work together at combined checkpoints in northern Iraq to ensure security in the region and show solidarity between Peshmerga and IA forces.

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

Dime and washer drill.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Raheef Majd Jrah, a commando serving with Commando Company, 49th Brigade, 12th Iraqi Army Division, practices a “dime and washer drill” learning basic rifle marksmanship about the AK-47 rifle during training near Kirkuk, Iraq Jan. 13, 2011. Jrah completed the drill successfully three times in succession, correctly employing the techniques of fundamental marksmanship. Led and instructed by U.S. Soldiers of Company D, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, Jrah said after the day of training he felt confident in his ability to use the rifle during combat. (U.S. Army Photo by Pvt. Alyxandra McChesney, Public Affairs, 1st AATF, 1st Inf. Div. PAO, USD-N)

modification controlled by Los Angeles Department of Transportation - Special Traffic Operations - Transportation Management Plan Contingency Engineers during the operation of the cicLAvia West San Fernando Valley Reseda to Winnetka, Canoga Park and West Hills Car-Free Open-Streets Bicycle Route and an upcoming crossing point intersection for all automotive traffic vehicles and bike crossings atthis crossing point intersection for pedestrian crosswalk crossing only but no automobile crossings at Deering Avenue, all automotive traffic vehicles and bike crossings on Metro Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit Busway Corridor Bus Crossings with No Turns Photo Enforced, No Right Turn but Transit Buses Exempt, Do Not Block Intersections and Left Turn but No U Turn at Canoga Avenue intersection traffic signal red, yellow, green lights, left turn protected red, yellow, green arrow lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing don't walk orange hand lights, white walking lights located at Canoga Park area in West San Fernando Valley - Los Angeles, California 91303.

This is the continuous route of the Ciclavia West San Fernando Valley between Reseda, Winnetka, Canoga Park and West Hills Car-Free Open-Streets Bicycle Route

Iraqi Federal Police in the ‘stack.’

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Spc. Luis Gonzalez, field artilleryman, assigned to 1st Platoon, Battery A, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, observes Iraqi policemen of 3rd Federal Police Division practice maneuvering as a four-man team in a “stack” formation during close quarters battle training at Ghuzlani Eagle Training Site, March 21, 2011. Gonzalez, a native of Hoover, Ala., taught the policemen basic urban tactical skills during a five-day training course to enhance Iraqi Security Forces’ proficiency in conducting urban operations.

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

Maj. Gen. Barbara Faulkenberry, vice commander of 18th Air Force, visits the Joint Operations Center tent during Exercise Gateway Relief at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Ill., on Aug. 7, 2013. The Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group and the U.S. Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element in Fort Eustis, Va., have teamed up for the U.S. Transportation Command-directed exercise through Aug. 9, executing the reception and distribution of earthquake-relief supplies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Dianne Abel, left, a physician’s assistant and native of Pensacola, Florida and Petty Officer 3rd Class Deverryl Gipson, a hospital corpsman and native of Los Angeles, California, both with 3rd Medical Battalion (Med. Bn.), 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), remove a simulated casualty’s boots at the Medical Skills Training Center, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, October 29, 2020. Sailors with 3rd Med. Bn. participated in an Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force training evolution to practice their combat lifesaving skills in an expeditionary environment. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Harvey)

The 821st Contingency Response Group equipment is offloaded from a C-5 Galaxy at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. A 70 member contingency response element from the 821st CRG from Travis AFB, Calif., deployed to Puerto Rico in support of Hurricane Maria relief efforts. U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt. Robert Hicks

Special Traffic Operations, Transportation and Traffic Management Program Contingency Engineers during the operation of the Ciclavia Pico-Union meets Mid-City Open Streets Bike Route followed by left turn into 7th Avenue, right into Washington Blvd. and Crenshaw Blvd. crossing point intersection traffic signal red, green lights, left turn protected red - green arrow lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing don't walk orange hand lights - white walking lights located at Arlington Heights Area in Los Angeles, California 90019.

