By Sgt. Renee Seruntine, 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
BRASOV, Romania – The 5-101st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Task Force Eagle Assault partnered with 206th Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Mountain Brigade, Romanian Land Forces to build readiness and lethality through collective training across multinational allies and partners, during ’Operation Wolf Strike’ on Nov. 23, 2020.
This training gave Task Force Eagle Assault a chance to conduct an out-of-sector mission with a tailored team that best accomplished the mission and built interoperability with Romanian Land Forces. It also provided the aircrews an opportunity to conduct high altitude training in mountainous terrain, further demonstrating their capabilities in support of the Atlantic Resolve mission.
“With the air assault planning process itself, there’s rehearsals done both with where we want to be with time and space and also with our crew chiefs,” said 1Lt. Adam Kanavos, Bravo Co. platoon leader. “So, training with the Romanian Soldiers on how they get on and get off the aircraft safely in the most effective way; especially with training in the mountains, we conduct cold load training, which helps smooth over the operation as a whole.”
The intent of the mission is to demonstrate force projection capabilities with NATO Allies, familiarize our Romanian allies on the planning and conducting of air assault operations, delivering the Romanian recce platoon into mountainous terrain, provide attack and reconnaissance capabilities and conduct medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) exercises.
“Today went really well training with the 206th Reconnaissance Company, it’s always unique to work with other forces throughout Europe,” said Cpt. Manning Morgan, 101st CAB, Charlie Co. commander. “Charlie Co. specifically has been really privileged to work with a lot of different players, but the Romanians, we’re pretty familiar with, and they are great, extremely hospitable and excited to train with us as we are with them… and we’re really bridging the gap on what it means to support our allies here in Europe.”
The mission helps to strengthen readiness and lethality through collective training across multinational allies and partners, improved interoperability and relationships with allied and partnered nations to maintain a high level of collective readiness throughout 101st CAB, and allow a quick transition to other designated contingency operations.
“It was the first time for our reconnaissance company employing and working alongside our U.S. partners, especially when it came to using helicopters,” said 1Lt. Gabriel Constantin, Romanian Land Forces executive officer and liaison, 206th Reconnaissance Company. “During the whole planning process, we got to know each other better and during the rehearsals even more so. It was a pleasure working with our U.S. partners, and I’m sure my colleagues feel the same regarding this opportunity of working and training together with them.”
The rotational combat aviation brigade from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, provided aerial support to all participants with capabilities including logistics, air assault and MEDEVAC support throughout the training exercise. The result of the mission is enhanced familiarization for the 206th Reconnaissance Company in air assault operations, and improved interoperability while working together in cohesion.
“Overall I think the mission was a success,” said Kanavos. “It’s great to come out here and be able to work with the Romanians and really see that we can come together and have a very successful mission and training session together. We’re looking forward to working with them in the future.”
To reduce the risk of COVID-19, the Joint Multinational Readiness Center implemented a notional “bubble” that only exercise participants and staff would be able to enter once each component completed their COVID test and quarantine requirements before reporting to Brasov.
“We are proud to be working alongside our peers, our partners, and our allies in this training exercise. These units are all well led, well trained, and well prepared,” said Brig. Gen. Brett Sylvia, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division (Forward). “Continuing training in this COVID environment is important because you can’t telecommute to the battlefield, and this training gives us the opportunity to train in an environment we can’t replicate by any other means.”
(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Renee Seruntine)
| Date Taken: | 11.23.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 12.14.2020 08:40 |
| Photo ID: | 6444488 |
| VIRIN: | 201123-Z-GQ603-0534 |
| Resolution: | 4406x2248 |
| Size: | 1.96 MB |
| Location: | BRASOV, RO |
| Hometown: | BRASOV, RO |
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