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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)
From student to colleague.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – 1st Lt. Jordan King, medic platoon leader, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, attached to 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, returns a salute to an Iraqi Police officer before presenting the graduate with a certificate of completion for completing a four-week Emergency Medical Technician course, Feb. 28, 2011. The graduation ceremony held at Kirkuk Training Center honored 38 men from Kirkuk’s Iraqi Police, Emergency Response Unit and fire departments for achievements in completing the province’s first Iraqi-ran emergency medical technician course. “The true test of your skills has just begun,” said King during his presentation to the graduates and honored guests. “It’s been an honor to train you and I have great faith in your future.”
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
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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)
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)
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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)
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)
FORT IRWIN Calif. - U.S. Army Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, give medical aid to casualties during a squadron screen exercise for Decisive Action Training Rotation 14-07 at the National Training Center here, May 27, 2014. Decisive Action Rotations at the NTC ensure brigade combat teams remain versatile, responsive and consistently available for the current fight and unforeseen future contingencies. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Paul Sale, Operations Group, National Training Center)
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)
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.
Staff Sgt. Brian Leach, aerial port ramp supervisor for the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, pushes a pallet of cargo from a C-17 during Exercise Eagle Flag at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., on March 28, 2012. The unit, from Louisville, Ky., joined forces with the U.S. Army’s 690th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., to establish a Joint Task Force-Port Opening through March 30. (U.S. Air Force 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)
Members of the 4-401st Army Field Support Battalion supervised the beginning stages of construction of new maintenance facilities at Kandahar Air Base. The facilities are capable of supporting many missions including maintenance, storage, or living quarters. The new facilities are scheduled to be completed in the next few months and are being built with the help of Afghan workers. The space will provide critical infrastructure to support the logistical and sustainment needs of U.S. and coalition forces.
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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)
Aerial porters from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group unload cargo from a Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 at Amedee Army Airfield, Calif., on March 8, 2016. The 123rd CRG is working in conjunction with the U.S. Army’s 688th Rapid Port Opening Element 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 a forward node. (Kentucky Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Contingency buses seen staged just north of Rose Quarter Transit Center (on Wheeler, Soutbound next to the Moda Center). They were to assist with the steel bridge closure MAX Shuttles, but they ended up not being needed on the day when this photo was taken.
This was also the last day that 2555 was ever used in a public setting. It is also one of the very few times that a 2500 was seen in public with replaced windows (some of the windows on this bus were swapped out with ones on LFRs)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Spc. Houston B. Johnson, a gun truck driver from Batesville, Miss., provides security during a Feb. 1 humanitarian mission at Jedallah Anuk, a small village near Q-West. The Mississippi Guardsman serves with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Hernando, Miss., the Q-West force protection company, which delievered care packages in behalf of the city of Barrington, R.I. Since 2003, Barrington has been sending clothing, school supplies and other items to Jedallah Anuk in an Adopt-a-Village program initiated by the 101st Airborne Division.
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)
Visual guide.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Spc. Nyan Prater (right), a
preventive medicine specialist assigned to Company C, 27th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, teaches Soldiers assigned to 3rd Iraqi Army Division, the proper techniques to minimize carriers of airborne diseases, as 1st Lt. Dixon Irizarry (left), the brigade’s environmental science officer observes preventive medicine training at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Feb 3, 2011. Prater, a native of San Diego, travels to the brigade’s different areas of responsibility to prevent and control the spread of disease and also teaches his Iraqi counterparts individual and community health.
(U.S. Army courtesy photo)
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.)
