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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- Soldiers from the 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, participated in Week of the Rendezvous, a week full of warrior skills and individual job skill enhancement training, as well as team and individual competitions, Monday through Friday.
Throughout the week teams and individuals challenged themselves with warrior skills training, a best air assault team competition, multiple sports tournaments, a 10K run, a battalion fun run for Soldiers and their Families. Week of the Rendezvous will culminate with the 129th CSSB Ball on Friday evening.
The 129th CSSB is a multifunctional battalion comprised of unique transportation and logistics units used to support the movement of the 101st. With the different types of subordinate companies, like transportation companies, movement control teams, a maintenance company, an inland cargo transfer company and even a quartermaster company this battalion has many interconnected moving parts.
The week brought all these moving parts together to focus on fitness, training and discipline while giving Soldiers a break to refocus and reconnect. The battalion built camaraderie, nurtured Army values and validated the unit’s capability of always being ready to support the only air assault division in the world.
“We’ve been pushing the battalion hard the past months; and just coming back from Liberia (Operation United Assistance) we wanted to bring the battalion back together to build esprit de corps, and just give everyone a break,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Roger Rendon, the senior enlisted advisor for the 129th CSSB.
The “Week of the Rendezvous” began with warrior skills training and leadership development then quickly evolved into physical and endurance activities that included sports tournaments and a competition between the battalion’s companies on who will take on the title during the end-of-the-week award’s ceremony as “Best Air Assault Company.” Mid-week the battalion took on a competition 10K run and then relaxed the rest of the morning for resiliency training and support from the unit’s military and family life counseling program counselor.
“We are enjoying the different opportunities to get away from our laptops for a few hours. This week has allowed our Soldiers to take a step back from our normal missions and focus on building relationships,” said 1st Lt. Kevin O’Rear, the battalion’s military intelligence officer. “Companies are really getting into the friendly competitions and everyone is having a great time.”
“In the past year, every unit in the 129th has either deployed or redeployed to Kuwait, Afghanistan or Africa,” said Lt. Col. Abel Young, the CSSB commander. “The battalion needed to reset and focus on the developing leaders capable of training agile and adaptive air assault Soldiers; and building the trust and confidence Soldiers and Families have in us to take care of them.”
The Week of the Rendezvous was developed to enhance leader development, promote esprit de corps and unit cohesion and to recognize the history and successful completion of the 129th CSSB deployments, said Young.
Events like Week of the Rendezvous will prepare the battalion for its next rendezvous with destiny.
“It builds the relationships between Soldiers and leaders, squads and platoons and companies to the battalion,” said Young. It also sets the tone and focus for the upcoming platoon evaluations, field exercises and the upcoming Joint Readiness Training Center rotation at Fort Polk, Louisiana. “Additionally, it forms the synergy that is vital to internalizing the commitment and character expected by our nation.”
As the week’s events wrap up, the battalion will enjoy the company of their Families during a battalion fun run and the 129th CSSB Ball.
“It is important that Families participate in the week’s events to solidify the bond between the Family Readiness Groups and battalion,” Young said. “[The participation] increases Family awareness of their spouse, mother, father or relatives’ accomplishments and dedication to the unit. And it’s just fun.”
| Date Taken: | 06.03.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 06.30.2015 16:52 |
| Story ID: | 168669 |
| Location: | FORT CAMPBELL, KY, US |
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