NIS, Serbia — Col. Tim Brown, 435th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group commander and MEDCEUR 2009 co-director, and Dr. Zoran Vesic, a Serbian state secretary, officially sign the event memorandum and technical agreement before the opening ceremony of the 2009 military medical training exercise in Central and Eastern Europe, Sept. 2, 2009 at Knjaz Mihailo Barracks here. More than 600 participants, including hundreds of Unites States Air Forces in Europe airmen, descended upon Nis to participate in the Sept. 2 - 13 exercise. The exercise focuses on providing joint medical training and assisting host nation civilian and military services; international, private and volunteer organizations; and other participating nations in enhancing disaster response actions. (Department of Defense photo)

"Glad you're here."

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Major General David G. Perkins, commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and U.S. Division – North, presents a division coin to retired Army Sgt. Kurtis Edelman during an award ceremony for wounded warriors returning to Iraq with Operation Proper Exit at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, June 28, 2011. Edelman, who deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, suffered a traumatic brain injury when an improvised explosive device struck his vehicle in 2006. Operation Proper Exit provides wounded veterans the opportunity to gain closure by revisiting Iraq and seeing progress made in the past years.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)

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)

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Paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, emplace a brazier charge, an improvised explosive tool designed to blow through concertina wire, 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)

Bringing out the wounded.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Firemen with the Contingency Operating Base Speicher Fire Department assist Sgt. Joseph Lach, Company B, 407th Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Division-North, out of the Morale, Welfare and Recreation building after Lach sustained injuries in a simulated indirect fire attack during a mass casualty exercise at COB Speicher, Iraq, June 13, 2011. Several emergency response units, including the Base Defense Operations Center, 256th Combat Support Hospital, 272nd Military Police Company and COB Speicher Fire Department conducted the exercise to practice crucial skills in the event of actual situations.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)

Personnel from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group and the U.S. Army’s 688th Rapid Port Opening Element work together to erect a Base X tent at Fort Campbell, Ky., on June 17, 2014, while participating in at Capstone '14, a homeland earthquake-response exercise. The 123rd CRG joined with the 688th RPOE to operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening from June 16 to 19, 2014. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)

Members of the 688th Rapid Port Opening Element (RPOE), 597th Transportation Brigade, from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., participate in a joint exercise called Turbo Distribution 16-2 from March 6 to March 18. The exercise was hosted by U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC), Air Mobility Command (AMC), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), and involved the 688th RPOE and the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing’s Contingency Response Group (CRG). The exercise was intended to test the ability of the RPOE and 123rd CRG working together in a joint environment to establish the opening of a forward operating base. The specific scenario had the groups establishing a combat build-up environment – much like Operation Desert Shield. (U.S. Army photo by John Orrell, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command)

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)

Exercise TRITON involving search and rescue elements due to a large scale flood scenario.

Una Noche de La Gloria 2011

Photograph: Paul Cruz

Venue: Black Light Contingency.

Contingency Decals

Comp sway bushings

Trans mounts

Manifold/Exhaust gasket set

some blank keys

Throttle cable

transmission seals

Almost ready to race!

First place finisher.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Specialist Joshua Sanchez, a signal support systems specialist from Grand Junction, Colo., 556th Signal Company, 225th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, races into the finish line following a six-minute pace to finish first during the Great Aloha Run, March 6, 2011, at Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq. Following the race, awards were presented to the top three finishers in each age group, as well as plaques for Sanchez, who placed first overall for the Men’s category with a time of 53 minutes, 06 seconds; and 1st Lt. Kryistal Patrick, a something from Claremore, Okla., HHC, 2nd AAB, 25th Inf. Div., who placed first overall in the Women’s category with a time of 1:03:11.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ricardo Branch, 2nd AAB PAO, 25th Inf. Div., USD-N)

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, augmented by troops from the active-duty Air Force and Air National Guard units in multiple states, load relief supplies onto trucks for distribution at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the wake of Hurricane Maria Oct. 6, 2017. The unit’s Airmen established an aerial port of debarkation upon arrival here Sept. 23, and have processed more than 7.2 million pounds of cargo and humanitarian aid for distribution in the first three weeks of the operation. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Dale Greer)

