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CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Specialist Adrian Montez, a multiple launch rocket system operations and fire direction specialist assigned to Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 4th Field Artillery Regiment, 214th Fires Brigade, sights a Q-36 Counter Mortar Radar system at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, August 20, 2011. Montez, who hails from San Diego Calif., uses the Radar to track incoming indirect fire.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD – N PAO)
Carrying the wounded to safety.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Soldiers from 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, carry a Soldier with simulated third-degree burns to a landing zone during combat lifesaver training at the Teal Medical Clinic on Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, July 13, 2011. More than 25 Soldiers completed the four-day combat lifesaver course.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Quentin Johnson, 2nd AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – N)
Leslie Cruise, a World War II veteran, and members from the 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company, 435th Air Ground Operations Wing's Contingency Response Group and 21st Theater Sustainment Command salute the grave of Pvt. Richard Vargas at Lorraine American National Cemetery and Memorial, St. Avold, France, June 2, 2014. Seventy years ago on June 7, 1944 Pvt. Richard Vargas saved Cruise’s life during the invasion of Normandy. Cruise went to France several times prior to this visit looking for his friend’s grave in order to say thank you. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Hailey Haux)
Brass adds unique sound.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Spc. Kasey Walker on the trumpet, plays along side of fellow band members, Sgt. Tygue Weirda, saxophone player, and 1st. Sgt. Cornell Herrington, trombone player and noncommissioned officer in charge of the “High Altitude” rock band, Musical Performance Team C and “Ivy Division” Band, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division. The brass section of the band compliments the guitars and drums, lending a jazzy sound to the contemporary rock music played by the Army musicians. MTP-C, one of several within the Ivy Division Band, play popular songs and Army tunes weekly for Soldiers deployed to U.S. Division-North in support of Operation New Dawn. “Music is our job,” said Weirda, who calls Aurora, Colo. home. “We do this for the Soldiers no matter where they are.”
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
Promotion.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Maj. Gen. David G. Perkins, commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and U.S. Division-North, promotes Chaplain Jeffrey Houston to the rank of colonel during a ceremony at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, May 2, 2011. Houston, the outgoing division chaplain who hails from Van Buren, Mo., is slated to attend the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, Pa., a school designed to prepare officers to serve in the highest echelons of the Army.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
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) Photo altered for security.
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 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
ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – U.S. Air Force maintainers from the 97th Maintenance Directorate tow a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter across the flightline during joint training Nov. 13, 2013. The U.S. Army and Air Force practiced loading Apache helicopters onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft to improve joint contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dillon Davis/Released)
As part of a co-op, these seven students from Ryegate High School travelled every school day in 2005 on the dirt road that traverses Montana's Golden Valley (background) to practice and play games at Rapelje High School.
Pink Scarf.CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Spc. Michael Raneo, an infantryman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Calvary Division, hands out a bag of school supplies to a girl at an orphanage in Tikrit, Iraq, Sept. 12, 2011. The infantrymen gave out school supplies, personal care items and clothing to the children. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson, 29th MPAD, USD – N PAO)
Observing from beside Iraqi soldiers.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Lt. Col. John Cushing, commander, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, kneels beside Iraqi soldiers providing support by fire during a battalion live fire exercise at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, May 26, 2011. Soldiers assigned to 2nd Bn., 9th Bde., 3rd IA Div., took part in the culminating event to signify the completion of their training iteration.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
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 at De Soto 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 Winnetka area in West San Fernando Valley - Los Angeles, California 91306.
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
Lessons learned from Operation Iraqi Freedom on contingency contracting were incorporated into the BBP focus on improving requirements definition with the establishment of a performance work statements database to help units newly arrived in theater compare their requirements with similar ones that implemented previously. Here, contractors from the Bagram Airfield Retrosort Yard load a water tank onto a contracted transportation truck Nov. 2, 2012. (U.S. Army photo by 1LT Henry Chan, 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion Public Affairs)
A large explosion of confiscated mortar rounds, grenades, guns and other explosive devices set up by Army explosive ordnance disposal technicians on Contingency Operating Base Q-West, Iraq, Dec. 31. The controlled blast, which contained more than 1,500 pounds of explosives, was set off at midnight as a way to ring in the New Year from Iraq.
Maj. Chris Terhune, contracting officer with 917th Contingency Contracting Battalion, Acquisition Support Brigade, Army Reserve Sustainment Command, exits from the HMMWV Egress Assistance Trainer during the Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2014 at Fort Bliss, Texas, January 15. Service members from around the world came to post for OCSJX-14 to enhance their contracting support integration and management skills, but the first week of the exercise focused on utilizing Fort Bliss’ training facilities to enhance combat readiness skills.
