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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)
Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing, Travis Air force Base, ready pallets packed with equipment and supplies to load on to aircraft deploying to Honduras as part of relief efforts for a simulated earthquake scenario during a Travis Response Exercise, 19 March 2014. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph - Heide Couch)
Siva.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Spc. Ruta Alexander, a supply clerk serving with Company A, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, performs a reenactment of everyday chores during a “Siva,” the Samoan word for dance, at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, May 28, 2011, in celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. Alexander, a native of Samoa, said she felt honored to be a part of the celebration to share part of her culture and heritage with others.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Signing transition papers
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Maj. Mohammad, executive officer of 1st Battalion, 9th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division,, accepts responsibility for Joint Security Station Heider from Lt. Col. Robert Reynolds, commander, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, during a transition ceremony April 1, 2011. After seven years of partnered operations with U.S. forces, the Iraqi Army assumed responsibility for the military installation located near the northwestern border to maintain border security for the nation of Iraq.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Getting into position.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Iraqi policemen assigned to 3rd Federal Police Division, stack on a wall prior to clearing a room at the Ghuzlani Eagle Training Center, March 9, 2011. Twenty-six policemen trained with Soldiers assigned to 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, during a six-day training course on basic tactical skills to increase Iraqi Police proficiency in urban operations.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Washington, 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 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.
Kneeling.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Soldiers from Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Calvary Division, handing out gifts to children 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)
Lt. Col. Matt Groves, commander of the 123rd Contingency Response Group, speaks with Maj. Gen. Edward W. Tonini, Kentucky's adjutant general at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 2, 2014. The 123rd deployed to West Africa to to set up a logistics hub in support of Operation United Assistance. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Raymond)
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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, N.C., Sept. 9. 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, 2/82 PAO NCOIC)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION DEASON, Iraq – Staff Maj. Gen. Ali Jassim Muhammad al-Furaiji, commanding general of 17th Iraqi Army Division, and Col. Roger Cloutier, commander of 1st Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Div., stand in front of a giant eagle head statue dedicated to 17th IA prior to the opening ceremony of the new Combined Division Operations Center May 23. The eagle head was originally a gift to U.S. forces and since 17th IA is nicknamed “the Eagles,” U.S. leaders said it was fitting to pass the gift on. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daniel Schneider, 366th MPAD, USD-C)
Watch for smoke.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – An Iraqi soldier assigned to Mortar Support Company, 3rd Battalion, 11th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, looks down the sight of an 81 mm mortar system to observe a smoke round detonate after it was launched from the indirect fire weapon system, March 19, 2011. U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, trained the Iraqi mortarmen at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center as part of a 25-day training cycle, Tadreeb al Shamil, Arabic for All Inclusive Training, an Iraqi initiative to provide collective training for IA units.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Allen and Dailey.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph R. Allen, U.S. Forces-Iraq command sergeant major, and Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel A. Dailey, 4th Infantry Division and U.S. Division-North’s senior enlisted leader, exit the helipad at the U.S. Division-North headquarters at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Feb. 1, 2011. Allen and Daily conducted a circulation of the base, meeting with Soldiers various units and task forces operating at COB Speicher. The U.S. Forces-Iraq command sergeant major recognized Soldiers from each unit or task force for their consistent hard work and dedication to the mission. Allen also urged the Soldiers to avoid complacency and remain vigilant as U.S. forces press on with Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Strayer, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
Airmen with the 123rd Contingency Response Group prepare for their deployment to West Africa from the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 2, 2014. The Guardsmen will work to set up a logistics hub in support of Operation United Assistance. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Raymond)
Head wound training.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Spc. Edmund Adjei, a combat medic assigned to Troop A, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, teaches Iraqi Soldiers how to bandage a head wound at a security checkpoint in northern Iraq, Feb. 8, 2011. Adjei, originally from Osu, Ghana, earned recognition as the “Ironhorse Strong” Soldier of the Week for his medical evaluation and treatment of three wounded Iranian tourists following an attack near his checkpoint, Jan. 19, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo)
Inverted pyramid.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Maj. David Repyneck, executive officer, 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, deployed in support of U.S. Division-North, explains the Inverted Pyramid writing style during an Information Dissemination Operations course Mar. 17, 2011, at Contingency Operating Base Khamees in the Diyala province of Iraq. Repyneck taught the IA media officers how to compile information into a press release, or news article, according to U.S. Army doctrine.
(U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Robert England, 2nd AAB PAO, 25th Inf. Div., USD-N)
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, load relief supplies onto trucks for distribution at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the wake of Hurricane Maria Oct. 7, 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)
Dane Cook has a conversation with Army CPT Ira Pray before a USO Comedy Show on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq on 31 May.
Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command (center) tours the U.S. Army Pacific (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.
180417-N-FN963-0204 PHILIPPINE SEA (April 17, 2018) The Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), comprised of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105), left, amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20), amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), center, amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104), right, maneuver together as part of a coordinated formation. The Wasp ESG is on a scheduled deployment in the Indo-Pacific region to support training under the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Up-Gunned ESG concept and serve as a forward multi-mission asset for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Richard L.J. Gourley/Released)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq – An Iraqi Army officer with the 10th Iraqi Army Division reviews a terrain model before conducting a battalion-level maneuver exercise at Tadreeb al Shamil March 17, 2011. Task Force 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, who worked closely with the training conducted at Tadreeb al Shamil, recently withdrew their support there after six months of preparation for the switch. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Sharla Lewis, 3rd AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div.)
