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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)
PACIFIC OCEAN (June 27, 2009) - Cmdr. Joseph Yang, contingency dental officer-in-charge, of San Diego, Calif., teaches Pacific Partnership 2009 dental team members from Canada, the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force how to operate a portable digital x-ray machine aboard USNS Richard E. Byrd on the way to the mission?s first stop is Samoa. The U.S. Navy's Pacific Partnership is the dedicated humanitarian and civic assistance mission conducted with and through partner nations, non-governmental organizations and other U.S. and international government agencies to execute a variety of humanitarian civic assistance missions in the Pacific Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Valcarcel/Released)
U.S. Navy Sailors with 3rd Medical Battalion (Med. Bn.), 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), evaluate a simulated casualty 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)
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, 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)
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)
SSG Inez Necker and SSG Richard Burns, contracting NCOs assigned to the 680th Contingency Contracting Team (CCT), 413th Contracting Support Brigade, review contract documents Oct. 18, 2013, at the 18th Contracting Squadron headquarters on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. The organization of each contracting office should aim to maximize the skill sets and efficiencies of its people. (U.S. Army photo by SFC Howard Reed, 10th Regional Support Group)
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.
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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)
U.S. Navy Sailors with 3rd Medical Battalion (Med. Bn.), 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), conduct 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)
This officer was part of the Confederacy, with the Georgia contingency...while actually representing his state of Virginia. Everyone was so very friendly...well...almost everyone...but we won't talk about HER! It was a very impressive event...and a great way for me to not feel so self conscience about shooting people. Hell...everyone was being shot at :-)
I'll be posting a few from today...and maybe some from tomorrow if I go again. I'm sure my friend Joe will have a few more posted than I will.
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Dane Cook has a conversation with Army CPT Ira Pray before a USO Comedy Show on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq on 31 May.
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)
TSgt Nicholas Shanks, a contingency response aerial port supervisor, 821st Contingency Response Squadron, leads the President of the 2017 Tournament of Roses Parade, Mr. Brad Ratliff, and his wife Susan through the “line of fire” demonstration, Aug. 12, 2016, Travis AFB, Calif. Mr. Ratliff was at Travis to present the Tournament of Roses flag to the U. S. Air Force Band of the Golden West. As part of the visit, the Ratliffs visited the 621 CRW warehouse to learn more about their mission here at the base. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Heide Couch)
Fieldmarshals are abstract, pragmatic, directive, and expressive. They tend to be highly skilled in situational organizing, directing their own actions and those of others. Their talent for contingency planning is a close second to their ability to coordinate, decide, and execute a strategy. Born engineers, they want to break an idea or concept into its most fundamental parts, subject those parts to intense scrutiny, and reassemble the idea before giving it their final approval. Their desire to ensure that an assessment is valid extends to their own work, and they will often seek the opinion of another trusted individual such as an Architect or an Inventor to refine their view of an issue, regardless of how sure they are.
Fieldmarshals have a strong desire to give structure and direction to groups of people. Of all the role variants, Fieldmarshals are the most likely to see where an organization is headed, and they want to communicate that vision to others. Thus they are more directive in their social exchanges than they are informative. Fieldmarshals often rise to positions of responsibility in work because they tend to be devoted to their jobs and are excellent administrators. Fieldmarshals may not actively seek out leadership responsibilities, but will often volunteer themselves to take charge in situations where leadership is absent or has failed, or where a power vacuum suddenly exists—not because they are particularly interested in power as such, but due to their innate desire to see a given system (be it social, political, workplace, or otherwise) continue to function until a suitable leader can be identified, who, in the mind of the Fieldmarshal, is as good at leadership as at background administration.
Fieldmarshals search more for goals and policy than they do for procedures and regulations. They strive to make their organization more efficient by reducing red tape, task redundancy, and confusion in the workplace. Fieldmarshals take a straightforward and tough-minded attitude toward tasks, approaching them with impartial analysis, and basing their decisions on well thought-out plans, impersonal data, and overall probability of success. They expect others to follow their vision, and they are willing to remove stumbling blocks that prevent a given system (human or otherwise) from being fully productive. For Fieldmarshals, there must be a goal-directed reason for executing any plan. People’s emotions are generally considered secondary to raw data in any decision-making process.
