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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)
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.
A contingency from the Royal Thai Air Force recently visited Travis Air Force Base to see firsthand how the USAF and David Grand Medical Center implements military medical training and manages health care and preventative medicine programs. They also had the opportunity to explore other facets of Travis by touring the Heritage Center, traffic control tower and a static aircraft display. Thailand and the U.S. are committed to strengthening the long-standing relationship and paving the way for continued cooperation between the two air powers. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph/Heide Couch)
A contingency from the Royal Thai Air Force recently visited Travis Air Force Base to see firsthand how the USAF and David Grand Medical Center implements military medical training and manages health care and preventative medicine programs. They also had the opportunity to explore other facets of Travis by touring the Heritage Center, traffic control tower and a static aircraft display. Thailand and the U.S. are committed to strengthening the long-standing relationship and paving the way for continued cooperation between the two air powers. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph/Heide Couch)
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)
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Paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, provide over-watch and fire support during 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)
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)
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)
Airmen assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing, process through a personnel deployment function (PDF) line during an operational readiness inspection at Travis AFB, Feb. 1, 2016. The base is currently conducting Crisis Look 16-01, to evaluate rapid mobile global readiness. The PDF line ensured Airmen were medically, legally and financially ready to deploy. Personnel from the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 60th Force Support Squadron and chapel staff were on hand to address deployment-related concerns. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Heide Couch/Released)
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)
Cheer.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 9th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division celebrate after hitting a target during a live fire mortar range at the Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2011. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Albert LaFleur, 2nd Squadron, 13th Cav. Regt., 4th AAB, 1st Armored Div., USD – North)
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. 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)
Preparing for the return journey.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Arata, outgoing commander, Task Force ODIN, and Command Sgt. Maj. Mickey Somers, the task force’s senior enlisted leader, case the Task Force ODIN V colors during a Transfer of Authority ceremony at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, June 14, 2011. Task Force ODIN, a composite of multiple military and civilian personnel, assists the mission of U.S. Division – North by providing aerial reconnaissance with a focus on defeating the threat of improvised explosive devices.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
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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)
Airmen assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing, process through a personnel deployment function (PDF) line during an operational readiness inspection at Travis AFB, Feb. 1, 2016. The base is currently conducting Crisis Look 16-01, to evaluate rapid mobile global readiness. The PDF line ensured Airmen were medically, legally and financially ready to deploy. Personnel from the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 60th Force Support Squadron and chapel staff were on hand to address deployment-related concerns. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Heide Couch/Released)
New Dawn.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq- Army Spc. Rodolfo Moreno, a finance specialist, 4th Financial Management Company, from Fort Bliss, Texas, attached to 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, adds the names of Soldiers lost during their support of Operation New Dawn to the Warrior Memorial Wall centered at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2011. Moreno is one of the many volunteers amending the memorial site that bears the names of U.S. soldiers lost during Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq —Pfc. Michael J. Slemensky (right foreground), a medic from Hernando, Miss., Spc. Patrick Gannon (middle foreground), a driver and gunner from Enid, Miss., and Spc. Daniel Burke, a gun truck driver from Apalachicola, Fla., clothes, stuffed animals, school supplies and other items to a farm family near Al Qayarrah during a security escort mission to the Tigris River pump house that supplies water to Q-West, Feb. 5. The Soldiers serve with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Hernando, Miss., the Q-West force protection company. The Soldiers of A Company solicited from home gifts of clothing, linen, toys, school supplies and other items to give Abrahim and his family,
Maj. Kevin Cline, 674th Contingency Contracting Team, Fort Jackson, S.C., crawls out of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle roll-over egress trainer gunner's hatch. The trainer simulates rollover positions to include being upside-down.
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)
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)
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.)
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.)
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CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq –
Staff Sergeant Justin Deal, battle noncommissioned officer, Company A, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division:
“Remember where you are. Even though we have many of the amenities a garrison environment would bring, never allow yourself to become complacent.”
