402nd FA helps Guard MPs train for GITMO

Courtesy Photo | Leaders from 2nd Battalion, 362nd Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Red Legs, 402nd Field Artillery Brigade, provide Concept Design Workshop training to the 192nd Military Police Battalion and 42nd Infantry Division personnel Sept. 8-12.The CDW is the key event during the yearlong Exercise Life Cycle that sets the conditions for a successful pre and post mobilization of the training audiences. (Photo by Capt. Derrick Dew, 2nd Battalion, 362nd Field Artillery Regiment, 402nd Field Artillery Brigade, Division West)  

MCGREGOR RANGE, NM, UNITED STATES

09.30.2014

Courtesy Story

First Army Division West

By Capt. Derrick Dew
2nd Battalion, 362nd Field Artillery Regiment, 402nd Field Artillery Brigade, Division West Public Affairs

McGREGOR RANGE, N.M. – Leaders from the 2nd Battalion, 362nd Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Red Legs, 402nd Field Artillery Brigade, recently conducted a Concept Design Workshop, here, for elements of the New York Army National Guard.

The 42nd Infantry Division, as well as for the Connecticut Army National Guard’s 192nd Military Police Battalion, are both preparing for their upcoming deployment in support of Joint Task Force Guantanamo.

The CDW is the key event during the yearlong exercise life cycle, setting the conditions for a successful mobilization and works with the chain of command in identifying their Mission Essential Tasks and training objectives.

The Soldiers of 192nd will provide key staff positions inside Joint Task Force-Guantanamo’s Joint Detention Group while staff elements within the 42nd will augment the JTF-GTMO staff.

The overall mission of JTF-GTMO and the JDG includes the support and implementation of military commissions, detainee movements and operations, and destructive weather operations.

In attendance was Maj. Gen. Harry E. Miller Jr, 42nd ID commanding general, and Brig. Gen. James C. Lettko, retired, former JTF-GTMO deputy commanding general.

Lettko stressed the strategic and political importance of their mission and was astonished by the level of detail provided by the Red Legs team during the CDW.

“The amount of detail you invest in planning and executing culminating training events has been quantified by the outstanding units that mobilize through Fort Bliss,” Lettko said.

Sgts. 1st Class Jimmy Cativo and Richard Kramer, TF Red Legs plans noncommissioned officers provided the block of instruction concerning command post operations focusing on the role of the NCO and their duties within a command post. The block of instruction included two practical exercises allowing the training audience to enhance their understanding of their pending mission.

• Date Taken: 09.30.2014
• Date Posted: 09.30.2014 15:35
• Story ID: 143818
• Location: MCGREGOR RANGE, NM, US