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Game day competition.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Florio, noncommissioned officer in charge, current operations, Fires and Stability Operations Cell, Company A, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, suffers through the hot wing eating competition during the Super Bowl XLV half-time show at the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Center on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Feb. 7, 2011. Florio, a native of Westport, N.Y., blew away his competition, finishing two wings ahead. Florio received a football autographed by Walter Payton Man of the Year, Madieu Williams, in recognition of his stalwart determination in the face of flaming barbeque sauce.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Capt. Drew Clark, a company commander from Madison, Miss., places specialist rank on Pfc. Michael Murtagh, an entry control point guard from Pickens, Miss., during a promotion ceremony in the company area at Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Jan. 5. Murtagh serves with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Hernando, Miss.
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.
Senior Airman Vaughn Price, right, inspects Senior Airman Guss Tyshawn Jenkins‘ uniform prior to the 108th Contingency Response Group’s Assumption of Command ceremony at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Dec. 8, 2013. Both Airmen are members of the 108th Wing Honor Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen)
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.
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)
McWhorter provides guidance to IA officer.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Lt. Col. Clint McWhorter, right, primary staff trainer mentor assigned to Task Force Sword, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, reviews a possible operation plan on a terrain model with Capt. Ghassam Hussain during training at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, May 18, 2011. McWhorter, a native of Overland Park, Kan. trained Hussain, an operations officer assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 9th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, on troop leading procedures and how to plan, prepare and execute operation orders.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
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)
‘Black Jack’ innovation.CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Col. John Peeler, commander of 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, explains innovative modifications made to a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle to Secretary of the Army, the Honorable John McHugh, during a visit with “Black Jack” troopers at Contingency Operating Base Warhorse, Sept. 14, 2011. Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd AAB, took the initiative to improve upon the armored vehicles using materials found on the base to enhance the vehicle’s defensive capabilities. During his third visit to Iraq as the Secretary of the Army, McHugh visited with the Soldiers deployed as part of U.S. Division – North to show his appreciation for their service during Operation New Dawn and answer questions about the future of the Army.(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent Williams, USD - N PAO)
Tech. Sgt. George Broom, 435th Air Mobility Squadron contingency airfield manager, watches as a C-130J Super Hercules takes off of 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)
Planning for the future.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – U.S. Division-North Soldiers deployed to Contingency Operating Site Warrior take a basic math and vocabulary quiz in preparation for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery during a preparatory class, March 25, 2011. Although every service member takes the ASVAB prior to joining the military, many Soldiers retake the ASVAB to boost their scores as they attempt to transfer to another career field or officer candidacy.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
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.
A contingency of Northwestern State University students visit Universitaria Tecnologico Comfenalco and Universidad Libre in Cartagena, Colombia as part of their capstone leadership program.
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)
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 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)
A contingency of Northwestern State University students visit Universitaria Tecnologico Comfenalco and Universidad Libre in Cartagena, Colombia as part of their capstone leadership program.
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)
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.
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.
Long Knife troops celebrate New Year’s.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Soldiers assigned to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, celebrate New Year’s Eve during a Watch Night service at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Dec. 31, 2010. The worship service allowed troopers deployed to U.S. Division-North in support of Operation New Dawn to welcome in the New Year with singing, dancing and religious praise.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Terence Ewings, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
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)
LADOT Special Traffic Operations, Transportation and Traffic Management Plan Contingency Engineers during the operation of the Little Tokyo Nisei Week Japanese Parade, Festival and cicLAvia Heart of Los Angeles Car-Free Open-Streets Bicycle Route followed by staying on 2nd Street WEST turning right turns into San Pedro Street NORTH and another turning right turns into 1st Street - Tom Bradley Blvd. EAST to another turning right turns looping back to Central Avenue, then on Central Avenue South to 2nd Street and it ends back on Central Avenue to 3rd Street parade disbanding route zone intersections traffic signal flashing red lights, this street goes straight into Los Angeles Street, Main Street, Spring Street, Metro Regional Connector Lines A and E Historic Broadway Underground Light Rail Station, Hill Street and Figueroa Street located at Japanese Village Plaza in Little Tokyo Area of Downtown Los Angeles, California 90012.
洛杉磯市小東京日本人街町地區, 日本村廣場
This is the continuous Ciclavia Heart of Los Angeles Car-Free Open-Streets Bicycle Route
Transportation and LADOT Traffic Management Plan Contingency Engineers during the operation of the Little Tokyo Nisei Week Japanese Parade, Festival and cicLAvia Heart of Los Angeles Car-Free Open-Streets Bicycle Route followed by Japanese Village Plaza Pedestrian Crosswalk Crossing mid-block traffic signal flashing yellow lights, then to 2nd Street turns right into San Pedro Street NORTH and another turning right turns into 1st Street - Tom Bradley Blvd. EAST to another turning right turns looping back to Central Avenue, then on Central Avenue South to 2nd Street and it ends back on Central Avenue to 3rd Street parade disbanding route zone located at Japanese Village Plaza in Little Tokyo Area of Downtown Los Angeles, California 90012.
洛杉磯市小東京日本人街町地區, 日本村廣場
This is the continuous Ciclavia Heart of Los Angeles Car-Free Open-Streets Bicycle Route
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)
Maj. Greg Schanding, a civil engineer for the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group, measures distances for tent layout March 26, 2012, as a member of the Joint Assessment Team for Eagle Flag. The 123rd Contingency Response Group from Louisville, Ky., and the 690th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., have joined to form a Joint Task Force-Port Opening at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., through March 30. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
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)
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)
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)