Bike Lane

trap.CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Specialist Amanda Rose, a Flint, Mich. native and Spc. Eddy Luengas, a Santa Anna, Calif. native, hangs an insect trap outside Teal Medical Clinic on Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, July 29, 2011. Rose serves as preventive medicine specialists with 15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Advise and Assist), 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Division – North, in support of Operation New Dawn. (U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Alyson Randall, 15th BSB, 2/1 CAV (AAB), 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)

Wishing a safe return.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Major General David Perkins, commander, 4th Infantry Division and U.S. Division-North, wishes a safe return to Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, during their end-of-tour award ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2011. Perkins encouraged them to maintain the same discipline and readiness, while redeploying, that kept them safe during their advise, train, and assist mission.

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

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Zeke, a combat stress-relief dog assigned to 85th Medical Combat Stress Control Detachment is inducted into the Order of the Spur by Lt. Col. Paul Reese, deputy commander of 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, March 8, 2011. Reese also recognized nine other Soldiers assigned to 85th Medical Combat Stress Control Detachment, based out of Fort Hood, Texas, with awards and honors for their hard work in providing behavioral health services for the deployed 4th AAB troopers in Ninewa province, Iraq.

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

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)

Air Force Staff Sgt. John May, left, and Air Force Senior Airman Alex Vincent of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group carry equipment into the Joint Operations Center at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 5, 2014, in support of Operation United Assistance. More than 80 Kentucky Air Guardsmen stood up an Intermediate Staging Base at the airport that will funnel humanitarian supplies and equipment into West Africa as part of the international effort to fight Ebola. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

Comedy Central’s Joe List jokes with troops.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Comedian Joe List, a featured comedian on Comedy Central, jokes with troops at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, March 5, 2011. List joined Nate Bargatze and Scott Kennedy for the Armed Forces Entertainment Comics Ready to Entertain tour for service members deployed to Iraq and Kuwait in support of Operation New Dawn.

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

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 BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Specialist Michael Olsen, right, a native of Boise, Idaho, and intelligence systems maintainer with Company A, 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, bandages a simulated casualty’s face during training for the combat lifesaver course at Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, July 13, 2011.

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

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Iraqi Army soldiers assigned to Commando Battalion, 12th IA Division, move toward an objective during Operation Lion’s Leap, at the Mahgoor Training Site in Kirkuk province, Iraq, April 24, 2011. During Operation Lion’s Leap, commandos worked alongside mortar crews from the division’s 47th Brigade as well as Iraqi Special Operations Forces to assault three enemy positions and rescue simulated hostages.

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

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Captain Warren Sears, center left, commander, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, watches his Iraqi counterparts as they complete documentation during the transfer of Joint Security Station Iraqi Media Network to Iraqi Security Forces, July 15, 2011. Since deploying to U.S. Division – North last fall, Sears, a native of Pineville, La., and the other U.S. Soldiers at JSS IMN worked to advise, train and assist the Iraqi Security Forces who also occupy the remote installation.

(U.S. Army photo)

Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Capps, center, Army Maj. David Troutman, operations officer for the 903rd Contingency Contracting Battalion in Kaiserslautern, and Brandon McAlexander, right, contracting officer's representative, speak with local Afghans about a contracting project to help rebuild the area in Salerno, Afghanistan, June 6. All three are team members of the Salerno Regional Contracting Center. (Photo by U.S. Army)

A C-130H Hercules from Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, taxis to a parking space during Red Flag-Alaska 18-3 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 13, 2018. RF-A is a Pacific Air Forces-directed field training exercise for U.S. and international forces flown under simulated air combat conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Curt Beach)

Roll 'em up, throw 'em down.

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

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

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Sergeant Reginald Alexander, Company Intelligence Support Team noncommisioned officer, Company G, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, looks up information regarding recent activities in the Kirkuk province prior to Company G Soldiers leaving Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Sept. 2, 2011.

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

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Staff Sergeant Roderick Mathis, Forward Issue Turn In Point Noncommissioned-Officer-in-Charge, Company B, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, receives a Task Force Ironhorse Coin for Excellence from Maj. Gen. David Perkins, 4th Infantry Division and United States Division – North commander, at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Sept. 15, 2011. As the FITIP NCOIC, Mathis, an Atlanta native, supervised the issue and turn in of multiple classes of supply, including office supplies and repair parts.

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

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division take cover after firing a 120mm mortar round during a combined arms live fire exercise at Destiny Range, May 28, 2011. Field artillerymen, mortar men, scouts and forward observers honed their skills on their weapon systems to increase proficiency.

