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On June 3, 2015, the town of Carentan, France, hosted

On June 3, 2015, the town of Carentan, France, hosted

On June 3, 2015, the town of Carentan, France, hosted service members of the Joint Task Force D-Day 71. The day included a tour of the town hall and historic sites such as the Angoville Au Plain church where tw... More

A sandtable of the events of D-Day overlooks Omaha

A sandtable of the events of D-Day overlooks Omaha

A sandtable of the events of D-Day overlooks Omaha Beach. Service Members of Joint Task Force D-Day 71 visited historic D-Day sites June 2, 2015, as part of the events to commemorate the 71st anniversary, one o... More

A Baby Allie doll waits to be donated at the 16th Annual

A Baby Allie doll waits to be donated at the 16th Annual

A Baby Allie doll waits to be donated at the 16th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, at Green Ramp, Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2013. The first phase of toy drop includes bringing ... More

Right to left: Dorothy and Ellen Levitsky unveil their

Right to left: Dorothy and Ellen Levitsky unveil their

Right to left: Dorothy and Ellen Levitsky unveil their plaque that was dedicated in their honor in Bolleville, France, June 4. Task Force 68, which is made up of paratroopers from across the U.S. Army, Air Forc... More

Keith Nightingale, retired Ranger colonel, and war

Keith Nightingale, retired Ranger colonel, and war

Keith Nightingale, retired Ranger colonel, and war historian, explains the events that happened on June 6, 1944, on Utah Beach to Task Force 68, June 2.Task Force 68, which is made up of paratroopers from acros... More

Soldiers assigned to the historic 507th Parachute Infantry

Soldiers assigned to the historic 507th Parachute Infantry

Soldiers assigned to the historic 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment pose for a picture after a ceremony. The worst misdrop on D-Day happened to the Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regime... More

The church of Sainte-Mère-Èglise is illuminated at

The church of Sainte-Mère-Èglise is illuminated at

The church of Sainte-Mère-Èglise is illuminated at night during preparation for upcoming festivities for Operation Normandy 2012. This year, U.S. Army paratroopers from various airborne units commemorate the 68... More

"In a few hours I'm going to take the best company

"In a few hours I'm going to take the best company

"In a few hours I'm going to take the best company of men in the world into France. We'll give the bastards hell. Strangely, I'm not particularly scared. But in my heart is a terrific longing to hold you in my ... More

14th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: Behind the scenes of the world's largest airborne operation

14th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: Behind the scenes ...

Sgt. 1st Class Randy Oler, founder of Operation Toy Drop, inspects Maj. Gen. Herbert "Buz" Altschuler's, former commanding general of U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, parachute duri... More

Parachutes ready, Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division

Parachutes ready, Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division

Parachutes ready, Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division and the United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) board a C-130 plane during the 11th Annual Randy Oler Memorial... More

351st Civil Affairs Command soldier named Arizona’s Small Business Association’s 2011 Veterans’ Small Business Champion of the Year

351st Civil Affairs Command soldier named Arizona’s Small Business Ass...

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ray K. Ragan gears up to provide public affairs support during a civil affairs mission outside Camp Taji, Iraq, Feb. 12, 2009. Ragan is a member of the 351st Civil Affairs Command in Mountain ... More

Willie Wellbrock - Operation Toy Drop

Willie Wellbrock - Operation Toy Drop

Willie Wellbrock, a retired Air Force loadmaster is the master of ceremonies during this year's Operation Toy Drop on Pope Air Force Base, N.C., Dec. 4, 2009. Mr. Wellbrock has been a part of Toy Drop since its... More

Maj. Dave Spess of the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion

Maj. Dave Spess of the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion

Maj. Dave Spess of the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) checks his map after a nighttime tactical jump onto Sicily Drop Zone in Fort Bragg, N.C. during a Joint Operations Access Exercise conducted by th... More

Soldiers of the 425th Civil Affairs Battalion from

Soldiers of the 425th Civil Affairs Battalion from

Soldiers of the 425th Civil Affairs Battalion from Encino, Calif., spent a weekend at Claremont McKenna College with representatives from the U.S. Department of State and independent consultants and researchers... More

Sgt. 1st Class Donald Parker, a finance Soldier for

Sgt. 1st Class Donald Parker, a finance Soldier for

Sgt. 1st Class Donald Parker, a finance Soldier for the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), rappels off a wall during a confidence-building obstacle course, May 16.

