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A contingency of Northwestern State University students visit Universitaria Tecnologico Comfenalco and Universidad Libre in Cartagena, Colombia as part of their capstone leadership program.
Lt. Col. David Mounkes, commander of the 123rd Contingency Response Element, along with members of the Kentucky Air National Guard, talk with Col. Jan Moore Harbert, commander of the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron out of McChord Air Force Base, Washington, on May 16, 2011 in Springfield, Mo. Col. Harbert along with Col. Tami Rougean from Scott AFB are the liaisons between the Department of Defense forces and Human Services groups during the National Level Exercise here in Springfield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maxwell Rechel)
Airmen from the 435th Contingency Response Group attach a bundle onto a Latvian Mi-8 helicopter in part of sling-load operations training during the Air Force-specific portion of Saber Strike at Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia, June 17, 2014. During the final week of Saber Strike 2014 the 435th CRG, in conjunction with the 37th Airlift Squadron, trained on the full capabilities to open the Latvian air base. They also trained with Latvian and Estonian service members on airfield operations, command and control of air and space forces, weather support, and protection of operational forces, aircraft maintenance and aerial port services. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Stefanko)
Tech. Sgt. George Broom, 435th Air Mobility Squadron contingency airfield manager, speaks to the crew of a C-130J Super Hercules as it approaches a runway in Elefsis, Greece, Feb. 5, 2015. The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing's Contingency Response Group is implementing a new landing zone program that will allow members of CRGs prepare landing zone operations from picking the location to actually providing limited air traffic control. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Moore)
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.
Bandaging up a Soldier.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Soldiers assigned to Company C, 27th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, treat Sgt. Lydia Davis, a supply sergeant in the company, after sustaining “wounds” during a simulated mass casualty exercise at Contingency Operating Site Marez, May 23, 2011. Davis, a native of Dallas, portrayed a casualty suffering from shrapnel to her left leg and abrasions to her right leg.
(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)
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., apply medical assistance 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.)
Prescription.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Dr. (Capt.) Jason Saucedo, battalion surgeon, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, attached to 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, reviews a prescription for a Soldier during sick-call at the battalion aid station on Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Kirkuk, April 9, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Research.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Sergeant Reginald Alexander, Company Intelligence Support Team noncommisioned officer, Company G, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, looks up information regarding recent activities in the Kirkuk province prior to Company G Soldiers leaving Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Sept. 2, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Ready to roll.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – A gunner with 2nd Platoon, Company C, 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Armored Division, makes last minute checks on a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle Sept. 1, 2011, before conducting a route clearance patrol outside of Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brandon A. Bednarek, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Armored Div., USD – North)
Emergency medical training.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION K1, Iraq – Iraqi medics practice proper procedures for dressing a chest wound during training led by U.S. medics from Company C, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division at the 12th Iraqi Army Division Headquarters in Kirkuk province, Iraq, May 28, 2011. “These young medics are really taking advantage of this opportunity to learn from us,” said Staff Sgt. Elsesser, a combat medic from Selinsgrove, Pa., assigned to Company C. “When they don’t know something, they ask us. They are eager to learn and are doing an outstanding job.”
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Sgt. James C. Haycraft (left) – the non-commissioned officer in charge of the Mayor Cell water operations off the post and combat medic from Brandon, Miss. – poses with Command Sgt. Maj. Perry Campbell, a Senatobia native, during a ceremony at the battalion operations center Feb. 1, which acknowledged Haycraft for embodying the Army value of personal courage. To honor outstanding service at the end of the deployment, the senior NCOs of 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Senatobia, Miss recognized seven Soldiers from throughout the Battalion who embody one of the Army values of loyalty, duty, respect, service, honor, integrity and personal courage.
Color Casing.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Colonel Michael Pappal and Command Sgt. Maj. John Jones, command team of “Task Force Devil” 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, case their brigade colors during a transfer of authority ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Oct. 1, 2011. “In the past 12 months, the Devil Task Force has successfully partnered with our Kirkuk counterparts in the advise, train and assist role, and because of their tireless efforts, have improved the capabilities of the Iraqi Securtiy Forces, local government administration and law enforcement throughout the Kirkuk Province,” said Pappal. “We trust that the 4th Advise and Assist Brigade will inherit the same strong partnership as we continue our transition home.” (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD – N PAO)
Checking the grenades.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Staff Sergeant Douglass Smith, Company B, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, in preparation for redeployment, carefully checks flash grenades for damage before packaging them at the Basic Load Ammunition Holding Area at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, July 26, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Strayer, 109th MPAD, USD – N PAO)
U.S. Air Force logistics personnel, assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, load support equipment and rolling stock cargo onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III large transport aircraft from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, July 10, 2018. The South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing is deploying nearly 300 Airmen and approximately a dozen F-16 Block 52 Fighting Falcon fighter jets to the 407th Air Expeditionary Group in Southwest Asia in support of an Air Expeditionary Force rotation. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder)
1st Lt. Dan Dillon of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group sets up an Alaskan Shelter tent at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., March 26, 2012, during Exercise Eagle Flag. More than 80 Airmen from the Kentucky Air Guard have joined forces with over 50 active-duty Army troops and Air Guardsmen from New Jersey and Mississippi to establish an aerial port at Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station within 24 hours of arrival. Inspectors from U.S. Transportation Command will evaluate the performance of the Kentucky unit during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard, soldiers from the U.S. Army and specialists from the Defense Logistics Agency conduct Operation Lumberjack at Amedee Army Airfield, Calif., March 6-11, 2016. The Kentucky Air Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group is working in conjunction with the Army’s 688th Rapid Port Opening Element and a team from the DLA 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)
