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)

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 followed by crossing point intersection for all automotive traffic vehicles and bike crossings on Magnolia Boulevard intersection traffic signal red lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing don't walk orange hand lights, Weddington Street and Chandler Blvd. located at North Hollywood Arts District of South San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California 91601.

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)

Shots from Contingency and Tech

Helping Hand.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION K1, Iraq – Staff Sgt. Thomas Harrelson, a communications specialist from Brigham, Utah, assigned to Company B, 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, from Fort Riley, Kan., helps Iraqi Army soldiers dissemble a radio operations system during a communications class, March 10, 2011, at Contingency Operating Location K1 in Iraq. Harrelson said the class, part of a nine-week communications training course led by U.S. Soldiers, developed the Iraqi signal soldiers’ technical proficiency and understanding using the telecommunications systems, signal communications and electronic equipment. U.S. Soldiers are training Iraqi signal soldiers to lead the next iteration of classes.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)

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)

181114-N-DX072-1046 PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (Nov. 14, 2018) Staff Sgt. Armando Lao records the names of arriving local media crew in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) prior to a press conference with Rear Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of Amphibious Force 7th Fleet. Green Bay is in Port Moresby preparing to assist with security efforts ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference and is the second U.S. ship to visit Port Moresby in the last two months. Green Bay is part of Amphibious Squadron 11 and is operating in the 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 Anaid Banuelos Rodriguez)

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)

Train Station.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, inspect a train station on a dismounted patrol in Kirkuk, Iraq, Aug. 26, 2011. The Soldiers photograph the places that they patrol and interview civilians to gather information.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson, 29th MPAD, USD-N PAO)

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)

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)

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.

More than 150 Soldiers from the Nebraska Army National Guard’s 1-376th Aviation Regiment traveled to Camp Wainwright in Alberta, Canada, May 8-24, for Exercise Maple Resolve 2018, the Canadian Army’s most comprehensive annual training event designed for any contingency operation. This year’s Maple Resolve included approximately 6,000 service members from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and France. Working with Canadian Armed Forces, primarily from 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (5 CMBG), Nebraska’s aviation battalion served two primary missions, including 24-hour medical evacuation training and support, and air support to all ground defenses. (Nebraska National Guard photo by Spc. Lisa Crawford)

Group discussion in "A Conversation about Contingency."

Credit: Michael Ferguson/AAUP

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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)

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)

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)

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.

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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)

Shots from Contingency and Tech

Room Clearing.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Soldiers from the Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Calvary Division, trains an Iraqi soldier on close-quarters movement during a week of marksmanship training at an Iraqi military post near Contingency Operating Base, Speicher, Iraq, Aug. 18. The Iraqi soldiers learned basic, close-quarters, and advanced marksmanship techniques and how to enter and clear a room in an urban environment.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson, 29th 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)

Una Noche de La Gloria 2011

Photograph: Paul Cruz

Venue: Black Light Contingency.

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)

Dane Cook performing at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, during a USO comedy show on 31 May.

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.

Standing on container.CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Petty Officer 1st Class Alfred Jurison and Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Sobczak, members of the U.S. Coast Guard Redeployment Assistance and Inspection Detachment, checking numbers on the front and top of a shipping container on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2011. The team ensures that containers used by the U.S. Army are properly packed and labeled before shipping. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson, 29th MPAD, USD – N PAO)

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)

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)