Building resiliency in the 84th Civil Affairs Battalion

Photo By Capt. Erik Bernard | In support of the Resilliency and Readiness Campaign (R2C) initiative, the 84th Civil Affairs Battalion command team challenged the battalion’s Master Resiliency Trainers (MRTs) to develop a training event that took resiliency and readiness training out the classroom and into the field environment.  

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, UNITED STATES

09.05.2014

Story by Capt. Erik Bernard 

84th Civil Affairs Battalion

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - Resiliency and Readiness Campaign (R2C) has addressed the need to develop training that is focused on both physical and mental fitness.

In support of the R2C initiative, the 84th Civil Affairs Battalion command team challenged the battalion’s Master Resiliency Trainers (MRTs) to develop a training event that took resiliency and readiness training out the classroom and into the field environment.

“Resiliency is critical to Soldiers and their families because in our line of work and lifestyle it’s not a question of, if it gets rough. We know with 100 percent certainty; there are going to be challenges and the situations we are placed in are rarely ideal,” said, Lt. Col. Dominic Kusumoto, 84th Civil Affairs Battalion commander.

The 84th Civil Affair Battalion MRTs led by Sgt. 1st Class Luis Molina, 84th Civil Affairs Battalion Master Resiliency Trainer coordinated with the Comprehensive Soldier Family Fitness Training Center (CSF2) to develop three training events set within: an obstacle course, conditioning course, and paintball course to provide Soldiers a challenging environment to test their newly learned resiliency tools.

“We wanted this next generation of leaders in our formation to see that resiliency can be incorporated into all types of training,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Ryan Robert, 84th Civil Affairs BN command sergeant major.

Each training scenario was preceded with a resiliency class to enable 84th Civil Affair Battalion Soldiers to learn new tools to control anxiety and the feeling of being overwhelmed.

These resiliency tools challenged Soldiers to avoid thinking traps, identifying sources of confidence, and to control the controllables.

“Our training today is focused on developing the capability of layering individual resiliency in a way that will empower our Soldiers on the battlefield and in everyday life,” Molina concluded.

• Date Taken: 09.05.2014
• Date Posted: 09.09.2014 15:06
• Story ID: 141584
• Location: JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, US