Getting Ready, US Army Photo

Getting Ready, US Army Photo

U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) soldiers prepare to dawn their parachutes during the Leapfest! 28 competition in Rhode Island, Aug. 7. Six teams from the Fort Bragg headq... More

Brig. Gen. William G. Beard (left) talks to Sgt. Maj.

Brig. Gen. William G. Beard (left) talks to Sgt. Maj.

Brig. Gen. William G. Beard (left) talks to Sgt. Maj. Brian Card on the drop zone at Fort Bragg, N.C. on Sept. 10. Beard and Card will be exiting from a UH-60 Blackhawk to maintain their Airborne proficiency.

Staff Sgt. Ryan Kildow marches through the streets

Staff Sgt. Ryan Kildow marches through the streets

Staff Sgt. Ryan Kildow marches through the streets of Green Bay, Wis., with his fellow soldiers from the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion during the unit's battle assembly weekend Oct. 2. Battle assembly weekends,... More

U.S. Representative Steve Kagen (left) presents Lt.

U.S. Representative Steve Kagen (left) presents Lt.

U.S. Representative Steve Kagen (left) presents Lt. Col. Francis J. Curtis with a congressional record paying him tribute for his three years of service as commander of the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion during ... More

Child hugs soldier, Afghanistan

Child hugs soldier, Afghanistan

U.S. Army Spc. Jessica Walker from Killingworth, Conn., shares a hug with an Afghan child at a Girl Scout meeting on Forward Operating Base Finley Shields, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Oct 9. (U.S Army pho... More

13th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: the Makings of an Army Tradition

13th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: the Makings of an ...

Scott Murray, the XVIII Airborne Corps and U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations liaison and Corps G-3 Air point of contact.This year’s Operation Toy Drop, scheduled for Dec. 11 on Sicily Drop zo... More

Army Spc. Kristin Day of the 405th Civil Affairs Battalion

Army Spc. Kristin Day of the 405th Civil Affairs Battalion

Army Spc. Kristin Day of the 405th Civil Affairs Battalion sings "God Bless America" during the seventh inning stretch in San Francisco at Game Two in of the 2010 World Series.

13th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: The makings of an Army tradition

13th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: The makings of an ...

Harris Luther, is one of the original people who got USACAPOC(A)'s Operation Toy Drop started. The first Toy Drop was very small and collected a small amount of toys, but in the years to follow the operation co... More

13th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: ‘Elves’ continue to make a difference in Operation Toy Drop

13th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: ‘Elves’ continue t...

Becki Caldwell, is one of the original people who got USACAPOC(A)'s Operation Toy Drop started. The first Toy Drop was very small and collected a small amount of toys, but in the years to follow the operation c... More

Sgt. Shamell Peterkin, B Battery, 1st Bn. 319th Field

Sgt. Shamell Peterkin, B Battery, 1st Bn. 319th Field

Sgt. Shamell Peterkin, B Battery, 1st Bn. 319th Field Artillery Regiment, checks paratroopers' helmets during prejump at Operation Toy Drop, Dec. 10.

A paratrooper takes a picture with his cell phone before

A paratrooper takes a picture with his cell phone before

A paratrooper takes a picture with his cell phone before boarding a C-17 to start the airborne operation in which paratroopers donated toys to help children in need this holiday season, Dec. 11.

Task Force 68, which is made up of paratroopers from

Task Force 68, which is made up of paratroopers from

Task Force 68, which is made up of paratroopers from across the U.S. Army and The Parachute Regiment's 4th Battalion from London, England,listen to a tour guide during a visit to the Normandy American Cemetery ... More

Soldiers from Task Force 68 visit Chef du Pont and

Soldiers from Task Force 68 visit Chef du Pont and

Soldiers from Task Force 68 visit Chef du Pont and participate in a D-Day commemorative ceremony, June 5. Task Force 68, which is made up of paratroopers from U.S., Germany, France, Holland, and United Kingdom,... More

Construction Battalion Petty Officer 3rd Class Kasey

Construction Battalion Petty Officer 3rd Class Kasey

Construction Battalion Petty Officer 3rd Class Kasey Dotson, talks with local children at a newly renovated Dire Dawa elementary school in Ethiopia on June 20, 2012. Dotson is part of an experimental Joint Civi... More

Sgt. 1st Class Rodolfo Arredondo beings packing his

Sgt. 1st Class Rodolfo Arredondo beings packing his

Sgt. 1st Class Rodolfo Arredondo beings packing his parachute after a safe landing into Trident Drop zone just a few hundred yards from hte U.S.-Mexican border in San Diego, Calif., on Jan. 23, 2011. Arredondo ... More

Brig. Gen. Hugh Van Roosen is congratulated by Maj.

