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Civil Affairs training.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Maj. Marcus Copeland, a civil affairs officer assigned to the 12th Iraqi Army Division Stability Transition Team, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, teaches a group of Iraqi civil affairs soldiers about their role as force multipliers and ambassadors to the civilian population during a civil affairs training class at 12th IA Div. Headquarters in Kirkuk province, Iraq, May 23, 2011.

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

A Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 delivers cargo to Amedee Army Airfield, Calif., in support of Operation Lumberjack on March 8, 2016. The Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group 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 the week-long exercise. 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 1st Lt. James Killen)

Litters.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION K1, Iraq – Combat medics of 12th Iraqi Army Division run to a simulated crash site during a mass casualty exercise at Contingency Operating Location K1, March 23, 2011. U.S. Soldiers of 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division led the training to test the effectiveness of the IA medics to triage and care for a large number of casualties in the event of an emergency.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)

Winski speaks.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Colonel Brian Winski, commander of 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, speaks to distinguished guests and fellow Soldiers during a transfer of authority ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2011. Soldiers assigned to 4th AAB, 1st Cav. Div., transferred authority to the 4th AAB, 1st Armor Division, from Fort Bliss, Texas.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – North)

CG speaks.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Major General David Perkins, commanding general of U.S. Division – North and 4th Infantry Division, speaks during a transfer of authority ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Sept. 4, 2011. Soldiers assigned to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade,1st Cavalry Division transferred authority to 4th AAB, 1st Armor Division, following a year-long deployment in support of Operation New Dawn.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – North)

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Mission preparation

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Soldiers of “Guardians,” 101st Brigade Support Battalion,1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, prepare to leave Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, to conduct a Counter Surface-to-Air Improvised Explosive Device patrol, Aug. 14, 2011.

(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF, 1st Inf. Div. PAO, USD-N)

Sgt. Kyle Geller of the 72nd Military Police Company assists civilians in New Orleans as tehy head for safety and embark on helicopter flights out of the convention center are in September 2005. Because of its unique ability to respond to both military and civilian contingencies, the National Guard is often the first organization summonded by officials to respond to catastrophes or civil disturbances.

Mission Brief.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE K1, Iraq – Iraqi engineers of the Field Engineer Regiment, 12th Iraqi Army Division, receive a mission brief from Lt. Sofuan Waheed Esaa, 1st Platoon commander, 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, FER, 12th IA Div. The engineers conducted 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.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 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)

Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command (center) and U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) Commander Lt. Gen. Francis J. Wiercinski (right) tour the USARPAC Contingency Command Post (CCP) at Fort Shafter, HI, 1 August 2012. The Contingency Command Post (CCP) consists of more than ninety personnel with the specific skills to provide a USARPAC forward command post capability, specifically focusing on small scale contingencies such as supporting humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and peace operations. The CCP can tailor personnel and equipment to fit the mission with a team as small as seven, to as many as more than one hundred twenty servicemembers in augmenting forces.

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii – Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Fleet Adm. Cecil Haney, visited the U.S. Army Pacific Contingency Command Post to get a first-hand look at their operations and capabilities, on Fort Shafter, Hawaii, Nov. 7. CCP Soldiers illustrated some of these aspects to Haney via a mobile operations display at the CCP, consisting of a Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter (DRASH), vehicles, communications equipment and Soldiers, set up as they would be for a forward mission.

(U.S. Army photo by Maj. Edward Hooks, U.S. Army, Pacific Contingency Command Post Public Affairs Office)

Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing, Travis Air force Base, ready pallets packed with equipment and supplies to load on to aircraft deploying to Honduras as part of relief efforts for a simulated earthquake scenario during a Travis Response Exercise, 19 March 2014. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph - Heide Couch)

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170329-N-JH293-126 EAST CHINA SEA (March 29, 2017) Rear Adm. Marc Dalton, Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7, speaks to the crew of the amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20) during an all hands call. Green Bay, part of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chris Williamson/Released)

The Civil Contingencies Unit staff

Sgt. Lauren Hart gets communications running during an operational display of the Contingency Command Post on 1 Aug 2012. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Edward Hooks)

A change of responsibility ceremony for the 925th Contingency Contracting Battalion was held June 27, 2019 for outgoing Battalion Sgt. Maj. Timothy P. Higgs and incoming Master Sgt. Tamara Trigg on Fort Drum, NY.

