Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Wyatt | U.S. Soldiers from the 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Sustainment Command and two...... read more read more
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BAUMHOLDER, Germany – In an everyday large classroom on Smith Barracks, a range of Soldiers from staff sergeant to first lieutenant dressed in the U.S. Army’s combat uniform await to begin the 16th Sustainment Brigade’s platoon-level leaders program course.
Of the group, two Soldiers contrast with another group in olive-green uniforms. These are British soldiers in the Royal Army standard issued multiterrain combat uniform.
The British soldiers from the Royal Logistics Corps joined their American counterparts for a week-long course on platoon leadership to share knowledge and tactics in an expeditious manner.
Throughout the five-day course, the Soldiers went through briefings from subject matter experts from within the brigade. Some subjects that were covered during this time included physical readiness training, suicide prevention, sexual harassment/assault response and prevention, command readiness program, training management, developmental counseling, officer and noncommissioned officer relationships and the uniform code of military justice.
The PLLP course is a new program offered at Smith Barracks, and Soldiers from each country praised the benefits gained from the program.
“It’s been interesting to see the differences, as well as the similarities of the two services,” said British army Sgt. Dave Frodsham of the British Army’s 104th Logistics Support Brigade, 17th Port and Maritime Regiment Royal Logistics Corps. “A major difference is the physical training. The uniformity with the drill movements and things like that are totally different than what we’re used to; it was an eye opener on the first day.”
“The American Army and our profession have almost exactly the same learning points, but they just presented it in a different way or different wording,” said British Army 2nd Lt. David Levens of the United Kingdom 104th Logistics Support Brigade, 17th Port and Maritime Regiment Royal Logistics Corps. “[The U.S. Army does] a lot of things we wouldn’t usually do such as updating Soldiers’ records and taking physical training. We have personal trainers who give PT.”
“This program is a good way for the brigade command team to unify platoon-level leadership teams so that they are all on the same sheet of music,” said U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Lamar R. Larry, Knights University noncommissioned officer instructor for the brigade.
“It is a great tool to get those new platoon leaders thinking about their impact on Soldiers, as well as getting important information and changes to that information in their hands when needed,” said Larry.
| Date Taken: | 11.03.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 11.03.2014 06:09 |
| Story ID: | 146826 |
| Location: | BAUMHOLDER, RHEINLAND-PFALZ, DE |
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