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STATE OF
THE MILITARY
ADDRESS
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Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Twitty, 1st AD and
Fort Bliss commanding general, delivers
his State of the Military address to members of the El Paso business, government
and military community at the Centennial
Banquet and Conference Center Wednesday on East Fort Bliss. More on the event
and key talking points will run in next
week’s edition of The Bugle.
Western Accord 2015
Command Post Exercise assesses multinational peace operations
By Staff Sgt. Killo Gibson
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Public Affairs
AMSTERDAM – The sound of gunfire filled
the air in a little town in eastern Mali. The number of casualties and damage to property were
unknown.
Fortunately, this was just a computer-simulated attack during the command post exercise
phase of Western Accord 2015, at Winkelman
Kazerne, Harskamp, The Netherlands, July 20
through July 31.
The annual exercise assesses U.S., European, and African partner nation staff’s on their
ability to conduct United Nations peace operations using the current U.N. Multidimensional
Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).
Although the participants of the exercise will
not be a part of current missions in Mali, they
will replicate a combined U.N. staff and target
real-world scenarios the U.N. is currently facing in the region.
The U.S. Army has long used command
post exercises to train and evaluate headquarters leadership’s ability to plan and react to the
ever-changing battlefield.
“As these series of exercises continue, I hope
our European, and African partner nations adapt
similar scenario-driven models to increase the
proficiency of the staff headquarters,” said Col.
Barry “Chip” Daniels, commander, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, and
Western Accord chief of staff U.S. Forces.
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5th AR Bde. Soldiers
Staff Sgt. Killo Gibson / 3rd BCT, 1st AD Public Affairs
Capt. Trevor Robles, left, 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored
Division, looks along as a staff member from Burkina Faso reads security threats during the command
post exercise at Harskamp, The Netherlands, July 28.
The staff had a week to plan and prepare for
the CPX. This allowed participants to overcome any cultural or language barriers.
“I think the academics phase of the exercise
was key to the success of the CPX,” said Maj.
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Photos by David Crozier / Command Communications
Command Sgt. Maj. Harold A. Reynolds Jr. became the newest director of the Sergeants Major Course
during a change of responsibility ceremony held July 27 at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy.
Pictured with Reynolds is his wife of 24 years, Ericca. The Sergeants Major Course change of responsibility is a time-honored ceremony where the outgoing director passes the unit Halberd signifying the
relinquishment of responsibility and authority from the outgoing to the incoming director. By accepting
the Halberd, the incoming director is delegated the authority and is entrusted with the responsibility of
the unit.
Reynolds assumes
responsibility for Sergeants
Major Course Directorate
By David Crozier
Command Communications
The Sergeants Major Course of the U.S.
Army Sergeants Major Academy here held a
change of responsibility ceremony July 27,
where Command Sgt. Maj. Gary W. Coleman Jr., handed over his director duties and
responsibilities to Command Sgt. Maj. Harold A. Reynolds Jr.
Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis Defreese,
commandant of the USASMA, officiated
the change of responsibility and spoke a
few words about both of the sergeants major
during the event.
“Our Army continues to amaze me with
the great depth it has of committed senior
leaders of great character. These two great
command sergeants major are example of
this depth and the competent committed
leaders of character that our Army needs
as we move into the future,” Defreese said.
“Gary Coleman has been the director of
the Sergeants Major Course for the past
two years and has seen and led the course
through numerous positive changes during
that time.”
Defreese recounted some of the accomplishments of the Sergeants Major Course
Directorate under Coleman’s leadership
that included curriculum changes, instructor
turnover and the many taskings placed upon
him by himself and the deputy commandant.
“He has done an incredible job. … I
would say we are going to miss him, but he
isn’t going anywhere,” Defreese said. “He
will be serving as my XO and then as the
interim deputy commandant as we wait for
the individual that I just chose for that position arrives.”
Defreese then turned his attention to
Reynolds whom he said was another example of dedicated leadership.
“Command Sgt. Maj. Harold Reynolds
Jr., comes to us after having served as a battalion command sergeant major in two different units. You can see from his bio that
he has had an impressive career,” Defreese
said. “I expect that he will continue to move
the Sergeants Major Course forward as impressively as Gary did.
