Retiring the colors.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Holland, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. William May, right, command team of “Thunderhorse,” 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, case their battalion colors during a Transfer of Authority Ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2011. The casing of their colors culminated the training of the expanded Combined Security Force whom Holland said can competently assume the mission his battalion transferred to them.

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

Standing tall with pride.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Soldiers from 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, join Soldiers of 2nd AAB, 1st Cavalry Division, and the 5th Iraqi Army Division, form the color guard during the Transfer of Authority ceremony at Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, June 13, 2011. Second AAB, 1st Cav. Div., “Black Jack,” assumed responsibility of the advise, train and assist mission in Salah ad-Din and Diyala provinces of northern Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn.

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

Taking cover after fire.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Soldiers participating in the combat lifesaver course react to simulated indirect fire before caring for “casualties” during training at the Teal Medical Clinic 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)

Marching them in.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – New members of the Kirkuk expanded Combined Security Force march in formation for their official graduation from training and entry into the eCSF at the Kirkuk Training Center, Iraq, July 18, 2011. The most recent company of graduates is the last addition to the expanded CSF, which became a full-strength battalion of Iraqi Army, Iraqi Police, and Kurdish Regional Guard soldiers.

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

Traffic and Transportation Management Plan Contingency Engineers during the operation of the cicLAvia Universal City between North Hollywood and Studio City Car-Free Open-Streets Bicycle Route followed by crossing point intersection for all automotive traffic vehicles and bike crossings on Magnolia Boulevard intersection traffic signal red lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing don't walk orange hand lights located at Toluca Lake, California 91602 followed by Metro Red Line Universal City and Studio City Heavy Rail Subway Station located at North Hollywood of South San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California 91601.

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)

Golden Lions on patrol.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Members of the expanded Combined Security Force “Golden Lions” conduct a presence patrol in a village north of Kirkuk City, Iraq, July 19, 2011. The Golden Lions conducted their first patrol as a full-strength battalion following the recent graduation of the final company of trainees.

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

Tech. Sgt. John Rodriguez, 321st Contingency Response Squadron security team, provides security at a simulated austere base during an Advanced Battle Management System exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Sept. 1, 2020. The ABMS, allows a joint force to use cutting-edge methods and technologies to rapidly collect, analyze, and share information and make decisions in real time while also also making the information available instantaneously across geographically-separated forces spanning the operational to tactical levels of combat. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Michelle Y. Alvarez)

The 821st Contingency Response Support Squadron Gladiators run on blue track with a Prisoner of War/Missing in Action batons Sept. 16, 2016, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The 24 hour run was held as part of POW/MIA Recognition Day. The POW/MIA baton holds a flash drive that contains all known names of all the accounted for POW/MIAs since WWI. At present, more than 83,000 Americans remain missing from WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and the Gulf Wars and other conflicts. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Heide Couch)

An Airman from the 435th Contingency Response Group, steps out before jumping from a C-130 J-model during the Air Force-specific portion of Saber Strike at Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia, June 17, 2014. During the final week of Saber Strike 2014 the 435th CRG, in conjunction with the 37th Airlift Squadron, trained on the full capabilities to open the Latvian air base. They also trained with Latvian and Estonian service members on airfield operations, command and control of air and space forces, weather support, and protection of operational forces, aircraft maintenance and aerial port services. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Stefanko)

Senior Master Sgt. Derek Whitmer with the 123rd Contingency Response Group walks with his family after arriving home in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 20, from a deployment to West Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Raymond)

Participants in "A Conversation about Contingency" discussed questions related to the treatment of contingent faculty members.

Credit: Michael Ferguson/AAUP

An Airman from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group parks a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 6, 2017. The aircraft is carrying relief supplies to assist with recovery efforts following Hurricane Maria. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Dale Greer)

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Paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, return fire during an ambush while on a dismounted patrol on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 12. 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)

Advancing on the enemy.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, advance on line toward their objective during weapons familiarization training at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, Iraq, June 22, 2011. Iraqi soldiers increased proficiency on their weapons prior to their battalion live fire exercise later this month.