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, scalable team of 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.

Analyze water.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Specialists Amanda Rose and Eddy Luengas, conduct routine water testing at Teal Medical Clinic, Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, July 29, 2011. Rose, a Flint, Mich., native, and Luengas, a Santa Anna, Calif., native, serve as preventive medicine specialists with 15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Division – North.

(U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Alyson Randall, 15th BSB, 2nd AAB, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)

Was never used

Staff Sgt. Joseph Paras, assigned to the 573rd Global Support Squadron, reports casualty and injured personnel status following a mortar attack 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 689 RPOE, 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)

Routine Checks.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Specialist Jordan Edwards, a multi-channel transmission systems operator and maintainer, Company C, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, performs maintenance checks on a satellite transportable terminal following a series of dust storms at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, July 2, 2011.

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

Demonstration.

CONTINGECY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Sgt. Samuel Shed, a forward observer assigned to Troop A, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, demonstrates how to secure an assigned sector during squad movement training Jan. 3, 2011. Shed, a native of Electra, Texas, trained soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 11th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, at Al Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, a newly opened site at Contingency Operating Site Marez capable of facilitating training for battalion-sized units. U.S. forces are supervising the inaugural training in support of Al Tadreeb Al Shamil, Arabic for All Inclusive Training, conducting individual and collective infantry training with units of the 3rd IA Div. at the new training facility.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Washington 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)

Soldiers of U.S. Army, Pacific, HHBN, OPS Co. showed off an operational display of the Contingency Command Post's capabilities and equipment on 1 Aug 2012. The CCP is a flexible, tailorable and rapidly deployable Operational Command Post, capable of planning and conducting small scale contingency operations in the Asia-Pacific Area of Responsibility. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Edward Hooks)

Sgt. Daniel J. Simmons, physical therapy technician, 47th Combat Support Hospital, from Summerville, S.C., lowers a soldier on an inversion table as part of his physical therapy treatment on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Oct. 8.

Starting the run.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – U.S. service members and Department of Defense employees start a four-mile run to celebrate the U.S. Army’s birthday at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, June 14, 2011. Established June 14, 1775, the U.S. Army celebrates 236 years of service to the nation.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)

Transfer of authority.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Captain Warren Seears, left, commander, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, speaks with Iraqi Army officers during the transfer of Joint Security Station Iraqi Media Network, July 15, 2011. U.S. forces transferred responsibility of the base and the surrounding area to Iraqi Security Forces in support of Operation New Dawn.

(U.S. Army photo)

Iraqi soldiers enjoying the show.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Professional BMX rider Mike Escamilla tosses a bandana to Iraqi air force personnel during the Bikes Over Baghdad tour’s show at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, June 11, 2011. Originally Al Sahra Airfield under Saddam Hussein’s regime, COB Speicher is now home to both the headquarters of U.S. Division-North and the new Iraqi Air Force Academy. This tour marks the Bikes Over Baghdad team’s fourth trip to Iraq to boost the morale of deployed service members.

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

Pulling security.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Spc. Fredrick White, infantryman, Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, trains his eye through the scope of his M249 squad automatic weapon, searching for potential threats while providing security for a Provincial Reconstruction Team visiting an Iraqi Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs vocational school north of Tikrit, Feb. 28, 2011. After mission, White, A Chicago-native and fellow Soldiers of 3rd Platoon, Company A, returned to Contingency Operating Base Speicher, ate lunch and spent the afternoon conducting physical training and furthering their education.

