Story by Master Sgt. Arthur Wright | DC National Guard | 05.09.2024
Service members across different military branches and military occupational specialties attend the Common Faculty Development-Instructor Course (CFD-IC) at the District of Columbia National Guard’s 260th Regiment Regional Training Institute (RTI) at Fort Belvoir, Va. The course teaches new instructors, trainers, and facilitators how to build lesson plans and effectively reach their intended......
Story by Sgt. Raquel Birk | 5th Armored Brigade | 03.31.2023
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. – Members of the Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserves, trained for the past year to ultimately team up with 5th Armored Brigade observer, coach, trainers and WSMR firefighters for their final validation, a culminating training exercise here March 17-28. “We’re deploying with the 216th Firefighter Command,” said 1st Lt. Christian Trainor,......
Story by Pfc. Nicholas Bushey | 204th Public Affairs Detachment | 03.26.2022
The 80th Training Command based in Richmond, Va., came out in full-force to support the Army Reserve instructor program at MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Fl., March 26. The program grants Noncommissioned Officers a chance to teach the next generation of soldiers in Military Occupational Specialty schools, and pass on that knowledge to those who will one day take their place....
Story by Capt. Joe Legros | Michigan National Guard | 09.06.2019
The Army's new fitness assessment, the Army Combat Fitness Test, is making its way across Michigan National Guard armories thanks to two full-time level-three trainers. This article catches up with those trainers at Fort Custer Training Center on September 5, 2019. Since May 2019, 150 Soldiers throughout the state have been trained on the ACFT....
Story by Sgt. Laura Martin | 8th Theater Sustainment Command | 01.16.2019
FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii -- The 8th Theater Sustainment Command kicked off their first officer professional development session of the 2019 new year with a gathering of the Army's technical experts; warrant officers....
Story by Clifford Davis | Fleet Readiness Center Southeast | 11.27.2018
Fleet Readiness Center Southeast is using every tool in its toolbox to get aircraft to the warfighter more quickly, including new toolboxes themselves. The modernization of the facility’s production line that repairs, maintains and overhauls Navy and Marine Corps trainer aircraft is a multi-faceted approach involving digitalization and lean processes....
Story by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley | Marine Forces, Special Operations Command | 01.22.2018
Marines working to become multi-purpose canine handlers completed the amphibious training package for Phase II of their training pipeline in Key West, Fla., Jan. 8-12....
Story by Senior Airman Parker Dubois | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 10.31.2017
Some might say there’s no feeling like the nervousness felt right before taking a physical fitness test. Even those who are in tip-top shape feel the pressure to perform at the highest possible standards....
