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Fifty-seven Soldiers and Airmen assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa earned the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge (GAFPB) July 4-5, 2022, at Camp Simba, Kenya. The badge is a test of physical fitness and shooting proficiency with three levels of the award that can be earned: gold, silver, and bronze. It is a decoration of the Bundeswehr, the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jeff Clements)
Maj. Gen. Francis Evon, The Adjutant General, Connecticut; Command Sgt. Maj. Roger Sicard, State Command Sergeant Major; and Chief Warrant Officer 5 Brian Erkson, Command Chief Warrant Officer, recognize Task Force Iron Gray Soldiers for their hard work and achievements during the task force’s mobilization to the Horn of Africa during a visit to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 24-26, 2021.
During the visit, which occurred over the Thanksgiving holiday, the Connecticut National Guard’s senior leaders awarded several Task Force Iron Gray Soldiers with impact coins for going above and beyond their duty to service. Select Task Force Iron Gray Soldiers also had the opportunity to enjoy Thanksgiving lunch and dinner with the senior leaders.
Although the majority of Task Force Iron Gray derives from the Connecticut Army National Guard, units from Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont are also represented. Maj. Gen. Evon visited each Task Force Iron Gray unit on both Camp Lemonnier and Chabelly Airfield, Djibouti, for a mission set brief and tour of each company’s command post, and to meet with Soldiers.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
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Cadets completing the One-Rope Bridge event on the first day of 8th Brigade Army ROTC Task Force South Ranger Challenge competition, Nov. 4, 2022, Fort Hunter Liggett, California. During the challenge, twelve teams from California and Nevada competed in several events attempting to finish in top spots. The top two teams will continue to compete in the 8th Brigade Ranger Challenge Competition hosted at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in January. | Photo by Kailyn Heck, 8th Brigade HQ Marketing and Digital Media.
Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, receive end-of-tour awards September 2022, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The awards recognize task for Soldiers for their accomplishments over their nine-month deployment to the Horn of Africa.
Roma, 22 giugno 2020 – Cerimonia di ringraziamento dei medici e degli infermieri delle task force Coronavirus. Sono intervenuti il Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri Giuseppe Conte, il Ministro per gli Affari regionali e le Autonomie Francesco Boccia, il Ministro della Salute Roberto Speranza, il Commissario straordinario Domenico Arcuri, il Capo del Dipartimento della Protezione Civile Angelo Borrelli.
The first day of 8th Brigade Army ROTC Task Force South Ranger Challenge competition, Nov. 4, 2022, Fort Hunter Liggett, California. During the challenge, twelve teams from California and Nevada competed in several events attempting to finish in top spots. The top two teams will continue to compete in the 8th Brigade Ranger Challenge Competition hosted at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in January. | Photo by Kailyn Heck, 8th Brigade HQ Marketing and Digital Media.
The work draws on parallels between cybernetics and digital labor in microwork marketplaces and engages with the materiality of a process where matter seemingly doesn't matter; where repetitive machine tasks are outsourced to humans — mediated by platforms like Amazon's "MechanicalTurk". According to the court order concerning reCAPTCHA in Rojus-Lozano v. Google, the few seconds it takes to transcribe a word is not entitled to compensation - on microwork platforms the few seconds are repeated for whole days in order to make a living. In playing with the digital and the analogue, using images of repetition and (lost) creativity, the work focuses on the material aspects behind platformized digital labor.
This project is part of the new joint research-based master's program in Design & Computation from the cooperation between the University of the Arts Berlin and the Technische Universität Berlin.
Photo: Florian Voggeneder
Family, friends and senior leaders of the Virginia National Guard welcome home the final group of Soldiers from Task Force 183 just after midnight Dec. 21 at the Norfolk International Airport. The last group included Lt. Col. Bill Korsen and Command Sgt. Maj. Terry Gibbs, the commander and command sergeant major of Task Force 183, along with members of the support staff who finalized the demobilization of more than 825 Soldiers over the last few weeks. Soldiers from across the Commonwealth mobilized for federal active duty June 1 under the command of the Portsmouth-based 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry, 116th Brigade Combat Team with units in Norfolk, Suffolk, Virginia Beach as well as Christiansburg and Fredericksburg. Task Force 183 was the largest single unit mobilization since World War II, and the Soldiers arrived in Iraq in early August 2011 to provide convoy security and based defense support in Iraq. More than 1,100 Virginia National Guard Soldiers returned from duty in Iraq in December with welcome home ceremonies conducted at home armories starting Dec. 8. The last large group welcome home for Task Force 183 was held Dec. 19 in Portsmouth. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia Department of Military Affairs)
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Bear Company, 3-172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), Task Force Iron Gray, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), held a ceremony which included patching, awards, promotions, and reenlistments, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 26, 2021. All Soldiers from Bear Company received their right-shoulder patch, signifying the unit they were assigned to while serving in a combat zone.
