Company C, 429th BSB Soldiers conduct MASCAL exercise - June 19, 2014

Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Charlottesville-based Company C, 429th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team participate in mass casualty exercise during annual training June 19, 2014, at Fort Pickett, Va. The exercise evaluated the unit's ability to transport simulated casualties, conduct medical triage and prepare patients for transfer to a higher level of care and was part of the 10-day eXportable Combat Training Capability rotation.

XCTC is 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.