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Command Sgt. Maj. Harold A. Reynolds Jr. accepts the Halberd from Command Sgt. Maj.
Dennis Defreese, commandant of the U.S. Army
Sergeants Major Academy, signifying his acceptance of the responsibility and authority as the
director of the Sergeants Major Course.
Following Defreese’s remarks both Coleman and Reynolds addressed the audience.
“It is a great day to be a Soldier and a
great day to serve our nation. It has been an
honor to be able to serve our nation with the
USASMA team,” Coleman said. “Bear with
me as I try and get through this without getting too emotional. You know when you put
your heart and soul into your job and to your
people and to your family sometimes it can
get the best of you.”
Coleman thanked a long list of individuals, beginning with his wife Tammy who
attended and then proceeded to thanks all
of the staff and faculty who helped him to
ensure the Sergeants Major Course moved
forward. Coleman then turned his comments
to his replacement.
“Sgt. Maj. Reynolds, this is a great team
and everyone I have named off, those are
the ones that are going to support you …
You have got a great reputation and I know
the courses are in good hands with you. So,
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Reynolds then took his place at the podium to make a few remarks.
“I want to thank Gary. Typically, when
you go to a new organization you always
have big shoes to fill. Unfortunately for me I
have crates to fill,” Reynolds said. “But that
is OK. That is just going to make me a better
leader and understand what really goes on
with the Sergeants Major Course and rely on
the staff and faculty that I have. It is going
to force me to be a better leader. So, thank
you.”
Reynolds then informed the crowed it is
important form to let everyone know what
he is not before he takes command.
“I am humble to be selected to be in this
position … I am honored to have served
with some of the best and finest officers,
NCOs and Soldiers that America has to offer. Because without their efforts I am not
in this position. Most importantly, I am
privileged. I am privileged to work with the
world class instructors and faculty and I am
privileged to be called your director for the
Sergeants Major Course.”
The change of responsibility is a timehonored ceremony where the outgoing director passes the unit Halberd signifying the
relinquishment of responsibility and authority from the outgoing to the incoming director. By accepting the Halberd, the incoming
director is delegated the authority and is
entrusted with the responsibility of the unit.
Reynolds enters the job after a successful assignment as the battalion command
sergeant major of the 3rd Battalion, 364th
Engineer Regiment, 5th Armored Brigade,
1st Armored Division.
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led scenarios ranging from terrorists attacking a convoy of nongovernmental employees to providing aid to indigenous displaced
personnel.
“The most difficult task would be to sustain a simulated U.N. casualty, and having
to go through the process of securing and
identifying those personnel in an austere environment, and having them evacuated out
of the country. There are a lot of moving
pieces, which require lots of coordination,”
said Lt. Col. Jonathan Shine, deputy chief of
staff.
With continued success during the CPX,
the U.S., European, and African partner nations gained beneficial lessons to take back
to their units.
“It is important we keep these documents
when we return, so we can move forward and
train others,” said Lt. Col. Kouame Bi JeanLuc, a staff officer from the Ivory Coast.
As the exercise wrapped up, participants
said the bonds they formed would last well
after the exercise.
“The U.S. Army has a long history of
maintaining close cooperation with members
of other militaries in the promotion of stability and security,” said Col. Melinda Mate,
director of peace operations, Peace Keeping
and Stability Institute. “Our cultures may be
different but by coming together and sharing
our experiences we can build our capacity to
foster peace and stability.”
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UNIT NEWS
UNIT NEWS
FORT BLISS BUGLE • August 6, 2015 • 3A
Training is the oil that keeps the
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First Sgt. Daniel North, a drill sergeant assigned to the Fort Bliss CONUS Replacement Center, takes a 1st AD Sust. Bde. Soldier through
the process of preparing to throw a grenade at McGregor Range, N.M.,
July 30.
Photos by Sgt. 1st Class Dave McClain / 1st AD Sust. Bde. Public Affairs
Capt. Ryan Bocklage, from 1st Armored Division Sustainment Brigade, instructs Command Sgt. Maj. Ernest Peterson and Command Sgt.
