U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the 416th Theater Engineer Command (TEC) competed in the 416th TEC 2024 Best Squad competition at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin from July 21 - 26, 2024. Competitors were tested on their military knowledge, physical fitness, proficiency in military skills, and leadership in individual and team scenarios. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Olivia Cowart)
U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the 416th Theater Engineer Command (TEC) competed in the 416th TEC 2024 Best Squad competition at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin from July 21 - 26, 2024. Competitors were tested on their military knowledge, physical fitness, proficiency in military skills, and leadership in individual and team scenarios. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Olivia Cowart)
Staff members of the 301st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade war-gamed a command post exercise-functional (CPX-F) this December. In a simulated tactical operations center, Soldiers briefed elaborate graphics on PowerPoint slides, and shared mission products through email and cloud-based services. Lengths of network cables and cords draped their workstations. Multiple monitors stacked each desktop.
Amid the sea of hardware, senior staff members recalled a time before computer processors, when all products were hand-drawn.
“When I first came in, it was analog maps, radios, telephones, and runners. All your status boards were manual,” said Master Sgt. Travis Austin of Tacoma, Washington, who acted as the operations non-commissioned...
12.18.2019 | JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASHINGTON, US |
Story by Capt. Ernest Wang
