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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)
Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney McKinley, waits for a medical bus full of wounded Airmen and Soldiers to park so he can help load patients on to an aeromedical evacuation flight June 10, 2007 Ramstein Air Base Germany. Chief McKinley followed patients through Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), to the Contingency Areomedical Staging Facility and finally on the flight back to the states (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman First Class Kenny Holston)
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 Kentucky Air Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group established a Joint Task Force-Port Opening aerial port and trucking hub from scratch at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., on March 25 and 26, 2012. Working in conjunction with Soldiers from the Army's 690th Rapid Port Opening Element, the Kentucky Airmen moved more than 1,060 short tons of simulated cargo in three days. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
In the crowd.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Carvin Jones, a blues singer and guitarist from Lufkin, Texas, gets up-close and personal with the service members and civilians during a Morale, Welfare and Recreation concert at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, July 14, 2011. Jones played a mixture of blues and rock ‘n’ roll, covering songs by Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter and Stevie Ray Vaughan, as well as originals.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD – N PAO)
Command Sgt. Maj. Allen.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – U.S. Forces-Iraq Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph R. Allen addresses Soldiers of 1st Battalion, “Wolfhounds,” 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, during a visit with U.S. Division-North Soldiers stationed at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Feb. 1, 2011. Allen accompanied Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel A. Daily, senior enlisted leader of 4th Infantry Division and U.S. Division-North, during a tour of the base, located near Tikrit in northern Iraq. Allen thanked the Soldiers for their service while deployed to support the advise, train and assist mission of Operation New Dawn.
(Sgt. David Strayer, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Staff Sgt. Nicholas Hughes (left), sergeant of the guard and native of Batesville, Miss., briefs Spc. Ryan E. Ohlendorf (middle), a native of Horn Lake, Miss., and Pfc. Quintavis B. Byrd, a native of Tutwiler, Miss., during entry control point operations of Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Jan. 10. The men serve with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, a mechanized infantry unit out of Hernando, Miss., that provides force protection to Q-West. This day marked the unit’s sixth month of ECP operations. There have been no security breaches during their tenure.
Building relations.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION GAINES MILLS, Iraq –Lt. Col. Samir Nuraldin Ali, right, commander of 3rd Battalion, 47th Brigade, 12th Iraqi Army Division, explains to Col. Ghareeb Anwar Aret, Iraqi Police Chief of the Yaychi village, the ways in which he feels the relationship between Iraqi soldiers and Iraqi police can be strengthened in the Multaka village of Kirkuk, Iraq. Feb. 20, 2011. During the interagency coordination meeting, Samir said it is important to share information collected by the internal Iraqi agencies to keep the people of Kirkuk safe. Working in support of Operation New Dawn, Soldiers of Company C, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, from Fort Riley, Kan., provided security outside of the conference room during the joint targeting meeting.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Dedeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Vigilance.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Sergeant Robert Lalone, an artilleryman serving with 1st Battalion “Destroyer,” 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, establishes perimeter security during a snap traffic control point in southern Kirkuk, Iraq, July 15, 2011. Soldiers conducted the snap traffic control points in partnership with the Kirkuk City Emergency Services Unit in an effort to maximize security patrols throughout Kirkuk and quickly respond to enemy threats. “You have to keep moving around,” said Lalone, a native of Detroit. “You can’t stay in one place too long. You have to keep the enemy off balance.”
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD – N)
Cleaning out the canal.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq –Iraqi workers clear trash from the Septia canal during a canal clean up project outside of Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq Aug. 29, 2011. Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, U.S. Division – North, provided security during the month-long project.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Quentin Johnson, 2nd AAB, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
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)
Father waves to graduating daughter.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – First Sergeant Michael Robling, senior enlisted leader of Company C, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, waves to his daughter during a video teleconference call at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, June 6, 2011. Robling, a native of Seattle, watched his daughter’s graduation live while deployed to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn. His daughter, Averie, graduated from Ellison High School in Killeen, Texas.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Assembly required.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Soldiers of Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, “Warriors,” 25th Infantry Division, assemble various weapons against the clock during the Warrior Brigade Best Squad competition March 10, 2011, at Contingency Operating Base Warhorse in the Diyala province of Iraq. Squads competed in events testing their proficiency in subject areas ranging from weapon assembly to first aid.
(U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Robert England, 2nd AAB PAO, 25th Inf. Div., USD-N)
Movement drills.
