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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 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)
Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group set 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 Maj. Dale Greer)
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)
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)
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.
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)
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)
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
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)
U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Michael Slater, clearance platoon sergeant for the 688th Rapid Port Opening Element directs the movement of support equipment at Amedee Army Airfield, here March 8, 2016. The U.S. Army’s 688th RPOE is working in conjunction with the 123rd Contingency Response Group and a team from the Defense Logistics Agency to operate Joint Task Force-Port Opening Sangala during the week-long exercise. The objective of the JTF-PO is to establish an aerial port of debarkation, provide initial distribution capability, and establish warehousing capability for distribution beyond a forward node. (Kentucky Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. James Killen)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.