Brig. Gen. Hugh Van Roosen is congratulated by Maj.

Brig. Gen. Hugh Van Roosen is congratulated by Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Jacobs, U.S. Army North Commander following his promotion ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 28. Van Roosen is the commander for the 353rd Civil ... More

Capt. Darin Sweet meets Carolina Hurricanes rookie

Capt. Darin Sweet meets Carolina Hurricanes rookie

Capt. Darin Sweet meets Carolina Hurricanes rookie Jeff Skinner in the locker room before the NHL All-Star game January 30. A meet-and-greet was one of many activities that Sweet participated in during the All-... More

Staff Sgt. Chris Ackley, 432d Civil Affairs Battalion

Staff Sgt. Chris Ackley, 432d Civil Affairs Battalion

Staff Sgt. Chris Ackley, 432d Civil Affairs Battalion medic, demonstrates how to insert a nasopharyngeal during a Combat Life Saver course held at the Army Reserve Center in Green Bay, Wis. The Battalion is con... More

Staff Sgt. Chris Ackley, 432d Civil Affairs Battlion

Staff Sgt. Chris Ackley, 432d Civil Affairs Battlion

Staff Sgt. Chris Ackley, 432d Civil Affairs Battlion medic, demonstrates how to insert a nasopharyngeal during a Combat Life Saver course held at the Army Reserve Center in Green Bay, Wis. The Battalion is cond... More

Samantha, age 5, daughter of Sgt. Timmothy Garrigus

Samantha, age 5, daughter of Sgt. Timmothy Garrigus

Samantha, age 5, daughter of Sgt. Timmothy Garrigus plays dress up during a pre-deployment Yellow Ribbon event held at the Knoxville, Tenn., Convention Center, March 19, 2011, where she bonded with other childr... More

Spc. Ryan Shifflett, Company A, 450th Civil Affairs

Spc. Ryan Shifflett, Company A, 450th Civil Affairs

Spc. Ryan Shifflett, Company A, 450th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), second from left, talks with role-players in order to assess an area that will be used to put displaced civilians during a training exer... More

A soldier with the 350th Civil Affairs Command carves

A soldier with the 350th Civil Affairs Command carves

A soldier with the 350th Civil Affairs Command carves a path through the land navigation course at Eglin Air Force Base during the Best Warrior Competition on March 23, 2011. These soldiers and their competitor... More

Spc. Aleksadra Vinogradova from the 14th Psychological

Spc. Aleksadra Vinogradova from the 14th Psychological

Spc. Aleksadra Vinogradova from the 14th Psychological Operations Battalion performs voice communications, a skill level one, Warrior Task Training at Fort Chaffee, Ark., on April 3, 2011. Soldiers from the 10t... More

Sgt. Donaho, Harry from the 10th Psychological Operations

Sgt. Donaho, Harry from the 10th Psychological Operations

Sgt. Donaho, Harry from the 10th Psychological Operations Battalion, St. Louis, Mo., runs toward the finish line during a 10k ruck march at Fort Chaffee, Ark., April 4. Soldiers from the 10th Psyop, BN, St. Lou... More

Competitors, sponsors and soldiers from the 10th Phyolocical

Competitors, sponsors and soldiers from the 10th Phyolocical

Competitors, sponsors and soldiers from the 10th Phyolocical Operations Battalion and the 7th PSYOP BN, come together for a group photo at Fort Chaffee, Ark., April 5. Soldiers from the 10th Psyop, BN, St. Loui... More

Spc. Johnson, Ryan from the 10th Psychological Operations

Spc. Johnson, Ryan from the 10th Psychological Operations

Spc. Johnson, Ryan from the 10th Psychological Operations Battalion, St. Louis, Mo., determines direction and distance to the locations he must find on the land navigation course at Fort Chaffee, Ark., April 4.... More