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

A little one-on-one.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – First Lt. Lowell Garthwaite, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division plays soccer with a student who will be attending a newly opened school located in the rural farm village of al Noman south of Tikrit, Iraq, Feb. 7, 2011. The newly opened education facility replaced a two-room mud building which could only support 20 students and would collapse during the rainy season. “Wolfhound” Soldiers of 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt. distributed school supplies and soccer balls to the students following a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the official opening of al Noman School.

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

Airmen with the 123rd Contingency Response Group arrive home in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 20, from their deployment to West Africa. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Raymond)

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

Photo by Kari Greer

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Gary Tamietti.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Chief Warrant Officer 3 Gary Tamietti, an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance pilot assigned to 339th Military Intelligence Company, Task Force ODIN, watches flight crews prepare for a mission at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, July 26, 2011. Tamietti, a decorated Vietnam veteran, returned to military service in 2003 after a two-decade hiatus. Tamietti flew his final flight, July 31, and is now looking to retire after two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.

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

‘Let me show you.’

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Sgt. Bernardo Medina, a native of Ocala, Fla., and infantryman assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, uses his experience as a “Lefty” to show an Iraqi Army soldier serving with Commando Company, 15th Brigade, 12th IA Division, how a left-handed shooter should be positioned when firing an M16 rifle, March 20, 2011. Lead instructor of M16 rifle familiarization training, Medina and U.S. Soldiers paired with Iraqi soldier to demonstrate the four fundamentals of executing a proper shot group during classroom instruction at Forward Operating Base Texan, near Kirkuk, Iraq.

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

Was never used

Technical Sgt. Will Harden, 821st Contingency Response Group, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., shows how to prepare a vehicle for a Sling-Load with a CH-47D Chinook, Detachment 1, Company B, 3/238th Aviation Regiment, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Aug 9, 2016, at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Mich., during Northern Strike 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 Army, Air Force, Marine, and Special Forces service members from 20 states and three coalition countries during the first three weeks of August 2016 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan. The exercise strives to provide accessible, readiness-building opportunities for military units from all service branches to achieve and sustain proficiency in conducting mission command, air, sea, and ground maneuver integration, and the synchronization of fires in a joint, multinational, decisive action environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson/released)

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

Photo by Kari Greer

Soldiers load supplies.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE COBRA, Iraq – Soldiers with 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Division-North, and local Iraqi civilians load various commercial products and goods onto a truck at Contingency Operating Base Cobra, Iraq, July 2011. The supplies were part of a combined humanitarian aid project to support local families in the villages surrounding COS Cobra in support of Operation New Dawn.

(U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Randy Warren, 2/1 CAV AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)

We had a decent contingency of Smithies at the wedding celebration of Jenny Hawins (SC '97) and Kyle Hogrefe. Smithies pictured here include Kim Taylor (SC '97), Cecilia (honorary Smithie!), Martha Norbeck (SC '94), and Ileana Jimenez (SC '97).

One-on-one training.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Maj. Andrew Sherman, left, the logistics trainer with the Mobile Transition Team, attached to Task Force 2-11, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, discusses long-term plans for training Iraqi Army soldiers during the Leadership Training Program at Contingency Operating Base Khamees, in the Diyala province, Feb. 14, 2011. The LTP partnered staff officers of the 2nd AAB with their Iraqi counterparts, to address deficiencies in the Iraqi Army forward-planning process and develop a long-term training schedule for the 5th Iraqi Army Division.

