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FORT STEWART, Ga. (Sept. 17, 2014) – The command team of 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, also known as the Vanguard Brigade, and the command teams of its subordinate battalions met with representatives of schools partnered with the brigade through the Adopt-a-School program at the 4th IBCT dining facility on Fort Stewart, Ga., Sept. 17.
The purpose of the meeting was to reaffirm the brigade’s relationship with its partner schools and to have a forum where ideas about how to improve the program could be shared.
“It was really an eventful day,” said Tom Willoughby, the assistant principle of Lewis Frasier Middle School. “I think it was very worthwhile.”
The program teams up military units ranging from brigade, battalion, and company levels to work with principals, teachers and students to perform activities in order to maintain a healthy relationship with the local communities of Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield.
“We’re here to help each other,” said Col. Thomas Gukeisen, the 4th IBCT commander. “I think one of the keys we all learned is that communication is important between us back and forth and in some regular frequency.”
The meeting started with a briefing on the program guidelines and discussed how the brigade has supported schools in the past. Recently the Vanguard Brigade flipped the game coin for the Bradwell Institute football game, a high school in Hinesville, Ga.; provided a speaker for the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Lyman Hall Elementary School; and gave a full presentation on how science, technology, engineering and math enable field artillery soldiers to accurately fire on targets miles away for the students of Statesboro High School.
“The students that are not familiar with or not associated with the military get a better feel for what [the military is] really like,” said Willoughby, who added 24 percent of the students at his school are directly connected to the military. “I’m just looking forward to having more interaction with everybody. I think we could do some good things all together.”
The meeting concluded with an open time for educators and command teams to share ideas about the future of the program and to plan for upcoming events.
“I’m glad you all came,” added Gukeisen. “I look forward to further building our relationship and taking this the next step further.”
| Date Taken: | 09.17.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 09.18.2014 16:45 |
| Story ID: | 142616 |
| Location: | FORT STEWART, GA, US |
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