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1st MSC hosts mobilization readiness exercise
Camp Santiago, Salinas: Soldiers of the 1st Mission Support Command's Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment hosted a mobilization readiness exercise at Camp Santiago, P.R., 14-27 March.
During the event, HHD Soldiers completed readiness checks for over 1,000 Soldiers. Events such as this are commonly held annually to ensure that commanders can maintain their unit readiness.
"We try to do this as the units get closer to their available year in order to have them improve their overall readiness and mobilization posture in the event they get selected (for mobilization) down the road", said Gerardo Rodriguez, mobilization officer for the 1st MSC.
Rodriguez said MRXs help units maintain readiness for deployments but they also serve the individual Soldier.
"As part of the MRX ... there are different stations and one of them, one of the most important, is medical. A Soldier is completely checked and whatever cannot be fixed at this location ... the Soldier can go to a private (medical) provider and get that situation fixed and that helps them with their overall readiness",he said.
Soldiers rotate through eleven different stations in total where they are checked in by HHD Soldiers and efficiently move through the station. While the process has been refined over the years at times people still tend to get impatient.
Staff Sgt. Anaselly Ramos, logistics noncommissioned officer with the mobilization team, know the experience can be stressful but to help keep the level of frustration down she leads groups of Soldiers through stations when she sees openings. While each group of Soldiers is instructed to follow the schedule given to them for the MRX, Ramos' method keeps things moving along too.
Keeping track of the entire flow of Soldier traffic is a system called the mobilization plan data viewer.
"It shows all the stations and actually it runs the SRP (MRX) completely", said Spc. Hector Rodriguez, from Bayamon.
"It's tracking each Soldier by station ... you can see how many have completed (the stations) and how many have not",added Rodriguez, who is assigned to the 311th Quartermaster Company.
While the process can be tedious for the Soldiers going from station to station, one Soldier working at the medical readiness station found the MRX to be an opportunity to challenge herself by practicing her public speaking skills.
Spc. Jenniffer Gonzalez Diaz, a traffic management coordinator, who's primary language is Spanish, began giving the medical station briefings to many groups of Soldiers. Gonzalez admits that speaking English is not one of her strengths but her determination brought her recognition among her peers and even the Commanding General of the 1st MSC Brig. Gen. Fernando Fernandez.
"They gave me the opportunity to participate in this activity so I can ... help them in the system with the Soldiers, and I practiced a lot my English",said Gonzalez.
As a member of the the 390th Seaport Company, in Ceiba, Gonzalez recognizes the importance of refining her English language skills. When given the opportunity to refine her abilities when she signed up for the Army, Gonzalez participated in English language courses.
"I improved my English, I practiced my English when I took the class but I knew a little bit of the language because we are Puerto Rico and we are bilingual so we took classes when we started in (grade) school", said Gonzalez.
Gonzalez knows this isn't the only challenge she'll have to overcome in her military career, which is why she stays motivated and maintains a positive attitude.
"The important thing for me is to show people that you are trying, don't get upset, don't get mad if someone corrects you because they are helping you",she said. "If you don't know, ask, so you can learn ... the stuff you learn nobody can take away."
THE biggest live exercise of its kind ever held in Greater Manchester – Exercise Triton II – came to an end this morning (Friday, July 16, 2016) after months of intense planning.
Around 36 organisations across the region and nationally have been taking part in this major emergency planning exercise which saw dozens of emergency vehicles at sites across Greater Manchester and Chinook helicopters flying across the skies.
The complex scenario used was designed to test how local authorities, emergency services and other partners are equipped to tackle a major emergency working together.
Participating ‘players’ also included the military, government, health and utility companies, as well as voluntary agencies.
The exercise started on Monday, July 11, 2016, with ‘warnings’ from the Met Office regarding adverse weather and from the Environment Agency about the growing risk of regional flooding.
The emergency services, including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), and partners put procedures in place to ensure that where possible properties and critical infrastructure were protected and the public were warned. This theme was carried on through Tuesday, July 12 and Wednesday, July 13, 2016.
To ensure that both players and plans were tested to their full, a dramatic scenario developed on Thursday, July 14, whereby the bank on the Dove Stone Reservoir in Oldham was breached and water cascaded through a number of boroughs within Greater Manchester.
This meant that evacuation procedures had to be put in place and rest centres set up. Later in the day, a coach ploughed into the River Tame in a mock crash and a full-scale search and rescue operation was carried out.
Paul Argyle, GMFRS’ Deputy County Fire Officer and Chair of Greater Manchester Resilience Forum, said: “Exercise Triton II was a hugely complex emergency planning exercise and I would like to thank all of the agencies that have taken part this week.
