{"id":235556,"date":"2024-07-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=235556"},"modified":"2024-07-26T00:24:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T00:24:23","slug":"florida-army-guard-makes-major-training-exercise-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=235556","title":{"rendered":"Florida Army Guard makes major training exercise possible"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Soldiers from the 53rd Brigade Support Battalion prepare an M977A4 HEMTT cargo transporter to move ammunition from an ammunition supply point to an ammunition holding area at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, July 15, 2024. They are among almost 5,000 Florida Army National Guard Soldiers mobilized to Camp Shelby to support the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise, a major training event that ensures the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team\u2019s readiness and proficiency to deploy.
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\n Soldiers assigned to the 53rd Brigade Support Battalion roll up straps that have used to secure ammunition during a transport from an ammunition supply point to an ammunition holding area at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, July 15, 2024. These Soldiers are among almost 5,000 Florida Army National Guard Soldiers mobilized to Camp Shelby to support the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise, a major training event that ensures the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team\u2019s readiness and proficiency to deploy.
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\n Spc. Nicholas Gneli, a motor transport operator assigned to the 53rd Brigade Support Battalion, drives a M977A4 HEMTT cargo transporter in a convoy transporting ammunition from an ammunition supply point to an ammunition holding area at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, July 15, 2024. Gneli is one of almost 5,000 Florida Army National Guard Soldiers mobilized to Camp Shelby to support the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise, a major training event that ensures the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team\u2019s readiness and proficiency to deploy.
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CAMP SHELBY, Miss. \u2014 Close to 5,000 Florida Army National Guard Soldiers reported to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, for the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise in July 2024.<\/p>\n

The xCTC is a significant training event the Florida Guard completes every five years. It ensures the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team\u2019s readiness and proficiency to deploy and provides realistic scenarios that certify the 53rd IBCT has achieved its training requirements.<\/p>\n

While an obvious focus for a combat-oriented exercise involves the occupational competence and lethality of the infantry Soldiers, xCTC also recognizes the importance of sustainment operations. The exercise places special emphasis on the work of Soldiers who comprise the support network that makes a long-term presence in contested environments possible.<\/p>\n

The preparation of the training itself is no exception. Soldiers of the 50th Regional Support Group and the 53rd Brigade Support Battalion executed an ammunition move from an ammunition supply point to an ammunition holding area for dissemination to various units, July 15. While passing out ammunition to infantry forces for training seems like a basic task \u2014 and in the big picture, it is \u2014 the nature of this work still requires planning, coordination and teamwork to accomplish safely and efficiently.<\/p>\n

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\n Soldiers assigned to the 53rd Brigade Support Battalion prepared to unload ammunition they have just transported from an ammunition supply point to an ammunition holding area at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, July 15, 2024. These Soldiers are among almost 5,000 Florida Army National Guard Soldiers mobilized to Camp Shelby to support the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise, a major training event that ensures the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team\u2019s readiness and proficiency to deploy.
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\n Army Sgt. Semaj Lawry (driving forklift), motor transport operator, and Army Sgt. Philip Seymour (right), ammo specialist, unload a pallet of ammunition they have just transported from an ammunition supply point to an ammunition holding area at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, July 15, 2024. These Soldiers are among almost 5,000 Florida Army National Guard Soldiers mobilized to Camp Shelby to support the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise, a major training event that ensures the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team\u2019s readiness and proficiency to deploy.
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\n Army Sgt. Sergio Perez, an automatic logistics operator assigned to the 50th Regional Support Group, applies an \u201cEXPLOSIVE\u201d sign to a M977A4 HEMTT cargo transporter in preparation for a convoy that will transport ammunition from an ammunition supply point to an ammunition holding area at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, July 15, 2024. Perez is one of almost 5,000 Florida Army National Guard Soldiers mobilized to Camp Shelby to support the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise, a major training event that ensures the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team\u2019s readiness and proficiency to deploy.
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\n Army Sgt. Kate Bush (left) and Spc. Connor Murphy (right), ammunition specialists assigned to the 53rd Brigade Support Battalion, count and inventory ammunition that was just transported from an ammunition supply point to an ammunition holding area at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, July 15, 2024. These Soldiers are among almost 5,000 Florida Army National Guard Soldiers mobilized to Camp Shelby to support the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise, a major training event that ensures the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team\u2019s readiness and proficiency to deploy.
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Once the ammunition arrived at the holding area, Soldiers of the 53rd BSB undid the straps that secured it during the transfer. Forklifts removed the pallets holding the ammo from HEMTT cargo transporters, and Soldiers prepared the ammunition for various units to receive.<\/p>\n

\u201cxCTC represents a worst of the worst situation, and we\u2019re trying to simulate those conditions to prepare Soldiers for that,\u201d said Army Staff Sgt. Eleymis Costa, the ammunition noncommissioned officer in charge who oversaw the move. \u201cThis exercise can be a reality check for Soldiers who come right out of basic training and haven\u2019t dealt with this kind of environment. To ensure Soldiers can train to the standard, they need those basic resources.\u201d<\/p>\n

The next day, Soldiers assigned to the 356th Quartermaster Company also used forklifts to unload and organize ballistic plates at Camp Shelby\u2019s Range 13. The plates are crucial components in the body armor Soldiers later used in their training that members of the 50th RSG facilitated, which made a \u201ctrain like you fight\u201d experience possible.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Tasks like these] point out deficiencies we have before we go into an actual combat environment and make us more prepared and ready to conduct the supply process,\u201d said Army 1st Lt. James Klein, the 50th RSG\u2019s assistant S-2 officer. \u201cThe supply process \u2014 getting the troops what they need \u2014 is one of the most important parts of the military, and every Soldier needs to be protected.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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