Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 317th Regiment, 2nd BDE is located in Culpepper, Va., while a small detachment, a total of nine Soldiers, is located across the country at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. This hearty group may be small, but they knock out critical training each month in preparation for their Annual Training at Cadet Summer Training (CST) at Ft. Knox.

“At first I was in denial and hoping it wouldn’t happen,” lamented Kelly Countryman, 104th Training Division (LT) Family Readiness Support Assistant (FRSA), who, along with her colleague Jane Neuharth, will no longer travel to 104th units in different cities and states across the country.