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Faith.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Specialist Faith Bedwell, chaplain assistant, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, tells Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, deputy commanding general for operations, U.S. Forces – Iraq, that she and her fellow Soldiers are proud to be receiving coins during a presentation at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Aug. 29, 2011. Bedwell, a native of Chatom, Ala., said she enjoys helping out and providing Soldiers with resources necessary to help themselves in her role as a chaplain’s assistant.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 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)
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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)
Casing colors.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Colonel Brian Winski (left), commander of 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and Command Sgt. Maj. Antoine Overstreet, senior enlisted advisor, case the brigade’s colors during a Transfer of Authority Ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Sept. 4, 2011. Soldiers of 4th AAB, 1st Cav. Div., transferred authority to the 4th AAB, 1st Armored Division, from Fort Bliss, Texas. “Long Knife” Soldiers of the 4th AAB, 1st Cav. Div., redeployed to Fort Hood, Texas, following the ceremony.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – North)
‘Ramp Brief.’
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION K1, Iraq – First Lt. Anthony Burch, platoon leader, Company C, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, uses wooden models of his platoon vehicles to lead Soldiers of 4th platoon during a “ramp brief” before conducting convoy operations between COL K1 and Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, May 25, 2011. The purpose of the ramp brief is to ensure that all members of the convoy know what their role will be and how to respond to likely contingencies during their mission.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
Running in remembrance of fallen Americans.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Soldiers assigned to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division run four miles as part of a Memorial Day race at Contingency Operating Site Marez, May 30, 2011. Soldiers and Department of Defense employees cheered each other on as the competitors completed the run which honored service members who died in service to the United States.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Iraqi soldier reviews decision points.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Capt. Ghassam Hussain, an operations officer assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, reviews possible enemy courses of action during training at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, May 18, 2011. Lt. Col. Clint McWhorter, primary staff trainer assigned to Task Force Sword, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and a native of Overland Park, Kan., trains staff officers assigned to the 3rd IA Div., helping the officers properly plan operation orders.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
A C-130 Hercules drops Army paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division onto Luzon drop zone during a training mission prior to Joint Operations Access Exercise 12-02 at Mackall Army Airfield, N.C., June 4, 2012. A JOAX is a two-week forcible entry and ground combat exercise to prepare Air Force and Army service members to respond to worldwide crises and contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)
Army Maj. Keith Pruett, commander of the 690th Rapid Port Opening Element, directs his troops to take cover during a simulated enemy attack at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., on March 29, 2012. Pruett was participating in an exercise called Eagle Flag, along with about 50 other Soldiers and more than 80 Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Dale Greer)
Soldiers on Contingency Operating Base Basra were delighted and eager to tear open buckets of Sweet Martha?s cookies and dunk them in fresh milk, all courtesy of a joint-effort with the Blue Star Mothers of America and the Exchange Clubs of Minnesota to send the classic holiday treat to those deployed during the holidays. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. J. Princeville Lawrence)
"Caos and Contingency" performance at the National Museum of Scotland for Edinburgh International Science Festival 2013, Edinburgh (UK)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Capt. Drew Clark (left) – a resident of Madison, Miss., and commander of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Hernando, Miss., the Q-West force protection company – briefs Sgt. 1st Class Charles F. Haynes, a platoon sergeant from Springfield, Tenn., and 1st Lt. Andrew M. Cole, a company executive officer from Mount Juliet, Tenn., during a relief-in-place operation Feb. 20. Haynes and Cole serve with C Troop, 1st Squadron, 278th Regimental Combat Team out of Milan, Tenn., the unit that will become the Q-West force protection company as Clark’s unit prepares to redeploy in March.
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)
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)
Phone.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Corporal Kevin Dickinson, a Columbia, S.C., native, and military policeman assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, answers a phone call while on duty at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, June 15, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Congressman meets Soldiers.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – U.S. Representative John Carter, of Texas, meets with Soldiers assigned to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, at the Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, dining facility, Aug. 13, 2011. Deployed Soldiers discussed current affairs with the Congressman prior to their redeployment to Fort Hood, Texas, in September.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – North)
Freestyle.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Cpl. William Daniels, shakes Chamillionaire’s hand after performing with the rapper during a performance at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, March 27, 2011. Daniels, a motor specialist from Houston, serving with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, attached to 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, said he felt honored, greatly appreciating the opportunity to get on stage and rap with the star.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Command Sgt. Major Perry Campbell (left), of Senatobia, Miss., bestows brigade commander deployment coins to Sgt. Kyle R. Stegall, of Sugarland, Texas, and Sgt. Victoria M. Moffett, of Collins, Miss., during a ceremony here Feb. 15. The ceremony was to present command sergeant major’s awards to Stegall and Moffett for embodying the Army values of respect and selfless service, respectively. Stegall serves as a scout gun truck commander with C Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, an armor company out of Oxford and Indianola, Miss., and Moffett is a gun truck commander with A Company, 106th Brigade Support Battalion, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Magee, Miss. To honor outstanding service at the end of the deployment, the senior noncommissioned officers of the 2-198th CAB – to which A Company, 106th BSB, is attached – recognized seven Soldiers from throughout the battalion who embody one of the Army values of loyalty, duty, respect, service, honor, integrity and personal courage, said Campbell.