Master Sergeant Ryan Swanigan, Contingency Response Training Flight Chief and Airman First Class Maria Settanni, Contingency Response Unit Training and Deployment Manager, both from the 570th Global Mobility Squadron don't miss a step as they accept the United States and Prisoner of War Flags form their Squadron team members running in the 24 Hour POW/MIA Relay Run at the fitness Center at Travis Air Force Base , 19 Sep 2014. More than 250 Travis members took part in the run to honor and remember the 83,000 American service members missing in action since World War II, those who were captured by enemy forces, and the family members who were left behind.(Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph/Heide Couch)
1st Lt. Kevin Eilers of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group sets up an Alaskan Shelter tent at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., March 26, 2012, during Exercise Eagle Flag. More than 80 Airmen from the Kentucky Air Guard have joined forces with over 50 active-duty Army troops and Air Guardsmen from New Jersey and Mississippi to establish an aerial port at Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station within 24 hours of arrival. Inspectors from U.S. Transportation Command will evaluate the performance of the Kentucky unit during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
A contingency from the Royal Thai Air Force recently visited Travis Air Force Base to see firsthand how the USAF and David Grand Medical Center implements military medical training and manages health care and preventative medicine programs. They also had the opportunity to explore other facets of Travis by touring the Heritage Center, traffic control tower and a static aircraft display. Thailand and the U.S. are committed to strengthening the long-standing relationship and paving the way for continued cooperation between the two air powers. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph/Heide Couch)
A contingency from the Royal Thai Air Force recently visited Travis Air Force Base to see firsthand how the USAF and David Grand Medical Center implements military medical training and manages health care and preventative medicine programs. They also had the opportunity to explore other facets of Travis by touring the Heritage Center, traffic control tower and a static aircraft display. Thailand and the U.S. are committed to strengthening the long-standing relationship and paving the way for continued cooperation between the two air powers. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph/Heide Couch)
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)
Col. David Mounkes (left), commander of the 123rd Contingency Response Group, presents Chief Master Sgt. Scott A. Wanner, the group’s chief enlisted manager, with a certificate of retirement during a ceremony held at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., April 26, 2015. Wanner served in the active-duty Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard for more than 30 years. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Vicky Spesard)
Sgt. Japheth Forehand, distribution NCO for the U.S. Army’s 690th Rapid Port Opening Element in Fort Eustis, Va., secures a cargo container to a flatbed trailer as another is maneuvered into place and a C-17 flies overhead March 29, 2012, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Forehand was working at the Forward Node of a Joint Task Force-Port Opening during Eagle Flag, a U.S. Air Force-sponsored exercise to prepare units for operating in deployed environments. The Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group operated the airlift side of the JTF-PO, known as an Aerial Port of Debarkation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Dale Greer)
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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)
Airmen assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing, process through a personnel deployment function (PDF) line during an operational readiness inspection at Travis AFB, Feb. 1, 2016. The base is currently conducting Crisis Look 16-01, to evaluate rapid mobile global readiness. The PDF line ensured Airmen were medically, legally and financially ready to deploy. Personnel from the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 60th Force Support Squadron and chapel staff were on hand to address deployment-related concerns. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Heide Couch/Released)
Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 688th Rapid Port Opening Element use a Load Handling System to unload cargo 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)
A contingency from the Royal Thai Air Force recently visited Travis Air Force Base to see firsthand how the USAF and David Grand Medical Center implements military medical training and manages health care and preventative medicine programs. They also had the opportunity to explore other facets of Travis by touring the Heritage Center, traffic control tower and a static aircraft display. Thailand and the U.S. are committed to strengthening the long-standing relationship and paving the way for continued cooperation between the two air powers. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph/Heide Couch)
TSgt Nicholas Shanks, a contingency response aerial port supervisor, 821st Contingency Response Squadron, 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 621st Contingency Response Wing warehouse to learn more about their mission here at the base. . (U.S. Air Force Photo by Heide Couch)
Technical Sgt. Joshua Kasper, contingency response aerospace supervisor, 821st Contingency Response Squadron briefs The President of the 2017 Tournament of Roses Parade, Mr. Brad Ratliff, and his wife Susan on how the 621st Contingency Response Wing is responsible for training and rapidly deploying personnel to establish airfields in remote locations and extend Air Mobility Command's ability to deploy people and equipment around the globe Aug 12, 2016, Travis AFB Calif. The Raftliffs were visiting the 621 CRW warehouse to walk the “line of fire” demonstration to learn more about the mission. . (U.S. Air Force Photo by Heide Couch)
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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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)