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FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. – Soldiers of the 926th Transportation Corps. Detachment prepared for mobilization among explosions, smoke and yelling in the early morning here, June 14.
The 926th TCD trained to guard an entry control point at Forward Operating Base Milpitas along with experienced combat veterans and new soldiers. This was one of several situational exercises held during the Combat Support Training Exercise, held annually here.
An observer controller / trainer with the unit said they might be a small group, but they were always on time and ready to go.
The soldiers of the 926th TCD came together less than a month ago to form the detachment. This training is the first time the unit has all worked together says Cpl. Douglass Gibbs, transportation management coordinator with the 926th TCD.
“This training will bond us all together and help me as a leader,” said 2nd Lt. Pho Thong Chanthanivong, unit movement transportation officer for the unit. “It will also build unit cohesion.”
Defending a FOB includes searching and detaining possible hostiles, securing vehicles, reacting to indirect fire, deploying Quick Reaction Forces and providing care for wounded soldiers.
“This is going to benefit [us] a lot. Any kind of training will benefit, no matter what it is because there is always a purpose to what we’re doing,” said Chanthanivong.
Hollywood-style pyrotechnics were used in every scenario, either in a truck as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device or in a field as indirect fire. The soldiers reacted to every explosion that went off as though real life.
A more realistic training environment helps structure a new group into the best group, said Chanthanivong.
“This training helps for stressful environments by throwing everything at us at once, so we can react better downrange,” said Gibbs. “People have to know their part, play their part and not step on the toes of those in charge.”
The training exercise lasted five hours, leaving soldiers sweaty and worn, but better trained to fight together as a unit.
| Date Taken: | 06.14.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 06.17.2011 12:59 |
| Story ID: | 72269 |
| Location: | FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, CA, US |
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