Fieldmarshals are impatient with ineffectiveness, inefficiency, and the repetition of error. If an established procedure can be demonstrated to be ineffective at accomplishing a certain goal, they will abandon the procedure. Fieldmarshals keep long-term and short-term objectives in mind while striving to turn their organizations into smooth-functioning, empirically stable systems.
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.)
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)
ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – U.S. Army Sgt. Ray Trevino, 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade AH-64 Apache helicopter maintainer, removes a holding pin from the helicopter’s propeller blade during joint training Nov. 13, 2013. The rotor’s pins must be removed in order to fold back each blade before the aircraft is loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft. The joint training allowed both service members to practice real-world operations to ensure proficiency during contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dillon Davis/Released)
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)
Members assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing prepare to load a vehicle onto an aircraft in Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear during an exercise at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 1, 2018. The Airmen are participating in a week-long base-wide readiness exercise which evaluates the base’s readiness and ability to execute and sustain rapid global mobility around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Louis Briscese)
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
Checking rotors.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert Linder, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 185th Attack Helicopter Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, Arkansas National Guard, inspects his helicopter’s rear rotor during pre-flight checks at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, July 29, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD – N PAO)
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
Task Force Marne Soldiers from outside Contingency Operating Base Speicher speak with Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston following dinner with him, Sept. 27, at Freedom Rest-North. Sergeant Major of the Army Preston held a town hall meeting with the Soldiers of COB Speicher earlier in the day to answer any question they had and provide information about deployments, uniform changes and the future of the Army. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Johnathon Jobson, TF Marne Public Affairs.)
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)
A Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 Hercules lands next to the 123rd Contingency Response Group’s Hardened Expeditionary Light Air Mobile Shelter at Amedee Army Airfield, Calif., during Operation Lumberjack on March 9, 2016. The 123rd CRG, a unit of the Kentucky Air National Guard, 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 capability for distribution beyond a forward node. (Kentucky Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
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)
Navigating with a purpose.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Captain Sean Frankum, executive officer for Battery B, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, reads map coordinates during a land navigation skills test at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 3, 2011. As part of the battalion’s “Spur Ride”, Frankum, a native of Dahlonega, Ga., and other Fort Hood Soldiers ruck-marched to various checkpoints during the skills test, which was designed to mentally and physically challenge the cavalry troopers.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Robert Kelly performing at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, during a USO comedy show on 31 May.
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)
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)
Ground guiding vehicle.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Specialist Gerald Sallis, a mortarman assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, ground-guides a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle prior to his final departure from Joint Security Station India, Iraq, Aug. 3, 2011. Sallis, a native of Chicago, assisted fellow 4th AAB Soldiers in transferring the base to the 2nd Iraqi Army Division.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – N)
Nolan.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – U.S. Forces-Iraq commanding general, Gen. Lloyd Austin, presents Pfc. Marquez Nolan, a supply clerk with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, with a coin in recognition of Nolan’s work in support of Operation New Dawn during a ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, May 21, 2011. Nolan, a Helena, Ark., native, said he felt honored receiving the coin from Austin. “It’s good to know my hard work and the hard work of the other people standing with me isn’t going unnoticed,” he said.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Members of the 60th, 349th Air Mobility and 621st Contingency Response Wings participate in (Crisis Look 16-01) Position the Force Deployment. The exercise will test Team Travis’s ability to perform a major deployment in a safe and efficient manner. RELEASED (US AIR FORCE Photo by T.C. Perkins Jr.)
Master Sgt. Kyle Goins, a communications specialist for the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, sets up a “big voice” system at Fort Campbell, Ky., June 17, 2014, during Capstone '14, a homeland earthquake-response exercise. 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)
Lt. Col. Jay L. Palenapa, right, received a certificate of appreciation for completion of his active reserve service June 1 from Col. Chad Smith on behalf of Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, chief of the U.S. Army Reserve and commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, in a ceremony at Redstone Arsenal. Palenapa retired after a 30-year military career, during which he served as PEO Aviation’s deputy contingency operations officer. (U.S. Army photo by Daniel Cunningham, PEO Aviation)
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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)