Saturday, October 9, 2010

New training, old traditions combine 1700 during exercise CSSB field

-IN DER OBERPFALZ-WEIDEN, Germany-21st Theater Welcome Command's 18th century Combat support Battalion "Welcome Warhammers" spent two weeks with a view to the development of 19 Sept. 2 battalion-wide field training at the same time occupying the Bundeswehr education and outside of the local private land Weiden.


Training activities were aimed at the full spectrum from. This Soldiers defended their sectors, supported as a matter of fact, logistically and supports the capacity of other entities, all at the same time.These objectives requires nelikaistainen Convoy logistics Patrols, the team defense, movement of contacts, night land navigation and vehicle and equipment cleaning. Nelikaistainen were set up and run over the past year developed specialties are based on each company's battalion.


One of the objectives was the field without external support, send to modular system. Unit doses, ammunition, maintenance, handling, transport, security, fuel, power, and even produced and transported their own drinking water plants. Drinking water was a member of the local river in the village of verkkokauppasi Hutten, which support the company's water 574th deck officer acting in the field of local farmer team produce more than päätoimiselle gallons of drinking water.


"It was a very good tactical training for me and my team. In particular, the shaft is placed Hutten on our site.It gave us a good location, clean water and to carry out on-the-field training and drills battle "said Pvt. 1st Class Erin Wilkinson, native and Redding, Calif., employed in the water treatment specialist for 574th QMSC.


"Professionally, I have learned to a large extent on the water treatment specialist field environment. For example, we had actually produce water cleaning steps needed, battalion just going instead of Wilkinson it helped me get valuable information about their own work experience, "said.


The whole battalion of soldiers to their job and cross train other field environment. It should be noted that many of the Soldiers had not been able to do their work, when enabled and this was the first time, they had acted in the field and does not forward base platform also training to acquire the skills they need to be fixed and provided them, which was never to trust.


"It was an excellent experience, allow you to learn, repair, and to teach Soldiers generators within the family data. battalion I had a great time numerous recovery missions, drag. it was then I had better training in "said Spc. Ryan Fuchuck native Roscoe, Ill, that works of track Maintenance mechanic 5th-Company and cross-trained all 5th also spare parts.Co. 's equipment.


One training focuses was chemical attack.Decontamination platoons 12th chemical company operating in lanes, chemical protective gear and decontaminating the battalion for more than seven days from the date on which Angel Checks the team trained's worthy vehicles at a time.


It was a great cross-someone who has not gone through before cleaning Chemical biological radiological., and nuclear-it was a good exposure for all of the mission Oriented protective posture gear, said Sgt. Jesse Cajas, native San Angelo, Texas, who is employed in the clean-up team leader with the 12th Chem. co.


The battalion's surrounding the were more than 4 km distance of the triple strand of wire, flares and listening posts during the night, surrounded by three Soldiers to test its probing attacks.Final test battalion was concerned with the cloud,, gray haze Soldiers donned their chemical masks and defend the closed at the same time.


"Soldiers learned very quickly defensive positions and specify the areas of fire.Team leaders were outstanding training Soldiers these principles and thus commanding their actions during the battle.I feel privileged that I had the opportunity to train future leaders how to use these almost lost skills, "said Sgt. 1st Class Anibal Colon, native and Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, who works as a coordinator of the Manager of the 1st movement of inland freight Transfer company.


Soldiers enjoy the period field, but it was-Exercise banquet culminating event stored permanently incorporated into their memories.


"The army is tradition, education, and Soldiers are steered away from traditions. we are, which made us large. many young people and Soldiers never encountered a camaraderie and the field we can correct the banquet of bonding," said Lt. column Reed Hudgins, Reisterstown, MD, native, and 1700 CSSB Commander.


Featured banquet Awards, promotions, skits, and for the first ever to Warhammer Fantasy Battle. Warhammer Fantasy Battle the unit symbol and the team has been training nelikaistainen with the highest number of points achieved. Paragraph amounted to half, which was presented to the team as the conclusion of the Warhammer Fantasy battle has its principal place of business and company headquarters, the 12th Chem. co. and team-574th QMSC.


"Banquet was a great way to end the battalion FTX. it contained in a relaxed environment where the Soldiers could collect and enjoy good food and entertainment as a reflection of the last two weeks. this experience was the first of many young Soldiers, and is likely to stay with him until the end of their career," said Captain Terrence Flanagan, native and Glastonbury, Conn, who is employed in the rear, the Commander of the maker of Transportation Company experts.


Skits, Grog and a bowl of fried pig, the Head Office of which is instituted for the identification of chemicals according to intelligence robot Soldiers reveled in all was made.

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