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

Watching the walls come down.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Captain Kevin Sill, left, a battalion engineer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, and Col. Salah, commander of the newly expanded Combined Security Force battalion, supervise Operation Lion’s Den, the expansion of the battalion’s operating area, at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Kirkuk province, Iraq, July 12, 2011. Soldiers of Company A provided security while the eCSF moved concrete barriers on an uninhabited portion of COS Warrior to occupy their new headquarters in Kirkuk.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Strayer, 109th MPAD, USD – N)

Soldiers of U.S. Army, Pacific, HHBN, OPS Co. showed off an operational display of the Contingency Command Post's capabilities and equipment on 1 Aug 2012. The CCP is a flexible, tailorable and rapidly deployable Operational Command Post, capable of planning and conducting small scale contingency operations in the Asia-Pacific Area of Responsibility. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Edward Hooks)

Copious Notes.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Specialist Angie Schaefer, right, a petroleum supply specialist serving with Company A, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, listens to a pre-mission brief at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, June 13, 2011. Schaefer, a native of Columbia who now calls Miami home, is slated to take the naturalization test and Oath of Allegiance in Baghdad, July 4.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)

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)

Staff Sgt. Robert Higginbotham, 621 Contingency Response Wing aerial port supervisor, supervises the loading of cargo onto a locally contracted truck during Operation UNITED ASSISTANCE here, Oct 13, 2014. The CRW specializes in rapidly deploying Airmen who specialize in moving cargo and passengers anywhere in the world. OUA focuses on four lines of effort: command and control, logistics support, training and engineering support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gustavo Gonzalez/RELEASED)

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Spc. Richard Libby, an infantryman 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)

Manis.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Sergeant Aaron Manis, casualty noncommissioned officer in charge, 101st Human Resources Company, 4th Infantry Division, works at his desk at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Sept. 7, 2011. The Huntington, W.V., native successfully returned to active duty after being injured during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Hudson, 29th MPAD, USD – N PAO)

Virginia Beach contingency! L-R: From City of Virginia Beach Charles McKenna, Lori Herrick, and Clay Bernick, Neil Rondorf, SAIC, business partner with the Virginia Coastal Research Consortium

Pushing for spurs.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Specialist Antwan Robertson, a cannon crewmember assigned to Battery A, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, performs the push-up event during an Army Physical Fitness Test at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 2, 2011. Robertson, a native of Jacksonville, Fla., completed the APFT as a prerequisite for the battalion’s “Spur Ride”. Approximately 50 Soldiers participated in the cavalry tradition to earn the honor of being presented with silver spurs and inducted into the Order of the Spur.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii – Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Fleet Adm. Cecil Haney, visited the U.S. Army Pacific Contingency Command Post to get a first-hand look at their operations and capabilities, on Fort Shafter, Hawaii, Nov. 7. CCP Soldiers illustrated some of these aspects to Haney via a mobile operations display at the CCP, consisting of a Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter (DRASH), vehicles, communications equipment and Soldiers, set up as they would be for a forward mission.

(U.S. Army photo by Maj. Edward Hooks, U.S. Army, Pacific Contingency Command Post Public Affairs Office)

Meeting the Fans.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Chaplain (Capt.) John Branning, battalion chaplain, 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 185th Aviation Regiment, Task Force Griffin, thanks Marshall Tucker Band guitarist Rick Willis for taking the time to visit with Soldiers deployed to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn, during a meet and greet with the band at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, May 8, 2011. The Marshall Tucker Band began playing a unique brand of southern rock more than 40 years ago.

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

Tecate girls dancing on contingency day.

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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 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)

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)

Stacking the wall.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Officers of 4th Battalion, Kurdish Regional Guard Brigade, completed their training with “Bushmasters” Soldiers of Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, at the KRGB Headquarters in the town of Laylan near Kirkuk, Iraq, Jan. 31, 2011. The officers concluded the training by conducting a simulated clearing operation. The platoon broke down into three squads entering one building at a time as they cleared a training site. The lead squads maintained security as the other squads progressed, stacking on a wall before they entered a building and cleared the rooms.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)