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Bravo company 1-26 Infantry Regiment along with Romanian Task Force 151 during training lanes and live fire exercises at Smadon, Romania from Oct. 9-12
The first training lane included bravo co. and the Romanian land forces dismounting from vehicles and engaging a simulated enemy force to simulate a more realistic training environment. While engaging the enemy bravo co. was supported by Romanian Bronyetransportyors-80 (BTR-80), which translates to armored transporter.
“We are out here training with the Romanians so that we can get a better feel of what it would be like to work with them in a real-world scenario” Sgt. Michael Graves a team leader with B co. “Of course, it has its challenges like a language barrier but everybody is improving from the training we are doing.”
As one of the U.S. military’s contingency response forces, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) has units ready to deploy worldwide on short notice to conduct a range of military operations from humanitarian assistance to combat capabilities.
“Coming out here gives us a better feeling of what it is like to work with the Romanians” Graves continued, “doing these lanes with them spending time to talk with them about how they do things, it helps us figure out the best ways for us to come together as a combined fighting force.”
On the 12th the combined forces performed a live-fire exercise. Starting the exercise with an air assault from UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, bravo co. landed on the ground and started assaulting the objective, shooting at pop-up targets until receiving support from 2 Romanian MiG-21 Lancers, BTR-80s, and 2 IAR 330 SOCAT.
“We love this training,” Graves explained, “getting to work with NATO forces in dry, blank, and live runs of these lanes, we can not only improve ourselves but help improve anybody we work with.”
After all the training was finished, on the 13th soldiers from both countries came together to show each others weapon systems.
“I think the best part of this training has been working past the challenges there are with working with another military,” Graves continued, “speaking different languages, using different strategies along with other things, but taking things from them and them doing the same we can improve ourselves while improving our lethality with them.”
| Date Taken: | 10.09.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 10.25.2022 06:55 |
| Story ID: | 431430 |
| Location: | SMARDON, RO |
| Hometown: | FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY, US |
| Hometown: | FORT CAMPBELL, TENNESSEE, US |
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