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A Paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, charges up the stairs of a building 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)
Hallock received an unexpected lesson in contingency contracting in 2005, right after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, LA, during his four-month developmental assignment at Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the deputy to the contracting director and acting PARC. Here, a National Guard High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle leaves the Superdome Sept. 5, 2005, to patrol the streets after Katrina devastated the city and left thousands stranded. (U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class (AW) Brien Aho)
Discussing the paperwork.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Staff Colonel Hasen Ali, senior Iraqi Army officer for the Ninewa Combined Coordination Center, speaks with Lt. Col. Ted Stuart, commander of the NCCC, about current operations at the center, July 25, 2011. Stuart, a native of Fort Knox, Ky., currently assigned to Task Force Sword, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, is responsible for working with Iraqi and Kurdish Security Forces to oversee security operations in northern Iraq.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – N)
Personal protective equipment.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – David Longa, the Safety officer of 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, observes a contracted local national refueling a portable generator Mar. 2, 2011, at Contingency Operating Base Warhorse in Diyala province, Iraq. Longa ensures service members, Department of Defense civilians, contractors and local nationals adhere to safety standards, working to minimize the potential for injuries for personnel serving in support of Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Robert England, 2nd AAB PAO, 25th Inf. Div., USD-N)
Unthinkable.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Sergeant Tanicia Shepherd, 820th Signal Company, 51st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 35th Signal Brigade, sings “Unthinkable” by Alicia Keys during a talent show at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, July 22, 2011. During the show, Shepherd, who hails from Dallas, and other service members and civilians deployed in support of Operation New Dawn showcased their talents for 70-plus audience members.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram USD – N PAO)
Mortar round brings fire.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – A 120mm mortar round flies into the sky during a combined arms live fire exercise at Destiny Range, May 28, 2011. Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, conducted the CALFEX where mortar men, field artillerymen and forward observers increased proficiency on the weapons.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Senior Airman Cyril McKenney, 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Detachment 1 Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility aerospace medical technician, directs an ambulance bus into place to off-load wounded Marines onto a C-130 Hercules at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. The CASF team is responsible for transporting patients from the staging facility and role hospital to aircraft who are then transported to the next level of medical care. Airman McKenney is deployed from the 633rd Medical Operations Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)
Meeting.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Major Colin J. Williams, primary advisor to the 1st Kurdish Regional Guard Brigade, is greeted by key RGB leaders during a visit to the RGB headquarters in Kirkuk province, Aug. 24, 2011. Williams, a Binghamton, N.Y., native, works to maintain a positive relationship between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the United States Division – North in support of Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson, 29th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
The Vermont National Guard sent a contingency of five soldiers along with Maj. Gen. Steven Cray, adjutant general, Vermont National Guard, to France celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the end of World War I. Each state that had National Guard representation in World War I were invited back to France to celebrate the anniversary. National Guardsmen visited monuments, cemeteries, villages, battle sites, trenches, museums, and attended ceremonies as part of their visit. The Center for Military History provided guides throughout the trip.
Service members and civilians enjoy show.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Rock band Hoobastank entertains service members and civilians deployed to U.S. Division – North during a concert at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, June 25, 2011. After the show, the band members held a meet and greet, signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
Inspect insect trap.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Specialists Amanda Rose (right), a Flint, Mich., native, and Eddy Luengas, a Santa Anna, Calif., native, conduct a routine inspection on an insect trap at Teal Medical Clinic on Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, July 29, 2011. Rose and Luengas serve as preventive medicine specialists with 15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Division – North, in support of Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Alyson Randall, 15th BSB, 2nd AAB, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Iraqi soldiers with the Light Battery, 18th Iraqi Army Brigade, watch live mortar fire by the Mortar Platoon with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Division, at Contingency Operating Base, Iraq, Sept. 18, 2011. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Matos, USF-I Combat Camera)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Cpl. Terry B. Nolan, a gunner from Horn Lake, Miss., stands on the bank of the Tigris River during a security mission to the Al-Qayyarah pump house Dec. 29. Nolan serves with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Hernando, Miss. The force protection company for Q-West, A Company provides security for all missions to the pump house and filtration plant potable supplying water to base.
Army Lt. Col. Christopher Vanek, task force commander of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, visits Tag Tag, Iraq, Nov. 28, 2007. Vanek will attend a meeting to have local leaders sign a contract to have 5,500 Concerned Local Citizens secure their neighborhoods in coordination with Iraqi security forces and provincial government.
