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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)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Soldiers of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms and the Troopers of Crusader Troop, 1st Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment gather for a quick brief from Staff Sgt. Dustin Dunn, a platoon sergeant from Crusader Troop, prior to their departure for a convoy patrol mission to a pump house on the Tigris River.
Original lyrics.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Staff Sergeant Alvin Swayzer, and infantryman assigned to Company D, Division Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, showcases his original hip-hop rhymes for a judge’s panel and audience made up of service members and civilians deployed to northern Iraq during a talent show at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, July 22, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD – N PAO)
170227-N-WF272-151 SASEBO, Japan (Feb. 27, 2017) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) Airman E'n Dix, from Salisbury, Md., carries a JP-5 fuel hose for inspection on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to serve as a forward-capability for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Diana Quinlan/Released)
Pacific Area Reserve leadership gather in Alameda, Calif. to develop contingency plans for the Reserve workforce and accept prestigious national awards.
Vice Adm. Andrew Tiongosn and Rear Adm. Miriam Lafferty presented the prestigious Admiral Russel R. Waesche Award to the Fourteenth Coast Guard District and the Rear Admiral Bennett "Bud" Sparks Award to Coast Guard Sector Anchorage.
While serving as Commandant, Admiral Waesche established the Coast Guard Reserve in 1941 to increase readiness during World War II. The Fourteenth Coast Guard District earned the award for their critical response during Operation Allies Welcome, their unparalleled support during the COVID-19 pandemic and continued support of the active duty workforce.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage earned the Rear Admiral Bennett "Bud" Sparks Award for their outstanding commitment to maintaining readiness and Incident Command System training that allowed them to have a positive impact at the local, regional and national level.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Jeannie Shaye
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)
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.
Ceremonial Colors.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq --The color guard, led by Command Sgt. Maj. John Jones, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, from Fort Riley, Kan., stands at attention during the invocation beginning the Transfer of Authority ceremony at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Oct. 1, 2011. The ceremonial color guard, comprised of American and Iraqi Army soldiers, represents the enduring partnership forged between the Iraqis and U.S. Forces. The Ceremony marks a formal transition of responsibility to the 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Armored Division, out of Fort Bliss, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
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)
Armenian soldiers watch a demonstration on how to conduct crowd riot control operations during Rotation 14-09 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 30, 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 Sgt. Nicholaus Williams/Released)
Grapnel throw.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Spc. Nathan Miller, combat engineer, Company C, 1st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Inf. Div., casts a grapnel to clear an area of notional trip wires during a breaching exercise at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, March 4, 2011. Miller, a combat engineer from Rexburg, Idaho, practiced the minefield breaching exercise as part of proficiency training conducted by “Devil” Brigade engineers to maintain and develop skills required of combat engineers. The engineers, serving with U.S. Division-North in support of Operation New Dawn, began training on core tasks in January to maintain proficiency.
(U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Alyxandra McChesney, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
A bus from the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, prepares to load ambulatory and litter-bound patients shortly after midnight Nov. 8. Two Iraqi doctors from Iraq's Ministry of Defense accompanied a U.S. Air Force aeromedical evacuation mission to study aeromedical evacuation procedures so that they can establish an aeromedical evacuation service for the Iraqi air force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)(Released)
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.
A contingency from the Royal Thai Air Force recently visited Travis Air Force Base to see firsthand how the USAF and David Grand Medical Center implements military medical training and manages health care and preventative medicine programs. They also had the opportunity to explore other facets of Travis by touring the Heritage Center, traffic control tower and a static aircraft display. Thailand and the U.S. are committed to strengthening the long-standing relationship and paving the way for continued cooperation between the two air powers. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph/Heide Couch)
Airmen from the 36th Contingency Response Group board a C-130 Hercules bound for Tacloban, Philippines, Nov. 14, 2013, on the Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, flightline, to support Operation Damayan. Operation Damayan is a U.S. humanitarian aid and disaster relief effort to support the Philippines in the wake of the devastating effects of Typhoon Haiyan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marianique Santos/Released)
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.
Lt. Col. David Mounkes 123rd Contingency Response Element commander greets Vice Adm. Mark D. Harnitchek, deputy commander of United States Transportation Command, as he arrives to the Springfield-Branson National Airport venue for the National Level Exercise on May 19, 2011 in Springfield, MO. 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)
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Senior Airman Vaughn Price, right, observes Senior Airman Guss Tyshawn Jenkins facing movements 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)
I haven't seen one of these in ages. The good old northbound Interstate 25 Border Patrol Contingency Checkpoint station.
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On the lookout.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION MCHENRY, Iraq – Pfc. Tarik Elkhatib, infantryman, Company A, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, scans the horizon for violent extremists during a counter indirect fire mission near Contingency Operating Location McHenry, in the Kirkuk province of Iraq, March 11, 2011. During Counter Indirect Fire Missions, Elkhatib, a native of Dallas, and his platoon search for violent extremists who could try to launch mortar and rocket attacks on COL McHenry.
(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.