Reef Hosch, 13, plays a memory game during USACAPOC

Reef Hosch, 13, plays a memory game during USACAPOC

Reef Hosch, 13, plays a memory game during USACAPOC (A)'s Yellow Ribbon event three in Anaheim, Calif. on April 30, 2011. Hosch's father, Staff Sgt. Chad Hosch, is currently deployed to Afghanistan. Children o... More

Grading the PT test is serious business when it comes

Grading the PT test is serious business when it comes

Grading the PT test is serious business when it comes to the Best Warrior Competition. Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations soldiers from around U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Comman... More

Pfc. Justin Arrington, 450th Civil Affairs Battalion,

Pfc. Justin Arrington, 450th Civil Affairs Battalion,

Pfc. Justin Arrington, 450th Civil Affairs Battalion, 352nd Civil Affairs Command. Winner of the soldier category for U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) Best Warrior Competition.

Pfc. Justin Arrington and his sponsor, Sfc. Bambu ,

Pfc. Justin Arrington and his sponsor, Sfc. Bambu ,

Pfc. Justin Arrington and his sponsor, Sfc. Bambu , inspect his M4 before going onto the firing line on range day of the USACAPOC(A) Best Warrior Competition at Fort Bragg, N.C. on May 10, 2011. The four day c... More

Sgt. Andrew Paulsen, 350th CACOM competitor assists

Sgt. Andrew Paulsen, 350th CACOM competitor assists

Sgt. Andrew Paulsen, 350th CACOM competitor assists Spc. Zachary Broz, 350th CACOM, with his pistol holster on range day of the USACAPOC(A) Best Warrior Competition at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 10. The four day com... More

Spc. Daniel Hauser, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion,

Spc. Daniel Hauser, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion,

Spc. Daniel Hauser, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, runs up a hill during the mystery event during the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) Best Warrior Competition, May 10. US... More

Soldier takes title of Best Warrior at USACAPOC(A)'s Best Warrior Competition

Soldier takes title of Best Warrior at USACAPOC(A)'s Best Warrior Comp...

Pfc. Justin Arrington, 350th CACOM competitor, navigates his way up an obstacle during USACPOC(A)'s Best Warrior Competition at Fort Bragg, N.C. on May 12, 2011. The four day competition began with 14 Civil Af... More

Staff Sgt. Buddy Stonebraker, PSYOP sergeant, demonstrates

Staff Sgt. Buddy Stonebraker, PSYOP sergeant, demonstrates

Staff Sgt. Buddy Stonebraker, PSYOP sergeant, demonstrates the correct form to go over an obstacle during USACPOC(A)'s Best Warrior Competition obstacle course at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 11. The four day competit... More

Pfc. Justin Arrington, representing 352nd Civil Affairs

Pfc. Justin Arrington, representing 352nd Civil Affairs

Pfc. Justin Arrington, representing 352nd Civil Affairs Command, finds his azimuth for the night land navigation portion of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) Best Warri... More

Spc. Thomas Edwards, 10th Psychological Operations

Spc. Thomas Edwards, 10th Psychological Operations

Spc. Thomas Edwards, 10th Psychological Operations Battalion, right, is visited by his younger brother, 1st Lt. Timothy Edwards, 4th Psychological Operations Group, during the combatives portion of the U.S. Arm... More

USACAPOC(A) Best Warrior Competition

USACAPOC(A) Best Warrior Competition

Winners of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) Best Warrior Competition were announced at an awards ceremony, May 12. Pvt. 1st Class Justin Arrington, 450th Civil Affairs... More

Spc. Jorge Guevara takes a photo of 1st Lt. Mariana

Spc. Jorge Guevara takes a photo of 1st Lt. Mariana

Spc. Jorge Guevara takes a photo of 1st Lt. Mariana Bernardo during training at RAF Brize Norton, May 30. Guevara and Bernardo of two of 75 paratroopers participating in with the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psy... More

British paratroopers with the U.S. Army Civil Affairs

British paratroopers with the U.S. Army Civil Affairs

British paratroopers with the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) task force participate in activities commemorating the 67th Anniversary of Operation Overlord— the D-Day lan... More

The official party (left) for the 402nd Civil Affairs

The official party (left) for the 402nd Civil Affairs

The official party (left) for the 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion's change of command ceremony prepares to exchange the unit's colors June 4 on Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico (Photo by: Sgt. Luis Delgadillo)