Cleanliness.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Specialist Angie Schaefer, a petroleum supply specialist serving with Company A, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, performs pre-mission preventive maintenance checks and services on a vehicle before leaving Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, June 13, 2011. “She’s always working with a smile on her face,” said 1st Lt. Jesse Dean Swanzy, a quartermaster officer and Schaefer’s platoon leader. “Specialist Schaefer constantly contributes by volunteering to go on missions to supply our outlying forward operating bases.” Schaefer, a native of Columbia who now calls Miami home, is slated to take the naturalization test and Oath of Allegiance in Baghdad, July 4.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Insect trap.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Specialist Amanda Rose, a Flint, Mich., native, hangs an insect trap outside Teal Medical Clinic on Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, July 29, 2011. Rose serves as preventive medicine specialist with 15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Division – North, in support of Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Alyson Randall, 15th BSB, 2nd AAB, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Dane Cook performing at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, during a USO comedy show on 31 May.
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 PDOP gives a speech to CSF graduates.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Kirkuk Provincial Director of Police, Gen. Jamal, acknowledges the significance of the Kirkuk expanded Combined Security Force graduating its third company to become a fully operational battalion at the Kirkuk Training Center, Iraq, July 18, 2011. The newly expanded CSF will operate out of a new headquarters on a previously uninhabited portion of nearby Contingency Operating Site Warrior.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Strayer, 109th MPAD, USD – N)
Col. David Mounkes assumes command of the 123rd Contingency Response Group as he accepts the unit’s guidon from Col. Barry Gorter, commander of the 123rd Airlift Wing, during a change-of-command ceremony held at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., July 12, 2014. Mounkes replaces Col. Mark Heiniger, who is the new director of operations at Headquarters, Kentucky Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Joshua Horton)
Staff Sgt. Manuel Silva, assigned to the 615th Contingency Response Wing, makes final adjustments to the in-transit visibility cargo monitoring system, during the Operational Readiness Inspection at EAGLE FLAG, April 4, 2011. More than 100 Airmen assigned to the 615 CRW deployed to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., in support of a developing humanitarian crisis in the fictitious Kingdom of Nessor, during the ORI at EAGLE FLAG. The Airmen partnered with more than 50 Soldiers from the 689th Rapid Port Opening Element, Fort Eustis, Va., bringing their expertise to establish a Joint Task Force - Port Opening. The team was tested on their ability to quickly establish airbase operations, provide their own security, track cargo and personnel and move relief supplies from the plane to a distribution node. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Stan Parker)
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 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
Mullah Mustafa
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Colonel Michael Pappal, commander of 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, welcomes Mullah Mustafa Hussein, director of the Sunni Endowment in Kirkuk, to the 8th Annual Partnership Dinner hosted at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Aug. 24, 2011. The dinner provided an opportunity for attendees to enhance civic relationships and cooperation among U.S. forces, and the administrative and political leadership of Kirkuk province. “Change to a better future must be in the heart, not just in person,” said Mullah Mustafa Hussein. “Change takes more than just an appearance. Everyone here must do their part to build Kirkuk into a great city.”
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Maj. Mitzi Dix, 604th Senior Contingency Contracting Team, Fort Campbell, Ky., Air Force 2nd Lt. Rheesa Paluay, Directorate of Contracting, U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., and Sgt. 1st Class Elmer Howard, 607th SCCT, Fort Sam Houston, Texas (left-right) set up their computers in their simulated regional contracting center.
Salute to service.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Fire crews assigned to Task Force ODIN shoot water over the C12 aircraft flown by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Gary Tamietti following Tamietti’s last flight with Task Force ODIN before retirement at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, July 31, 2011. Tamietti, a Vietnam veteran and Army reservist from San Clemente, Calif., returned to the cockpit in 2003 after a two-decade break in service.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Miller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command (center) meets with Soldiers from the 311th Signal Command 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.
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
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
A contingency of Northwestern State University students visit Universitaria Tecnologico Comfenalco and Universidad Libre in Cartagena, Colombia as part of their capstone leadership program.
A fruitful creation
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Spc. Jun Zhao, a food service specialist, assigned to Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, stands next to one of his fruit creations. Zhao, a native of Xiang Hai, China, enlisted in the military four years ago with acquired skills from working previously as an executive chef at a large restaurant. “My job is to take care of Soldiers by preparing their food. I take whatever criticism I get and apply it to improve (my cooking skills),” said Zhao
currently on his second deployment.