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

Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, director of the Air National Guard, speaks with Lt. Col. David Mounkes (second from right) and Lt. Col. Bruce Bancroft (far right) of the 123rd Contingency Response Group during a tour of the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 11, 2014. Clarke visited with Airmen from across the 123rd Airlift Wing and examined mission capabilities ranging from contingency response to special tactics. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Horton)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION K1, Iraq – Soldiers of 12th Iraqi Army Division provide first aid to a simulated casualty after an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle during a training exercise at Contingency Operating Location K1, May 16, 2011. “We’re here to see how the 12th IA soldiers retained the previous training we’ve given them as they react to different scenarios,” said Capt. Sheung Li, commander of Company C, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division. “We want to see how they carry on training without being told what to do.”

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

Ironhorse standard, Ironhorse Strong.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SPEICHER, Iraq – Sgt. Nicholas Hellen, a cannon crewmember assigned to Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, planned and conducted thorough training with his Iraqi counterparts to foster good relationships and a professional approach to the advise, train and assist mission. His attention to detail and comprehensive approach to the “train-the-trainer” mission earned him recognition as the "Ironhorse Strong" Soldier of the Week. Hellen incorporated research and experiences to provide a hands-on approach, teaching Iraqi Army soldiers to conduct personnel and vehicle searches. Hellen, who is known for his exceptional training abilities, conducts extensive research into his training plan, incorporating previous training plans and lessons learned into his classes, said 1st Sgt. Marvin Walters, Hellen’s first sergeant, Battery A.

His training approach provides motivation and instills desire to learn into the IA soldiers, ensuring students learn.

(U.S. Army photo)

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group carry whole blood to a waiting U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 22, 2014. The blood is being sent to Liberia to support U.S. troops deployed for Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq – 1st Lt. Shelby Johnson, the executive officer of B Company, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, poses with Command Sgt. Maj. Ricky Wallace, the battalion’s senior noncommissioned officer, on Contingency Operating Base Adder May 3. Johnson has played chess for 26 years and will participate in this year’s All Army Chess Championship. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Sharla Lewis, 3rd AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div.)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Private 1st Class Americo Hernandez, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, places the “Golden Lion” patch on the shoulder of an Iraqi Policeman during a graduation for the expanded Combined Security Force at the Kirkuk Training Center, Iraq, July 18, 2011. With the graduation and addition of the most recent company, the eCSF is now a fully operational battalion-sized element.

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

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, addresses questions and concerns of Soldiers assigned to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, during a visit to Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 1, 2011. As part of his final visit to Iraq, the chairman commended the Soldiers for their dedication to the mission and progress made in the combined security areas near Mosul.

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

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Specialist Antwan Robertson, a cannon crewmember assigned to Battery A, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, performs the push-up event during an Army Physical Fitness Test at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2011. Robertson, a native of Jacksonville, Fla., completed the APFT as a prerequisite for the battalion’s “Spur Ride”. Approximately 50 Soldiers participated in the cavalry tradition to earn the honor of being presented with silver spurs and inducted into the Order of the Spur.

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

Tower 11 outside the Southside Contingency Operating Base and Tower 12, about two blocks away have a good view of each other’s position.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Hoffman, 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron crew chief from Kadena Air Force Base, Japan, marshals an MC-130H Combat Talon II during Red Flag-Alaska 18-3 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 16, 2018. RF-A 18-3 serves as an ideal platform for international engagement and the exercise has a long history of including allies and partners, ultimately enabling all involved to exchange tactics, techniques and procedures while improving interoperability. (U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Caitlin Russell)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – A mortar crew assigned to 47th Brigade, 12th Iraqi Army Division suppresses simulated enemy fighters on an objective during Operation Lion’s Leap at the Mahgoor Training Site in Kirkuk province, Iraq, April 24, 2011. During Operation Lion’s Leap, mortar teams, along with 12th IA Div.’s Commando Battalion and Iraqi Special Operations Forces, integrated fire and maneuver tactics into a three-hour combined live fire exercise.

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

‘Ironhorse’ professional, ‘Ironhorse Strong.’

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Spc. Jake Wresinski, a cannon crewmember assigned to Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, made himself an invaluable asset to this unit and the battalion when selected by his command to work in the Task Force 2-11 Tactical Operations Center. Hailed by his peers as a professional Soldier with an outstanding work ethic, Wresinski’s performance collecting and analyzing military intelligence assisted Iraqi Security Forces, working with U.S. forces, to capture several suspected extremists launching mortars at Joint Base Balad, Dec. 10, 2010. Wresinski’s attention to detail and outstanding attitude earned him “Ironhorse Strong” Soldier of the Week.