Maj. Ronald Houston, the 1st Armored Division Sustainment Brigade and Special Troops Battalion senior enlisted advisers, respectively,
on the proper stance for throwing a hand grenade at McGregor Range, N.M., Thursday. About 400 of the brigade’s Soldiers, including
junior enlisted, junior noncommissioned officers, senior NCOs and commissioned officers, participated.
Sgt. 1st Class Greg Boicourt, a drill sergeant assigned to the Fort Bliss
CONUS Replacement Center, instructs several 1st AD Sust. Bde. Soldiers how to throw a grenade from a fighting position at McGregor
Range, N.M., July 30.
1st AD’s Sust. Bde. Soldiers ‘rock back’
Drill sergeants from the Fort Bliss CONUS Replacement Center served as pit safeMCGREGOR RANGE, N.M. – Soldiers
ties, while officers and NCOs from the Susassigned to 1st Armored Division Sustaintainment Brigade ran the range.
ment Brigade received grenade training at
Staff Sgt. Calvin McClendon, operations
McGregor Range July 28 through 30. This
sergeant, 178th Human Resources Company,
was the first time the brigade conducted a
1st Armored Division Sustainment Brigade,
grenade range in recent memory.
had experience running a grenade range as
The brigade’s rear dea former drill sergeant and
tachment senior enlisted
served as the noncommisadviser, Command Sgt.
sioned officer in charge for
Maj. Ernest Peterson, says
this range.
the idea behind this range
“As far as the process,
is a result of 1st Armored
it’s been really good. It’s
Division Commander Maj.
been really fluid,” McClenGen. Stephen Twitty’s emdon said.
phasis on all 1st AD units
By the end of the third
conducting tough, realistic
day of the brigade’s gretraining.
nade range, about 400 of
“It’s all about sustaining >> Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Ernest Peterson the brigade’s Soldiers sucyourself on the battlefield.
cessfully completed the
You never know when
range, using approximately
you’ll get in a situation where you have to
800 live grenades along the way.
employ a grenade. You train as you fight. I’m
Capt. Rudolpho Valenzuela, 142nd Coma firm believer in that,” Peterson said.
bat Service Support Battalion, 1st Armored
Officers and noncommissioned officers
Division Sustainment Brigade, was the
from the brigade ran the range in a systematic
range officer in charge.
manner to maximize each Soldiers’ chances
“People need to get back to the roots of
of success and minimize injury. The primary
actually being a Soldier, getting away from
marksmanship instruction taught the Solthe office, getting away from PowerPoint
diers about different types of grenades and
presentations. I’ve got officers, I got first
the proper procedures for throwing them.
sergeants (and) sergeant majors coming out
Each Soldier had to meet safety and throwhere, so, commanders and everybody are
ing standards at seven different stations,
coming out here to support it.”
where they threw dummy M67 grenade bodSpc. Timmy Maddox, 504th Quartermasies from different positions and at different
ter Company, 1st Armored Division Sustaintargets. Each Soldier then threw two practice
ment Brigade, appreciated the opportunity to
grenades from a concrete bunker before rethrow a hand grenade for the first time in a
peating the process with live grenades.
long time.
By Sgt. 1st Class Dave McClain
1st Armored Division Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs
“It’s all about sustaining yourself on the
battlefield. ... You train
as you fight. I’m a firm
believer in that.”
While a 1st AD Sust. Bde. Soldier completes the grenade throwing process by diving for cover, 1st
Sgt. Daniel North, a drill sergeant assigned to the Fort Bliss CONUS Replacement Center, watches the
dummy grenade fly through the air towards a simulated doorway at McGregor Range, N.M., July 30. The
Soldiers had to throw a dummy grenade at a target 20 meters away at seven different stations before
being allowed to proceed to the qualification range.
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FORT BLISS BUGLE • August 6, 2015 • 5A
5th AR Bde. Soldiers
train military firefighters
By Capt. John A. Brimley
5th Armored Brigade, First Army Division West Public Affairs
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M.
– A First Army Division West unit at Holloman Air Force Base wrapped up a four-day
training exercise to prepare Washington state
military firefighting detachments for deployment to Romania.
