CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — The adjutant general and the command sergeant major of the Mississippi National Guard sit with senior leaders in front of the base defense operations center and mayor cell of Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Nov. 26. Sitting from left to right are Command Sgt. Maj. Glen Davis, Col. William Glasgow, command sergeant major and commander of the 155th Brigade Combat Team, headquartered in Tupelo, Miss., Command Sgt. Maj. Donald L. Cooley, the senior noncommissioned officer of the Mississippi National Guard, Command Sgt. Maj. Perry Campbell, the senior noncommissioned officer of 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, out of Senatobia, Miss., Brig. Gen. William L. Freeman, Jr., the adjutant general of the Mississippi National Guard, Lt. Col. Kerry Goodman, commander of 2/198th CAB, and Lt. Col. William B. Smith, Jr., 2/198th Mayor of COL Q-West.

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)

First Lt. Lisa Cullen, Contingency Operating Base Basra education officer, talks with Staff Sgt. Edward Ortiz, 1078th Military Police Company, 34th Infantry Division squad leader from Buford, Ga. about the options offered by the Post 9-11 GI Bill Chapter 33. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Debralee P. Crankshaw)

Explanation.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – First Lieutenant Holjer Correa, maneuver platoon leader, Fire Support Company G, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, talks about his experiences during the events of Sept. 11, 2001 with members of his platoon on Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Sept. 8, 2011.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD – N PAO)

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)

Childers speaks with Texas congressman.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Capt. Aaron Childers, commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, speaks with U.S. Representative Michael Burgess, of Texas, during dinner at the Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq, dining facility, Aug. 13, 2011. Childers, who is from Plano, Texas, and other constituents discussed current U.S. affairs with visiting congressmen prior to the troopers’ redeployment to Fort Hood, Texas, later this summer.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Turner, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD – North)

Objective secured.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Green smoke signals a secured objective as Iraqi soldiers maneuver and fire to defeat enemy threats during a battalion-sized live fire exercise at Ghuzlani Warrior Training Center, Feb. 24, 2011. The soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 11th Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division, conducted a month-long training rotation led by U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, as part of Tadreeb al Shamil, Arabic for All Inclusive Training. During the 25-day training cycle of Tadreeb al Shamil, U.S. forces trained their Iraqi counterparts improving IA small unit tactics and proficiency in engaging and defeating external threats.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Washington, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Cav. Div., USD-N)

Transportation and Traffic Management Contingency Engineers during an operation of the Ciclavia Culver City meets Venice Beach open streets bicycle event, next two final crossing points for all automobile vehicle car traffic to cross at Abbot Kinney Boulevard, North Venice Boulevard and Venice Way, Grand Blvd., Windward Avenue and Pacific Avenue intersections traffic signal green yellow red lights, left turn protected permissive green yellow arrow lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing white walking lights on and don’t walk orange hand lights on located at Mar Vista - Los Angeles, California 90066 and Venice Beach - Los Angeles, California 90291.

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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)

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)

A contingency of Northwestern State University students visit Universitaria Tecnologico Comfenalco and Universidad Libre in Cartagena, Colombia as part of their capstone leadership program.

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)

Army Sgt. Billy Artis, a transporter from the 690th Rapid Port Opening Element, drives cargo from the marshaling yard at Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station, N.J., to a forward distribution node during Exercise Eagle Flag March 27, 2012. The Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group from Louisville, Ky., and the 690th from Fort Eustis, Va., joined forces for the exercise to form a Joint Task Force-Port Opening. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)

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.

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

Summary Site Information: db.state.ma.us/dep/cleanup/sites/Site_Info.asp?textfield_...

Site Documents: public.dep.state.ma.us/wsc_viewer/rtn.aspx?rtn=3-0028283

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)

Headlining act.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Scott Kennedy, headlining comedian for the Armed Forces Entertainment-sponsored Comedians Ready to Entertain tour, drops a punch line during his routine, Mar. 4, 2011, at Faulkenberg Theater on Contingency Operating Base Warhorse in the Diyala province, Iraq. Kennedy, on his 42nd tour in Iraq, joined two fellow comedians to perform for Soldiers of 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, “Warriors,” 25th Infantry Division, for a special performance to raise morale of deployed troops.

(U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Robert England, 2nd AAB PAO, 25th Inf. Div., USD-N)

BFAMFAPhD, Artists Report Back, 2014, Video, 6:45 min.; Key Findings (Percentage of Working Artists and Arts Graduates), 2014, digital prints; Mutually Exclusive Race and Ethnicity for Total Population and Artists 2012, U.S., 2014, digital prints; Sex for Total Population and Artists U.S. 2012, 2014, digital prints; Of Supply Chains, 2015, cards, website, syllabi.

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group discuss the movement of equipment delivered by airlift to Amedee Army Airfield, Calif., March 7, 2016. 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 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)

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.

It's always good to plan contingency when going out on photographic trips, just incase any primary goals prove impossible. This one evening, I joined friends from Melbourne Photographic Society on a trip to nearby Kegworth with the aim of photographing descending aeroplanes crossing the motorway as they followed their final approach to East Midlands Airport.

Just as we arrived however, we discovered that the planes had been rerouted and would be barely visible from our location. No bother, we'd identified a backup plan - shooting light trails over the motorway. We just had to recompose, adjust camera settings and start capturing long exposures.