Members of the 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company, 435th Air Ground Operations Wing's Contingency Response Group and 21st Theater Sustainment Command salute the grave of Pvt. Richard Vargas during a wreath laying ceremony at Lorraine American National Cemetery and Memorial, St. Avold, France, June 2, 2014. Seventy years ago on June 7, 1944 Pvt. Richard Vargas saved Cruise’s life during the invasion of Normandy. Cruise went to France several times prior to this visit looking for his friend’s grave in order to say thank you. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Hailey Haux)
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 De Soto 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 Winnetka area in West San Fernando Valley - Los Angeles, California 91306.
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
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-17’s are staged at Entebbe airport as a convenient mid-way point with the proper facilities to service the aircraft and support aircrews.
Chaplain teaches the class.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Chaplain (Maj.) Donald Ehrke, chaplain for 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Division – North, instructs Soldiers on personality types during a “Personality Inventory” class, held in the chapel on Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, July 19, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Quentin Johnson, 2/1 CAV (AAB) PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
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Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team and Combat Aviation Brigade evacuate a simulated casualty during medevac hoist training as part of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment's intensive training cycle on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 12. The White Falcons, currently part of the Global Response Force, conducted a two-week ITC designed to reinforce combat skills for the nation’s airborne assault-capable, contingency unit.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull, 2/82 PAO NCOIC)
Members from the 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company, 435th Air Ground Operations Wing's Contingency Response Group and 21st Theater Sustainment Command march toward the grave of Pvt. Richard Vargas during a wreath laying ceremony at Lorraine American National Cemetery and Memorial, St. Avold, France, June 2, 2014. Vargas saved the life of Leslie Cruise, a World War II veteran. Cruise went to France several times prior to this visit looking for his friend’s grave in order to say thank you. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Hailey Haux)
U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Brian Wolford, center, commanding general of 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), briefs U.S. Navy Sailors after they finished their Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force (ACM) training at the Medical Skills Training Center, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, October 29, 2020. Sailors with 3rd Med. Bn. participated in an ACM 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)
Respect and friendship.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Lt. Col. Marcel Schneider, 15th Brigade Sustainment Transition Team, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, presents a plaque to Staff Brig. Gen. Abdulla Amir, 15th Brigade, 12th Iraqi Army Division, during a farewell ceremony at the 15th Bde. headquarters in Kirkuk province, Iraq, April 4, 2011. Schneider presented the plaque as a token of appreciation for the relationship Amir and his soldiers shared with Soldiers of 1st AATF recently.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
Icing on the cake.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Warrant Officer 1 Ezekiel Sheridan, personnel management technician assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, cuts the celebratory “warrant-cake” during a luncheon celebrating the 93rd birthday of the Army Warrant Officer Corps at Contingency Operating Base Marez, Iraq, July 9, 2011. As the youngest warrant officer who attended the event, Sheridan, a native of Angie, La., cut the cake and served the senior warrant officers at the event.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
U.S. Air Force logistics personnel, assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, load support equipment and rolling stock cargo onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III large transport aircraft from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, July 10, 2018. The South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing is deploying nearly 300 Airmen and approximately a dozen F-16 Block 52 Fighting Falcon fighter jets to the 407th Air Expeditionary Group in Southwest Asia in support of an Air Expeditionary Force rotation. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder)
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 Reseda Blvd. intersection traffic signal red and green lights, left turn protected red, yellow, green arrow lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing don't walk orange hand lights plus white walking lights, Amigo Avenue, Wilbur Avenue and Vanalden Avenue 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
ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – U.S. Air Force maintainers from the 97th Maintenance Directorate tow a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter across the flightline during joint training Nov. 13, 2013. The U.S. Army and Air Force practiced loading Apache helicopters onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft to improve joint contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dillon Davis/Released)
Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group use a forklift to load cargo onto a flatbed truck during Capstone '14, a homeland earthquake-response exercise at Fort Campbell, Ky., on June 18, 2014. The 123rd CRG joined forces 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)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Captain Warren Seears, left, commander, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, speaks with Iraqi Army officers during the transfer of Joint Security Station Iraqi Media Network, July 15, 2011. U.S. forces transferred responsibility of the base and the surrounding area to Iraqi Security Forces in support of Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo)
Leslie Cruise, a World War II veteran, and members from the 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company, 435th Air Ground Operations Wing's Contingency Response Group and 21st Theater Sustainment Command lay down a wreath in honor of Pvt. Richard Vargas at Lorraine American National Cemetery and Memorial, St. Avold, France, June 2, 2014. Seventy years ago on June 7, 1944 Pvt. Richard Vargas saved Cruise’s life during the invasion of Normandy. Cruise went to France several times prior to this visit looking for his friend’s grave in order to say thank you. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Hailey Haux)
Gratitude for commitment.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Bailey, deputy commanding general, maneuver, 4th Infantry Division and U.S. Division-North, presents a Task Force Ironhorse Coin to Sgt. 1st Class Nicholas Gabel in recognition for his commitment to the Army after a reenlistment ceremony in a UH-60 Blackhawk 1200 feet in the air above northern Iraq, Feb. 19, 2011. Gabel, a psychological operations planner, assigned to Company A, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Inf. Div., who hails from Littleton, Colo., said he conducted his career reenlistment in Iraq as the next logical step in his military service to his country and for his Family.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
Packing up, moving out.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – A Soldier assigned to Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, carries his bags to a waiting truck at Joint Security Station Whiskey 4 in Ninewa province, Iraq, July 29, 2011. Approximately 200 civilians and U.S. Soldiers assigned to Troop B lived at the base from Oct. 2010 until Aug. 2011 while supporting advisory and training operations with Iraqi forces during Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by Capt. Philip Crabtree, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – N)
U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Brian Wolford, right, commanding general of 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), watches as U.S. Navy Sailors create simulated causalities 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)
EXAMS - the one word that makes every student cringe.