CONTINGECY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 11th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, practice squad movement drills at Al Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, Jan. 3, 2011. Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, began training their Iraqi counterparts as part of Al Tadreeb Al Shamil, Arabic for All Inclusive Training, to build upon 3rd IA Div. soldier’s basic infantry capabilities, developing the light infantry division at the new training center at Contingency Operating Site Marez.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Washington 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Farewell.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Brigadier General Jeffrey Bailey (right), deputy commanding general – maneuver, 4th Infantry Division and United States Division – North, talks with Kurdish Brig. Gen. Shirko Fatih Shwani (center), commander of the 1st Kurdish Regional Guard Brigade, during a visit to the RGB headquarters in Kirkuk province, Aug. 24, 2011. The leaders discussed plans for the RGB to continue contributing to the security checkpoints in the Kirkuk province.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson, 29th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
U.S. Division-North Sustainment Hero.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Deputy Commanding General-Support Brig. Gen. James Pasquarette, U.S. Division-North and 4th Infantry Division, commends Sgt. Renea Rivers, support operations help desk noncommissioned officer, Company C, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, the first recipient of the U.S. Division-North Sustainment Hero award, during an awards presentation at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, March 12, 2011. Rivers earned the special recognition for successfully managing the turn-in of more than $1 million in excess equipment in two days.
(U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Alyxandra McChesney, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
‘Hey now you’re a Rock Star’
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Rock band, Smash Mouth, rattles the gym floor at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, performing their hit song “All Star,” Feb. 14, 2011. The West Coast band brought Soldiers home with energetic performances of their 90‘s Rock music. “The music brought me back to sunny days in California, hanging out with friends, listening to music,” said U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jennylyn Hisola, who hails from Anchorage, Alaska, and is serving with 341st Global Strike Command, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. Their first tour for service members deployed to Iraq, Smash Mouth said they enjoy bringing their music to the troops and would love to come back in the future.
(U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Alyxandra McChesney, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Sixteen Airmen were honored Jan. 24, 2014, at Travis AFB, Calif., for their recent promotion to Chief Master Sergeant. Members of the 60th Air Mobility Wing, 621st Contingency Response Wing, and the 349th Air Mobility Wing were selected for promotion to the highest enlisted rank, of which only one percent of enlisted Airmen ever attain. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ken Wright)
Supplies.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE COBRA, Iraq – Soldiers with 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Division – North, and local Iraqis load various commercial products and goods onto a truck at Contingency Operating Base Cobra, Iraq, in July. The consolidation and shipping of the supplies supported efforts to clear the base as the battalion began to transition COB Cobra to the Iraqi Army. (U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Randy Warren, 2/1 CAV AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
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)
Tech. Sgt. Charles Bouguet, 821st Contingency Response Squadron, displays his tool box and other equipment used to maintain aircraft when deployed. The newest group of honorary commanders from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., received a boot camp training session to learn basics on U.S. Air Force Customs and Courtesies. The new honorary commanders received opening remarks from Col. John Klein, 60th Air Mobility Wing, commander, a 60th Air Mobility Wing mission brief and conferences with 60th Air Mobility Wing Legal Office, Airmen’s Leadership School instructors and Travis Air Force Base Golden Bears, Sandy Person and Scott Farmer. The program is designed to create a communications line between local leaders and Travis Air Force Base airmen. The commanders also reviewed a line of fire demonstration provided 621st Contingency Response Wing where they demonstrated the equipment and tools used during a routine deployment. The boot camp training session photos were taken on Apr 6, 2017.
(US Air Force photo/T.C. Perkins Jr.)
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)
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)
Airmen from the 60th Medical Group and Contingency Response Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Ca., set up a field hospital during an Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support Health Response Team exercise simulating an urban earthquake in the SOUTHCOM AOR on Travis AFB, 8 Feb. 2011. The mission of an EMEDS team, which includes physicians, nurses, and a variety of medical technicians, is to rapidly deploy and provide forward stabilization, primary care, and dental services to support a population-at-risk of 3,000 to 5,000 people. Released (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)
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)
Aviation Maintenance Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class George Ferry, U.S. Coast Guard Loadmaster, Barbers Point Naval Air Station, familiarizes U.S. Army Pacific Contingency Command Post, Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team members with aircraft tie-down components and procedures at Barbers Point NAS, April 11, 2012. HAST members are preparing to load vehicles and trailers into a U.S. Coast Guard C-130 as part of a load exercise. The USARPAC CCP HAST is a rapidly deployable team of from 6-14 soldiers, with specific skill sets, who can be on the ground anywhere in the Pacific within 24 hours to determine how the U.S. military can best provide relief support.
