{"id":101109,"date":"2024-01-25T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=101109"},"modified":"2024-01-27T09:20:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T09:20:18","slug":"wisconsin-guard-fights-elements-in-urban-operations-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=101109","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Guard Fights Elements in Urban Operations Training"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, approach the High Risk Entry Facility Jan. 17 at Volk Field, Wis., during urban warfare training.
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VOLK FIELD, Wis. \u2014 For 24 frigid hours Jan. 17-18, Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, used the High Risk Entry Facility and grounds at Volk Field \u2014 part of the Regional Emergency All-Climate Training Center \u2014 to train and perfect their urban operations in preparation for training at the Joint Readiness Training Center.<\/p>\n

Sgt. 1st Class Charles Hensen, a platoon sergeant with Company A, explained the importance of conducting these kinds of training events.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of these guys are potentially a year and a half away from combat,\u201d Hensen said. \u201cWhether they see combat or not is not my decision \u2014 it\u2019s my decision to make sure they are ready for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Staff Sgt. Justin Swiersz, weapons squad leader for Company A\u2019s 1st Platoon, was stationed at JRTC for four years, completing 37 rotations with the opposition forces. He explained that the training Company A is doing will be useful for its Soldiers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gets our feet wet, because we haven\u2019t typically done shoot houses in the National Guard,\u201d Swiersz said. \u201cThe additional training and unique situations that we\u2019ve gotten to see has definitely improved our lethality and confidence in completing these mission-oriented tasks.\u201d<\/p>\n

2nd Lt. Reed Matz, Company A\u2019s 2nd Platoon leader, was impressed with how his Soldiers performed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are things we need to get consistent on as a platoon, like communication plans and methods of marking,\u201d Matz reflected. \u201cOverall, we were able to breach the building, use some simulation rounds to take down the bad guys, and learn a lot in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hensen sees training opportunities like this as a chance to set his Soldiers apart from others who have come before them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt ripped the Band-Aid off on the things our Soldiers can work on at the individual level,\u201d Hensen said. \u201cI enjoyed observing the thought processes, the fact that it\u2019s a situation our teams aren\u2019t used to, and we saw that they were able to utilize what they had and adjust as they needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, approach the High Risk Entry Facility Jan. 17 at Volk Field, Wis., during urban warfare training.(32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team photo by Staff Sgt. Kati Volkman) (Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Kati Volkman) VIEW ORIGINAL VOLK FIELD, Wis. \u2014 For 24 frigid hours […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101110,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101109\/revisions\/101110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}