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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.)
Working hard.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – A Soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 11th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, hammers a stake into the ground as he assists in putting up tents at Al Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, Dec. 30, 2010. The 1st Bn., 11th Bde., 3rd IA Dn., will be the first battalion to train at Al Ghuzlani with more than 500 Iraqi soldiers participating in the training which will last approximately four weeks. Iraqi soldiers work with Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, as part of Al Tadreeb Al Shamil, Arabic for All Inclusive Training, as 3rd IA Div. battalions rotate through the new training center every 30 days until the IA division is fully trained on conventional offensive and defensive maneuver operations.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Washington, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
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.)
USF-I general speaks to military policemen
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – U.S. Forces-Iraq Deputy Commanding General of Operations, Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, speaks to military policemen assigned to 214th Military Police Company during a visit to Contingency Operating Site Marez, May 24, 2011. Helmick congratulated the military policemen for their hard work and dedication to the advise, train and assist mission in support of Operation New Dawn prior to the unit redeploying back to the U.S. The 214th MP Company is an Alabama Army National Guard unit currently attached to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Trauma.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Captain Rodney Saunders, head emergency room nurse, 256th Combat Support Hospital, explains CSH trauma room procedures to 1st Lt. Ayyub, a nurse assigned to the Iraqi Air Force Academy Clinic at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2011. Saunders, who hails from Fredricktown, Ohio, explained to his Iraqi counterpart, that in order to serve their patients in life threatening situations, they must maintain rigid organization of equipment.
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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)
The Vermont National Guard sent a contingency of five soldiers along with Maj. Gen. Steven Cray, adjutant general, Vermont National Guard, to France celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the end of World War I. Each state that had National Guard representation in World War I were invited back to France to celebrate the anniversary. National Guardsmen visited monuments, cemeteries, villages, battle sites, trenches, museums, and attended ceremonies as part of their visit. The Center for Military History provided guides throughout the trip.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Discarded soda cans and a paint can lie along the western bank of the Tigris River near the Al-Qayyarah pump house Dec. 30. One of the things that impresses Ali Kaif Hussein, manager of the pump house, about U.S. Army forces with whom he works is their cleanliness, he said Dec. 30. “Before the U.S. Soldiers leave, they always clean up the area,” he said through an interpreter. “They do not leave their trash behind, even the cigarette butts. I think this is a very good practice. It keeps away trash and disease and it helps with security, making it harder for insurgents to know their habits,” said Hussein, a former captain in the Iraqi Army.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Pfc. Quintavis B. Byrd (center), an entry control point sentry and native of Tutwiler, Miss., holds a Command Sergeant Major award, flanked by 1st Sgt. John L. Beasley (left), a Hernando, Miss., native, and Staff Sgt. Nicholas Hughes, a native of Batesville, Miss., and Byrd’s platoon sergeant, after a ceremony in the company area Feb. 1, which acknowledged Byrd for embodying the Army value of loyalty. All the Soldiers pictured serve with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Hernando, Miss. To honor outstanding service at the end of the deployment, the senior NCOs of the battalion recognized seven Soldiers from throughout the Battalion who embody one of the Army values of loyalty, duty, respect, service, honor, integrity and personal courage.
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)
Neck Brace.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Soldiers with the 256th Combat Support Hospital assess a mock patient during a training exercise Sept. 21, 2011. The Army Reserve Soldiers from Ohio perform weekly training exercises to maintain their skill level while deployed.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson, 29th MPAD, USD – N PAO)
Checkpoint operations.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – An Iraqi policeman assigned to 3rd Federal Police Division provides security from a guard tower during checkpoint training, Feb. 17, 2011. Soldiers assigned to 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, taught policemen effective tactics and measures for operating a traffic control point during a four-day class at Contingency Operating Site Marez.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Washington, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
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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)
Monitoring progress.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION K1, Iraq – Staff Sgt. Brian Elsesser, a medic assigned to Company C, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st infantry Division, and a native of Selinsgrove, Pa., evaluates the progress of Iraqi Army medics as the students conduct a mass casualty exercise at the 12th Iraqi Army Division Headquarters in Kirkuk province, Iraq, May 28, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
Captain Marian Collins, Logistics Officer, 615th Contingency Response Wing, Travis AFB, CA, speaks on a cell phone in the Command Center at the Luis Armstrong International Airport, New Orleans, LA, Aug. 31, 2008. Capt Collins is supporting the operations to evacuate civilians from New Orleans prior to Hurricane Gustav making landfall. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Technical Sgt. Sean M. Worrell)
IA battalion conducts a deliberate attack.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Iraqi soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion, 11th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, maneuver toward the final of three objectives during a live fire exercise at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, March 31, 2011. The Iraqi soldiers demonstrated the enhanced combat skills acquired during a month of partnered training with U.S. Soldiers of 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, during the culminating battalion level live fire exercise. The 3rd Bn., 11th Bde., 3rd IA Div., is the third IA unit to complete the month long training exercise at the training center.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
NAMEST AIR BASE, Czech Republic -- An 81st Fighter Squadron A-10 Thunderbolt II taxis down the runway here as a crew chief inspects another A-10 Sept. 12, during Ramstein Rover 2012. A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 81st FS are participating in the NATO exercise to provide close air support to partnering nations and practice forward air control missions with allies in international security assistance force realistic scenarios. Participating in exercises like RARO 12 ensures effective employment of airpower in support of alliance or coalition forces while mitigating risks to civilians in contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natasha Stannard/ Released)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Mississippi Guardsmen share a feast of curried rice and lamb with senior leaders of the Iraqi Army’s 26th Brigade on the lift station dock of the Al Qayyarah pump house, Dec. 29. The Mississippians serve with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Hernando, Miss., the force protection element for Contingency Operating Location Q-West providing security for all missions to the pump house, which supplies potable water to the base. Pictured at the head table wearing a black leather jacket is Col. Hussein Abbas, commander of the 26th Brigade.
NAMEST AIR BASE, Czech Republic -- Maintainers from the 81st Aircraft Maintenance Unit inspect an A-10 Thunderbolt II that just returned from providing close air support to a forward air control training mission Sept. 12, during Ramstein Rover 2012 here. A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 81st FS are participating in the NATO exercise to provide close air support to partnering nations and practice forward air control missions with allies in international security assistance force realistic scenarios. Participating in exercises like RARO 12 ensures effective employment of airpower in support of alliance or coalition forces while mitigating risks to civilians in contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natasha Stannard/ Released)
Investigation.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE K1, Iraq – Iraqi engineers of the Field Engineer Regiment, 12th Iraqi Army Division, investigate a suspicious object on the side of the road while conducting a joint route clearance with the ‘Outlaw’ engineers of Company C, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division from Fort Riley, Kan., around the city of Kirkuk, Dec. 19, 2010. The engineers cleared a route in their area of responsibility searching locations where Improvised Explosive Devices had been placed in the past or were likely to be placed based off of an intelligence estimate of the route.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
NATCA Contingency Operations Representative Jason Grider joined Command Center (DCC) Contingency Operations Staff Specialist Philip Madrid at #NATCACFS2018 for a discussion on Contingency Operations in the National Airspace System. Among the topics at hand, Grider & Madrid focused on the team working directly with each major facility to make improvements tand ensure that everyone knows what is needed restore air traffic services to airspace affected by crises. natca.org/inde…/…/2601-cfs-2018-contingency-ops-atoc
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- Airmen from the 818th Contingency Response Group, 621st Contingency Response Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. wait to perform sling load training aboard a CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopter assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 at JBMDL Feb 9, 2014. Sling load training enables both air and ground units the opportunity to practice moving large or urgent cargo into areas where aircraft cannot reach, such as aid supplies inside disaster areas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)
Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group participate in a weeklong exercise called Operation Huron Thunder at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., from July 22 to 27, 2018. The 123rd CRG worked in conjunction with the U.S. Army’s 690th Rapid Port Opening Element to operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening. 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. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Allison Stephens)
Members of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group participate in a weeklong exercise called Operation Huron Thunder at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., from July 22 to 27, 2018. The 123rd CRG worked in conjunction with the U.S. Army’s 690th Rapid Port Opening Element to operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening. 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. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Allison Stephens)
Prepping the line charge.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – 1st Lt. Joshua Wolf, Company C, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, links together C-4 plastic explosive blocks during a Controlled Detonation training exercise in Kirkuk, Iraq, Dec. 31. Wolf, who calls Pilot, Va. Home, said Soldiers of Company C, “Chaos,” conduct controlled demolition operations every month to destroy munitions captured from violent extremists.
(U.S. Army Photo by Pvt. Alyxandra McChesney, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
"Don't quit now."
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Keith Goode, 4th Infantry Division, U.S. Division – North, speaks to Soldiers during a prayer breakfast at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, June 23, 2011. Soldiers gathered at the special event and listened to music from the 4th Inf. Div. Band and Bible scripture reading from guests. Goode passed a message of support onto service members. “Make sure you have a positive attitude. Make sure you've got habits that are building perseverance and endurance, not tearing it down," said Goode.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
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)
Principle of CA is to synthesize information contained in a contingency table (C columns x L rows), by focusing on relative values rather than on raw values, i.e. correspondences between modalities of 2 variables.
