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Paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, arm a brazier charge, an improvised explosive tool used to blow through concertina wire, during live fire training on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 9. The White Falcons, currently part of the Global Response Force, conducted a two-week intensive training cycle designed to reinforce combat skills for the nation’s airborne assault-capable, contingency unit.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull, 2/82 PAO NCOIC)
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)
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.)
Completion.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Master Sergeant Bobby Estrada, senior equal opportunity advisor, U.S. Division – North, presents a certificate of completion to Sgt. 1st Class Henry Reyna, noncommissioned officer in charge of the Contingency Operating Base Speicher Education Center, during a graduation ceremony culminating the 6-day Equal Opportunity Leaders Course at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Aug. 10, 2011. During the course, Reyna, who hails from San Antonio, and his classmates, developed the skills necessary to advise their leadership on subjects pertaining to the fair treatment of all Soldiers.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD – N PAO)
Maj. Brian Chesser, aviation officer, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, and Doraville, Ga. native leads a group of runners at the halfway point of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution sponsored Peachtree 10K Road Race held at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq July 4. This was the first opportunity for Chesser to participate in the event since 2004. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bradley J. Clark)
Tech. Sgt. Joshua B. Welter, 621st Contingency Response Squadron aircraft maintenance craftsman, low crawls under barbed wire during a training exercise at the Medical Simulation Training Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on Aug. 17, 2017. The MSTC program supports training for medical and non-medical personnel including active duty, reserve, and National Guard service members with a priority given to deploying units. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Blair)
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)
Balad, Iraq -- Contingency aeromedical staging facility (CASF) team members prepare a critical care patient for transport on C-17 Globemaster to Landstuhl, Germany where he will receive further care for his wounds. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cecilio M. Ricardo Jr.) (released)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — 1st Lt. Rodney Brock, a platoon leader in Crusader Troop, 1st Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the Tennessee Army National Guard, walks through the gates of a pump house located on the Tigris River in Ninawa Province, Iraq, and is greeted by Iraqi Soldiers in charge of its security.
Check one, check two.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Sergeant Christopher Salgado, a member of the Base Reaction Force, Company D, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, conducts pre-mission checks on the communications system in a Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected vehicle before an outer perimeter search near Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, July 7, 2011. Salgado, from Kaysville, Utah, and other Soldiers assigned to the BRF ensure the security of Soldiers and civilians deployed to COB Speicher by ensuring the base perimeter remains secure.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD – N PAO)
Airmen from the 60th Medical Group and Contingency Response Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Ca., apply moulage to military and civilian volunteers 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.)
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Paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepare to emplace a brazier charge, an improvised explosive tool used to blow through concertina wire, during live fire training on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 9. The White Falcons, currently part of the Global Response Force, conducted a two-week intensive training cycle designed to reinforce combat skills for the nation’s airborne assault-capable, contingency unit.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull, 2/82 PAO NCOIC)
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)
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)
Honorary commanders stand at attention as Staff Sgt. Kevin McDaniel 621st Contingency Response Wing and Staff Sgt. Paris Cunningham, 60th Force Support Squadron begin to fold the flag during a practice retreat ceremony. 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.)
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)
IA soldiers move into position.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Iraqi soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, move toward an ambush point during training at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, June 9, 2011. U.S. Soldiers assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, honed the IA soldiers’ skills in conducting ambushes.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
U.S. Army Spc. Anthony Bryant, a motor transport operator for the 688th Rapid Port Opening Element, drives a Load Handling System vehicle to transport cargo to 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)
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)
Bradley Fighting Vehicles zero main guns.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – A pair of M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles shoot 25mm tracer rounds at a stationary target 1200 meters away during a live-fire exercise on Memorial Range near Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, July 29, 2011. Bradley crews from 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, zeroed their 25mm main guns and M240C machine guns during the exercise in support of Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Quentin Johnson, 2nd AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – N)
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)
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.
Airmen from the 123rd Contingency Response Group discuss the movement of equipment delivered by airlift to the Amedee Army Airfield, here 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 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)
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)
Special Traffic Operations, Transportation and Traffic Management Plan Contingency Engineers during the operation of the cicLAvia Heart of Los Angeles Car-Free Open-Streets Bicycle Route, left side is the Los Angeles Times Headquarters, Metro Regional Connector A and E Lines Historic Downtown Core Broadway and 2nd Street Underground Light Rail Station, Perla on Broadway Apartment Condo Residential Homes and right side is a United States Federal Courthouse Annex, Right Lane Must Turn Right at 2nd Street West, the following other upcoming intersection crossing points for all automobile traffic crossings for bikes and vehicles on South Broadway at 3rd Street, 4th Street and 6th Street intersections open to all vehicles limited crossings and Ciclavia South Park Hub Southern Terminus at Figueroa Street and Venice Blvd. have traffic signal green lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing white walking lights but closed crossing points due to Historic Downtown Core Farmer's Market on 5th Street located at Civic Center, Central City, Historic Downtown Core, Broadway Theatre District and Los Angeles Jewelry District Areas in Downtown Los Angeles, California 90012.
This is the continuous Ciclavia Heart of Los Angeles Car-Free Open-Streets Bicycle Route
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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)
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)
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)
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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)