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Tech. Sgt. Michael Skeens, command post controller for the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, tracks aircraft on the airfield at Fort Campbell, Ky., June 18, 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)
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SAVAI'I, Samoa (July 03, 2009) U.S. Navy Cmdr. Joseph Yang, contingency dental officer-in-charge, of San Diego, Calif., and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Augustine Godinet, dental technician from Leone, American Samoa, perform a dental examination for a local woman at the Sataua Clinic during a Medical Civic Action Project (MEDCAP) held during Pacific Partnership 2009. The U.S. Navy's Pacific Partnership is the dedicated humanitarian and civil assistance mission conducted by, with and through partner nations, non-governmental organizations and other U.S. and international government agencies to execute a variety of humanitarian civic action missions in the Pacific Fleet area of responsibility. This year Pacific Partnership will travel to Oceania, including Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga. The USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4) serves as the enabling platform for U.S. and partner nation military and non-governmental organizations to coordinate humanitarian civic assistance efforts. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW/AW) Joshua Valcarcel (RELEASED)
Jab-jab.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Specialist Angel Turner, right, a print journalist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, punches her opponent during a boxing match at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2011. “I viewed this event as a challenge; one final, lasting memory prior to us going home,” said Turner, a native of Fayetteville, Ga. The “Boxing Smoker” was held as a morale booster by the 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th AAB, 1st Cav. Div., for “Long Knife” Soldiers before they return to Fort Hood, Texas, later this summer.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
1st Lt. Pierce Willenbrock of the Task Force Darby, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division security force, plays soccer with children from the Saare Jabbaama children’s home June 28, 2018 near Contingency Location Garoua in Cameroon. TF Darby service members are serving in a support role for the Cameroonian Military’s fight against the violent extremist organization Boko Haram.
Adding to the calendar.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Iraqi Army leaders from 5th Iraqi Army Division develop a planning strategy for a long-term training schedule during the Leadership Training Program, Feb. 14, 2011, at Contingency Operating Base Khamees in the Diyala province. The Mobile Transition Team, attached to Task Force 2-11, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, worked with their Iraqi Army counterparts from each staff section to coordinate a long-term training plan for IA units.
(U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Robert England, 2nd AAB PAO, 25th Inf. Div., USD-N)
Clearing cases.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Mortarmen with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, clear empty mortar round cases after conducting a five-round mortar fire during a training exercise near Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, July 23, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Quentin Johnson, 2nd AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – N)
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A Paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares to move while conducting 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)
Uncasing the colors.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Colonel John Peeler, left, commander of 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and Command Sgt. Maj. Emmett Maunakea, command sergeant major of the brigade, uncase the “Black Jack” Brigade colors during the Transfer of Authority Ceremony between 2nd AAB, 25th Infantry Division and 2nd AAB, 1st Cav. Div., at Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, June 13, 2011. Black Jack Brigade assumed responsibility of the advise, train and assist mission in the Salah ad-Din and Diyala provinces of U.S. Division-North.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Quentin Johnson, 2nd AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Quatro demonstrates.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Sergeant James Quatro, left, a military policeman assigned to 105th Military Police Company, guides Cpl. Patrick West during a demonstration of proper stance for firing an AK47 rifle during training at the Provincial Directorate of Police Headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, June 29, 2011. Quatro, a native of Rochester, N.Y., taught Iraqi policemen how to increase proficiency on the weapon. The 105th MP Company, part of the New York Army National Guard, is attached to Task Force Shield, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, in support of Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – N)
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)
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)
Paratroopers from the service and recovery shop, Company B, 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, spent a week making a detainee transportation vehicle out of a locomotive-movement tactical vehicle at Contingency Operations Base Speicher, Iraq. US Army photo by Spc. Joshua R. Ford (released)
Surfin’ Bird.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – At the encouragement of Doug Robb, lead singer of rock band Hoobastank, service members and civilians unwind during a concert in the main gym at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, June 25, 2011. Several civilians climbed to the stage and crowed surfed, while service members cheered on. Before the show, band members said they wanted the audience to forget where they were for the duration of the show, unplug from the deployment, and just have a good time.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 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)
U.S. Navy Sailors with 3rd Medical Battalion (Med. Bn.), 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), move a simulated casualty to the operation tent 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)
Dionna Nichelle.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Dianna Michelle Colyar, part of the "It's Not That Time of the Month," All Female Comedy tour, sings for U.S. Division-North troops and civilians between comedy acts at the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Center located on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, March 11, 2011. Colyar, the last performer of the night, sang Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings," showing her appreciation, not only for the service members in attendance, but for all who serve overseas. "I think differently of the military after coming here and seeing what the military does," she said. "Thank you for all that you do."