Civil Affairs soldiers train for upcoming deployment

Civil Affairs soldiers train for upcoming deployment

Soldiers from the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion out of Greensboro, N.C., check identification cards before attending a classified country briefing, June 4. The unit, part of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psyc... More

U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Kaleb Pérez, deputy of enforcement

U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Kaleb Pérez, deputy of enforcement

U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Kaleb Pérez, deputy of enforcement for San Juan simulates a rescue of admitted aquaphobe and civil affairs specialist, Pfc. Karla Arroyo-Rosario during basic water survival training June 5 ... More

World War II veteran Sgt. Maj. Raymond Sylvester stands

World War II veteran Sgt. Maj. Raymond Sylvester stands

World War II veteran Sgt. Maj. Raymond Sylvester stands with paratroopers from the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command at the American cemetery in Normandy, France, on June 6, 2011. The... More

Staff Sgt. Christina Hippenbecker prepares her company

Staff Sgt. Christina Hippenbecker prepares her company

Staff Sgt. Christina Hippenbecker prepares her company guidon for travel back to Fort Bragg after a change-of-command ceremony at Utah beach, June 6, 2011. These paratroopers are members of Task Force Normandy,... More

Paratroopers from the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and

Paratroopers from the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and

Paratroopers from the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) participate in a rememberance ceremony at the American Cemetary in Normandy, France, June 6, 2011. These paratrooper... More

U.S. Army soldiers, of U.S. Army Civil Affairs and

U.S. Army soldiers, of U.S. Army Civil Affairs and

U.S. Army soldiers, of U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Physiological Operations Command, look at Omaha Beach from the top of a hill, June 7, 2011, in Normandy, France. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati)

Like son... Like father

Like son... Like father

Spc. Robert Capstick of the 350th Psychological Operations Company shares a smile with his wife Becky as they attend a Yellow Ribbon event in Twinsburg, Ohio. Capstick is scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan in late August

A Military Information Support Humvee stands guard

A Military Information Support Humvee stands guard

A Military Information Support Humvee stands guard at the Moffett Field during the last change of command for the 7th Psychological Operations Group before it has its name changed in October, June 25, 2011.

Chief Warrant Officer Five Tom Travis exits from a

Chief Warrant Officer Five Tom Travis exits from a

Chief Warrant Officer Five Tom Travis exits from a UH-60 Black Hawk over St. Mere Eglise at Fort Bragg, N.C., on July 13. Travis is jumping with the U.S. Army Civil Affairs Operations Command (Airborne) who are... More

Capt. Paul Finn practices modern army combatives (MACP)

Capt. Paul Finn practices modern army combatives (MACP)

Capt. Paul Finn practices modern army combatives (MACP) taught by the 82nd Airborne's MACP team while at Fort Bragg on July 21, 2011. The training is part of an intensive two-week training program hosted by th... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Michelle Fournier, the command sergeant

Command Sgt. Maj. Michelle Fournier, the command sergeant

Command Sgt. Maj. Michelle Fournier, the command sergeant major for the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion stands in front of World Trade Center and hands the U.S. flag which she has carried to over 30 locations in ... More

Army Reserve soldiers and their spouses participate

Army Reserve soldiers and their spouses participate

Army Reserve soldiers and their spouses participate in a Strong Bonds couples retreat in Minneapolis, Minn., on July 30, 2011.

Col. Kenneth Moore relinquished command of the 321st

Col. Kenneth Moore relinquished command of the 321st

Col. Kenneth Moore relinquished command of the 321st Civil Affairs Brigade to Col. Darrell Guthrie Aug. 7 in front of the Alamo in San Antonio.

Capt. Hermon Blancaflor, a team leader for a 425th

Capt. Hermon Blancaflor, a team leader for a 425th

Capt. Hermon Blancaflor, a team leader for a 425th Civil Affairs Battalion provincial reconstruction team talks with Senior Deputy John Steele, recruit training officer for Ventura County Criminal Justice Train... More

Soldiers with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

Soldiers with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

Soldiers with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) watch another soldier follow a radial seam underwater to simulate getting out fro... More

A U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations

A U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations

A U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) HHC soldier participates in water survival training during battle assembly at Archer pool in Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept 9, 2011.

