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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."
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Exercise Timberline
Members of the 4th Battle Group, 23rd Infantry move along a road torn from the Alaskan wilderness as they press toward an attack during Exercise Timberline. This action took place in the Shaw Creek area north of Fort Greely.
10 Feb 63
by Pfc David Young
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson, Alaska
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2/5/2013 - Valparaiso firefighters prepare to move a simulated victim during a joint major accident response exercise between Eglin Air Force Base and the city Jan. 31. Emergency responders from the base and the city were called to a downed aircraft scenario featuring fire, wreckage and victims with multiple injuries. The responders had to work as a team and coordinate movements at the simulated crash site, put out fires and attend to the wounded victims. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
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Exercise Timberline
1st Lt. Ford, and Sp4 Larry Sparks of Sig. Svc. Co. are shown purchasing items from the Branch PX during Exercise Timberline.
11 Feb 63
by Sp4 Kenneth Puckett
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson, Alaska
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YONGSAN GARRISON, Republic of Korea — As part of the U.S. Forces Korea ADAPTIVE Focus Exercise 09-03 this week, Yongsan Garrison conducted a casualty evacuation exercise between the Brian Allgood Community Hospital and a local Seoul hospital Sept. 17.
The wonderful Jenny Tran posing on this exercise machine. I love that there are so many public spaces to do stretching and exercises on. I guess that's probably why people seem to be in decent(ish) shape. I've seen an incredibly low amount of overweight people here. Obviously this isn't the sole reason but it might contribute to the perception that exercise is okay to do and is acceptable to be in public and doing.
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: Lt Jennifer Kusche, Canadian Forces Combat Camera, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
Zachary has fun with Nanny's new exercise tools. By the time bedtime rolled around, they just laid down and slept.
I mean, their head hit the pillow and that was IT.
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Exercise Timberline
C Company 1st Scout Battalion Alaska National Guard move across the Fort Greely airstrip before loading up on H-21 helicopters for a ride into TimberLine maneuver areas.
9 Feb 63
by Sp5 Hank J. Hamilton
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson, Alaska
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Sailor 1st Class Aiden Cunningham of Fleet Diving Unit (Pacific) prepares for a dive operation during Exercise ICEDIVEx on Sheridan Lake, British Columbia on March 12, 2024.
Photo by: Corporal Antoine Brochu, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
Le matelot de 1re classe Aiden Cunningham, membre de l’Unité de plongée de la Flotte (Pacifique), se prépare en vue de participer à une opération de plongée au cours de l’exercice ICEDIVEx, au lac Sheridan, en Colombie Britannique, le 12 mars 2024.
Photo : Caporal Antoine Brochu, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes
Brigadier General Karl McQuillian addresses all members of Exercise Collaborative Spirit at Y-101 in Garrison Petawawa on October 17, 2013..
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Photo: Corporal D. Salisbury.
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Fort Campbell, KY – Fort Campbell held an Emergency Services Exercise on 2 June, 2015. The exercise scenario was that of a tornado touching down on post and causing death, injury and building damage. The exercise was conducted to assess the response and coordination of all Emergency Services from Fort Campbell and the surrounding community. Fire, police, EMS and other First Responders responded to the drill. The exercise had Soldiers and civilians needing medical attention as well as structural damage to buildings. The exercise also tested the capability and response of the Fort Campbell Emergency Operations Center (EOC), Department of Emergency Services (DES), Department of Public Works (DPW) and even the Public Affairs office to respond to an actual emergency.
Official Army Photo by: Jerry Woller (RELEASED)
A paratrooper assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, looks down the scope of his weapon during a joint forcible entry exercise at Malemute Drop Zone on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 23, 2016, as part of Exercise Spartan Agoge. Spartan Agoge is a brigade-level field training exercise that began Aug. 15, focused on an array of combat-related tasks from squad live-fire exercises to helicopter air insertion and airborne training. (U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Javier Alvarez)
Several agencies and organizations participated in this year's annual installation full-scale exercise, designed to test reaction times to various catastrophic events and ways to reduce or prevent further disaster, while also simultaneously dealing with a range of second and third order effects.
AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND February 17, 2005. A Royal Air Force Nimrod maritime surveillance aircraft has arrived at RNZAF Base, Whenuapai, to compete against other maritime aircraft from the Royal New Zealand and Royal Australian Air Forces in the Exercise Fincastle. pictured - preflight checks being completed prior to take off.
Members from NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia Medical Unit, practice medical evacuation drills with an American Black Hawk Helicopter, during Exercise SERPENT SOARING, at Military Base Ādaži, Latvia, on November 21 2024.
Photo Credit: Corporal Marc-André Leclerc, NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia Imagery
U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart will conducted a force protection exercise in conjunction with Host Nation emergency services on Patch Barracks, on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017. The full-scale exercise is designed to train personnel in handling various types of incidents and emergencies in accordance with the garrison’s force protection plan. Host Nation first responders and emergency services will also participated in the event. - U.S. Army photo by Kevin S. Abel, USAG Stuttgart Public Affairs
1973. An exercise generation of C-130s at Pope AFB, NC. Aircraft towed to taxi position then all started at the same time with a start cartridge (a black powder initiated spin of the turbos). Used Canonflex RM and Supercanomatic R 100mm f/2.0 lens handheld.
Members from NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia Medical Unit, practice medical evacuation drills with an American Black Hawk Helicopter, during Exercise SERPENT SOARING, at Military Base Ādaži, Latvia, on November 21 2024.
Photo Credit: Corporal Marc-André Leclerc, NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia Imagery
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Exercise Timberline
Men of C Co, 4th BG, 23 Inf are shown receiving instruction in skiing prior to the beginning of Exercise Timberline.
9 Feb 63
by Sp4 King
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson, Alaska
AP72
[Sign says: The Tomahawk Cougars Headquarters Den]
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Exercise Timberline
An M-116 assigned to D Co, 4th BG, 23 Inf. moves forward during Exercise Timberline.
11 Feb 63
by Sp4 King
Pictorial Branch
Fort Richardson, Alaska
AP72
Aircrews with Company B "Braves", 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th CAB, conduct air assault training with Germany's 23rd Mountain Infantry "Edelweiss" Brigade in the German Alps as part of Exercise Berglöwe.
A team from the Virginia Military Institute will become the first ever Army ROTC team to participate in Exercise Cambrian Patrol held October 4-13, 2024 in Wales. Considered NATO's most challenging patrol test, this annual event gathers over 100 international militaries – each venturing out for a tactical patrol, pushing the competitors physically and mentally through difficult terrain and real-world scenarios. | U.S. Army photo by Sarah Windmueller