By Maj. Gen. Robert P. Stall | 12/05/2011

I recently attended the 98th Training Division (IET) FY12 Brigade Commander’s Conference to meet with and speak to the 98th’s brigade commanders as well as conducted our second 108th Training Command (IET) metrics review via video teleconference from Orlando, Fla. Brig. Gen. Dwayne Edwards, commanding general, 98th Training Division invited me to this conference and asked me to speak about “Serving Leadership”, which is one of my passions. Leadership is a central focus as our leaders begin to discuss shaping the Army of 2020. At a recent TRADOC Senior Leaders Conference, Gen. Robert Cone, commander of TRADOC discussed the four key initiative... Read More...

Relevant Tags: From the Commanding General, command, training, army, training command, 18th training, commanding general, command iet, command sgt, serving leadership, brig gen, from commanding, 98th training, training division

Brig. Gen. A. Ray Royalty | 12/05/2011

I want to take this opportunity to thank Command Sgt. Maj. Don Smith for his dedication, loyalty, and service to this Division as he takes on a mobilization mission. While our time as battle buddies was short by comparison, it has been both a pleasure and an honor to serve with Smith. Always steady, on target, and ready to take on any challenge, I have been fortunate to serve with Smith. I wish both him and his wife, Wanda, the very best moving forward. Meantime, I want to welcome the newest member of the 95th Division Command Team ­— Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Minton. Coming with a wealth of knowledge and experiences, Minton is truly a Soldi... Read More...

Relevant Tags: From the 95th Division Commander..., division, command sgt, sgt maj, 95th division, division commander, 95th training, training division, division iet

Brig. Gen. Dwayne Edwards | 12/05/2011

If you joined the Army around the same time I did, you might remember one of the old versions of FM 21-150, Combatives, chock-full of photographs of Soldiers in Korean War-era uniforms demonstrating techniques that were largely unchanged from the first version published during World War II. I suspect many of these manuals, like mine, sat on bookshelves gathering dust as the Army trained and equipped itself to fight according to AirLand Battle doctrine. The need for training in hand-to-hand combat seemed to fade even more deeply into the distance following Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, where our resounding success on the battlefield a... Read More...

Relevant Tags: From the 98th Division Commander...

Brig. Gen. Kurt Hardin | 12/05/2011

The Timberwolves were busy this past summer with wrapping up our missions, and preparing for the upcoming training year. The new training year promises to be jam packed once again with missions and training events. First and foremost, I would like to take a minute and thank Command Sgt. Maj. Joe Payne for his outstanding service to the 108th Training Command (IET) and the 104th Training Division (Leader Training). Payne welcomed the 104th into the 108th with open arms and great support. He was essential in our division’s quick integration into the command by attending both of our Brigade Yearly Training Brief (YTB) Conferences at Little Big ... Read More...

Relevant Tags: From the 104th Division Commander, training, 14th, command, division, missions, army, soldiers, training year, commanding general, division commander, 14th division, summer training, working together

By Command Sgt. Maj. Rocci DeRezza | 12/05/2011

I want to start off by saying thank you to Maj. Gen. Stall for selecting me as the Command Sergeant Major for 108th Training Command (IET). I look forward to working with Maj. Gen. Stall and all the Soldiers of the 108th Training Command (IET). I am excited about the coming years and honored to have been selected for this position. Throughout my career I have been honored to serve with Soldiers from the 98th Training Division (IET) and the 95th Training Division (IET). I have deployed to Iraq as one of the first combat advisors with the 98th Training Division (IET), and most recently, to Afghanistan in support of the 95th Training Division’s... Read More...

Relevant Tags: From the Command Sergeant Major..., command, training, major, sergeant, soldiers, training command, 18th training, sergeant major, command sergeant, command iet, maj gen, training division, soldiers 18th

By Sgt. 1st Class Lisa M. Litchfield | 12/05/2011

JOINT BASE McGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. — Seventy Servicemembers representing three different branches of the armed forces and over 50 different units descended on the Griffith Field House Sunday, September 18, for a modern Army Combatives Tournament sponsored by the 98th Training Division (IET). According to 1st Sgt. Jason Ford, 98th Training Division, the tournament was the brainchild of Brig. Gen. Dwayne Edwards, commander of the 98th Training Division. “General Edwards saw that the combatives program was being very productive, especially in the combat areas we are in now, both in Iraq and Afghanistan,” said Ford. “He wanted his training d... Read More...

