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.

Fleet Contingency Ship tasking Aug 1984 - chasing Frunze

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)

We go through contingency at the Baja 1000 2013

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)

Permission to start the parade.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Maj. Gen. Jamal, Kirkuk Provincial Director of Police, gives permission to Col. Issa, commander of troops to begin a pass and review during the Iraqi Police 89th Anniversary Celebration at the Kirkuk Training Center Jan. 9, 2011. Civic leaders from Kirkuk attended the ceremony as a sign of support and gratitude for Kirkuk Iraqi Police’s service to the people of the province.

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

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

IA soldier fills out PMCS sheet.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Spc. Ahmed Abeulkadhem, an Iraqi soldier assigned to 3rd Battalion, 11th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, annotates a tactical vehicle’s deficiencies on a preventive maintenance checks and services worksheet during a maintenance class at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, March 14, 2011. Abeulkadhem, a native of Najaf, Iraq, uses his experience and skills as a driver to mentor other Iraqi soldiers during the 10-day maintenance training class taught by Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division.

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

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.

It wasn't the amphibian DNA, there was a Boots on Isla Sorna!

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)

The ExoMars/TGO mission control team seen in simulation training at ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany, on 15 September. The team were rehearsing reactions to contingency situations that could occur prior to Mars orbit entry, set for 19 October. Credit: ESA

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.

EXERCISE TRITON | TAMWORTH COMMUNITY FIRE STATION WHERE PLAYERS FROM A NUMBER OF RESPONDER ORGANISATIONS RESPONDING TO AN INCIDENT IN THE FIELD FROM A CONTROL ROOM ENVIRONMENT IN EXERCISE TRITON OPERATION 6TH JUNE 2013 | CREDIT PHIL GREIG - IMAGES FOR STAFFORDSHIRE CIVIL CONTINGENCIES UNIT, STAFFORD | all images © PHIL GREIG 2013 - greigphoto.com

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)

Electrical inspection.CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE, Marez – Sgt. Jeffrey McDonald, an all-wheeled vehicle mechanic assigned to Company B, 27th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Division-North, instructs Iraqi Army soldiers on how to operate a high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle’s electrical system during a three-day training exercise with Iraqi soldiers from the 3rd Iraqi Army Division in Al Kisik, Iraq, Oct. 25 2010. The training gave the transportation units of the 3rd IA Div. a foundation on which to build an effective maintenance program. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Charles Vanzandt, 27th BSB, 4th AAB, 1st Cav. Div.)

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)

Walter Payton Man of the Year Madieu Williams.

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

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

The band passed out band ponchos to each other.

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)

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)

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)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Staff Sgt. Wesley N. Page (left), a gun truck commander from Starkville, Miss., consults with Staff Sgt. David W. Cantrell, a convoy commander from Madison, Miss., during a quality assurance / quality control inspection in the company motor pool Jan. 5. Both men serve with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Greenwood, Miss. A mechanized infantry unit, B Company runs convoy security missions to bases across northern Iraq.

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.

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)

Dane Cook performing at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, during a USO comedy show on 31 May.

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)

CSM congratulates NCO.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Command Sgt. Major Daniel Dailey, senior enlister officer of 4th Infantry Division, and U.S. Division – North, congratulates Sgt. Robert Stocksick, a mechanic assigned to Forward Support Company G, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, during a noncommissioned officer induction ceremony on Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 5. Stocksick, a native of Plant City, Fla., and eight other Soldiers participated in the rite of passage to become a leader and NCO.

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

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)

Aerial porters from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group use a Halvorsen Loader to off-load cargo from a New York Air National Guard C-130 at Amedee Army Airfield, Calif., during Operation Lumberjack on March 9, 2016. The 123rd CRG is working in conjunction with the U.S. Army’s 688th Rapid Port Opening Element and a team from the Defense Logistics Agency to operate Joint Task Force-Port Opening Sangala during the week-long exercise. The objective of the JTF-PO is to establish an aerial port of debarkation, provide initial distribution capability and set up warehousing for distribution beyond a forward node. (Kentucky Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)

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)

Cougar Creek Fire, Okanogan-Wenatchee NF, WA, 2018

Photo by Kari Greer

U.S. Coast Guard 17th District Commander Rear Adm. Matthew T. Bell, Jr., and the Canadian Coast Guard Western Region Assistant Commissioner Roger Girouard sit together while signing the newly revised Dixon Entrance Annex to the national Canada-United States Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan, Feb. 19, 2020 in Juneau, Alaska.

The updated annex includes basic content and format changes in accordance with new national guidelines, clearer pollution notification and response protocols, and refreshed references to U.S. Customs Service procedures for transboundary movement of personnel and resources.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Schofield.