CA allows to detect axes by which points (= modalities of qualitative variables) spread the most from the center of inertia. These "synthetic" axes may result of influence of one or several variables or observations.
Thus, by projection of points (observations or variables) on plans defined by these new axes, we have a representative "photograph" of points.
By analogy, imagine someone is trying you to recognize an animal drawn on a paper sheet (that is a camel) but you see only its face shape. You can not conclude if it is a camel or a dromedary, just because angle of analysis is not the most informative. You need a profile image of the animal to conclude with certitude that it is a camel. On the same way, CA calculates new axes (and then plans) able to advise you at the best about repartition of points.
To download a free demo of the StatEL software, please visit www.adscience.eu
A flight nurse from the 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Detachment 1 Aeromedical Eacuation Operations Team looks after a wounded Marine on an ambulance bus at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Members from the AEOT work closely with members of the contingency aeromedical staging facility who are responsible for taking care of and transporting patients from the staging facility and role hospital to aircraft who are then transported to the next level of medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)
Radio.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Private First Class Tiffany Harris, food service specialist, Company G, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, logs information from an incoming call over the radio at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2011. Harris, a St. Louis native, proved her competence and knowledge by winning her battalion’s Soldier of the Month board.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kandi Huggins, 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)
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. Pictured is Spc. David Brown from the 688th RPOE. Brown was securing cargo onto a specialized Load Handling System. The cargo would then be moved to the forward node storage area. The forward node allows for better In-Transit Visibility (IVT). IVT is the ability to track the identity, status, and location of Department of Defense units, and non-unit cargo (excluding bulk petroleum, oil, and lubricants) and passengers; patients; and personal property from origin to consignee or destination across the range of military operations. (U.S. Army photo by John Orrell, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command)
Lt.Col. Roscoe Van Camp, 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Detachment 1 Flight Surgeon, tends to a wounded Marine on an ambulance bus at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Members of the Aeromedical Evacuation Operations Team work closely with members from the contingency aeromedical staging facility who are responsible for transporting patients from the staging facility and role hospital to aircraft who are then transported to the next level of medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(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)
National Anthem.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Command Sgt. Maj. John Jones, senior enlisted leader of 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, renders honors as the national anthem plays during Col. Michael Pappal’s Assumption of Command Ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Kirkuk, Iraq March 28, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
Staff Sgt. James Ayers, assigned to the 570th Global Mobility Squadron assists Army Maj. Ryan King, 689th Rapid Port Opening Element commander, with 10K forklift training at Mackall Army Airfield, N.C., Feb. 11, 2011, during the Joint Operational Access Exercise. Airmen from the 615th Contingency Response Wing, Travis AFB, Calif., partnered with Soldiers from the 689th Rapid Port Opening Element, Ft. Eustis, V.A., to sharpen their skills in airfield operations, aircraft on and off-loads, airbase defense, and establishing a distribution node of cargo and supplies. JOAX is designed to enhance cohesiveness between the Air Force and Army by executing large-scale heavy cargo and troop movements. (U.S. Air Force Photo/MSgt. Stan Parker)(RELEASED)
A contingency New Flyer seen staged just north of Rose Quarter Transit Center (on Wheeler, Soutbound next to the Moda Center). It was sent there 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 2540 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 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)
And the winner is.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Jose Flores, a lab technician at the Contingency Operating Base Speicher Waste Department who calls Bellmore, N.Y., home, sings “His Eye is on the Sparrow” during a talent show at the Contingency Operating Base Speicher Morale, Welfare and Recreation Center in Salah ad Din province, Iraq, July 22, 2011. Flores took first place in the competition after a standing ovation from the audience.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD – N PAO)
Rugs.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Muslim Soldiers and civilians read from the Quran during the Eid al-Fitr morning prayers at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Aug. 30, 2011. The celebration marks the end of 30 days of fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson, 29th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
U.S. Army Pfc. Kenneth Gaud, a cargo specialist for the 688th Rapid Port Opening Element, straps cargo to a pallet at Amedee Army Airfield, Calif., during Operation Lumberjack on March 8, 2016. The 688th RPOE, the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group and a team from the Defense Logistics Agency are all participating in the week-long exercise. (Kentucky Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
Members from the 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Detachment 1 Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility load a wounded Marine off an ambulance bus onto a C-130 Hercules at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. The CASF team is responsible for taking care of and transporting patients from the staging facility and role hospital to aircraft who are then transported to the next level of medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)