"This was a very detailed scenario which had impacts across every part of the region and necessitated a full range of partners taking part.
"The scale of the destruction and chaos in the exercise was deliberately designed to test the region at full stretch.
"We have to do this to ensure we are well prepared to deal with any future real-life event or disaster that might occur – and it is also invaluable that those taking part got the chance to practise essential response skills that would be used during a major incident like this.
"I would particularly like to thank all the volunteers who took part in this exercise. The patience and understanding of local residents and communities on Thursday (as response plans went into effect at 'live' sites) was also greatly appreciated.
“All players have now been 'stood down'. Our next task is to evaluate how the exercise went, step by step. We will want to find out what worked well and crucially to identify and learn any lessons that could help us in the future in real-life situations. I would like to point out that incidents as extreme as this are highly unlikely, but ensuring we practice our response means that we are ready to respond to a variety of scenarios."
130711-N-NS216-133PACIFIC OCEAN (July 11, 2013) Sailors and Marines from the Shipboard Naval Or Otherwise Photographic Intelligence Exploitation (SNOOPIE) team aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) keep a close watch on unknown vessels while simulating a straights transit exercise. USS Boxer is underway off the coast of Southern California conducting a Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is a scenario-driven exercise aimed at integrating the ships of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group through a series of live training events. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jennifer K. Gold/Released)
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Exercise Great Bear
A view of a damaged bogie on a Nodwell at Tanacross, Alaska.
24 Jan 62
Photo by SP4 Jerry Dickens
Support Command Photo Facility
Fort Richardson
AT465
Staff Sgt. Ryan Burns, 720th Explosive Ordnance Disposal, works to disarm a car bomb during Exercise Vigilant Shield 2010 in Heidelberg July 30.
(Photo by Brandon Spragins, USAG Baden-Wuerttemberg Public Affairs)
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Exercise Timberline
L-R Maj. Gen. Ned. D. Moore, CG USARAL, Lt. Col. Nicholas Psaki, USARAL Avn officers, Col. S. Westabrook, USAF, Timberline aviation officer, talk aviation problem in the Maneuver Director Headquarters at Fort Greely.
10 Feb 63
by Maj. William Lewis
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson, Alaska
AP72
These two illustration were used in different commissions, but are similar in style. Note that the arrows help to show movement.
U.S Air Force Senior Airman Daniel Seese and Staff Sgt. Drew Achtermann, flightline avionics assigned to 140th Aircraft Maintence Squadron troubleshoots the flight control system during exercise Northern Lightning, August 11, 2021. Northern Lightning is a full-spectrum Counterland training exercise hosted at Volk Field Air National Guard Base. The goal of the exercise is to provide a tailored, cost effective and realistic combat training for the Department of Defense Total Force. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Mira Roman)
Immediate Response 2012 is a multinational tactical field training exercise that will involve more than 700 personnel primarily from U.S. Army Europe's 2nd Cavalry Regiment and Croatian armed forces, with contingents from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Slovenia. Macedonia and Serbia will send observers to the exercise. The exercise is scheduled to be held from May 26 to June 10, 2012. The exercise is a part of USEUCOM’s joint training and exercise program designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability with allied and partner nations. IR12 supports interoperability between the US Army, US Air Force, Croatian Armed Forces and partner nations and will help prepare participants to operate successfully in a joint, multinational, interagency, integrated environment. A primary objective is to prepare participating nations for increased contributions to ongoing and future NATO operations.
1st MSC hosts mobilization readiness exercise
Camp Santiago, Salinas: Soldiers of the 1st Mission Support Command's Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment hosted a mobilization readiness exercise at Camp Santiago, P.R., 14-27 March.
During the event, HHD Soldiers completed readiness checks for over 1,000 Soldiers. Events such as this are commonly held annually to ensure that commanders can maintain their unit readiness.
"We try to do this as the units get closer to their available year in order to have them improve their overall readiness and mobilization posture in the event they get selected (for mobilization) down the road", said Gerardo Rodriguez, mobilization officer for the 1st MSC.
Rodriguez said MRXs help units maintain readiness for deployments but they also serve the individual Soldier.
"As part of the MRX ... there are different stations and one of them, one of the most important, is medical. A Soldier is completely checked and whatever cannot be fixed at this location ... the Soldier can go to a private (medical) provider and get that situation fixed and that helps them with their overall readiness",he said.
Soldiers rotate through eleven different stations in total where they are checked in by HHD Soldiers and efficiently move through the station. While the process has been refined over the years at times people still tend to get impatient.
Staff Sgt. Anaselly Ramos, logistics noncommissioned officer with the mobilization team, know the experience can be stressful but to help keep the level of frustration down she leads groups of Soldiers through stations when she sees openings. While each group of Soldiers is instructed to follow the schedule given to them for the MRX, Ramos' method keeps things moving along too.