One of my Majors for my University Degree is Psychology. The subject that fascinated me the most this semester was Learning and Behaviour. It is amazing how the mind works and how behaviours are elicited in different species.
Home - Sydney, NSW.
Australia.
The 904th Contingency Contracting Battalion, 412th Contracting Support Brigade, provided contracting support to the 167th Theater Support Command during the U.S. Army North's Vibrant Response 2011 at Camp Atterbury, Ind., 12-29 Aug.
Vibrant Response is ARNORTH's crisis management exercise for DoD's Defense Support of Civil Authorities response.
(Left to Right) Staff Sgt. Aaron Mckellum and Maj. Seth Blakeman discuss their contracting support concept with Lt. Col. Jeffery Phillips, 904th CCBN commander, and Maj. Anthony Gibbs, battalion S-3 officer.
Reviewing current operations.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – First Lieutenant Waleed Ramabhar, left, an intelligence officer assigned to the 3rd Iraqi Army Division, and staff Col. Hasen Ali, senior Iraqi Army officer for the Ninewa Combined Coordination Center, review significant activity reports after a key leader brief at the NCCC, July 25, 2011. Soldiers assigned to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, advise and train Iraqi and Kurdish Security Forces at the NCCC in support of Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
This is part of the huge contingency of fire fighting equipment that was lined up on the runway waiting to go in and tackle the blaze. The heat was so intense that at this time they couldn't actually fight the fire and were concentrating on preventing it from spreading to the surrounding buildings. They were also worried about two propane storage tanks which is why we were evacuated. My building is just beyond the tree at the right handside.
Charging .50 cal.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Specialist Justine McCoy, a chemical specialist assigned to Forward Support Company G, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, clears and performs a functions check on a .50- caliber machine gun during a “Spur Ride” at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 3, 2011. On her first deployment, McCoy, a native of Lansing, Mich., took part in the cavalry tradition in an effort to earn the privilege to wear silver spurs at designated unit functions and events.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Members from the 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Detachment 1 Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility help load wounded Marines, their baggage and medical equipment from an ambulance bus onto a C-130 Hercules at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. The CASF team is responsible for transporting patients from the staging facility and role hospital to aircraft who are then transported to the next level of medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)
Standing ovation.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Audience members give a standing ovation for Lt. Col. Mary Krueger and other guest speakers at the conclusion of “Our History Is Our Strength,” a Women's History Month celebration at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, March 18, 2011. The guest speaker, Krueger, Surgeon, U.S. Division-North and 4th Infantry Division, spoke of the rich history of women in the military, telling audience members of the first female Medal of Honor Recipient Mary Walker and other notable military heroines.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
Staff Sgt. John May, an aerial porter from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, discusses cargo handling with another aerial porter Oct. 7, 2017, at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. May’s unit has processed more than 7.2 million pounds of humanitarian aid here since arriving Sept. 23 in the wake of Hurricane Maria. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Dale Greer)
Connecting antenna.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Sergeant Matthew Cogburn, senior information systems noncommissioned officer assigned to Company B, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, connects the antenna on a Harris 7800W radio at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, July 21, 2011. Cogburn, a native of Round Rock, Texas, is responsible for providing technical support for the brigade.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – N)
Vehicle Search.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – An Iraqi Air Force airman searches a vehicle during force protection training at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Feb. 10, 2011. The exercise, overseen by military police and Access Control Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, trained Iraqi Air Force airmen to provide base defense. The Iraqi airmen trained on how to conduct personnel and vehicle searches, escalation of force measures, traffic stops and rules of engagement.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Hess, HHC, 1st BSTB, 1st AATF, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Todd III, PEO Aviation, administered the oath of office to Col. Brian Watson, right, during a June 18 ceremony at Redstone Arsenal marking Watson’s promotion from lieutenant colonel. Watson will lead contingency operations and assist in maintaining operational readiness between PEO Aviation staff and combatant commands’ senior staffs. (Photo by Michelle Miller, PEO Aviation)
Mapping the targets.
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)
U.S. Navy Sailors with 3rd Medical Battalion (Med. Bn.), 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), tend to their simulated casualties 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)