Personnel assigned to the 615th Contingency Response wing construct a Hard Sided Expandable Light Air Mobile Shelter (HELAMS) for communications support to aircrews participating in the bi-annual Mobility Air Forces Exercise at Nellis and Creech Air Force bases. More than 40 Airman from the Travis unit supported MAFEX with communications and airfield support. (US Air Force Photo/MSgt Stan Parker)
Shocked.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Kirkuk Emergency Services Unit Raid Platoon commander Chief Warrant Officer Shakhawan Fateh questions local residents after confiscating weapons-making materials found in the residents’ home during Operation Lion Claw in Kirkuk, May 4, 2011. U.S. Soldiers of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, assisted the ESU in discovering rocket making material and vital intelligence.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Shaking Hands
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Spc. Shane Darst, an armor crewmember serving with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, shakes hands with a young child at a checkpoint near Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, April 3, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
CONTINGENCY OPERATING LOCATION Q-WEST, Iraq — Sgt. Joshua Haycraft (left) Brandon, Miss., native and member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms out of Senatobia, Miss., briefs 2nd Lt. Hassan Kalid of 1st Company, 2nd Battalion, 26th Brigade, Iraqi Army, on the workings of the lift station at the Al-Qayyarah pump house Oct. 26, as Mark Crow, a civil general foreman from Louisville, Ky., listens . Leaders from A Company, 2/198th CAB from Hernando, Miss., and their counterparts in the 26th Brigade, reviewed the Iraqi Army’s security measures for the Tigris River site.(U.S. Army photo by Capt. Murray Shugars, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms)
Pacific Area Reserve leadership gather in Alameda, Calif. to develop contingency plans for the Reserve workforce and accept prestigious national awards.
Vice Adm. Andrew Tiongosn and Rear Adm. Miriam Lafferty presented the prestigious Admiral Russel R. Waesche Award to the Fourteenth Coast Guard District and the Rear Admiral Bennett "Bud" Sparks Award to Coast Guard Sector Anchorage.
While serving as Commandant, Admiral Waesche established the Coast Guard Reserve in 1941 to increase readiness during World War II. The Fourteenth Coast Guard District earned the award for their critical response during Operation Allies Welcome, their unparalleled support during the COVID-19 pandemic and continued support of the active duty workforce.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage earned the Rear Admiral Bennett "Bud" Sparks Award for their outstanding commitment to maintaining readiness and Incident Command System training that allowed them to have a positive impact at the local, regional and national level.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Jeannie Shaye
A contingency from the Royal Thai Air Force recently visited Travis Air Force Base to see firsthand how the USAF and David Grand Medical Center implements military medical training and manages health care and preventative medicine programs. They also had the opportunity to explore other facets of Travis by touring the Heritage Center, traffic control tower and a static aircraft display. Thailand and the U.S. are committed to strengthening the long-standing relationship and paving the way for continued cooperation between the two air powers. (Released - U.S. Air Force Photograph/Heide Couch)
Aerial port personnel from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group work in concert with Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 690th Rapid Port Opening Element to off-load cargo from a U.S. Air Force C-17 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., March 28, 2012. The two units were tasked with setting up a Joint Task Force-Port Opening as part of Eagle Flag, an exercise designed to test troops’ ability to operate in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
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.)
Pacific Area Reserve leadership gather in Alameda, Calif. to develop contingency plans for the Reserve workforce and accept prestigious national awards.
Vice Adm. Andrew Tiongosn and Rear Adm. Miriam Lafferty presented the prestigious Admiral Russel R. Waesche Award to the Fourteenth Coast Guard District and the Rear Admiral Bennett "Bud" Sparks Award to Coast Guard Sector Anchorage.
While serving as Commandant, Admiral Waesche established the Coast Guard Reserve in 1941 to increase readiness during World War II. The Fourteenth Coast Guard District earned the award for their critical response during Operation Allies Welcome, their unparalleled support during the COVID-19 pandemic and continued support of the active duty workforce.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage earned the Rear Admiral Bennett "Bud" Sparks Award for their outstanding commitment to maintaining readiness and Incident Command System training that allowed them to have a positive impact at the local, regional and national level.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Jeannie Shaye
Checkpoint arrival.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Soldiers from “Destroyer Task Force,”1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, establish a secure perimeter after entering a combined checkpoint securing a main highway into Kirkuk, Iraq, Aug. 30, 2011.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Robert DeDeaux, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD-N)
Chat.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE WARRIOR, Iraq – Specialist Jordan Mann, a combat engineer, Company C, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Task Force, 1st Infantry Division, has a chat with fellow Soldiers prior to their mission at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq, Sept. 8, 2011. Mann said he felt he left his imprint on Operation New Dawn by helping train 12th Iraqi Army Division soldiers during his time at Contingency Operating Location K1.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kandi Huggins, 1st AATF PAO, 1st Inf. Div., USD – N PAO)
DJIBOUTI - Sergeant 1st Class Igor Paustovski, 409th Contracting Support Brigade, Contingency Contracting Office, provides overview training to the Djibouti Chamber of Commerce Training Department on EURONECO, the Navy's Electronic Commerce Website. (Courtesy photo)
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U.S. Army Capt. Daniel Brown, Africa Contingency Operations Training & Assistance (ACOTA) African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Force Headquarters training public affairs mentor, left, and Edward Wilson, ACOTA instructor, right, act as media during a mock press conference at the International Peace Support Training Center in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 25, 2015. The course was designed to prepare staff officers from AMISOM contributing countries for possible assignment to AMISOM Force Headquarters, and the public affairs mentors questioned AMISOM PA representatives to prepare them for the significant media presence in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Maysonet/released)
190530-N-NB544-1082 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 30, 2019) A dummy sits in the driver seat of a A/S32A-49 Tow Tractor as Sailors and Marines respond to a simulated casualty on the flight deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26). John P. Murtha is currently on its maiden deployment and part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) team and is deployed to the 7th Fleet area of operation to support regional stability, reassure partners and allies, and maintain a presence postured to respond to any crisis ranging from humanitarian assistance to contingency operations. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kyle Carlstrom)