(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Stock)
Task Force Saber, under the command of 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army, and 1st Battalion, 25th Infantry Brigade, Hungarian Defense Forces conduct Distinguished Visitor Day Oct. 21, 2015 at Bakony Combat Training Centre, Veszprem, Hungary. The two armies demonstrated interoperability and operational readiness to allied commanders from several countries during the culminating combined live fire exercise for Exercise Brave Warrior. A static display of vehicles and weapons was out for everyone to view and ask questions. (Photos by: Staff Sgt. Jennifer Bunn)
(•) – The Lockheed Martin HC-130J Hercules The Combat King II is the U.S. Air Force's only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform and is flown by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and Air Combat Command (ACC). This C-130J variation specializes in tactical profiles and avoiding detection and recovery operations in austere environments. The HC-130J replaces HC-130P/Ns as the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. It is an extended-range version of the C-130J Hercules transport. Its mission is to rapidly deploy to execute combatant commander directed recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory for expeditionary, all weather personnel recovery operations to include airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air refueling, and forward area ground refueling missions. When tasked, the aircraft also conducts humanitarian assistance operations, disaster response, security cooperation/aviation advisory, emergency aeromedical evacuation, and noncombatant evacuation operations.
Features
Modifications to the HC-130J have improved navigation, threat detection and countermeasures systems. The aircraft fleet has a fully-integrated inertial navigation and global positioning systems, and night vision goggle, or NVG, compatible interior and exterior lighting. It also has forward-looking infrared, radar and missile warning receivers, chaff and flare dispensers, satellite and data-burst communications, and the ability to receive fuel inflight via a Universal Aerial Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation (UARRSI).
The HC-130J can fly in the day; however, crews normally fly night at low to medium altitude levels in contested or sensitive environments, both over land or overwater. Crews use NVGs for tactical flight profiles to avoid detection to accomplish covert infiltration/exfiltration and transload operations. To enhance the probability of mission success and survivability near populated areas, crews employ tactics that include incorporating no external lighting or communications, and avoiding radar and weapons detection.
Drop zone objectives are done via personnel drops and equipment drops. Rescue bundles include illumination flares, marker smokes and rescue kits. Helicopter air-to-air refueling can be conducted at night, with blacked out communication with up to two simultaneous helicopters. Additionally, forward area refueling point operations can be executed to support a variety of joint and coalition partners.
Background
The HC-130J is a result of the HC/MC-130 recapitalization program and replaces Air Combat Command's aging HC-130P/N fleet as the dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. The 71st and 79th Rescue Squadrons in Air Combat Command, the 550th Special Operations Squadron in Air Education and Training Command, the 920th Rescue Group in Air Force Reserve Command and the 106th Rescue Wing, 129th RQW and 176th Wing in the Air National Guard will operate the aircraft.
First flight was 29 July 2010, and the aircraft will serve the many roles and missions of the HC-130P/Ns. It is a modified KC-130J aircraft designed to conduct personnel recovery missions, provide a command and control platform, in-flight-refuel helicopters and carry supplemental fuel for extending range or air refueling.
In April 2006, the personnel recovery mission was transferred back to Air Combat Command at Langley AFB, Va. From 2003 to 2006, the mission was under the Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Previously, HC-130s were assigned to ACC from 1992 to 2003. They were first assigned to the Air Rescue Service as part of Military Airlift Command.
General Characteristics
Primary function: Fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform
Contractor: Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Power Plant: Four Rolls Royce AE2100D3 turboprop engines
Thrust: 4,591 Propeller Shaft Horsepower, each engine
Wingspan: 132 feet, 7 inches (40.4 meters)
Length: 97 feet, 9 inches (29.57 meters)
Height: 38 feet, 9 inches (11.58 meters)
Operating Weight: 89,000 pounds (40,369 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 164,000 pounds (74,389 kilograms)
Fuel Capacity: 61,360 pounds (9,024 gallons)
Payload: 35,000 pounds (15,875 kilograms)
Speed: 316 knots indicated air speed at sea level
Range: beyond 4,000 miles (3,478 nautical miles)
Ceiling: 33,000 feet (10,000 meters)
Armament: countermeasures/flares, chaff
Basic Crew: Three officers (pilot, co-pilot, combat system officer) and two enlisted loadmasters
Unit Cost: $66 million (fiscal 2010 replacement cost)
Initial operating capability: 2013.