(U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Robert England, 2nd AAB PAO, 25th Inf. Div., USD-N)

Barbell.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Major Matt Clark, operations battle major with 4th Infantry Division, and Tucson, Ariz. native, begins his part of the 31-minute workout to honor the 31 fallen service members, Sept. 2, 2011. The event was designed to memorialize service members who lost their lives in Afghanistan, Aug. 6, 2011. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson, 29th MPAD, USD-N PA)

Assaulting the objective.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Members of Kirkuk Iraqi Police Emergency Services Unit demonstrate an assault on an objective during Iraqi Police Day Jan. 9 at the Kirkuk Training Center. The ESU is one of Kirkuk IP’s quick-reaction units, trained to respond on short notice to protect the people of Kirkuk from violent extremist activity.

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

Five Finger Death Punch, a heavy metal band from Los Angeles, performs for service members at Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Iraq, March 5. This tour is the band’s first visit to Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Rob Strain, 15th Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs)

American rapper performs for Fort Hood Soldiers

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Chingy, a rapper from St. Louis, performs for Soldiers assigned to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and Department of Defense civilians during a concert at the Contingency Operating Site Marez Amphitheater, May 27, 2011. The hip-hop artist sang some of his popular songs during the two-hour performance. After the show, the rapper signed autographed CDs and took pictures with the deployed Fort Hood troopers and civilians.

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

Capt. Jacob Becker and Technical Sgt. Will Harden, 821st Contingency Response Group, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., walks out to meet a CH-47D Chinook, Detachment 1, Company B, 3/238th Aviation Regiment, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, after landing to work on a sling-load with a vehicle, Aug 9, 2016, at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Mich., during Northern Strike 2016. Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 Army, Air Force, Marine, and Special Forces service members from 20 states and three coalition countries during the first three weeks of August 2016 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan. The exercise strives to provide accessible, readiness-building opportunities for military units from all service branches to achieve and sustain proficiency in conducting mission command, air, sea, and ground maneuver integration, and the synchronization of fires in a joint, multinational, decisive action environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson/released)

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

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Chief Warrant Officer 4 Christopher James, Company B, Task Force ODIN, soaks Chief Warrant Officer 3 Gary Tamietti during a retirement celebration for Tamietti at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, July 31, 2011. Tamietti, assigned to 339th Military Intelligence Company, an Army Reserve unit attached to Task Force ODIN, is scheduled to retire after returning to military service in 2003. Tamietti served in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and then retired from the commercial airline industry before re-entering service to help train younger pilots serving in Iraq.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Miller)

The Red Bull gate at the tech/contingency inspection for the 2008 Vegas to Reno.

Boy Scout Venture Crew 35 is going to rebuild a Ford Ranger to race in Best In The Desert's (BITD) Vegas to Reno desert race. Check out the project at www.venturecrew35.org

Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command (right) and U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) Commander Lt. Gen. Francis J. Wiercinski (left) are briefed by I Corps (Forward) 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 (I Corps (forward) and others).

Target.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Staff Sergeant Joshua Moody, from Killeen, Texas, and a squad leader with Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Calvary Division, advises an Iraqi soldier on marksmanship techniques at an Iraqi military post near Contingency Operating Base, Speicher, Iraq, Aug. 16. The Iraqi soldiers learned basic, close-quarters, and advanced marksmanship techniques, and how to enter and clear a room in an urban environment.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson, 29th MPAD, USD - N PAO)

Command Sgt. Maj. Rutherford gives sermon.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Command Sgt. Maj. Jimmy Rutherford, senior enlisted advisor of 27th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Division-North, leads a religious sermon about positive change during a New Year’s Eve Watch Night service Dec. 31, 2010. Rutherford, a native of Norristown, Pa., also led the service members and civilians at Contingency Operating Site Marez in uplifting songs, playing on a keyboard throughout the spiritual service.

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

Graduation.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Capt. Vance Morgan, commander, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, from Fort Riley, Kan., presents Iraqi Air Force airmen with certificates commemorating their completion of force protection training at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Feb. 12, 2011. “The number of people who perform security is small compared to the percentage of people who live here,” Morgan said. “You all will be responsible for the life of thousands, and it was our honor to train you to accomplish that mission.”