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, USD-N)
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)
Bandaging the wounds.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Specialist Michael Olsen, right, a native of Boise, Idaho, and intelligence systems maintainer with Company A, 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, bandages a simulated casualty’s face during training for the combat lifesaver course 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)
Man’s best friend.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Retired Army Sgt. Kurtis Edelman, pets Rose, a 4th Infantry Division therapy dog, while talking with Soldiers at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, during Operating Proper Exit, June 28, 2011. U.S. Division – North Soldiers talked with Edelman and several other wounded warriors during their visit. Operation Proper Exit provides wounded service members the chance to return to where they received their injuries, leave on their own terms, and gain closure.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, 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)
Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command (center left) and U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) Commander Lt. Gen. Francis J. Wiercinski (center) are briefed 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.
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.)
U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion crew members conduct slingload operations with Airmen at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 10, 2012. Both units were preparing for a Marine airpower demonstration at the bases’ open house and air show, which took place May 12 and 13. The CH-53E crew is with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 and the Airmen are with the 621st Contingency Response Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 688th Rapid Port Opening Element inspect cargo on June 18, 2014, before strapping it down for transport to a staging area called the Forward Node during Capstone '14, a homeland earthquake-response exercise at Fort Campbell, Ky. The 688th RPOE joined forces with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group 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)
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)
Casing the colors.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Colonel Malcolm Frost, left, commander of 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, and Command Sgt. Maj. William Hain, senior enlisted leader of the brigade, case their colors during the Transfer of Authority ceremony between the 2nd AAB, 25th Inf. Div., and the 2nd AAB, 1st Cavalry Division, at Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, June 13, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Quentin Johnson, 2nd AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Airmen assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing, process through a personnel deployment function (PDF) line during an operational readiness inspection at Travis AFB, Feb. 1, 2016. The base is currently conducting Crisis Look 16-01, to evaluate rapid mobile global readiness. The PDF line ensured Airmen were medically, legally and financially ready to deploy. Personnel from the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 60th Force Support Squadron and chapel staff were on hand to address deployment-related concerns. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Heide Couch/Released)
Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Brown.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – U.S. Division-North and 4th Infantry Division Deputy Commanding General-Support Brig. Gen. James F. Pasquarette presents Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Brown an Army Commendation Medal during a ceremony at Joint Security Station Heider, April 1, 2011. Pasquarette said Brown, a senior supply noncommissioned officer from Luling, La., assigned to 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, recently played an instrumental role in transferring JSS Heider to Iraqi government control.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
MARRAKECH, Morocco-- Staff Sgt. Matthew Ross, 818th Contingency ResponseGroup security forces fire team leader, speaks with a local about the U.S. Air Force and the aircraft displayed April 5, 2012 at the 2012 MarrakechAeroexpo. Ross is here to provide security for U.S. aircraft for the duration of the Aeroexpo. The U.S. Air Force is participating in the third biennial Aeroexpo Marrakech to strengthen the partnerships with the nations involved and show commitment to security and stability in the region. Security forces team members are providing security for U.S. aircraft for the entirety of the Aeroexpo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Natasha Stannard)
Master Sgt. Duane Wariner with the 123rd Contingency Response Group greets his family during a welcome home ceremony in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 21, 2014. Wariner and the 123rd arrived home from a deployment to West Africa where they assisted in the multinational fight against Ebola. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Raymond)
Airman from the 821st Contingency Response Group, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., prepares 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)
Research.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Sergeant Reginald Alexander, Company Intelligence Support Team noncommisioned officer, Company G, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, looks up information regarding recent activities in the Kirkuk province prior to Company G Soldiers leaving Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Sept. 2, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Mortar round reaches for target.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Iraqi soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, lean away from a mortar tube as a 60mm round blasts into the air during a live fire exercise at Destiny Range in Ninewa province, Iraq, June 16, 2011. Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, assisted with the live fire exercise to increase Iraqi soldiers’ proficiency on the weapon system.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Testing.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Spc. Nyan Prater, a
preventive medicine specialist assigned to Company C, 27th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, tests a water sample Feb. 12, 2011. Prater, a native of San Diego, limits the spread of disease throughout the brigade by reinforcing sanitation and passing on preventive medicine knowledge to comrades. Joining the Army two years ago, Prater deployed with the “Long Knife” Brigade in support of Operation New Dawn as part of U.S. Division-North in October 2010.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Washington, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
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 11, 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 Airman Ashleigh S. Pavelek)
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)
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)
Give me the beat!
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Soldiers assigned to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and civilian contractors watch Ace Watkins, a drummer from rhythm and blues group Good Girl Hank, freestyle during a concert at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, June 28, 2011. The Los Angeles-based group thanked the deployed troops and contractors for their service and sacrifice by performing mainstream R&B and jazz songs during the two-hour concert. After the show, the musicians signed autographed CDs and took pictures with the deployed Fort Hood troopers.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
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)
Good Girl Hank jams in Iraq.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Good Girl Hank vocalist Aiji Alise performs for Soldiers from 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and civilian contractors at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, June 28, 2011. After the two-hour concert, the Los Angeles-based rhythm and blues group autographed posters and CDs for the service members deployed to U.S. Division – North in support of Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)