The 3rd Battalion, 364th Engineer Regiment, 5th Armored Brigade’s mission readiness exercise offered members of four firefighting detachments – the 907th, 702nd,
582nd and 306th, respectively, a taste of live
firefighting while building unit cohesion and
teamwork.
“This place built a lot of camaraderie
amongst the firefighters,” said Staff Sgt.
Everard Lewis, assistant fire chief, 907th
Firefighting Headquarters Detachment.
On day four of the mission readiness
exercise, the detachments, with the 907th
running command and control, worked in
unison to tackle a two-story structure fire as
well as search and rescue and ventilation operations.
Staff Sgt. Andrew Hayden, fire chief for
the 907th, and his team, along with Lewis,
was responsible for coordinating their response to each situation using radio communications amongst the other three detachments.
“This just gave them an opportunity to
work together and work on their SOPs and
figure out anything they might need to improve upon and figure what works for them,”
said Sgt. 1st Class Jason Piercy, fire chief for
3rd Bn., 364th Eng. Regt., 5th Armored Bde.
Piercy is one of three firefighters in 5th
Armored Brigade, because of the irregularity of firefighting units mobilizing through
the Mobilization Training Center Bliss, he
and his fellow firefighters rarely get to use
their skills. The infrequent use of their skill-
set results in a need for increased resource
coordination requirements.
Their fire department was a great asset to
us,” Piercy said. “They were able to accommodate all of our training in one location
with the ARFF (aircraft rescue and firefighter) training.”
Infrequent resources and training not only
affect the trainers, but also those receiving
the training.
“The availability of live fire burns is not
easy to get, so having the chance to do that
before you go downrange is really important,” said 1st Lt. Christopher Stell, detachment commander for the 907th.
This will be the first deployment for many
assigned to these detachments, but for Lewis, this will be his third, and he couldn’t be
happier his team is getting comfortable during training before they have to use their
skills downrange.
“Without a doubt there’s something that’s
going to happen range down, and I want
them to be the most comfortable that they
can be,” Lewis said. “Being in a situation
like this where there’s high tensions and
lots of fire, some smoke and rescue, a lot of
climbing and a lot of hard work when you
get down there, it’s going to make it a heck
of a lot easier to do their job effectively and
efficiently.”
Capt. Jennie Armstrong / 5th Armored Bde., First Army Division West
Firefighters from 306th Firefighting Detachment provide ventilation through a roof during the units
mission readiness exercise held at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.
(Right) Sgt. 1st Class Jason Piercy, military fire
chief, 3rd Battalion, 364th Engineer Regiment,
5th Armored Brigade, ignites a fire to begin day
four of a mission readiness exercise for the
907th, 702nd, 582nd and 306th Firefighting Detachments at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.
(Far right) military firefighter climbs a ladder to
rescue one of three simulated victims caught in a
live fire during a mission readiness exercise held
at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.
Capt. Jennie Armstrong / 5th Armored Bde., First Army Division West
Capt. John A. Brimley / 5th Armored Bde., First Army Division West
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8A • August 6, 2015 • FORT BLISS BUGLE
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Participants of Team 2, walk and casualty carry, as
they travel to their next check point during the “Desert Knights” personnel recovery and evasion lanes field
training exercise at McGregor Range, N.M., July 30.
Photos by Spc. Von Marie Donato / 3rd
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division
Public Affairs
Staff Sgt. Adam J. Davis, on
hoist, production control NCO,
2nd Battalion, 501st Aviation
Regiment, Combat Aviation
Brigade, 1st Armored Division,
is raised toward a UH-60 Black
Hawk medical evacuation helicopter during “Desert Knights”
at McGregor Range, N.M., July
30.
Team 2 sits and listens to a
field class on water sourcing
and purification.
‘DESERT KNIGHTS’
S oldier s f rom 1 A D ’s Com ba t Avi a t i on
Br igad e t r a in f o r rea l-wo r l d com ba t
Story and photos by Spc. Von Marie Donato / 3rd Brigade Combat Team,
1st Armored Division Public Affairs
MCGREGOR RANGE, N.M. – Sand
particles filled the air as intense gusts of
wind flowed beneath the UH-60 Black
Hawk helicopter and blew upon all the
Soldiers waiting to be hoisted in a medical evacuation training exercise at McGregor Range July 30.
