Photo By Pfc. Payton Wilson | Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Sanders, Platoon Sergeant of A Co., 3rd Battalion, 7th...... read more read more
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FORT STEWART, Ga. – Soldiers of Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division train for the upcoming EIB [expert infantryman badge] test, at Fort Stewart, Ga., July 11-14.
The EIB is a test process that measures the mastery of individual skills through different evaluations taking places over a five-day period. This evaluation consists of the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT), day and night land navigation, individual testing stations, a 12-mile forced march and the clearance of Objective Bull, a three-task event. These evaluations place eligible candidates under varying degrees of stress that test their physical and mental abilities as they execute critical infantry tasks to an established set of standards.
While the majoirty of 3-7 Inf. takes time off, known as opportunity leave, the Soldiers who did not take leave use time to prepare for EIB. An Alpha Company Sgt. 1st Class, platoon sergeant, Matthew Sanders describes how important EIB is to his Soldiers and why they should give it their all when the time comes to perform for EIB.
“Initially we started off giving a motivator on why EIB is so important,” said Sanders. “I'm using my guys that have already got their EIB for this class, were giving them a run-down of what each event consists of, what the standard is, and how testing is going to go.”
To begin their training, Sanders explained the importance and taught fundamentals of land navigation to Soldiers of A co.
“We went into a two day course on land navigation, we discovered that many young Soldiers do not know to read a map or how to plot points correctly,” said Sanders. “ We had a lot of team leader help their Soldiers, by giving them points to plot on a map grid to hone their skills in land navigation.”
The next part of EIB training was lead by A Co. medic Spc. Ronald Bethune, Bethune showed the Soldiers of A Co. what the medical portion EIB consists of and the importance.
“There are four lanes in the EIB tests. one of the four is just medical,” said Bethune. “There are many different medical procedures in EIB standards, I am trying to get my guys acquainted with them all.”
Bethune describes what it takes to be ready for the test.
“Nobody is really ready for EIB, you just prepare the best you can for it,” said Bethune “It is really just a cram session to see how well you know your job.”
On his last note Sanders describes what having the EIB is all about.
“The EIB is the coveted badge amongst the Infantry,” said Sanders. You are an expert infantryman and a master of your trade.”
| Date Taken: | 07.25.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 07.25.2016 14:21 |
| Story ID: | 204948 |
| Location: | FORT STEWART, GA, US |
| Hometown: | FORT STEWART, GA, US |
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