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The 86th Training Division's Warrior Exercise (WAREX) 86-17-02 at Fort McCoy proved to be another successful training event preparing Soldiers for future possibilities, according to division officials.
WAREX, which began April 29 and ended May 13, included nearly 6,000 Soldiers in a two-week training exercise that focused on realistic and austere operational environments.
“The goal of WAREX is to provide units with environmental and situational training missions where they can practice their technical skills in a tactical context that is similar to what they might experience when deployed,” said Lt. Col Andrew Rigor, deputy for the Operations, Plans and Training Section with the 86th. “This is important as it aids the units in training their mission-essential collective tasks and achieving objective-T (training) readiness levels that are expected along their glide-path to becoming deployment ready.”
WAREX provided unique training opportunities for various Soldiers in various military occupation specialties to train together on simulated combat missions and to work together as a team, just as they would in a real-world environment.
The exercise also is aimed at testing and developing leaders at every echelon. One of the key objectives for the 2017 WAREX is to enable units at the platoon level to succeed in a tactical environment when faced with the stressors of combat, Rigor said.
The complexity of an exercise like this takes a great deal of planning and a lot of support, Rigor said. Units work in an austere operational environment where they have to establish tactical assembly areas from which they operate, form communication infrastructures, and coordinate with each other for logistical support.
Spc. Zhixin Wang, a water-treatment specialist with the 810th Quartermaster Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, said he appreciated the opportunity to train at WAREX and to be able to support the water-purifying operations.
“As Soldiers, we need to be ready to deploy at any time,” Wang said. “So, this training helps make us more professional and better at what we do as Soldiers. It was an excellent chance for us to do our job.”
Black deployed to a WAREX for the first time, where she said she learned a lot more about ROWPU operations from fellow Soldiers as well as the practical on-the-job experience."
“Though this was my first time at Fort McCoy and to a WAREX, I have found it to be quite an adventure,” Black said. “It was very (fulfilling) to be able to see how we can take dirty water and turn it into the clean water and to learn more about it. Certainly, being here, was a valuable experience.”
Fort McCoy staff also were busy supporting the exercise. Fort McCoy Food Service Manager Andy Pisney with the Logistics Readiness Center’s (LRC) Supply and Services Division said his team was busy feeding the masses, having served approximately 45,000 meals.”
Pisney leads the LRC’s Food Program Management Office, which includes the Subsistence Supply Management Office (SSMO).
“The SSMO supported the WAREX Class I Point with bulk operational rations that include unitized group rations and Meals, Ready-To-Eat (MREs); and enhancements that include milk, fruits, vegetables, cereal, bread, and ice,” Pisney said.
Pisney said they estimated that 6,375 cases of MREs, 1,000-plus bags of ice, and 3,415 unit group rations in two types were distributed for WAREX.
Fort McCoy has supported America’s armed forces since 1909. The installation’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.” The post’s varied terrain, state-of-the-art ranges, new as well as renovated facilities, and extensive support infrastructure, combine to provide military personnel with an environment in which to develop and sustain the skills necessary for mission success.
For more information about Fort McCoy, go online to www.mccoy.army.mil.
| Date Taken: | 05.31.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 05.31.2017 14:52 |
| Story ID: | 235865 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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