{"id":15552,"date":"2023-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=15552"},"modified":"2023-06-17T06:47:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T06:47:50","slug":"new-jersey-guards-44th-ibct-demonstrates-combat-readiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=15552","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Guard\u2019s 44th IBCT Demonstrates Combat Readiness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Soldiers assigned to the 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, demonstrated their abilities during rotation 23-08 at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Johnson, Louisiana, May 28-June 11, 2023. Nearly 3,000 New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers were assessed on their units’ ability to conduct large-scale combat operations in a multi-domain setting against a near-peer opposing force.
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FORT JOHNSON, La. – It\u2019s hot and humid, and there are critters everywhere. \u201cThe Box\u201d at the Joint Readiness Training Center is where Soldiers are battle-tested in a high-stress, multi-domain setting against a near-peer opposing force, becoming deployment-ready.<\/p>\n

Showing their resilience and modernized warfighting capabilities, the New Jersey National Guard\u2019s 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team was up to the task, making history as the first New Jersey Guard unit to lead a rotation at JRTC.<\/p>\n

Nearly 3,000 New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers from the 44th IBCT were assessed on the unit\u2019s ability to conduct large-scale combat operations, maneuvering as a close-combat force. It was the organization\u2019s largest training exercise in over a decade, with approximately 2,500 additional Soldiers from more than a dozen states and Puerto Rico participating in rotation 23-08.<\/p>\n

Brigade combat teams maneuver against, close with and destroy enemy forces. They also acquire and occupy key terrain and keep the enemy under constant pressure, breaking their will to fight.<\/p>\n

As the Army has transitioned from counterinsurgency warfare into large-scale combat operations, JRTC has implemented a refined training model. Units of the 44th IBCT demonstrated modernized capabilities during the exercise.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ability to successfully operate as a brigade while maneuvering battalions in a large-scale combat operation training environment is a rare achievement for a National Guard BCT,\u201d said Col. Brian Stramaglia, commander of the 44th IBCT. \u201cThis is a historic experience for the 44th and for every Soldier and leader involved, as they were able to perform to the highest of standards in their given military occupational specialty.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Box\u201d includes a two-week training period beginning with live-fire exercises before the force-on-force phase.<\/p>\n

Units and their Soldiers were evaluated on their duties within their military occupational specialties by observer coach trainers. During the 10-day force-on-force exercise, Soldiers constantly battled various attacks and surveillance tactics by a notional opposing force in a simulated combat environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the days went, I felt more confident and proficient in my duties in the Brigade Aviation Element, where I assisted in air assault missions as well as UAS (unmanned aerial systems),\u201d said Sgt. Christopher Moses, an air traffic controller assigned to HHC, 44th IBCT. \u201cIt was a constant battle of improvising and improving to become more efficient and valuable to the unit\u2019s mission. Like Gen. Patton said: \u2018He who sweats more in training, bleeds less in battle.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Soldiers assigned to the 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, demonstrated their abilities during rotation 23-08 at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Johnson, Louisiana, May 28-June 11, 2023. Nearly 3,000 New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers were assessed on their units’ ability to conduct large-scale combat operations in a multi-domain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15554,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15552","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\/15552","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=15552"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15555,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15552\/revisions\/15555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}