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Sergeant First Class Michael Donnan, a career counselor representing the 16th Military Police Brigade, responds to a question during the XVIII Airborne Corps Career Counselor of the Year Competition board, Nov. 18, 2019, on Fort Bragg, N.C. Competitors prove their discipline, physical and mental toughness by appearing before a board, taking a written exam and passing the Army Physical Fitness Test with the winner moving on to represent the XVIII Abn. Corps at the U.S. Forces Command CCOYC. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Adam M. Manternach, 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq – A rocket from the C Battery, 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery, Task Force Leader, departs its high mobility artillery rocket system launcher here on its way to destroy an enemy mortar position Mar. 2. The launch was the first fire mission for the members of C Battery at Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Rob Strain, 15th Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs)
Members of the 36th Contingency Response Group conduct static line jump training from a Hickam C-17 over Andersen Air Base, Guam, Jan. 11. Aircrews from the 535th Airlift Squadron dropped nine training pallets during a single day of training before prviding airlift for the 36th CRG jumpers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Spc. Ryan E. Ohlendorf (left), a gate sentinel from Horn Lake, Miss., reviews the authorization paperwork of a local Iraqi contractor exiting the main entry control point of Contingency Operating Location Q-West, Jan. 10. Both serve with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, a mechanized infantry unit out of Hernando, Miss., that provides force protection to Q-West. This day marked the unit’s sixth month of ECP operations. There have been no security breaches during their tenure.
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. Tyler Casper, assigned to the 570th Global Mobility Readiness Squadron, detains a local national following an installation breach 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)
Tech and contingency before the Mexican 1000. Here is our car for the race. 1982 Raceco. VW powered, bus box, drum brakes.
Col. Warren Hurst, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group and the Joint Task Force-Port Opening unit at Eagle Flag, speaks with simulated reporters Mu’adh Zaki Fahd (left) and Jonny Walker on March 28, 2012. The Kentucky group and the U.S. Army’s 690th Rapid Port Opening Element from Fort Eustis, Va., joined forces during the exercise, which is being held at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., through March 30. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
Senior Airman Beau DeLeon, a civil engineer from the New Jersey Air Guard’s 108th Contingency Response Group, takes cover during a simulated enemy attack at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., on March 29, 2012. DeLeon was participating in an exercise called Eagle Flag, along with more than 80 Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group and about 50 active-duty Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 690th Rapid Port Opening Element. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Dale Greer)
Choi, center, receives the Contingency Contracting Officer Award in November from Brig. Gen. William M. Boruff, deputy commanding general of U.S. my Contracting Command, for his achievements as a warranted contracting officer in Iraq supporting LOGCAP. From
left are Jim Ward, deputy to the commander of the 414th CSB; Col. Phillip Smallwood, 414th CSB commander; Choi; Boruff; and Command Sgt. Maj. Larry Metcalf, 414th CSB command sergeant major. (Photo by Ana Rios, 414th CSB)
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)
Mr. Andrew Benziger, Chief of Readiness and Contingency operations for U.S Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Ocean Division, speaks about the success of the overall event during the closing ceremony of the 12th US-China Disaster Management Exchange, November 19, Kunming, Yunnan province, People’s Republic of China. The annual United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) Security Cooperation event with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is an opportunity to share Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief lessons learned from real world events and enhance U.S. and Chinese disaster management capabilities. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Behlin)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq —A puppy and future sheep dog owned by Khalil Abrahim, a wheat and sheep farmer near Al Qayarrah, is uninterested in his master’s hospitality toward American guests, offering the Soldiers chai tea outside his home near Al Qayarrah, Feb. 5. The Soldiers – serving with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Hernando, Miss., the Q-West force protection company – were conducting a security escort mission to the Tigris River pump house that supplies water to Q-West. A Company Soldiers recently solicited from home gifts of clothing, linen, toys, school supplies and other items to give Abrahim and his family, whom they befriended during their many visits to the pump house.