Maj. Gen. David N. Blackledge addresses a delegation

Maj. Gen. David N. Blackledge addresses a delegation

Maj. Gen. David N. Blackledge addresses a delegation of congressional staff members at the Civil Military Operations Center (CMOC) during a tour of “Pineland” at Camp Mackall, N.C. on Sept. 28, 2011. Pineland i... More

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A. Jacobs speaks to the crowd at

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A. Jacobs speaks to the crowd at

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A. Jacobs speaks to the crowd at the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) change of command Oct. 23, 2011. Jacobs accepted responsibility of the command from M... More

(Left) Command Sgt. Maj. Dale Blosser, senior enlisted

(Left) Command Sgt. Maj. Dale Blosser, senior enlisted

(Left) Command Sgt. Maj. Dale Blosser, senior enlisted non-commissioned officer of U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), hands the command's colors to Maj. Gen. David N. Black... More

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A. Jacobs accepts the USACAPOC(A)

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A. Jacobs accepts the USACAPOC(A)

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A. Jacobs accepts the USACAPOC(A) colors from Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, commanding general U.S. Army Reserve Command, during a change of command ceremony on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 23, 2011.

The Sgt. Michael Paranzino Army Reserve Center is located

The Sgt. Michael Paranzino Army Reserve Center is located

The Sgt. Michael Paranzino Army Reserve Center is located on the Naval Base Newport in Rhode Island. It is the only building on the base named in remembrance for a fallen service member. Paranzino was killed in... More

14th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: Behind the scenes of the world’s largest combined airborne operation

14th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: Behind the scenes ...

Master Sgt. James McCloskey, left, talks with Richard Edge, the FireAntz liason for Operation Toy Drop, about the military appreciation night in which the Fayetteville hockey team will be collecting toys from a... More

First Sgt. Thomas Tanner, first sergeant for 1st Training

First Sgt. Thomas Tanner, first sergeant for 1st Training

First Sgt. Thomas Tanner, first sergeant for 1st Training Brigade Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, checks off names while getting accountability of all 1st TB, ... More

Spc. Kylie Kauffmen, a civil affairs specialist with

Spc. Kylie Kauffmen, a civil affairs specialist with

Spc. Kylie Kauffmen, a civil affairs specialist with Comanche Company, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion out of Grand Prairie, Texas, speaks to a village sheik during a mission readiness exercise, Nov. 18, 2011, at... More

14th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: Behind the scenes of the world’s largest combined airborne operation

14th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: Behind the scenes ...

Riggers prepare parachutes for Operation Toy Drop at Fort Bragg on Tuesday. Thousands of parachutes are packed and prepared by these Army Reserve soldiers with the 824th Quartermasters every year to support not... More

14th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: A toy’s story

14th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: A toy’s story

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Steven Blum, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, picked out a remote-controlled Ferarri with batteries included, to donate for a chance to jump in the Operation Toy Drop, Dec. 2.

14th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: From parachutes to calculus class, paratroopers, students team up to spread holiday cheer

14th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop: From parachutes to...

From left to right: Staff Sgt. Christina Hippenbecker, Maye Davis, Madelaine Katz, Zack Fowler, Logan Herrera, Vipul Vachharajani hold up a Toy Drop poster in front of the the North Carolina School of Science a... More

Soldiers from the 341st Psychological Operation Company,

Soldiers from the 341st Psychological Operation Company,

Soldiers from the 341st Psychological Operation Company, located in San Antonio delivered Humvees full of toys to the Fisher House for children whose families are residing in the house and outside communities, ... More

Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division stand

Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division stand

Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division stand in line to donate a toy during Operation Toy Drop hours before the doors opening at Pope Army Air Field, Dec. 9, 2011. Jackson is a paratrooper with the Headqu... More

Paratroopers participate in the lottery portion of

Paratroopers participate in the lottery portion of

Paratroopers participate in the lottery portion of the 14th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, Dec. 9 at Pope Army Air Field, N.C. Some showed as early as 1:30 a.m. Hosted by the U.S. Army Civil Aff... More

Santa Claus and Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A. Jacobs prepare

Santa Claus and Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A. Jacobs prepare

Santa Claus and Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A. Jacobs prepare for a live interview with Fox and Friends during Operation Toy Drop, hosted by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) at Fo... More

Paratroopers load a C-130 during the 14th Annual Operation

Paratroopers load a C-130 during the 14th Annual Operation

Paratroopers load a C-130 during the 14th Annual Operation Randy Oler Operation Toy Drop, Dec. 10. Hosted by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Operation Toy Drop is the ... More