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

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

Photo by Kari Greer

Portrait.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Sergeant Michael Leal, a prime power specialist assigned to Bravo Company, 249th Engineer Battalion, observes operations of the power plant at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2011. Leal was recognized as the Division Special Troops Battalion “Hero of the Week” for his hard work during a power crisis.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson, 29th MPAD, USD – N PAO)

Monster Air.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – BMX rider Mykel Larrin performs bicycle stunts for service members deployed as a part of U.S. Division-North during a Bikes Over Baghdad show at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, June 11, 2011. The riders built their ramps around military vehicles, such as an M1078 Light Medium Tactical Vehicle and an M997 Field Litter Ambulance.

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

2010 Olympics have exhausted their budget and the contingency fund budget - and now they're working on OVER-BUDGET...

...with low expectations on meeting their housing commitments for the athletes - and forget about the homeless and needy, and their increasing numbers due to displacement due to 2010 preperations.

It should be a great party - they'll be celebrating in the streets because they've got no place to live - no living room to watch the Olympics on TV.

Final adjustments.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – A soldier assigned to 102nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Iraqi Army Division, makes final adjustments to a gunners site during M198 155mm howitzer training at Ghuzlani Eagle Training Site, Iraq, June 15, 2011. Soldiers assigned to Battery B, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, trained IA soldiers assigned to the 102nd FA Regt. on M198 howitzer crew drills and firing procedures.

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

U.S. Airmen with the 621st Contingency Response Wing dismount a C-130 Hercules during air-land operations at the Hohenfels Training Area (Germany) in support of Swift Response 16, June 16, 2016. Exercise Swift Response is one of the premier military crisis response training events for multi-national airborne forces in the world. The exercise is designed to enhance the readiness of the combat core of the U.S. Global Response Force - currently the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team - to conduct rapid-response, joint-forcible entry and follow-on operations alongside Allied high-readiness forces in Europe. Swift Response 16 includes more than 5,000 Soldiers and Airmen from Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the United States and takes place in Poland and Germany, May 27-June 26, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Gertrud Zach/released)

U.S. Army Maj. Scott Miroddi a contingency contracting officer-battalion operations officer with the 919th Contracting Support Battalion, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base-Fort Worth, Texas, and Senior Airman Trenton Beavers, a contracting administrator with the 5th Contracting Squadron at Minot AFB, North Dakota, discuss a simulated payment for supplies to role players during the Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2017 at Fort Bliss, Texas, March 21, 2017. OCSJX-17 brings together service members and civilians from all branches of the DOD and across the total force spectrum, as well as coalition partner nations and agencies from outside the DOD. The exercise provides a world-class level of instruction incorporating the most recent OCS doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures. OCSJX-17 provides practical OCS training to prepare the participants for planned or potential deployments. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm/Released)

Traffic and Transportation Management Plan Contingency Engineers during the operation of the cicLAvia Universal City between North Hollywood and Studio City Car-Free Open-Streets Bicycle Route followed by two crossing points intersection for all automotive traffic vehicles and bike crossings on Moorpark Street intersection traffic signal green lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing white walking lights, Riverside Drive intersection traffic signal red lights, left turn protected permissive green yellow arrow lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing don't walk orange hand lights, State Highway Junction Route CA-134 Ventura Freeway Exit 1C - Lankershim Blvd. Exit Off-Ramp intersection traffic signal go straight green arrow lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing don't walk orange hand lights and another upcoming crossing point intersection for all automotive traffic vehicles and bike crossings on Camarillo Street and Vineland Avenue intersection traffic signal green lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing don't walk white walking lights and located at Toluca Lake and North Hollywood Arts District of South San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California 91602 - 91601.

School Zone

Maximum Speed Limit 25 MPH (40 km/h)

Radar Enforced

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