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)

Special Traffic Operations, Transportation and Traffic Management Plan and Program Contingency Engineers during the operation of the Ciclavia operates CiclaMini Open Streets for the People Powered Bikes and Pedestrians with Non-Motorized Vehicular Traffic followed by Avenue 18, North Spring Street and Pasadena Avenue intersection traffic signal green lights, two way directions left and right turn protected green arrow lights three way signals and pedestrian crosswalk crossing white walking lights where it starts and ends on North Broadway between Lincoln Park Avenue and at Avenue 18, North Spring Street and Pasadena Avenue located at Lincoln Heights in Los Angeles, California 90031. Bikes Share The Road.

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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.

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)

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 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)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- On Oct. 6, 2014, District Commander Lt. Col. Patrick Dagon recognized Lance Faeber for his work overseas in support of Overseas Contingency Operations.

Photo by Elizabeth Lockyear, public affairs.

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)

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)

Al Quba Medical Clinic ribbon-cutting.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Adal Ismail, Director of Health for Ninewa province Adal Ismail cuts the ribbon commemorating the official opening of Al Quba Medical Clinic, Feb. 14, 2011. The clinic, funded by the U.S., is the first and only medical clinic in the village. Tom Baker, right, an officer in the Forward Engineering Support Team-Advanced, a part of the Reconstruction Cell at U.S. Division-North, attended the event to witness the completion of the project. Baker worked with local Iraqi government officials to complete the project for approximately 2,400 people who reside in Al Quba.

“The fact that we brought care to people in need makes me feel terrific,” said Baker, a native of Eagle River, Alaska, and the project manager for the clinic.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Washington, 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 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)

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 435th Contingency Response Group clear the area after attaching 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)

Record.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Sergeant Jason Boschi, operations NCO, Company A, 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment, attached to the 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, looks up information for a Soldier in the company operations center on Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Sept. 11, 2011.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD – N PAO)

Ramp brief.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – First Lt. Ty Lin, platoon leader, and Sgt. 1st Class Nicholas Maney, platoon sergeant, 3rd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, explain the route and security precautions for the day’s mission in support of the Tikrit Provincial Reconstruction Team during a mission brief at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Feb. 28, 2011.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)

Simulated MEDEVAC.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION COBRA, Iraq – A radio telephone operator from Troop A, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, simulates calling for an air MEDEVAC as part of the squadron’s “Best Squad” competition, Feb. 18, 2011, at Contingency Operating Location Cobra in the Diyala province of Iraq.

(U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Kyle Miller, 2nd Bn., 14th Cav. Regt., 2nd AAB PAO, 25th Inf. Div., USD-N)

Col. David B. Chandler, 570th Contingency Response and Joint Task Force Port Opening commander, discusses the exercise status at the distribution node with Army Maj. Ryan King, 689th Rapid Port Opening Element commander 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)

Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 688th Rapid Port Opening Element secure equipment for transport to the forward node 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)

CAMP MARMAL, Afghanistan – U.S. Air Force aircrew assigned to the 436th Airlift Wing preflight a C-5M Super Galaxy for takeoff at Camp Marmal in Northern Afghanistan Feb.1, 2013. The Dover AFB-based Airmen are conducting the first multimodal contingency operation using only the upgraded version of the Air Force’s largest aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

ACCRA, Ghana - U.S. Army Africa Sergeant 1st Class Grady Hyatt interviews a Ghanaian soldier after a range exercise in Accra, Ghana, recently. Hyatt was in Ghana working with Ghanaian troops as part of the ongoing Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance program, known as ACOTA. (U.S. Army Africa photo)

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Soldier performs to inspire others.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Dancing along with the music, Pfc. Louis Robinson, a petroleum supply specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, Task Force ODIN, Observe, Detect, Identify and Neutralize, U.S. Division-North, performs for attendees at the Contingency Operating Base Speicher Talent Show held at the Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Center-North, Dec. 31, 2010. Robinson, who placed second for performing “Where Can I Run To?,” a song he wrote and recorded, said he came to the event to perform, with the hopes he can serve as an inspiration to others who want to make their own music.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Coltin Heller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)

An airman from the 123rd Contingency Response Group marshals a C-130J Super Hercules from the Kentucky Air National Guard down a taxiway at Murray-Calloway County Airport in Murray, Ky., May 14, 2025, as part of Exercise Grindstone, a major earthquake-response simulation. Murray lies just east of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, the most active seismic area in the Eastern United States, and could serve as an air hub in the event of a large-scale earthquake. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)

CAMP MARMAL, Afghanistan – A C-5M Super Galaxy from the 436th Airlift Wing based at Dover Air Force Base Del. is pushed into position for an early morning refueling at Camp Marmal in Northern Afghanistan Jan. 26, 2013. The Airmen of the 436 AW are conducting the first deployed C-5M multimodal contingency operation in support of U.S. Transportation Command requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

Col. Salah salute.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq- Colonel Salah, commander, “Golden Lions,” expanded Combined Security Force, salutes during the presentation of the eCSF colors during a Transfer of Authority Ceremony between his battalion and “Thunderhorse,” 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2011. “The Thunderhorses have been an integral part of developing and growing this battalion from a company that relied upon them to a battalion that can stand alone,” said Col. Michael Pappal, commander 1st AATF, 1st Inf. Div.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Hitt, a vehicle operator from the 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., straps cargo to a flatbed trailer March 29, 2012, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Hitt 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)

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.