(U.S. Army photo)

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Frank W. Tate, deputy commanding general of sustainment for Operation United Assistance, speaks with U.S. Air Force Col. David Mounkes, commander of Joint Task Force-Port Opening Senegal, about JTF-PO operations at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 31, 2014. The JTF-PO, staffed by more than 70 members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, is funneling humanitarian supplies and military support into West Africa as part of 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)

Transportation and Traffic Management Plan Contingency Engineers during an operation of Los Angeles Chinatown Lunar New Year Golden Dragon Parade Special Event located at Chinatown Los Angeles, California 90012 but this intersection on the right was a former Standard Chatered Chinese Bank Building but now this building on the right is a Chinese owned medical clinic center like Dr. Liang Yongyao's Medical Office 梁詠瑤醫學博士, on the left is a Castelar Elementary School. Gas America is on the northeast corner of this intersection. Pacific Alliance Medical Center is on the northwest corner of this intersection.

Note: The new current G.D.P. route travelled Southbound Broadway and made a right turn at West Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and ENDS at North Hill Street overpass bridge 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 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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Air Force Senior Airman Quantel Jones of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group fuels an electric generator for the Joint Operations Center at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 5, 2014, in support of Operation United Assistance. More than 80 Kentucky Air Guardsmen stood up an Intermediate Staging Base at the airport that will funnel humanitarian supplies and equipment into West Africa as part of the international effort to fight Ebola. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

Gifts.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – An Iraqi policeman, assigned to 3rd Federal Police Division, hands out soccer balls and pencils to children at a school in the Al Mansour district, Jan. 13, 2011. Soldiers of 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division distributed school supplies and toys sponsored by non-profit organizations and U.S. civilians.

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

Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command meets with Soldiers from the 311th Signal Command during a visit to the USARPAC Contingency Command Post (CCP) at Fort Shafter, HI, 1 August 2012. The Contingency Command Post (CCP) consists of more than ninety personnel with the specific skills to provide a USARPAC forward command post capability, specifically focusing on small scale contingencies such as supporting humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and peace operations. The CCP can tailor personnel and equipment to fit the mission with a team as small as seven, to as many as more than one hundred twenty servicemembers in augmenting forces.

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade and U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing work together to load an AH-64 Apache helicopter onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft during joint training Nov. 13, 2013. The service members practiced loading two Apache helicopters into the cargo bay. The 25th Combat Aviation Brigade is stationed at Fort Carson, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dillon Davis/Released)

Members of U.S. Army Africa Contingency Command Post ensure communications and computer equipment is in working order duing a deployment exercise at Aviano Air Base Italy recently. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Sgt. 1st Class Will Patterson)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Orme (left), a special vehicle mechanic for the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Shipp, a power production specialist from the same unit, perform maintenance on cargo-handling equipment outside the Joint Operations Center at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 27, 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)

Transportation Management Plan Contingency Engineers during the operation of the cicLAvia West San Fernando Valley Reseda to Winnetka, Canoga Park and West Hills Car-Free Open-Streets Bicycle Route followed by an upcoming crossing point intersection for all automotive traffic vehicles and bike crossings at Tampa Avenue intersection traffic signal green lights, left turn protected red yellow green arrow lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing don't walk orange hand lights plus white walking lights located at Reseda area in West San Fernando Valley - Los Angeles, California 91335.

This is the continuous route of the Ciclavia West San Fernando Valley between Reseda, Winnetka, Canoga Park and West Hills Car-Free Open-Streets Bicycle Route

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

Happy moments.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Elementary school children hold up their books and soccer balls distributed by Iraqi 3rd Federal Police Division, at a school in the Al Mansour district, Jan. 13, 2011. Soldiers of the 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, provided the supplies given to the children by Iraqi policeman of the 3rd Federal Police Div.

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

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group offload cargo from a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster during Capstone '14, a homeland earthquake-response exercise at Fort Campbell, Ky., on June 17, 2014. The 123rd CRG is joining with the U.S. Army’s 688th Rapid Port Opening Element to operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening here from June 16 to 19, 2014. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)

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