(U.S. Army photo courtesy photo)
170317-N-XT039-031 EAST CHINA SEA (March 17, 2017) Quartermaster Seaman Daija “Stella” Anderson, from Houston, determines the global position of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) using a sextant, an instrument which measures the angle between the horizon and celestial bodies. Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Jesse Marquez Magallanes/Released)
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 10, 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 Master Sgt. Edward Snyder)
A new dawn for Task Force ODIN.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Lieutenant Colonel Jon Tussing, commander, Task Force ODIN VI, calls on the new task force Soldiers to continue where their outgoing counterparts of Task Force ODIN V left off, during a Transfer of Authority ceremony at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, June 14, 2011. The Soldiers of Task Force ODIN provide intelligence and reconnaissance assistance to Soldiers of U.S. Division – North, with a focus on neutralizing the threat of improvised explosive devices.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
190807-N-WI365-1139 PHILIPPINE SEA (August 07, 2019) – Engineman 3rd Class Brandon Mertz, from Willis, Texas, inspects a fire extinguisher in the main machinery room aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48). Ashland, part of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda)
Tech. Sgt. Joshua B. Welter, 621st Contingency Response Squadron aircraft maintenance craftsman, and U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher A. Kilby, animal care specialist and NCO in charge of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Veterinary Treatment Facility, high five each other after completing a portion of training at the Medical Simulations Training Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on Aug. 17, 2017. The MSTC provides training to all branches of the military, federal, and local law enforcement and fire agencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Blair)
Members of the 621st Contingency Response Squadron Aerial Port team load a firetruck onto a C-130 Hercules during a Joint Readiness Training Center exercise at Alexandria International Airport, La. April 21, 2016. JRTC is a multinational exercise focused on pre-deployment and air drop capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua King)
Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Barber, 632nd Contingency Contracting Team contract specialist, uses the 3-in-1 tool during an academic course at the Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2016, March 31, 2016, at Fort Bliss, Texas. Over 500 joint, interagency and multinational participants are developing tools and confidence to support any deployed contingency operation or natural disaster. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chad Chisholm/Released)
Special Traffic Operations, Transportation and Traffic Management Plan Contingency Engineers during the operation of the Chinatown Mid-Autumn Fall Season Moon Festival Evening Neighborhood Night Market followed by College Street, Chinatown Central Plaza Mid-Block Pedestrian Crosswalk Crossing traffic signal green lights and Bernard Street located at Chinatown Los Angeles, California 90012.
This intersection is frequently used and it is so busy periodically.
Right turn for Parking at College Street straight ahead ->
Speed Limit 35 MPH (60 km/h)
The former G.D.P. route was on Northbound Broadway (ended here until 2000) from Cesar E. Chavez Avenue to Bernard Street and Southbound Hill Street at Ord Street took place here until 2006.
The new current G.D.P. route travelled Southbound Broadway and made a left turn at East Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and ENDED at New High and Spring Streets for parade floats disbanding zone since February 2007 to February 2012 but now this Golden Dragon Parade route on Southbound Broadway turns right to Westbound Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and ENDS at North Hill Street overpass bridge for parade floats disbanding zone since February 2013 to present.
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A Paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conducts 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)
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Sgt. Justin Lynn (right), an infantryman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, emplaces a water impulse charge, an explosive tool designed to blow down metal doors, 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)
Contingency buses seen staged just north of Rose Quarter Transit Center (on Wheeler, Soutbound next to the Moda Center). They were to assist with the steel bridge closure MAX Shuttles, but they ended up not being needed on the day when this photo was taken.
This was also the last day that 2555 was ever used in a public setting. It is also one of the very few times that a 2500 was seen in public with replaced windows (some of the windows on this bus were swapped out with ones on LFRs)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Chief Warrant Officer 3 Gary Tamietti, an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance pilot assigned to 339th Military Intelligence Company, an Army Reserve unit attached to Task Force ODIN, walks the “ODIN mile” between the airfield and his unit headquarters a last time following a mission at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, July 26, 2011. Tamietti, a Vietnam veteran, is scheduled to retire after returning to military service in 2003. “At the end of the day, I’m proud to be a warrant officer and proud to be a pilot,” he said. “It’s been an adventure, no question.”
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Miller)
Safe Distance
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – An Iraqi Policeman establishes a perimeter while waiting for fire department responders to control a simulated vehicle-borne improvised explosive device during an emergency response exercise at the Kirkuk Training Center, May 29, 2011. Iraqi Security Forces conducted the ERE as part of Operation Iron Lion, a set of events, missions and exercises demonstrating various ISF agencies’ self-sufficiency, interoperability and adaptability to establish internal security and defend against external threats.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)