U.S. Air Force Col. David Mounkes, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, discusses ground operations with U.S. Army Capt. Michael Siddal, commander of the U.S. Army’s 688th Rapid Port Opening Element, during Operation Lumberjack at Amedee Army Airfield, Calif., March 9, 2016. The 123rd CRG is working in conjunction with the 688th RPOE 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)
The Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) IV contingency contract in Afghanistan is a testbed for the Government Furnished Property Working Group’s evaluation of the effectiveness of policies and procedures developed to better identify and account for government furnished property. Here, an Afghan contractor for Fluor, one of two primary contractors for LOGCAP IV, processes laundry May 15 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. (Photo by Jon Connor, U.S. Army Sustainment Command Public Affairs)
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Visiting checkpoint operations.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Col. Michael Pappal, commander, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, tours an Iraqi checkpoint with Capt. Mark Quivers, commander, Company D, 2nd Battalion 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st AATF, in Kirkuk City, Iraq, March 29, 2011. Pappal, who took command of 1st AATF, March 28, 2011, said he toured the checkpoint to gain a better understanding of brigade operations in Kirkuk. The soldiers of Company D work with members of the Kirkuk Police Emergency Response Unit to minimize violent extremist and criminal activity in the city.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
Sgt. Japheth Forehand, distribution NCO for the U.S. Army’s 690th Rapid Port Opening Element in Fort Eustis, Va., secures a cargo container to a flatbed trailer as another is maneuvered into place and a C-17 flies overhead March 29, 2012, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Forehand was working at the Forward Node of a Joint Task Force-Port Opening during Eagle Flag, a U.S. Air Force-sponsored exercise to prepare units for operating in deployed environments. The Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group operated the airlift side of the JTF-PO, known as an Aerial Port of Debarkation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Dale Greer)
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)
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.
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)
An Airman from the 435th Contingency Response Group, waits to jump out of a C-130 J-model door during the Air Force-specific portion of Saber Strike at Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia, June 17, 2014. During the final week of Saber Strike 2014 the 435th CRG, in conjunction with the 37th Airlift Squadron, trained on the full capabilities to open the Latvian air base. They also trained with Latvian and Estonian service members on airfield operations, command and control of air and space forces, weather support, and protection of operational forces, aircraft maintenance and aerial port services. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Stefanko)
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)
Respect.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Soldiers and Airmen from 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division rise and salute as they pay respect to the National Anthem during a Memorial Day remembrance ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, May 30, 2011. The Soldiers and Airmen remembered fallen service members who gave their lives during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn, as well as veterans of past wars.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Concluding the day’s events.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Staff Lieutenant General Hassan, commander of Iraqi Security Forces in Ninewa province, speaks to senior Iraqi military leaders and media at the conclusion of Operation Iron Lion, a demonstration designed to showcase Iraqi Security Forces’ combat skills, at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, Iraq, June 27, 2011. During the exercise, Iraqi Army, Police, Federal Police and Special Operations Forces demonstrated crowd control techniques, hostage rescue procedures and large-scale troop operations.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD – N PAO)
Adjusting the mortar system.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Mortar crew members assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, work to find the proper elevation and deflection on a 120mm mortar system during training at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, Iraq, June 13, 2011. Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, train IA soldiers on basic warfare tactics to increase their combat effectiveness during four-week courses at GWTC.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
The 123rd Contingency Response Group provides logistical support to Haiti during Operation Unified Response, Barahona, Dominican Republic. The Kentucky Air National Guard daily dispatches over 160,000 pounds of vital humanitarian supplies from the United States to the earthquake victims of Haiti. The 123rd CRG represent a broad spectrum of specialties, including airfield security, ramp and cargo operations, and command and control. Most of the group's Airmen have operational experience from multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as from stateside operations in support of relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina and during last year's ice storm in Western Kentucky.
Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group set up an Alaskan Shelter tent at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., March 26, 2012, during Exercise Eagle Flag. More than 80 Airmen from the Kentucky Air Guard have joined forces with over 50 active-duty Army troops and Air Guardsmen from New Jersey and Mississippi to establish an aerial port at Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station within 24 hours of arrival. Inspectors from U.S. Transportation Command will evaluate the performance of the Kentucky unit during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Dale Greer)
A contingency of Northwestern State University students visit Universitaria Tecnologico Comfenalco and Universidad Libre in Cartagena, Colombia as part of their capstone leadership program.
A contingency of Northwestern State University students visit Universitaria Tecnologico Comfenalco and Universidad Libre in Cartagena, Colombia as part of their capstone leadership program.
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)
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)
The Game.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPIECHER, Iraq – Soldiers deployed to Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, watch the Green Bay Packers 31-25 victory over the Pittsburg Steelers during Super Bowl XLV at the during the early morning hours of Feb. 7, 2011 at the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Center. In addition to watching the game, Soldiers enjoyed a buffet of hot wings and pizza; took part in energy drink guzzling and hot wing eating contests; and played pool and ping-pong.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
Members of the 621st Contingency Response Squadron Aerial Port team prepare to load a HUMVEE onto a C-130 Hercules during a Joint Readiness Training exercise at Alexandria International Airport, LA. April 16, 2016. JRTC is a multinational exercise focused on pre-deployment and airdrop capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua King)