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 501st
Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation
Brigade, 1st Armored Division, participated in a realistic multi-echelon training mission, “Desert Knights.” The exercise consisted of personnel recovery and
evasion lanes that incorporated an air assault insertion, educational checkpoints,
an M9 reflexive fire lane and a medical
evacuation live hoist extraction.
“This is a very realistic training mission: being in the back of a UH-60 Black
Hawk helicopter, dropped off, and left
to react to contact and survive in your
environment,” said Lt. Col. Richard M.
Zygadlo, commander, 2nd Bn., 501st
Avn. Regt. “In the event that anything
happens in a combat environment or
unsecured area, our Soldiers will know
how to react. That was the inspiration
behind this training.”
The mission was comprised of four
small teams with eight Soldiers each,
targeted at lieutenants and platoon sergeants executing a physically demanding
mission to encourage camaraderie, test
survivability, improve confidence and
build esprit de corps.
“I purposefully wanted to target platoon leaders and platoon sergeants because they are the leaders who will take
their platoons to the next level. I want
them to build the needed camaraderie
and cohesion as they go through the
exercise,” Zygadlo said. “What’s great
about this is that it’s not focused on one
company, it’s battalion-wide.”
After classes on desert survival, Soldiers covered a terrain walk of more than
five miles, with the last half-mile requiring them to transport casualties and go
directly to an M9 range. Zygadlo added
that the live hoist extraction was a particularly crucial experience for both aviators and non-aviators.
“The skills they develop during this
recovery and evasion lane will be the difference between life and death for themselves and their Soldiers,” said Command
Sgt. Maj. John A. Kolodgy, Command
Sgt. maj., 2nd Bn., 501st Avn. Regt. “If
they were to crash in a combat scenario,
which is not the time to be practicing and
asking questions. (If) we don’t rise to the
occasion, we fall back on our training.”
Not only did the exercise allow Soldiers to practice their craft in extreme
conditions, but many said they discovered a newfound respect for their counterparts in other fields and positions.
“We got to work with a military in-
telligence officer and see his perspective out in an unsecured environment,
as compared to a pilot’s perspective, and
learn how different our viewpoints are,”
said 1st Lt. Lauren M. Rattan, officer in
charge of flight operations, Headquarters
and Headquarters Company, 2nd Bn.,
501st Avn. Regt.
In the battlefield, trust and camaraderie can be essential and acquired through
tough and realistic training, and the 2nd
Bn., 501st Avn. Regt.’s Soldiers said Desert Knights met those standards.
“It served as a great team building
and problem solving exercise,” said 2nd
Lt. Samuel V. Obrist, distribution platoon
leader, Company E, 2nd Bn., 501st Avn.
Regt. “We came together and worked as
a team when it came to figuring out the
process to maneuver the casualties and
switch out on individual carries to our
next check point.”
The close-quartered, small-group
training style also enhanced the exercise
by having real-world application out on
the field.
“During the training I became a casualty, Rattan said. “I was being stripped
of all my gear and somebody whom I had
never met or spoken to prior to today was
now carrying me … My battle buddy had
my back and my life was in good hands.”
“
T h i s i s a ve r y re al i sti c tr ai ni ng m i s s i on: be i ng i n th e bac k
o f a UH -6 0 B l ac k Haw k h e l i copte r, droppe d off, and l e f t
t o re ac t t o c ontact and su r vi ve i n you r e nvi ronm e nt.
”
>> Lt. Col. Richard M. Zygadlo, commander, 2nd Bn., 501st Avn. Regt., CAB, 1st AD
Two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews prepare to land and drop off two different teams from 2nd Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, to begin the “Desert Knights”
personnel recovery and evasion lanes field training exercise at McGregor Range, N.M., July 30.
Staff Sgt. Adam J. Davis, battalion production control NCO, 2nd Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, shoots a Beretta M9 handgun in the reflexive fire lane.