Richmond Soldiers react to contact
Soldiers from the Richmond-based Company B, 429th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Brigade Combat Team react to contact while conducting convoy operations June 20, 2014 as part of an eXportable Combat Training Capability rotation at Fort Pickett, Va.
Soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division served as opposition forces during this lane.
The exercise is part of the 10-day eXportable Combat Training Capability rotation designed to train and validate platoons on tasks that support offensive and defensive operations under daylight and hours of limited visibility. Units will concentrate on training selected mission essential tasks in a realistic field environment to refocus junior leaders on tactical field craft. The Army National Guard’s XCTC program provides an experience similar to a Combat Training Center to Guard Soldiers at a home station training center, minimizing cost and time away from home and jobs. XCTC is an instrumented field training exercise designed to certify unit proficiency in coordination with First Army. (Photo by Maj. Matthew J. Nowak, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs)
Richmond Soldiers react to contact
Soldiers from the Richmond-based Company B, 429th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Brigade Combat Team react to contact while conducting convoy operations June 20, 2014 as part of an eXportable Combat Training Capability rotation at Fort Pickett, Va.
Soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division served as opposition forces during this lane.
The exercise is part of the 10-day eXportable Combat Training Capability rotation designed to train and validate platoons on tasks that support offensive and defensive operations under daylight and hours of limited visibility. Units will concentrate on training selected mission essential tasks in a realistic field environment to refocus junior leaders on tactical field craft. The Army National Guard’s XCTC program provides an experience similar to a Combat Training Center to Guard Soldiers at a home station training center, minimizing cost and time away from home and jobs. XCTC is an instrumented field training exercise designed to certify unit proficiency in coordination with First Army. (Photo by Maj. Matthew J. Nowak, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs)