Warhorse Pride #16

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June 10, Issue 16

Commander’s Column

Lt. Col. David Hardy, commander

2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment

erving the Soldiers, Civilians and Families o 2nd BCT, 4th In. Div.

Lasing eam and 3rd Battalio16th Field Artillery Regimenshooting in support o thbattalion. We showed that we work as a team, we ca

accomplish anything.Soon, the battalion, and th

entire BC will begin traininor another mission - a missiothat will require us to adapt a new set o tasks, conditionand standards. We will bsuccessul i we use the samprinciples that got us througgunnery:

- Focus on the basics: shoomove, communicate

tory and photos by Capt. Colin O’Toolest Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment

on each lane and are evaluated on theirleadership potential in preparation o their last year at the academy, in thecase o the Firsties, or their rst realeld problem as a Cow.

Te lanes are designed to placethe cadets under stressul situationsto evaluate their actions while inleadership positions. Te eamrainers and O/Cs then write their

evaluations and have a one-on-onesession to counsel the cadet on theirperormance. Tis process is designedto be an Aer Action Review or theevaluated cadet, so they understandtheir strengths and weaknesses andimprove throughout the course o the training.

Te Urban Operations Lane was one o therst lanes I was able to witness. Te trainingconsisted o a movement rom the Line o Departure to a small vil lage, perorming landnavigation thru waypoints in-between.

Once there, the platoon must conduct a

Key Leader Engagement, search or a weaponscache, react to a sniper attack, perorm ahostage negotiation scenario, conduct medicalevacuation (MEDEVAC) using a UH-60Blackhawk Helicopter and movement outo the area to their Pickup Zone. Te eam

rainers added that they were able to mthe events to either add or relieve stress ocadets, depending on their reactions tolocal villagers.

USMA has Iraqi contractors to act asplayers on the Combat Out Post lanethe Urban Ops lanes to add realism. civilians are assigned to platoons during

lane to act as interpreters that help bridglanguage gap..

“Te Iraqi contractors add to the reo the training” said Capt. Oldeld, a BOcer teaching at West Point and the O

Cadets use their Iraqi interpreter to interact and solve iss

with cadet and Iraqi locals during the Urban Operations L

Te Soldiers o 1st Battalion, 67th ArmorRegiment, 2nd Brigade Combat eam, 4thnantry Division have been quite busy raining cadets at West Point.

Te Dealth Dealers have been training theadets or more than a month, taking themhrough various tactical scenarios.

Te Soldiers have been assesing the cadets

s they progress through their orders processo execute a raid, recon an enemy camp oronduct key leader engagement with elders insmall village.

Most o the Fort Carson Soldiers, whetherrmor or inantry Soldiers, have groundevel combat experience that is proving to bevery helpul to the cadets as they transitionrom Yucks (sophomores) to Cows (Juniors)r Cows to Firsties (seniors). Te trainingonducted so ar is only one acet o the Cadetummer raining.

Each o the six cadet companies, has been

roken down into three platoons, much liken inantry company. Tose platoons havehree West Point “eam rainers” and threeObserver/Controllers” rom 1st Bn., 67th

Armor Reg.,Te cadets train on a myriad o tasks while

Te hallmark o any great unitis that it can rapidly adapt to new

missions. Like all other units inthe 2nd Brigade Combat eam,the alons recently showed that wecan adapt to a new mission whenwe completed a very successulgunnery - the rst gunnery in a

very long time or the battalionand the rst gunnery or many o our Soldiers and leaders.

We trained or more than 30days in all types o terrain. Weconducted day and nighttimeoperations ranging rom crew

gunnery to platoon and company live res. We shot everything romour small arms weapons systemsto Bradleys, Abrams tanks and120mm mortars. We completed

the missions successully andsaely with the result that we nowhave a battalion that is muchmore procient at accomplishingits wartime mission using all ourmajor combat platorms.

Te most impressive parto gunnery however was theteamwork - rom the crewsshooting their combat systemsto the mechanics, uelers andcooks supporting operations tothe Brigade Combat Observation continued on pag

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lot we won’t do in a regular unit, but we can usesome o what we learned to train other Soldiers,even i they never have to use it.” For example,as a sniper, Apelo is now certied to instructLong Range Marksmanship in which Soldiersare taught, among other things, how to employ their assigned M4s at 600 meters, double thato the 300 meter Army standard.

Apelo admits that the skills are highly

perishable and that those employedas snipers need to train everyday ormonths to preserve and hone their skills,something Soldiers in support battalionsare unable to do while providing supportto the maneuver units.

Sessom and Urquhart agreed that thetraining was invaluable despite not beingable to employ much o it in the standardsupport role. Urquhart claimed, “It was agreat course and I would encourage moreso MOSs to go or training purposes,so that we can bring that knowledgeback and train our Soldiers to eectively engage targets over 300 meters away.”

Sessom summed up the course andthe benet to the Rough Rider battalionby saying, “It was good, the hardestmilitary school I have ever been to, bothphysically and mentally.

Te benet to a support battalion isthat we can pass on our knowledge andskills while training our Soldiers whowould otherwise never get this level o instruction.”

