Greywolf Continues Total Force Support through Summer Training

Photo By Sgt. Jessica DuVernay | Company Commander, Capt. Reid Seiler and 1st Sgt. Jonathan Castillo, are among the last of the company to board the flight. “It will be a different environment and so we are looking forward to it.” Seiler said.  

FORT HOOD, TX, UNITED STATES

06.05.2018

Story by Sgt. Jessica DuVernay 

3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division

FORT HOOD, TX – As the temperatures heat up in Central Texas, the Greywolf Brigade does not slow down, as Chosen Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, departed for their three week rotation to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, June 5, in support of the Combined Summer Training Exercises alongside our Army Reserve partners.

While there, 1-12 CAV will provide opposing force support along with skill-level-one training for Army Reserve units scheduled to deploy in the near future.

“It’s important because we need to make sure across the force our National Guard and Army Reserve partners are prepared to go forward and execute their missions,” said Capt. Reid Seiler, commander, C Co., 1-12 CAV. “We also have an engineer and MP unit that we will be working with, so hopefully we will be able to learn some from how those Soldiers operate.”

Along with providing support to the Army Reserve forces, Chosen Company will ensure their own readiness is a top priority.

The company will conduct individual and crew qualifications in addition to team live fires. This will ensure that when Chosen Company returns, they will be prepared for their upcoming gunnery and platoon exercises scheduled in July and August.

“What we are doing up there will prepare us to come back and maintain our Objective T rating as we go through individual, crew, platoon, company and eventually battalion-level [Combined Arms Live-fire Exercise] and [Situational Training Exercises],” explained Seiler.

This is the second rotation in support of ongoing Guard and Reserve training that Greywolf has supported. 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, recently returned from its rotation at Fort Bliss in support of the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team from the Mississippi National Guard.

• Date Taken: 06.05.2018
• Date Posted: 06.07.2018 16:07
• Story ID: 280034
• Location: FORT HOOD, TX, US