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD – N PAO)
Weapons Assembly.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Spc. Nathaniel Dahleim, infantryman, 2nd Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, attached to 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, reassembles an M249 squad automatic weapon during the Diablo Company Squad Challenge at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Feb. 11, 2011. Company D Soldiers were given 90 seconds at the Weapon Assembly Site to assemble one of three weapons during the Diablos Squad Challenge. After reassembling their weapons, the Soldiers performed a proper functions check to get a “Go” at the event.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Words of wisdom.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Command Sergeant Major Daniel A. Dailey, senior enlisted advisor of U.S. Division-North and 4th Infantry Division, speaks to newly promoted sergeants assigned to 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, during a Noncommissioned Officer Induction Ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Marez, June 3, 2011. Dailey provided the young leaders with words of wisdom during his speech. “Leadership doesn’t just happen,” Dailey said. “Leadership is an art. You can’t buy it, you can’t find it, you can’t take it from someone else. You have to learn it.”
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Inventory.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Captain Scott Hastings, Fire Support Officer, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, inventories the inside of a Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected Maxx Pro vehicle before turning it in at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, June 27, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Gen. Frank J. Grass (left), chief of the National Guard Bureau, shakes hands with Tech. Sgt. Ryan McNary, an aerial porter in the 123rd Contingency Response Group during a tour of the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., on April 18, 2015. The 123rd is the only Contingency Response Group in the Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
Rock solid cover.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, add rocks to their firing position for cover and concealment during defense training at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, Iraq, June 20, 2011. Iraqi soldiers defended their positions from attacking “enemy” forces during the training exercise as part of Tadreeb al Shamil, Arabic for All Inclusive Training.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Governor.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Dr. Najmaldin Karim, governor of Kirkuk province, speaks at the “Living Together” conference at the Chaldean Cathedral’s Visitor Center in Kirkuk, Iraq, July 18, 2011. The Society for Threatened Peoples hosted the conference to create a forum for Kirkuk community leaders to express their concerns and build upon the long history of different ethnicities living side by side in Kirkuk.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD – N)
Sights.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 9th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, take notes during a class on a mortar aiming sight used by the Iraqi Army Sept. 19, 2011, at the Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq. Soldiers from Troop A, 2nd Squadron, 13th Cav. Regt., 4th AAB, 1st Armored Div., and 4th AAB Stability Transition Team provided security and assisted with training during the IA’s small unit tactical training in September. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Albert LaFleur, 2nd Squadron, 13th Cav. Regt., 4th AAB, 1st Armored Div., USD – North)
Soldiers of the U.S. Army Pacific Contingency Command Post participated in a Disaster Management exercise in Wellington, New Zealand. During the exercise Soldiers set up an Emergency Operations Center, conducted briefings, conducted assessments of water treatement facilities, hospitals and roadways. Soldiers also had an opportunity to tour the New Zealand Parliament, met with VIPs of the New Zealand Defence Force and had a chance to see much of the natural beauty New Zealand is famous for. During the exercise, Soldiers of the CCP worked side by side with members of New Zealand’s Headquarters Deployable Joint Inter-agency Task Force and New Zealand’s Civil Defence.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Colletta)
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)
A backhoe removes wire.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Soldiers from Company C., 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Division – North, removes excess concertina wire from the Septia Canal with a backhoe outside of Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, Aug. 29, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Quentin Johnson, 2nd AAB, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
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.)
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)
Crime scene investigation.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Iraqi police demonstrate how to collect evidence during their graduation from the Mosul Public Service Academy in Mosul, Iraq, June 12, 2011. During their four-week training course, Iraqi police trainees also learned police ethics, martial arts, crime scene security, marksmanship and rights of the accused.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Airmen assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing, process through a personnel deployment function (PDF) line during an operational readiness inspection at Travis AFB, Feb. 1, 2016. The base is currently conducting Crisis Look 16-01, to evaluate rapid mobile global readiness. The PDF line ensured Airmen were medically, legally and financially ready to deploy. Personnel from the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 60th Force Support Squadron and chapel staff were on hand to address deployment-related concerns. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Heide Couch/Released)