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.

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

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — During an Oct. 11 excess property inspection, Lt. Col. Kerry Goodman (middle), a native of Meridian, Miss., and commander of 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms headquartered in Senatobia, Miss., stands flanked by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Conner (left), native of Greenwood, Miss., and 2nd Platoon sergeant, and 1st Sgt. Michael Ginn of Itta Bema, Miss., both members of Company B, 2/198th CAB, out of Greenwood, Miss. The inspection was in preparation for a drawdown of forces and equipment in Iraq.

Senior Airman Paula Daniels, a member of the 108th Wing Honor Guard, stands at attention prior to the 108th Contingency Response Group’s Assumption of Command ceremony at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Dec. 8, 2013. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Spc. Jonathan C. Hudson (left), a gun truck commander from Batesville, Miss., receives a Command Sergeant Major’s from Sgt. Maj. John T. Raines, a battalion operations sergeant major and resident of Flowood, Miss., during a ceremony in the Base Defense Operations Center conference room here, Feb. 5. Both men serve with the BDOC, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, out of Senatobia, Miss. Hudson received the award for embodying the Army value of honor, and Raines presented it on behalf of battalion Command Sgt. Maj. Perry Campbell.

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)

ODIN V prepares for departure.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – The Task Force ODIN Color Guard stands at attention in front of a C12 Huron during a Transfer of Authority ceremony at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, June 14, 2011. During the ceremony, Lt. Col. Nicholas Arata, outgoing commander, Task Force ODIN V, handed over responsibility for the task force’s mission to observe, detect, identify and neutralize improvised explosive devices in northern Iraq to Lt. Col. Jon Tussing and the Soldiers of Task Force ODIN VI.

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

ALLIUM ARCH: JTRIG UIA contingency at Scarborough. WIND FARM: R& D offsite facility. CERBERUS: " JTRIG will shortly be rolling out a JEDI pod to every desk of every member of an experience that was the goal? Silenced in SID dispensing advice in their new career. In the first article came out. Also allows staggered postings to be a shame for people who are wondering if the questions are more appropriate for your work center-- and surprised-- that was. You sit closed off in an office and miss the easy camaraderie with your coworkers, while at the cons, but a lot of people won't normally be interesting by itself, but this is hampering collaboration and affecting the work, ask him if he has a problem with me, that you would talk to them

Col. Gary Gottschall, 615 Contingency Response Wing Commander and Chief Master Sgt. Mike Laplant, 615 CRW Command Chief, congratulate Technical Sgt. Raymond Sanchez during his promotion under Stripes for Exceptional Performers, December 10, 2010 at Travis Air Force Base, Calif.. (U.S. Air Force Photo/MSgt Stan Parker)

‘Success with honor’

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Colonel Scott McKean, commander, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Armored Division, addresses senior U.S. and Iraqi generals, and guests during a Transfer of Authority Ceremony September 4, 2011, at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Iraq. “Highlanders” assumed responsibility of the Operation New Dawn mission in Ninewa province from 4th AAB, 1st Cavalry Div.

(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brandon A. Bednarek, 4th AAB PAO, 1st Armored Div., USD – North)

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.)

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)

Iraqi policemen march.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – Iraqi policemen march together during their graduation from the Mosul Public Service Academy in Mosul, Iraq, June 12, 2011. In a series of exhibitions as part of the graduation ceremony, the policemen demonstrated skills learned during the four-week basic recruit training course.

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

Spot Check.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Staff Sgt. Montral Ferguson, a combat engineer assigned to the Force Protection Vulnerability Assessment Team, Company A, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, inspects a defensive barrier for deficiencies at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, March 1, 2011. When a convoy came under attack from extremists detonating multiple Improvised Explosive Devices, Ferguson established a cordon and led a follow-on search of nearby buildings that resulted in the detention of suspected IED emplacers. Ferguson, a native of Marion, La., earned recognition as the “Ironhorse Strong” Soldier of the Week for his actions during the attack in northern Iraq.

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

Col. Warren Hurst, commander of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group, meets for tea with an actor playing the role of town mayor in the fictional village of Sabor, Nessor, on March 28, 2012. Hurst was participating in Eagle Flag, an exercise designed to simulate a deployed environment at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. (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)

Three of the construction workers confering on some aspect of the job (perhaps, who's going to Tim Horton's for coffee and donuts). :)

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – The Tikrit Tigers and Mosul Panthers, made up of officers assigned to Task Force Ironhorse, compete for the ball during the Thanksgiving “Turkey Bowl” football game at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, Nov. 25. The Tigers stomped the Panthers 91-49. The game gave the officers a break from their busy work-schedule to participate in a light-hearted holiday activity. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. David Strayer, 109th MPAD, USD-N)

NAMEST AIR BASE, Czech Republic -- A member of the 81st Aircraft Maintenance Unit looks on as A-10 Thunderbolt IIs take off for a close-air-support night mission Sept. 14 during Ramstein Rover 2012 here. RARO 12 is a NATO exercise focused on preparing forward air controllers for contingency operations. Sixteen NATO member nations are participating in the exercise to establish and build common techniques, tactics and practices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natasha Stannard/ Released)

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)

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)

Airmen of the 108th Wing Honor Guard practice prior to the 108th Contingency Response Group’s Assumption of Command ceremony at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Dec. 8, 2013. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen)

Maintenance check.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Spc. Matthew Hackbarth, a motor transport operator from Phoenix, Ariz., assigned to Security platoon, Company A, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division from Fort Riley, Kan., performs preventive maintenance checks and services on his vehicle, March 1, 2011, to ensure the vehicle remains operational for the platoon’s next sustainment mission in support of Operation New Dawn.

(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Dedeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)

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.

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)

Protect and defend.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq – An Iraqi policeman defeats attackers during a martial arts demonstration as part of a graduation ceremony at the Mosul Public Service Academy in Mosul, Iraq, June 12, 2011. Newly graduated policemen showed top Iraqi leaders their readiness to join the police force by demonstrating combative skills and crime scene investigation techniques.

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

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)

Sgt. Renea Rivers.

CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Sgt. Renea Rivers, a support operations noncommissioned officer from Sumter, S.C., assigned to Company C, 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, processes shipping requests at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, March 13, 2011. Rivers earned recognition as the U.S. Division-North Sustainment Hero for organizing the turn-in of more than $1 million dollars worth of equipment used at four different operating locations in two days.

(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Tverberg, 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)

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)

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)

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)

Deadliest Snatch and Twat Did You Say? ably represent the walker contingency today.

Soldiers assigned to the 407th Brigade Support Battalion participate in their first ramp jump from

a CH-47 on Sicily Drop Zone, Sept. 1. The training is part of Fort Bragg’s commitment to maintain a ready force, able to deploy at moment’s notice as a worldwide contingency-response force

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.

Dane Cook performing at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, during a USO comedy show on 31 May.

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.

Lucky Drag City Contingency Connection Winners

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)