Paratroopers prepare to board their aircraft for the

Paratroopers prepare to board their aircraft for the

Paratroopers prepare to board their aircraft for the first jump of the day in support of Operation Toy Drop, Pope Army Air Field, N.C., Dec. 10. More than 1,500 paratroopers will jump over the course of the day... More

Staff Sgt. Christina Hipenbecker, primary jumpmaster,

Staff Sgt. Christina Hipenbecker, primary jumpmaster,

Staff Sgt. Christina Hipenbecker, primary jumpmaster, leads paratroopers in sustained airborne training prior to them jumping for the 14th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, Dec. 10, at Green Ramp. ... More

Sr. Airman Jonathon T. Boseman helps set up toys for

Sr. Airman Jonathon T. Boseman helps set up toys for

Sr. Airman Jonathon T. Boseman helps set up toys for children of Levine Children's Hospital. The toys were donated by Operation Toy Drop, who partnered with the Carolina Panthers to present the toys to children... More

The sign in front of the Veterans Affairs newest medical

The sign in front of the Veterans Affairs newest medical

The sign in front of the Veterans Affairs newest medical facility in Long Beach, Calif. Soltes was a civil affairs officer and doctor of optometry who was killed in action while rebuilding the medical infrastru... More

Hany M. Khalil, a professor at Cal Poly and Agricultural

Hany M. Khalil, a professor at Cal Poly and Agricultural

Hany M. Khalil, a professor at Cal Poly and Agricultural Development for Afghanistan Pre-Deployment Training (ADAPT) instructor goes over a solar drying technique which can help the Afghan population dry fruit ... More

Brig. Gen. Hugh Van Roosen presents a symbolic Statute

Brig. Gen. Hugh Van Roosen presents a symbolic Statute

Brig. Gen. Hugh Van Roosen presents a symbolic Statute of Liberty to the Commanding General of the International Peace Symposium Training Center in Karen, Kenya, February 2012.

Cpt. Rene Zubik, a reintegration specialist with the

Cpt. Rene Zubik, a reintegration specialist with the

Cpt. Rene Zubik, a reintegration specialist with the Kapisa Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team diligently takes notes during team training held Feb. 15, 2012, at Camp Atterbury, Ind. Zubik was at Camp A... More

A soldier with the 17th Psychological Operations Battalion

A soldier with the 17th Psychological Operations Battalion

A soldier with the 17th Psychological Operations Battalion gets familiar with radio equipment, during a communications class at Camp Bullis, Texas, March 3, 2012. Soldiers of the 17th spent their battle assembl... More

Soldiers of the 431st Civil Affairs Battalion, Little

Soldiers of the 431st Civil Affairs Battalion, Little

Soldiers of the 431st Civil Affairs Battalion, Little Rock, Ark., listen to WEBCO Mining Division owner Charles Weaver explain the mining operations of WEBCO mining quarry March 3, 2012. The 431st Civial Affair... More

Luis Jorge Alonso, 478th Civil Affairs Battalion, checks

Luis Jorge Alonso, 478th Civil Affairs Battalion, checks

Luis Jorge Alonso, 478th Civil Affairs Battalion, checks his map before the land navigation portion of the 350th Civil Affairs Command Best Warrior Competition at Camp Bullis, Texas, March 24, 2012. Alonso is f... More

The 415th CA Bn., redeployed, July 2011, after a year

The 415th CA Bn., redeployed, July 2011, after a year

The 415th CA Bn., redeployed, July 2011, after a year deployment to Afghanistan. In a Welcome Home Warrior ceremony, March 25, the soldiers were formally recognized by local government officials and family memb... More

Sgt. Derek Hahn, a multimedia illustrator for the 341st

Sgt. Derek Hahn, a multimedia illustrator for the 341st

Sgt. Derek Hahn, a multimedia illustrator for the 341st Psychological Operations Company, assembles the M9 pistol during the mystery event on day one of the 7th PSYOP Group's Best Warrior Competition, which too... More

7th Psychological Operations Group soldiers group up

7th Psychological Operations Group soldiers group up

7th Psychological Operations Group soldiers group up at the starting line for the 3 km run portion of the German Armed Forces Badge Competition. The GAFB was an added bonus to their Best Warrior Competition whi... More

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