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U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with the 154th Regional Training Institute plot targets for their mortar teams during training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., firing range Nov. 5, 2014, as part of Exercise Southern Strike 15. Southern Strike (SS15) is a total force, multiservice exercise hosted by the Mississippi National Guard's Combat Readiness Training Center. SS15 emphasises air-to-air, air-to-ground and special operations forces training opportunities. These events are integrated into demanding hostile and asymmetric scenarios with actions from specialized ground forces and combat and mobility air forces. (New York Air National Guard / Senior Airman Christopher Muncy /Released)
190216-N-BT947-0616 SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 16, 2019) San Francisco Mayor London Breed, left, and Adm. John Aquilino, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, watch as the crew of the Navy's newest littoral combat ship, USS Tulsa (LCS 16), brings the ship to life during the ship's commissioning ceremony. LCS 16 is the fifteenth littoral combat ship to enter the fleet and the eighth of the Independence variant. It is the second Navy combat ship named after Tulsa, the second largest city in Oklahoma. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jacob I. Allison)
194th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion conducts
convoy live-fire at Story Range, Republic of Korea.
Story and photos by Edward Johnson
IMCOM-Korea Public Affairs
PANMUNJOM - With weapons at the ready, members of 194th Combat
Sustainment Support Battalion set out at dawn to conduct convoy
live-fire training here, March 25.
The fast-paced exercise exposed Soldiers to many of the real-world
perils found on today's asymmetric battlefield, culminating in a series
of drills designed to hone their skills in reacting to road-side bombs
and enemy small-arms fire.
"These Soldiers have been training for the past six months to prepare
for this day and their hard work is evident in the outstanding
performance I've seen throughout the battalion," said Command Sgt. Maj.
Nichelle S. Fails.
At times gritty and intense, the Soldiers worked in teams to zero in on
enemy targets with their rifles and machine guns.
"This scenario is interesting and very realistic," said Pvt. Jiwoo Kim,
a KATUSA assigned to the battalion.
Pvt. Dylan Florres, a battalion mechanic and one of the day's enemy
combatant role-players, sees the training as realistic and a good way to
build unit cohesion. "What we are doing is basically helping Soldiers
learn how to train safely and work as a team," he said.
"Everybody is highly motivated and ready to fight," said Chief Warrant
Officer 4 Joseph Williams, HHC, 194th Combat Support Sustainment
Battalion, safety officer. "Taking care of our Soldiers is very
important, we don't want any injuries. That's why we do risk assessments
and go over all of the details to make this a very safe, yet realistic,
training environment."
Master Sgt. Kenneth Ashley, the day's pyrotechnics NCO, described the
training as important in building teamwork within the battalion. "Here
in Korea and in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, we need to make sure
our Soldiers know how to react under fire and to ensure they are
prepared for anything the enemy throws at them."
For more news from the U.S. Army in Korea visit us online at imcom.korea.army.mil
The combat knife launches out, like the Assassin's Creed Wrist Blade. (Thanks Jacob for the inspiration!)
An Army paratrooper assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, oversees team-building exercises during the Denali Spur Ride held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 11, 2020. The Spur Ride is a U.S. Army Cavalry tradition and a rite of passage for new troopers to the unit. The multi-day Denali Spur Ride, conducted under high levels of stress and fatigue, physically and mentally tested the paratroopers’ technical and tactical proficiency though a series of challenging tasks relevant to the Cavalry. Upon successful completion of the Spur Ride the troopers were inducted into the Order of the Spur and awarded their silver spurs during a celebratory Spur Dinner. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)
FORT IRWIN, Calif. -- U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, evacuates casualties during Decisive Action Rotation 15-08 at the National Training Center here June 01, 2015. Decisive action rotations use scenarios and training exercises for units to prepare and counter situations and enemy threats during deployment. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Michelle U. Blesam, Operations Group, National Training Center)
U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers from South Carolina National Guard units across the state participate in claymore lanes, as part of the state-level Best Warrior Competition, Feb. 2, 2022 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. The Best Warrior Competition is an annual event held by the South Carolina National Guard for enlisted Soldiers, private through sergeant first class. The competition entails both mental and physical tasks. On day three, Soldiers were tested in completing a combat water survival test , M4 and M17 qualifications, claymore lane, and stress shoot. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Brian Calhoun, 108th Public Affairs Detachment/South Carolina National Guard)
The combat knife launches out, like the Assassin's Creed Wrist Blade. (Thanks Jacob for the inspiration!)
Maryland National Guard Soldiers from C Troop 1/158th Cavalry participate in Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction (SPIE) training. SPIE was developed to rapidly insert and/or extract a reconnaissance patrol from an area that does not permit a helicopter to land. Generally, the SPIE rope is lowered into the pickup area from a hovering helicopter. Patrol personnel, each wearing a harness with an attached carabineer, hook up to a D-ring inserted in the SPIE rope. The helicopter lifts vertically from an extract zone until the rope and personnel are clear of obstructions, then proceeds in forward flight to a secure insert zone. Maryland National Guard Soldiers from the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade join thousands of National Guard members, soldiers and airmen from all over the country to participate in military exercises at Volk Field and Fort McCoy, Wisc., The annual ‘Patriot Exercise’ brings in coalition forces from as far away as the Netherlands for combat training and a homeland defense scenario. The exercise started July 12, 2009, and is set to end July 27. (Photos by MAJ Rick Brietenfeldt - Maryland Army National Guard)