Keeping track of the entire flow of Soldier traffic is a system called the mobilization plan data viewer.
"It shows all the stations and actually it runs the SRP (MRX) completely", said Spc. Hector Rodriguez, from Bayamon.
"It's tracking each Soldier by station ... you can see how many have completed (the stations) and how many have not",added Rodriguez, who is assigned to the 311th Quartermaster Company.
While the process can be tedious for the Soldiers going from station to station, one Soldier working at the medical readiness station found the MRX to be an opportunity to challenge herself by practicing her public speaking skills.
Spc. Jenniffer Gonzalez Diaz, a traffic management coordinator, who's primary language is Spanish, began giving the medical station briefings to many groups of Soldiers. Gonzalez admits that speaking English is not one of her strengths but her determination brought her recognition among her peers and even the Commanding General of the 1st MSC Brig. Gen. Fernando Fernandez.
"They gave me the opportunity to participate in this activity so I can ... help them in the system with the Soldiers, and I practiced a lot my English",said Gonzalez.
As a member of the the 390th Seaport Company, in Ceiba, Gonzalez recognizes the importance of refining her English language skills. When given the opportunity to refine her abilities when she signed up for the Army, Gonzalez participated in English language courses.
"I improved my English, I practiced my English when I took the class but I knew a little bit of the language because we are Puerto Rico and we are bilingual so we took classes when we started in (grade) school", said Gonzalez.
Gonzalez knows this isn't the only challenge she'll have to overcome in her military career, which is why she stays motivated and maintains a positive attitude.
"The important thing for me is to show people that you are trying, don't get upset, don't get mad if someone corrects you because they are helping you",she said. "If you don't know, ask, so you can learn ... the stuff you learn nobody can take away."
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Exercise Timberline
An M-59 from the 4th BG, 23 Inf. is shown in the central of frozen Alaska during Exercise Timberline.
14 Feb 63
by Sp4 Kenneth Puckett
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson, Alaska
AP72
Military vehicles from Italy, Poland, and Spain, wait at the Latvian/Estonian border to be inspected before crossing into Estonia on their way to the area of Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonia, as part of Exercise SPRING STORM on May 8, 2024.
Photo credit: Lt Jennifer Kusche, Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Des véhicules militaires de l’Italie, de la Pologne et de l’Espagne sont en attente à la frontière de la Lettonie et de l’Estonie en vue de faire l’objet d’une inspection avant d’entrer en Estonie pour se rendre à Kilingi-Nõmme, en Estonie, au cours de l’exercice SPRING STORM, le 8 mai 2024.
Photo : Lt Jennifer Kusche, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes, Forces armées canadiennes
More than 350 Soldiers and Airmen from a special response force of the Virginia National Guard conduct an external evaluation validation exercise June 18 at the Henrico County Fire Training Center. The Virginia National Guard’s special response force is the Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear High Yield Explosive Emergency Response Force Package, known as the CERFP (pronounced “surf-p”), and the unit can conduct tasks associated with urban search and rescue, mass decontamination, medical triage and treatment and command and control. The force is made up of Soldiers and Airmen from units based in Sandston, West Point, Hampton, Norfolk, Danville, Virginia Beach, Rocky Mount and Langley Air Force Base. The Virginia Defense Force, Henrico County Division of Fire, Virginia State Police, the Henrico Regional Hazardous Incident Team, the Salvation Army Richmond Area Command and the American Red Cross Greater Richmond Chapter also took part in the exercise. Civilian role players in Hollywood-style make up added realism to the exercise. (Photo by Sgt. Andrew H. Owen, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
THE biggest live exercise of its kind ever held in Greater Manchester – Exercise Triton II – came to an end this morning (Friday, July 16, 2016) after months of intense planning.
Around 36 organisations across the region and nationally have been taking part in this major emergency planning exercise which saw dozens of emergency vehicles at sites across Greater Manchester and Chinook helicopters flying across the skies.
The complex scenario used was designed to test how local authorities, emergency services and other partners are equipped to tackle a major emergency working together.
Participating ‘players’ also included the military, government, health and utility companies, as well as voluntary agencies.
The exercise started on Monday, July 11, 2016, with ‘warnings’ from the Met Office regarding adverse weather and from the Environment Agency about the growing risk of regional flooding.
The emergency services, including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), and partners put procedures in place to ensure that where possible properties and critical infrastructure were protected and the public were warned. This theme was carried on through Tuesday, July 12 and Wednesday, July 13, 2016.
To ensure that both players and plans were tested to their full, a dramatic scenario developed on Thursday, July 14, whereby the bank on the Dove Stone Reservoir in Oldham was breached and water cascaded through a number of boroughs within Greater Manchester.
