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Army strong.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – First Lieutenant Michael Sparkes, executive officer of Company B, 27th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, competes in a four-mile run while wearing his improved outer tactical vest, weighing approximately 30 pounds, to celebrate the U.S. Army’s birthday at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, June 14, 2011. Sparkes, a native of Baytown, Texas, ran the race to honor the military.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 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)
APFT.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Soldiers of Company B, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, “Warriors,” 25th Infantry Division, execute two minutes’ worth of push-ups during the Army Physical Fitness Test portion of the Warrior Brigade Best Squad competition at Contingency Operating Base Warhorse in the Diyala province of Iraq, March 10, 2011. Squads competed in each battalion with the best two squads earning the right to advance to the brigade-level competition.
(U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Robert England, 2nd AAB PAO, 25th Inf. Div., USD-N)
A U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy loaded with humanitarian aid lands at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan on Oct. 5, 2017. The cargo will be downloaded and staged for distribution by Airmen from the Kentucky Air Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group as part of Hurricane Maria recovery efforts. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Dale Greer)
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.
The 821st Contingency Response Squadron Hellhounds run on blue track with a Prisoner of War/Missing in Action batons Sept. 15, 2016, at Travis Air Force Base, California. 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)
General Frank J. Grass (left), chief of the National Guard Bureau, talks to Master Sgt. Jeremy Yates, security forces non-commissioned officer-in-charge for the 123rd Contingency Response Group, about the capabilities of the 123rd CRG at the Kentucky Air National Guard in Louisville, Ky., on April 18, 2015. Grass is visiting the Kentucky National Guard over the weekend, and will be administering a reenlistment ceremony on to kick off the Thunder over Louisville airshow. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
ELMINA, Ghana – U.S. Navy Commander, Keith Givens, Director Contingency Planner, Office of Secretary of Defense/Health Affairs, observes as members of the Logistics group taking part in the Ghana National Government Pandemic Disaster Response Tabletop Exercise discuss how to deal with a new challenge that has arisen during the exercise on 7 February 2012. The five-day exercise, hosted by the Ghana National Government, which was organized by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), supported by the Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine (CDHAM) and funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), brought together approximately 120 civilian and military representatives, mostly from Ghana and the United States. Experts from international agencies and representatives from four other African nations attended the exercise as well. The five-day exercise will assist the Ghanaian government in assessing their pandemic influenza preparedness and also identify and validate how the Ghanaian armed forces can assist in Ghana’s national pandemic response plan. (U.S. AFRICOM photo by Petty Officer First Class Steve Owsley)
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 from the 435th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility off load patients gear before off loading patients returning from Balad Iraq Jan. 13, 2009, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. More than 30 patients who were wounded in battle were flown back from the Area of Operation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenny Holston)(RELEASED)
Sing along.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Funk, jazz and rhythm and blues singer Chaka Khan holds out the microphone for Soldiers and civilians deployed in support of Operation New Dawn to sing along to one of her hits during a Morale, Welfare and Recreation concert at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, July 14, 2011. Khan, who began her career as the lead singer for the funk band Rufus in the 1970s, said she visited Iraq because she wanted to raise the spirits of troops separated from their Families and loved ones.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, 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)
Pallets of water are among the 7.2 million pounds of cargo processed through an aerial port of debarkation at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 6, 2017, following Hurricane Maria. The port is staffed by 39 members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, augmented by Airmen from the active-duty Air Force and Air National Guard units in multiple states. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Dale Greer)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Mohrenweiser, right, shows a local area flight map to military officers from the Republic of Angola at the New Jersey National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Sept. 22, 2015. The Angolan officers visited with their New Jersey National Guard counterparts to learn more about helicopter operations and maintenance procedures. Mohrenweiser is assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)
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)
Heads bowed.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Company commanders of the “Thunderhorse”, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, bow their heads while their unit chaplain gives an invocation during a Transfer of Authority Ceremony between the Thunderhorse Battalion and the “Golden Lions,” expanded Combined Security Force, at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2011. “This transition ceremony, today, where you have a U.S. battalion and a combined battalion of our Iraqi Security Forces arranged side by side is no small feat,” said Lt. Col. Joseph Holland, Thunderhorse commander. “This is indeed a monumental occasion of which everyone here should be proud.”
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Supporting the troops.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Dan Estrin, lead guitarist for rock band Hoobastank, shows his support for the troops by sporting a camouflaged guitar during a concert at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, June 25, 2011. Several times during the show, the band thanked the deployed U.S. Division – North troops for their service. “You don't owe us anything,” said lead singer Doug Robb to Soldiers and Airmen at the end of the show. “You guys get all the thanks. It's because of what you do, that all of us get to do what we do.”
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
Model.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Lt. Col. Scott Nolan, executive officer, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, briefs the locations of facilities and units located on Contingency Operating Site Warrior during a rehearsal of concept drill, March 30, 2011. U.S. Division-North leaders used the three-dimensional maps, known as “sand tables” to gain a visual understanding of future operations, while planning and rehearsing missions in support of Operation New Dawn.
(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
Canning the rounds.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – A Soldier assigned to Company B, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, packs away high-explosive rounds for the MK-19 belt-fed grenade launcher into padded containers in preparation for redeployment at the Basic Load Ammunition Holding Area at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, July 26, 2011.
(U.S. photo by Sgt. David Strayer, 109th MPAD, USD – N PAO)
Spc. Russell Patrick, a cargo specialist with the 611th Seaport Operations Company and a Brooklyn, N.Y., native, separates cargo in the Joint Distribution Center at Contingency Operating Location Speicher, Iraq.
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)
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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)
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
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)
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)
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.
Soldiers of the Washington, DC, National Guard’s 1946th Contingency Contracting Team traveled to Edinburgh, IN, through the month of February to conduct mission-specific contingency contracting training at the Camp Atterbury Contracting Center of Excellence. Operational commanders have come to understand that professional, well-trained and well-equipped contingency contracting officers are essential to the success of their missions. (U.S. Army photo by Timothy Sproles, Camp Atterbury Public Affairs)
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.
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)
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.
Coming through.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Contingency Operating Base Speicher Fire Department personnel carry a Soldier injured in a simulated mortar attack to an ambulance during a mass casualty exercise at COB Speicher, Iraq, June 13, 2011. Soldiers assigned to the Base Defense Operations Center, Company D, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, the 272nd Military Police Company, and 256th Combat Support Hospital coordinated efforts during the exercise to refresh triage and emergency response skills.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)