Lt. Col. David Mounkes, Commander of the 123rd Contingency Response Element, Kentucky Air National Guard, escorts Adm. James Winnefeld, U.S. Northern Command Commander, through a C-130 Hercules while he talks to the admiral about the CREs operations and duties while deployed to Springfield, MO in support of the National Level Exercise on May 18, 2011. Adm. Winnefeld is flying to several locations throughout the United States observing how the exercise is progressing. His stop in Springfield allowed Lt. Col. Mounkes to emphasize the CREs importance to the overall operations of controlling an airfield during a national emergency. The NLE is comprised of federal civil authorities such as FEMA and Health and Human Services, supported by the Department of Defense. The NLE itself is a scenario of a 6.0 or higher earthquake on the New Madrid fault line. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maxwell Rechel)
German soldiers of 291st Infantry Division discuss troop movements during Rotation 14-09 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 7, 2014. The rotation is based on the current operational environment and is designed to prepare the unit for peace support, stability, and contingency operations. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Cress Jr./Released)
Gratitude.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Pat Elwood, bass guitarist for the Marshall Tucker Band, thanks Spc. Jacob Upchurch for his service during a visit to Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq May 8, 2011. Upchurch, an administration specialist from Rockport, Ind., currently serving with Company B, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, said he appreciated the rock and roll veterans taking the time to visit with Soldiers deployed in support of Operation New Dawn.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
CPT Ural Jones of the Washington, DC, National Guard’s 1946th Contingency Contracting Team finalizes a contract Feb. 26, 2014, while being assessed by CW3 Matthew Nolan, a contracting specialist, at the Camp Atterbury, IN, Contracting Center of Excellence during their monthlong pre-deployment training in support of contingency operations in Afghanistan. The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan showed the importance of preparing contracting professionals before they go into combat situations, because combat is not a training ground. (Photo by Timothy Sproles, Camp Atterbury Public Affairs)
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.
Command recognition.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION K1, Iraq – Gen. Haim, right, civil affairs officer, 12th Iraqi Army Division, presents Cpl. Emad Ahmad Halal an enlisted honor graduate certificate at an Information Dissemination Operations course graduation ceremony March 9, 2011. The training course, held at Contingency Operating Location K1, Kirkuk, covered aspects of dealing with the media, tactical information dissemination and public affairs.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. 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)
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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.
German soldiers of 291st Infantry Division conduct maintenance on the Multi Integrated Laser Engagement System on a G36 assault rifle during Rotation 14-09 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 7, 2014. The rotation is based on the current operational environment and is designed to prepare the unit for peace support, stability, and contingency operations. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Cress Jr./Released)
Airmen assigned to the 615th Contingency Response Wing practice next-generation small loader high reach operations and function checks during the 60th Air Mobility Wing conducted Staff Assistance Visit for the upcoming Logitics Complicance Assessment Program inspection at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., October 25, 2011. (U.S. Air Force Photo by MSgt Stan Parker)
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.
Staff Sgt. James Ford, a weather specialist for the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, briefs Col. Bruce Bancroft, CRG commander, on the capabilities of weather equipment while supporting Operation Huron Thunder at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Mich., July 22, 2018. The 123rd CRG worked in conjunction with the U.S. Army’s 690th Rapid Port Opening Element to operate a Joint Task Force-Port Opening during the exercise. The objective of the JTF-PO is to establish a complete air logistics hub and surface distribution network. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Allison Stephens)
Traffic and Transportation Management Plan, and Program Contingency Engineers Contingency Engineers during the operation for the cicLAvia Melrose Avenue corridor between Vermont Avenue in East Hollywood and Fairfax Avenue in Fairfax District Open Streets Bicycle Route followed by Highland Avenue crossing points open to cross traffic for automobiles intersection traffic signal green lights, left turn protected permissive green arrow lights and pedestrian crosswalk crossing white walking lights, Mansfield Avenue, Orange Drive and a signalized crossing points for all traffic at La Brea Avenue located at Melrose Hill in Los Angeles, California 90004 - 90038.
(Los Angeles Police Department Hollywood Division Patrol Station Number 06, LAPD Wilshire Division Patrol Division Number 07, LAPD West Traffic Division Station Number 27, LADOT - Los Angeles Department of Transportation's Parking Enforcement Hollywood Division Agency 51 on 411 North Vermont Avenue in East Hollywood - Los Angeles, California 90004-3512, Los Angeles City Council District 13 Office of Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez and Los Angeles City Council District 5 Office of Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky)
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Soldiers competing in the XVIII Airborne Corps Career Counselor of the YearCompetition perform push-ups during an Army Physical Fitness Test as part of the competition at Polo Field on Fort Bragg, N.C., Nov. 19, 2019.Competitors prove their discipline, physical and mental toughness by appearing before a board, taking a written exam and passing the Army Physical Fitness Test. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Adam M. Manternach, 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
A contingency of Northwestern State University students visit Universitaria Tecnologico Comfenalco and Universidad Libre in Cartagena, Colombia as part of their capstone leadership program.
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)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq —Staff Sgt. Jesse Yawn, a Truck Commander for Crusader Troop, 1st Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, and his team of Troopers learn routes and geography with Soldiers of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms showing them the way.
Maintenance.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Sergeant Timothy Kuster, a light-wheeled vehicle mechanic with Headquarters Support Company, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, adjusts armor plating on a Humvee at the DSTB motor pool on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, July 5, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD – N PAO)
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.
Master Sgt. Eric Dukes, assigned to the 570th Global Mobility Squadron, watches as cargo is off loaded a C-130 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)
Subway strike! Car pooling to get to work. J J K JC, CJV is driving and B's in the passenger seat. Good times! You needed 4 people per car to get in the city, we went with 6.
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)