He went on to say, “Tere’s a lot o this

Te 204th Brigade Support Battalion, 2ndBrigade Combat eam, 4th Inantry Division,was the rst unit ever to send Soldiers inupport military occupational specialtiesMOSs) to the Sniper Mobile raining eamut o Fort Benning, Ga. held on Fort Carson

rom April 25 to May 21. Te overall goal waso train and certiy master gunners so that they an bring their lessons learned back to the rest the troops in the Rough Rider Battalion and

mprove overall individual marksmanship.Tere were several volunteers to represent

he Rough Riders in the 30-day course, buthose selected to attend based on physicaltness, marksmanship qualications and

General echnical scores were Sgt. 1st ClassKeith Sessom, an ammunition specialist;

ta Sgt. Donald Apelo, a petroleum supply

pecialist; and Sta Sgt. Jason Urquhart, anutomated logistical specialist.Te training covered the undamentals

being a sniper, including long rangemarksmanship, range estimation, target

etection and selection, camoufage, stalking,weapons training, and organization andmission usage. Sniper M Class 705-

0 started with a total o 34 students andraduated a total o 12 snipers including one

Rough Rider.Apelo, one o the course graduates and the

nly Rough Rider to earn the sniper identier

aid, “Te course was great, I loved it! Tere’s a

Warhorse Prideage 2 June 10, Issue 16

tory by 1st Lt. Jessica Maxim04th Brigade Support Battalion

ictures provided by Staf Sgt. Donald Apelo

Mission support Soldiers train to be sniper

-Be disciplined and physically t-Conduct pre-combat checks a

inspections- Integrate saety in all we do- And above all, work together as

teamI look orward to seeing you out in t

training areas as we prepare or our ne

mission. Warhorse!

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training we can use in Aghanistan, succounter sniper training.”

Sessom oers this bit o advice to usupport units and Soldiers considering sntraining: prepare by beginning physicaltactical training well in advance; there’smuch to do and learn in only 30 days o snschool.

or more than 30 minutes to conceal riendly movements during a simulated mission.

Te Tunder Battalion “Redlegs” already completed able VIII (crew) and able XII(platoon) artillery qualications, and ableXVIII is their nal artil lery qualication.

oldiers rom 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat eam, 4thnantry Division, executed a Rearm, Reuel,

Resupply and Survey Point mission on June

in preparation or able XVIII artillery ualication the ollowing week.

Soldiers rom Company G, Forward SupportCompany, 204th Brigade Support Battalion,

nd Brigade Combat eam, 4th Inantry Division, transerred more than 600 artillery ounds to Batteries A and B. Te roundsnclude High Explosive , illumination, whitehosphorous and smoke, all o which will besed in the able XVIII qualications. able

XVIII is battalion massed missions, whichwill take place rom June 8 to 11. Te primary mission will be maintaining a smoke screen

Soldiers rom Company G, 204th Brigade Support

Battalion, 2nd BCT, transer supplies to 3rd Battalion,

16th Field Artillery Regiment.

Soldiers rom Sniper Mobile Training Team class 705-10

duct training through a creek as part o their class.

A Soldier rom Sniper Mobile Training Team class 705-1

his ghillie suit, looks or a concealed fring position.

tory and photo by 2nd Lt. Ian Faisonrd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment

3-16 prepares for Table XVIII



puts the attention and ocus on someone else.It seems unair that those who do so muchgood work get so little appreciation.

But truly servant-minded people, though,See it another way. Tey give preerence toothers because they know that God does seeand that he will reward them in due time.

BlessingsChaplain (Maj.) Ricky Way 2nd Brigade Combat eam, 4th In. Div.

Operation “Bison Rampage” has proven toe a very valuable training event or Company

D, Forward Support Company, 204th Brigadeupport Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat eam,th Inantry Division. Both maintenance andistribution platoons conducted an intense,wo day counter-improvised explosive deviceane, starting with a walkthrough and “IEDetting zoo” to help identiy emplacementechniques. Once that was completed, both

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Darkhorse conducts ‘Bison Rampage’tory and photo by 1st Lt. Daniel Wilson04th Brigade Support Battalion

Chaplain’s Corner: Unsung heroesIt has been my observation throughhe years that there are many workers thatontribute much to the success o those aroundhem behind the scene. You don’t have to bevery observant or overly perceptive to realizehat is sometimes the case in the military as

well.Te worker bees are the ones that make

hings happen and many times go unnoticed.Tese hardworking olks, many o whom are

ighly skilled, do tasks that make others shine.

Tey seldom get noticed because their work

Col. John S. Kolasheski..................2nd BCT Commander

Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Barteau.....2nd BCT CSM

Lt. Col. Richard Stebbins................................2nd BCT PAO

2nd Lt. Christopher McMillan....................................Editor

Staf Writers

Sgt. Seth Barham and Spc. April York

platoons executed multiple iterations, allowingor the Soldiers to gain condencein both their leadership’s and theirown abilities to identiy an explosivethreat.

Maintenance platoon has beenable to not only execute trainingevents, they have been able tocontinue to conduct services anddaily maintenance operations.Recovery section set up andexecuted a recovery lane with allCombat Response eam Soldiers.Tey set up two damaged M1151Humvees or each CR to practicerecovery techniques.

Distribution platoon has beenrunning resupply missions to 1stSquadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment,

2nd Brigade Combat eam, 4thInantry Division troops whileconducting screening and reconnaissancemissions, while executing their own training.Distribution platoon has been able to establishand implement systems that should carry usthrough squadron gunnery and CombinedArms Live Fire Exercise (CALFEX). Overal l,the leadership o Company D eels that thistraining event has been very benecial to ourupcoming training and eventual deployment.

ompany D, Forward Support Company, 204th Brigade Support

attalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inantry Division, Sol-

iers recover a rol led M1151 Humvee during platoon lanes.

in Charge o the Urban Operations L“We want the cadets to deal with real-lie islike a language barrier, and still accomplismission”.

Te training or the cadets at West Poon par with some o the scenario trainingForces Command (FORSCOM) posts exeTe amount o assets used, air and groprovide the cadets with a level o realismhad not seen prior to their rst year o CLTe experience o our Death Dealer Solenable the cadets to learn quickly rom mistakes and give them some tricks o the to make their time “under the microscwith their evaluator a little more helpul.

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