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)
Casing colors.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Colonel Brian Winski (left), commander of 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and Command Sgt. Maj. Antoine Overstreet, senior enlisted advisor, case the brigade’s colors during a Transfer of Authority Ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2011. Soldiers of 4th AAB, 1st Cav. Div., transferred authority to the 4th AAB, 1st Armored Division, from Fort Bliss, Texas. “Long Knife” Soldiers of the 4th AAB, 1st Cav. Div., redeployed to Fort Hood, Texas, following the ceremony.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – North)
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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)
Guest speaker.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Command Sgt. Major Daniel Dailey, senior enlister officer of 4th Infantry Division, and U.S. Division – North, speaks to Soldiers assigned to 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, during a noncommissioned officer induction ceremony on Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 5. “One of the things that makes our Army great is that we train and plan for all of our Soldiers to someday be leaders,” said Dailey.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – North)
Spc. Leah Alestra, transportation coordinator for the 690th Rapid Port Opening Element, hands paperwork to the driver of U.S. Army M11-20 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck transporting cargo to a forward node at Exercise Eagle Flag on March 28, 2012. The Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, from Louisville, Ky., and 690th RPOE, from Fort Eustis, Va., joined forces to form a Joint Task Force-Port Opening at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., through March 30. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
Staff Sgt. Ariel Hansen and Tech. Sgt. Bruce Byron (center), both aerospace ground equipment specialists from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group, troubleshoot a generator March 27, 2012, with Senior Airman Beau Deleon, engineer assistant for the New Jersey Air Guard's 108th Contingency Response Group, during Eagle Flag at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The exercise is designed to test the Kentucky unit’s ability to establish a Joint Task Force-Port Opening within 24 hours of arrival. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 690th Rapid Port Opening Element, based in Fort Eustis, Va., position a lighting cart near the flight line at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., during Exercise Eagle Flag March 26, 2012. The element is working with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group to establish an aerial port at Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station within 24 hours of arrival. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Dale Greer)
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 contracted Boeing 747 airliner at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, July 9, 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 Megan Floyd)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Command Sgt. Maj. Perry Campbell (left), a Senatobia, Miss., resident and senior enlisted Soldier of the Mississippi Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team out of Senatobia, Miss., receives a certificate of appreciation from Lt. Col. Dennis Dockery, a Bloomfield, Conn., native and commander of the Army Reserve’s 395th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, headquartered at Fort Devens, Mass., during a ceremony Feb. 25. Campbell’s battalion is preparing to redeploy. Dockery said he has enjoyed a close and productive working relationship with the Mississippians during the last eight months.
Photographer - Cpl Wes Calder RLC
Pictured - The armoured vehicles arrive in Hohenfels from Grafenwöhr by cargo trains.
Exercise BAVARIAN CHARGER is the first of three large contingency operation exercises being undertaken by 20th Armoured Brigade between May – October 2013. Contingency Operations training is known as Hybrid Foundation Training or HFT.
The aim of this exercise is to train the 5 Rifles, The Queens Dragoon Guards (QDG) Battle Groups and 1 Logistic Support Regiment in combined arms manoeuvre.
The exercise is split into 3 main phases. The first phase consists of a two week live firing exercise in Grafenwoer, Southern Germany, that enables the units and soldiers to refine their skills with their equipment and weapons. Training is constructed to develop skills from the individual level through to the Battlegroup level and culminates in a final attack that sees the use of helicopters, tanks, artillery and infantry combined.
The second phase will see all the exercising units transition from Grafenwoer to Hohnfels, some 100 km further south and simulates the kind of movements that are undertaken when moving an Armed force into hostile territory.
The third, and final phase is designed to test the planning and execution of combined arms manoeuvre operations in a hostile environment. The units will execute orders based on the delivery of Brigade Orders to defeat the enemy within the scenario.
2100 personnel with upto 768 vehicles ranging from Landrover, to Tanks to Apache helicopters are being exercised from 20th Armoured Brigade whose Headquarters are based in Sennelager, Germany. Approximately 500 personnel are required to support those training to ensure that supplies are maintained, vehicles are fixed and soldiers fed.
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170620-N-JN784-004 SOLOMON SEA (June 20, 2017) Sailors set up shoring to secure a Landing Craft Utilities (LCU) for sea in the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48). Ashland, part of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, is operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance partnerships and be a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Alexandra Seeley/Released)
Armenian soldiers of Armenian Peacekeeping Forces provide security during Rotation 14-09 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 4, 2014. The rotation is based on the current operational environment and is designed to prepare the unit for peace support, stability and contingency operations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ian Schell/Released)
Lt. Colonel Blaine Baker, commander, 821st Contingency Response Squadron and TSgt Nicholas Shanks, a contingency response aerial port supervisor, 821 CRS, lead the President of the 2017 Tournament of Roses Parade, Mr. Brad Ratliff, and his wife Susan through the “line of fire” demonstration, Aug. 12, 2016, Travis AFB, Calif. Mr. Ratliff was at Travis to present the Tournament of Roses flag to the U. S. Air Force Band of the Golden West. As part of the visit, the Ratliffs visited the 621 CRW warehouse to learn more about their mission here at the base. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Heide Couch)