Members from the 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Detachment 1 Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility and Royal Air Force fire department wait to unload a wounded Marine 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)
U.S. Navy Seaman Todd Housand, a hospitalman dental technician with 3rd Medical Battalion (Med. Bn.), 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), and native of Florence, South Carolina, updates the simulated casualties’ medical status 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)
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CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq (Oct. 3, 2010) Senior Chief Petty Officer Norman Diette, leading chief petty officer assigned to the Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 1 Joint Terminal Attack Controller, launches a Puma (All Environment) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The Puma UAS is used primarily for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as force protection measures. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Erik Reed/Released)
Iraqi Police practice tactics.
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)
A soldier from the 10th Mountain Division returns fire during Joint Operations Access Exercise(JOAX) at Fort Bragg, N.C., on June 7, 2012. JOAX is a two-week exercise to prepare Air Force and Army service members to respond to worldwide crisis and contingencies.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Specialist Jeffery Newell, a military policeman assigned to the 272nd Military Police Company, pushes through the last 50 meters of the Army Birthday 5-Kilometer Fun Run in celebration the Army’s 236th birthday at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, June 14, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
Tech Sgt. Timothy Hoffma, Det. 1, 435th Contingency Response Group bioenvironmental technician, tests the chlorination of purified water near Campia Turzii, Romania, during Dacian Warhawk, a two-week training mission designed to increase the interoperability between the U.S. and Romanian allies March 19, 2015. Hoffma and the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing tested their abilities to establish and maintain a base during fighter aircraft operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Armando A. Schwier-Morales)
NCOs swear in.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, raise their right hand and recite the Oath of the Noncommissioned Officer during an NCO Induction Ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Marez, June 3, 2011. Command Sergeant Major Daniel A. Dailey, senior enlisted advisor for U.S. Division-North and 4th Infantry Division, spoke to the inductees and offered the recently promoted sergeants a challenge. “You newly promoted noncommissioned officers are our nation’s credentials now,” said Dailey. “We have invested in you, and you now are entrusted with our future.”
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Participants in "A Conversation about Contingency" discussed questions related to the treatment of contingent faculty members.
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170901-N-ZS023-085 INDIAN OCEAN (Sept. 1, 2017) Cpl. Justin Daniels, a native of Carolina, Puerto Rico, assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), installs a severance assembly unit in an MV-22 Osprey assigned to the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (Reinforced) in the ship’s hangar bay. America, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 15th MEU, is operating in the Indo-Asia Pacific region to strengthen partnerships and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Vance Hand/Released)
Sgt. Michael Brand, with the 732nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, works his way over and under a wooden obstacle during the 64th Troop Command Best Warrior Competition at Fort McCoy, Wis., Nov. 7. Four Soldiers and five noncommissioned officers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard competed to represent the Wisconsin Army National Guard at the state competition in April. (112th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Photograph by Pfc. Christopher Enderle/Released)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Civil Affairs soldiers assigned to 12th Iraqi Army Division participate in civil affairs training led by Maj. Marcus Copeland, a civil affairs officer assigned to the 12th IA Div. Stability Transition Team, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, in Kirkuk province, Iraq, May 23, 2011. During the course, soldiers learned the fundamentals of working with a civilian population to facilitate military objectives.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
Competitors gather around and await their turn for the call-for-fire exercise during the 64th Troop Command Best Warrior Competition at Fort McCoy, Wis., Nov. 7. Four Soldiers and five noncommissioned officers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard competed to represent the Wisconsin Army National Guard at the state competition in April. (112th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Photograph by Pfc. Christopher Enderle/Released)
Robert Kelly performing at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, during a USO comedy show on 31 May.
Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, augmented by Airmen from the Mississippi Air Guard, work to establish an air cargo and aeromedical evacuation hub at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, Aug. 30, 2017, in support of Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. The Airmen will transfer patients from ambulances and prepare them for air movement so they can be flown by military aircraft to appropriate health-care facilities. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Horton)
Breaking down spades.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Soldiers assigned to 102nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Iraqi Army Division, remove the spades of an M198 155mm howitzer during training at Ghuzlani Eagle Training Site, Iraq, June 28, 2011. The spades are used to prevent the howitzer from moving while firing.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – N)
Pressure dressing.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Sgt. Thomas Cook, combat medic, Mobile Training Team, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, provides concurrent medical training to Iraqi soldiers of the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Iraqi Army Division, in between firing iterations as part of training at the Field Engineer Regiment compound, March 19, 2011. During the 10-day training course provided by the MTT, the Iraqi jinood, Arabic for soldiers, learned medical skills in addition to basic rifle marksmanship and reconnaissance and intelligence techniques.
(U.S Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
Garcia.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Specialist Rodolfo Moreno, a finance specialist with the 4th Financial Management Company, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, repaints the name of his brother-in-law, Sgt. Israel Devora-Garcia, on the Warrior Memorial Wall at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2011. “Everything I am able to do is thanks to his sacrifice, and I am grateful for the opportunity to give a little back,” Moreno said. “I just want people to know we’re still here and some of our comrades are going to be here forever because this is where they gave their lives.”
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Soldiers treat simulated casualties.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Soldiers of 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, triage Soldiers with simulated wounds during a mass casualty training exercise on Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, June 6, 2011. Medics and first aid responders honed their skills as 2nd AAB prepares to assume the advise, train and assist mission in Diyala province during Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin Naylor, 2nd AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)