Relevant Tags: training, 98th, sgt, division, tournament, class, combatives, training division, 1st class, staff sgt, griffith field

By Sgt. 1st Class Marty A. Collins | 12/05/2011

HONOLULU — Soldiers from Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta Companies of the 2nd Battalion, 413th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 95th Training Division (IET) took a five and one half hour flight across the Pacific to the 50th state in order to participate in a field training exercise at Bellows Air Station, with their sister unit, Echo Company which is located in Honolulu. The air station located on the windward side of Oahu, known as “The Gathering Place” in Hawaiian culture, is within a stone’s throw of Waimanalo Beach and a short drive to Marine Corps Base Hawaii, situated near Kaneohe Bay. Some may question sending Soldiers to train in Hawaii, but ... Read More...

Relevant Tags: training, battalion, hawaii, soldiers, training exercise, 413th regiment, air station, 2nd brigade, training division, 95th training

By Capt. Nicole Kessler | 12/05/2011

FORT HARRISON, Mont. — The Montana National Guard Recruit Training Company (RTC) held its fifth annual Devil’s Brigade Challenge at Fort Harrison, Mont. April 15-17. Nearly 160 Soldiers from eight recruit training companies throughout Montana were given the opportunity to spend a weekend being trained by drill sergeants from the 3rd Battalion, 415th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 95th Training Division, 108th Training Command (IET). The main focus of the weekend was to prepare Soldiers for basic training and ultimately set them up for success in the Army. “Rather than just send them out to their line units, the RTC developed this training for recrui... Read More...

Relevant Tags: training, brigade, division, challenge, basic training, brigade challenge, harrison mont, recruit training, training division, 95th training, drill sergeant, 415th regiment, warrior brigade

By Cpt. Douglas Kennedy | 12/05/2011

While leaving Yakima Training Center (YTC) in route to lunch during Battle Assembly in April, two 3rd Battalion, 415th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 95th Training Division (IET) drill sergeants observed a one vehicle accident and assisted as first responders. Sgt. 1st Class Mitchell Brownfield and Staff Sgt. Vicente Mariscal, witnessed an oncoming minivan cross the median on Interstate 82 in Yakima, Wash. Read More...

Relevant Tags: training, division, office, saver, vehicle, sergeants, life saver, training division, drill sergeants, 95th training, division iet, yakima training

By Sgt. Maj. Michael Granado and Maj. Tom Fleetwood | 12/05/2011

BOANE, Mozambique — The 108th Training Command (IET) has recently set off into a new area and era of partnership building within the African Command (AFRICOM)/ US Army Africa (USARAF) Area of Responsibility (AOR). This effort is just in time to support the Chief Army Reserve’s 2020 Vision and Strategy Statement to be an enabler in battle staff, military occupational skills, and tactical training to foreign militaries. 108th Training Command (IET) downtrace staff and drill sergeants are filling the gaps of a slower operational tempo with new smaller scale Military-to-Military (M2M) engagements in the AFRICOM/USARAF AOR as well as other Combat... Read More...

Relevant Tags: military, 18th, leadership, mozambique, training command, command iet, 18th training, 95th training, division iet, training division, 1st brigade, michael granado, brigade 95th

By Cpt. Jennifer K. Cotten | 12/05/2011

LAWTON, Okla. — The 95th will spearhead the second iteration of Army Reserve Soldiers to train the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) as part of the NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan (NTMA). Task Force Griffon, as it will be known, is made up of units from the 95th Training Division (IET), 412th Theater Engineer Command, 416th Theater Engineer Command, 377th Theater Support Command, 200th Military Police Command, and the Military Intelligence Readiness Command. The task force will be commanded by Col. William M. Snyder, commander, 2nd Brigade, 95th Training Division (IET). “Soldiers recently completed their latest phase in preparation ... Read More...

Relevant Tags: training, division, command, mission, griffon, military, soldiers, office, army, 95th training, nato training, training mission, training division, division iet, army reserve, task force

By Cpt. Patrick Olson | 12/05/2011

ROSWELL, N.M. — Nine drill sergeants from 3-378th Regiment, 1st Brigade, 95th Training Division (IET) from Norman, Okla. traveled to Roswell, N.M. to spend a week helping train New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI) cadet Recruits at Training (RATs). NMMI is one of five military junior colleges in the United States, and the only state-supported military college located in the western United States. NMMI includes a college preparatory four-year high school, and a two- year junior college. Since 1891, NMMI’s mission statement has been “to educate, train, and prepare young men and women to be leaders capable of critical thinking and sound analysi... Read More...

Relevant Tags: drill, sergeants, training, nmmi, military, division, cadets, drill sergeants, 378th regiment, training division, 95th training, bravo company, 1st bde, company 378th, nmmi cadet