Healing hands.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Spc. K.C. Pless, a combat medic from Cortland, N.Y., assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Calvary Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, aids a local child of the Razada village in Kirkuk, Iraq, during a visit by Kirkuk Combined Security Forces. The CSF, composed of Iraqi Army, Iraqi Police and Kurdish Regional Guard soldiers, assisted by U.S. Army Soldiers of 1st AATF, Task Force “Devil,” secured the outside of the house during the medical procedure March 17, 2011.

(U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Alyxandra McChesney 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)

Shots from Contingency and Tech

I’m Every Woman.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – International pop star Chaka Khan performs her hit “I’m Every Woman” to close out a Morale, Welfare and Recreation show for service members and civilians deployed to Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, July 14, 2011. Khan thanked service members for the sacrifices they and their Families have made, and wished them all a safe return to their loved ones in the U.S.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram USD – N PAO)

Maj. Gary Brown, the commander of the 1967th Contingency Team, unfurls the unit’s guidon which symbolizes their return home Dec. 18 at Volk Field from an 11 month deployment to the Horn of Africa where they provided contracting support services to U.S. forces in the region. The team served in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and helped acquire the supplies and equipment necessary for Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa to complete its mission. Wisconsin National Guard photo by Sgt. Alice Ripberger

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)

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)

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 Canada-United States Joint Contingency Plan sits ready to be signed by the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard in Grand Haven, Michigan, Aug. 3, 2017. The contingency plan outlines a coordinated system for responding to harmful substance incidents in the contiguous waters along the shared maritime borders of the U.S. and Canada. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Kelley.

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Paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct live fire, urban operations 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)

Members of the 688th Rapid Port Opening Element (RPOE), 597th Transportation Brigade, from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., participate in a joint exercise called Turbo Distribution 16-2 from March 6 to March 18. The exercise was hosted by U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC), Air Mobility Command (AMC), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), and involved the 688th RPOE and the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing’s Contingency Response Group (CRG). The exercise was intended to test the ability of the RPOE and 123rd CRG working together in a joint environment to establish the opening of a forward operating base. The specific scenario had the groups establishing a combat build-up environment – much like Operation Desert Shield. (U.S. Army photo by John Orrell, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command)

Leadership from the 198th Signal Battalion listen to a hurricane contingency call, which was held at the 198th Regimental Armory on August 26, 2011. The conference call focused on the Delaware National Guard unit's proactive measures, which include vehicle staging points, emergency communications, and possible relief missions. According to Gov. Jack Markell, the Delaware National Guard has been activated "to help with the evacuation as well as storm response. Equipment and troops will be deployed to all three counties for the storm and its aftermath." (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brendan Mackie, 101st Public Affairs Detachment.)

A gap in a contingency dike allows sandbags to be dropped off at homes along the Red River in Fargo, N.D. April 7. Homes on the other side of the earthen dike are constructing temporary sandbag levees to keep rising river water away from their property. The earthen contingency dike is a secondary dike built to protect the rest of Fargo in the event the sandbag dikes should fail. A temporary wooden staircase can be seen in several yards down the earthen dike, which allows residents access to their homes when the gaps in the dike are closed. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. David H. Lipp) (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 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)

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)

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)

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)

626th Contingency Contracting Team members Maj. Jonathan Spurlock (left) and Sgt. 1st Class Bonafacio Magdaleno help clear debris from the home of a Hopewell, Ala. resident in need of assistance after tornados ravaged the area April 27.

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)

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)

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)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING B ASE ADDER, Iraq – Soldiers of 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, rehearse convoy movements before taking a supply convoy to Contingency Operating Station Garry Owen, Iraq, at COB Adder Sept. 7. The Soldiers completed various rehearsals containing improvised explosive device sightings and response, maintaining perimeters, and maintenance procedures. (Photo by Pvt. DeAngelo Wells.)

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)

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)

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)