Members of the 60th, 349th Air Mobility and 621st Contingency Response Wings participate in (Crisis Look 16-01) Position the Force Deployment. The exercise will test Team Travis’s ability to perform a major deployment in a safe and efficient manner. RELEASED (US AIR FORCE Photo by T.C. Perkins Jr.)
Tough crowd.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Soldiers of 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, break into uproarious laughter during a comedy show at Faulkenberg Theater, Mar. 4, 2011, on Contingency Operating Base Warhorse in the Diyala province of Iraq. Three comedians brought their travelling tour, Comedians Ready to Entertain, to Kuwait and Iraq through sponsorship by Armed Forces Entertainment, the official agency of the Department of Defense, responsible for providing deployed service members quality entertainment.
(U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Robert England, 2nd AAB PAO, 25th Inf. Div., USD-N)
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)
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)
Music for the Soul.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Soldiers assigned to the 4th Infantry Division Band play music for Soldiers during a prayer breakfast at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, June 23, 2011. The musicians, as well as other U.S. Division – North Soldiers, listened to scripture readings from several guest speakers between sets. The 4th Inf. Div. Band supports Soldiers by playing during U.S. Division – North special events.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
Dane Cook performing at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, during a USO comedy show on 31 May.
A dinner to remember
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Soldiers with 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Armored Division, attend a memorial dinner, Sept. 11, 2011, at the Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, dining facility to observe the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brandon A. Bednarek, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Armored Div., USD – North)
NCO oath.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Soldiers assigned to 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, recite the Oath of the United States Army Noncommissioned Officer during an induction ceremony on Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, Aug. 5. As a noncommissioned officer, inductees have the responsibility of providing outstanding leadership to junior Soldiers.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – North)
Hula.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – In honor of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, Spc. Ruta Alexander, a Samoan native serving as a supply clerk with Company A, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, performs the hula, a Hawaiian dance, at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, May 28, 2011.
(U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Members of the 60th, 349th Air Mobility and 621st Contingency Response Wings participate in (Crisis Look 16-01) Position the Force Deployment. The exercise will test Team Travis’s ability to perform a major deployment in a safe and efficient manner. RELEASED (US AIR FORCE Photo by T.C. Perkins Jr.)
Securing from a line.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Iraqi Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 11th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, get on line during training at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, Feb. 22, 2011. U.S. Soldiers led IA units of the 3rd IA Div. during the second iteration of training at GWTC, part of Tadreeb al Shamil, an Iraqi training initiative to modernize IA division capabilities through collective unit-level training. During the 25-day training rotation at GWTC, Iraqi soldiers trained with Troop A, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, in preparation for a battalion live fire exercise, Feb. 24, 2011, the culminating training event for the training cycle.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Washington, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)
Are you ready?
An hilarious sign posted on a street corner in Canberra, near where the convention was held. How very appropriate!
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)
Coming on Line.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Iraqi soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, bound toward a simulated enemy fortification during a live fire exercise at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, Iraq, June 27, 2011. Throughout the month of June, Iraqi soldiers of 1st Battalion honed basic warrior skills, studied squad and company-level tactics, and learned how to operate as part of a large-scale operation under the mentorship of cavalry troopers assigned to 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 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)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Command Sgt. Maj. Michael L. Butler and Lt. Col. Jimmie L. Cole, Jr., commander of 1st Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, uncase their unit’s colors during a Transfer Of Authority ceremony between 1st Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment and 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms March 10.
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)
Flag of unity
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Colonel Scott McKean, brigade commander, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Armored Division, cuts an American flag cake with a “Highlander” sword, Sept. 11, 2011, in remembrance of the attacks on the World Trade Center during a memorial dinner hosted by the brigade at the Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, dining facility. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brandon A. Bednarek, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Armored Div., USD – North)
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, Calif., March 7, 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 a forward node. (Kentucky Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. James Killen)
Maxx Pro.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – “Thunderhorse” Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, turn in Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected Maxx Pro vehicles on Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, June 27, 2011. After turning in the old vehicles, the unit signed for MRAP Maxx Pro Plus vehicles to prepare them for use in support of Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
MassDEP conducts response actions under the Massachusetts Contingency Plan ("MCP") at an Underground Storage Tank (UST) site on Quincy Street in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The environmental assessment and cleanup work is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ("ARRA") of 2009 (details at Recovery.gov).
MassDEP RTN: 3-0028283
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