FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELTA, Iraq – Senior non-commissioned officers from around Forward Operating Base Delta met with the Multi-National Division – Center and 10th Mountain Division senior enlisted advisor at a working lunch, Feb. 19.
Command Sgt. Maj. James Redmore began his discussion by talking about training and how in the deployed environment a lot of Soldiers are being asked to accomplish tasks that are outside their areas of expertise. They are also using new equipment they may have had little training on. With the new tasks and equipment, there are new levels of risk and proper training can mitigate that risk level, said Redmore.
"It all revolves around troop leading procedures, at least the way I see it" said Redmore. "Some of the challenges I see that we have out there as I do my battle field circulation, a lot of it starts at the fire team level, it really does and it's managed by the first sergeants and battalion sergeants major to understand what the policies are and make sure that their subordinate NCOs understand what the policies are and how to properly implement them."
He said realizing the importance of training is critical not only for the senior leadership but also for the lowest ranking private.
"To recognize the importance that training is everything and everything is training. To not take advantage of an opportunity is an opportunity that's lost, and when you lose opportunities, you fail to maintain a level of readiness that your potential will allow you to achieve," Redmore said.
Using anecdotes and personal experiences, Redmore described to the audience of sergeants first class, first sergeants and sergeants major, some of the lessons learned and observations he's made while visiting troops throughout the MND-C.
Redmore spoke on a wide range of topics including de-centralized and centralized promotions, NCO evaluation reports, counseling, self-study, after-action reviews, redeployment and the Army Force Generation rest process. He also talked about the current state of the Army, and the changing environments the Army is deployed to.
"Our Army is evolving a great deal and it's evolving because of the two areas of conflicts that we're in, whether that's Afghanistan or here, and each footprint within that theater is changing a great deal," said Redmore.
"That's why it's so much more important to exercise our full potential as noncommissioned officers because of all these paradigms changes we are experiencing conducting atypical type missions."
| Date Taken: |
02.19.2009 |
| Date Posted: |
02.24.2009 09:46 |
| Story ID: |
30373 |
| Location: |
AL KUT, IQ |
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