McBride, along with Command Sgt. Maj. Marco Torres, command sergeant major, 13th ESC, met with a few Fort Carson top officials, toured the 4th Inf. Div. Sustainment Brigade Headquarters, met with Soldiers and command teams from 704th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team and 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat, and conducted a sustainment professional development during their visit to the Mountain Post. They also met with representatives from the 16th Sustainment Brigade out of Germany to discuss logistic operations in Europe.
During their visit to the Rough Rider Brigade, McBride and Torres received an in depth tour of the Brigade headquarters including the Division Sustainment Operations Center (D-SOC), Talent Management room, and briefed on 4SB’s campaign of “Strong Sergeants, Strong Soldiers” from Col. Ronald Ragin, 4th Sustainment Brigade commander and Command Sgt. Maj. Jacinto Garza, 4th Sustainment Brigade command sergeant major.
“I am very impressed with what I’ve seen here at Fort Carson,” McBride said. “I see here a fully integrated sustainment warfighting function. All the components of the sustainment warfighting functions have been identified. Col. Ragin has pinned the rose with roles and responsibilities and authorities for those agencies, activities and commanders that own that component of sustainment warfighting function. In addition, Col. Ragin is making sure the sustainment warfighting function is integrated with all the other warfighting functions that allow the 4th Infantry Division to operate.”
McBride assumed command of 13th ESC, headquartered at Fort Hood, Texas, in June of this year. The 13th ESC is responsible for providing sustainment, distribution, and health service support for full spectrum operations. Since assuming command, McBride and Torres have been visiting division installations that fall under III Corps command and conducting assessments of sustainment warfighting functions and identifying ways III Corps can assist divisions build readiness through their sustainment brigades.
“This has been a phenomenal visit. Fort Carson is a great place to serve and a great place to grow leaders,” McBride said. “I see a great leader development program at 4th Sustainment Brigade and across Fort Carson. If you don’t have a deliberate plan to start planting those seeds and then fertilizing it early in that Soldier’s life cycle we’ll never have the types of leaders we have today.”
| Date Taken: | 09.20.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 09.20.2016 16:25 |
| Story ID: | 210111 |
| Location: | FORT CARSON, US |
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