Story by Spc. Christian Wilson | 107th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.28.2024
The Florida Army National Guard works to ensure the safety and security of Soldiers participating in XCTC.
Story by Spc. Alexander Helman | 107th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.26.2024
With the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise (xCTC) underway in Camp Shelby, Mississippi, safety stands as a major priority for the Florida Army National Guard (FLARNG)....
Story by Pfc. Jarvis Mace | 102d Public Affairs Detachment | 07.25.2020
CAMP SHELBY, Miss. - While the military cannot always predict when an attack will happen, leaders within the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi Army National Guard, can ensure their soldiers are ready to respond if an attack does occur....
Story by Crystal Farris | Idaho Army National Guard | 10.28.2019
The National Guard Bureau has partnered with a Hollywood special effects company to make future training more realistic for brigade combat teams during Exportable Combat Training Capability exercises. The improvements involve a new visual modification kit that will transform the Army’s M1097 HMMWV into simulated Russian T-72 Main Battle Tanks and BTR-90 Personnel Carriers. While BCTs......
Story by Cotton Puryear | Virginia National Guard Public Affairs | 08.19.2019
Virginia and Kentucky National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and enabler units from Guard units in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana and New York honed their combat skills during the eXportable Combat Training Capability Rotation 19-4 July 13 through August 2, 2019, at Fort Pickett, Virginia....
Story by Sgt. David Lietz | 85th Support Command | 08.15.2019
Infantry Soldiers, assigned to the Florida National Guard, kneel in tall grass under the Friday night sky during eXportable Combat Training Capability 19-05. They stand by quietly waiting to move out during a phase of area security mission one into the mock city of Al Jaffa. Once ready, the Soldiers move towards their objective and carry out sensitive site exploitation, based on available......
Story by Sgt. Keith Allen | 135th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.26.2019
2nd Lt. Zachary Slavich is one of the newest officers in the 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Slavich has been provided an opportunity to test his leadership skills as a platoon leader during an XCTC (eXportable Combat Training Capability) rotation at Camp Ripley Training Center, Minnesota....
Story by Sgt. Katharine Schmidt | 135th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.25.2019
Maj. Andrea "Doc" Hickman attached to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Battalion, 113th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Team, 34th Infantry Division, Iowa Army National Guard, talks about her dual experience as a family medicine physician for the Guard and a primary healthcare provider at Veterans Affairs in Des Moines....
