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CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Airmen 1st Class Carmen Emborski, vocalist in the Air Force Central Command's rock band, “Starlifter,” takes the lead on stage with her commanding presence and vocal performance during the band's show at the North Dining Facility at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2011. Emborski, a native of Denver, Colo., performed several songs incorporating challenging vocal sets during the band’s performance. Starlifter's six month tour will consist of more than 70 performances throughout Iraq and Afghanistan.
(U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. David Strayer, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
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)
Last mile.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – First Lieutenant Peter Curtin, an operations officer assigned to 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, sprints the last mile of an Army Physical Fitness Test at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2011. Curtin, a native of Boston, Mass., completed the APFT as a prerequisite for the battalion’s “Spur Ride”. The Fort Hood trooper participated in the cavalry tradition to earn the privilege of wearing silver spurs and being inducted into the Order of the Spur.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command (center) is escorted by U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) Commander, Lt. Gen Francis J. Wiercinski during a tour of the USARPAC Contingency Command Post (CCP) at Fort Shafter, HI, 1 August 2012. The 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.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Soldiers of U.S. Division – North participate in the Army Birthday 5-Kilometer Fun Run at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, June 14, 2011. Soldiers concluded the celebration with a birthday lunch of steak and seafood at the COB Speicher dining facility during lunch.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
A U.S. Army Soldier from the 690th Rapid Port Opening Element loads a cargo container onto an M11-20 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck in the marshaling yard at Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station, N.J., March 27, 2012. The cargo, which arrived by airlift earlier in the week, is being transported over land to a forward distribution node as part of a U.S. Transportation Command exercise designed to test the ability of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group to establish a Joint Task Force-Port Opening within 24 hours of arrival. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION K1, Iraq – A soldier from 12th Iraqi Army Division begins recovery operations on a vehicle hit by a simulated Improvised Explosive Device during a situational training exercise at Contingency Operating Location K1, May 16, 2011. Iraqi leaders planned and conducted the scenario without direct assistance from U.S. forces to showcase overall capabilities during a full-scale training exercise.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Special Traffic Operations - 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 and an upcoming crossing point intersection for all automotive traffic vehicles and bike crossings on Cumpston Street, Burbank Blvd., followed by Pedestrian Crosswalk Crossing and No Left Turn or No U Turn at Chandler Blvd. North WEST intersection traffic signal red lights, Hatteras Street and Oxford Street intersection traffic signal green lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing white walking lights located at Metro Red and Orange Lines North Hollywood Heavy Rail Underground Subway and Bus Rapid Transit Stations in South San Fernando Valley of North Hollywood - Los Angeles, California 91601.
Thanking the Soldiers.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, speaks to Soldiers assigned to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, during a visit to Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 1, 2011. In addition to thanking the troops for their service and sacrifice, Mullen spoke with the deployed Fort Hood Soldiers about current and future military policies. Since arriving in to U.S. Division – North last fall, the 4th AAB troops assumed responsibility of overseeing security operations and partnering with ISF near Mosul in support of Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
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)
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)
Catch.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Spc. Lawrence Shipman, a patient administrative specialist from Washington, D.C., and Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Zeke, a combat stress-relief dog from San Antonio, play catch outside the Contingency Operating Site Marez Combat Stress Control clinic, March 8, 2011. Shipman and Zeke, assigned to 85th Medical Combat Stress Control Detachment, were recently inducted into the Order of the Spur for their service providing combat stress relief to the Soldiers of 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, deployed to U.S. Division-North in support of Operation New Dawn. The 85th Medical Combat Stress Control Soldiers are currently preparing to redeploy back to Fort Hood, Texas, after completing a 12-month overseas tour near Mosul, Iraq.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Personnel assigned to the 615th Contingency Response wing construct a Hard Sided Expandable Light Air Mobile Shelter (HELAMS) for communications support to aircrews participating in the bi-annual Mobility Air Forces Exercise at Nellis and Creech Air Force bases. More than 40 Airman from the Travis unit supported MAFEX with communications and airfield support. (US Air Force Photo/MSgt Stan Parker)
Pre-flight check.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Chief Warrant Officer 3 Gary Tamietti, an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance pilot from 339th Military Intelligence Company, an Army Reserve unit attached to Task Force ODIN, conducts pre-flight checks to the engine of his C12 ISR aircraft at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, July 26, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Miller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
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.
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Paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provide over-watch and fire support during live fire 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)
Joe Berry (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, City College of San Francisco, retired) led "A Conversation about Contingency," a special session at the 2013 Summer Institute.
Credit: Michael Ferguson/AAUP
Staff Sgt. Ariel Hansen and Tech. Sgt. Bruce Byron (center), both aerospace ground equipment specialists from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group, troubleshoot a generator March 27, 2012, with Senior Airman Beau Deleon, engineer assistant for the New Jersey Air Guard's 108th Contingency Response Group, during Eagle Flag at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The exercise is designed to test the Kentucky unit’s ability to establish a Joint Task Force-Port Opening within 24 hours of arrival. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command talks to Soldiers who belong to the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) Contingency Command Post (CCP) Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team (HAST) during a visit to the USARPAC 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.
U.S. Army Spc. Courtney Brown, an all-terrain forklift driver and cargo strapper for the 688th Rapid Port Opening Element, unstraps cargo after arriving at the forward operating node at Amedee Army Airfield, Calif., on March 9, 2016. The 688th RPOE is working in conjunction with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group and a team from the Defense Logistics Agency to operate Joint Task Force-Port Opening Sangala during a week-long exercise called Operation Lumberjack. 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 the forward node. (Kentucky Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command is briefed by U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) Contingency Command Post (CCP) Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team (HAST) members during a visit to the USARPAC 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.
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 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)
'The Grenadiers' Section of a Costume-Installation by Quilla Constance - on view at 'Teasing Out Contingencies' The Higgins Bedford, Sir William Harpur Gallery: www.newexhibitions.com/e/61892
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
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)