This meant that evacuation procedures had to be put in place and rest centres set up. Later in the day, a coach ploughed into the River Tame in a mock crash and a full-scale search and rescue operation was carried out.
Paul Argyle, GMFRS’ Deputy County Fire Officer and Chair of Greater Manchester Resilience Forum, said: “Exercise Triton II was a hugely complex emergency planning exercise and I would like to thank all of the agencies that have taken part this week.
"This was a very detailed scenario which had impacts across every part of the region and necessitated a full range of partners taking part.
"The scale of the destruction and chaos in the exercise was deliberately designed to test the region at full stretch.
"We have to do this to ensure we are well prepared to deal with any future real-life event or disaster that might occur – and it is also invaluable that those taking part got the chance to practise essential response skills that would be used during a major incident like this.
"I would particularly like to thank all the volunteers who took part in this exercise. The patience and understanding of local residents and communities on Thursday (as response plans went into effect at 'live' sites) was also greatly appreciated.
“All players have now been 'stood down'. Our next task is to evaluate how the exercise went, step by step. We will want to find out what worked well and crucially to identify and learn any lessons that could help us in the future in real-life situations. I would like to point out that incidents as extreme as this are highly unlikely, but ensuring we practice our response means that we are ready to respond to a variety of scenarios."
The Cavalry has arrived, Soldier from 1st Squadron 2nd Cavalry Regiment have arrived in Slunj Croatia for exercise Immediate Response 2012, a multinational tactical field training exercise that will involve more than 700 personnel primarily from U.S. Army Europe's 2nd Cavalry Regiment and Croatian armed forces, with contingents from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Slovenia. Macedonia and Serbia will send observers to the exercise. The exercise is scheduled to be held from May 26 to June 10, 2012. The exercise is a part of USEUCOM’s joint training and exercise program designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability with allied and partner nations. IR12 supports interoperability between the US Army, US Air Force, Croatian Armed Forces and partner nations and will help prepare participants to operate successfully in a joint, multinational, interagency, integrated environment. A primary objective is to prepare participating nations for increased contributions to ongoing and future NATO operations.
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Exercise Timberline
CH-21 __ helicopters arrive at the Fort Greely airstrip to pick up members of the 4th BG, 23 Inf during Exercise Timberline.
20 Feb 63
by Pfc. Jerry Hickey
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson, Alaska
AP72
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Exercise Great Bear
General view of the 64th Field Hospital from rear with Wards 3 and 4 and the mess hall at at Tanacross, Alaska.
21 Jan 62
Photo by SP4 Jerry Dickens
Support Command Photo Facility
Fort Richardson
AT465
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Exercise Great Bear
[NO CUTLINE IN BOOK.] This seems to be an American colonel greeting members of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry upon their arrival at Tanacross.
29 Jan 62
Photo by Sgt. Charles Shaw
Support Command Photo Facility
Fort Richardson
AT465
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Exercise Great Bear
Men of the 2nd BG, 60th Inf., Fort Devens, Massachussetts, deplane after landing at the Northway airstrip. They will be carried to the Tanacross maneuver area by 2 1/2 ton PCs.
25 Jan 62
Photo by SP4 Jerry Dickens
Support Command Photo Facility
Fort Richardson
AT465
CAMP MUJUK, POHANG, Republic Of Korea – Marines with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 1, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force haul a tent damaged from the blizzard into a quad com during the embark process of Exercise Key Resolve here Feb. 19. Marines participate in the embarking process, which includes setting up tents, shoveling snow, unloading and moving equipment in preparation for Exercise Key Resolve. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Iams/Released)
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Exercise Great Bear
A Nodwell trailer loaded with a generator (PU 286 5KW) at USARAL Signal bivouac area, Fort Greely, Alaska. The trailers are being used in the maneuver.
7 Feb 62
Photo by Sp4 Paul DeNucce
Support Command Pict Br
Fort Richardson
AT465
Airmen from the 108th Maintenance Squadron, 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, perform a fuel tank extraction to test the procedures to extract an unconscious victim from a KC-135R Stratotanker fuel tank at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 22, 2014. The exercise involved multiple Joint Base organizations including the 108th Wing and the 87th Bio-Environmental shops, the 87th Fire Department and both the 108th and the 87th Safety Offices. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt. Carl Clegg/Released)
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Exercise Great Bear
Veiw of a microwave antenna tower at the Mohawk CP area at Fort Greely, Alaska. It is used by 362nd Signal Company from Fort Gordon, Georgia, who are participating in the maneuver.
7 Feb 62
Photo by Sp4 Paul DeNucce
Support Command Photo Facility
Fort Richardson
AT465