{"id":303507,"date":"2024-10-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=303507"},"modified":"2024-10-18T11:31:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T11:31:26","slug":"sgt-1st-class-fabricio-monterroso-shares-his-part-in-helping-participants-in-the-upcoming-e3b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=303507","title":{"rendered":"Sgt. 1st Class Fabricio Monterroso shares his part in helping participants in the upcoming E3B"},"content":{"rendered":"
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VICENZA, Italy \u2013 \u201cYou need to leave your computer desk and get into the warrior mentality,\u201d said U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Fabricio Monterroso, electronic maintenance chief with U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF). Such is the effort SETAF-AF soldiers need when preparing for the upcoming Expert Infantry, Soldier and Field Medical Badges<\/a> (E3B) challenge.<\/p>\n

E3B is a grueling test with multiple graded tasks over a one-week period. It is the combination of the Expert Infantry Badge, Expert Field Medical Badge and Expert Soldier Badge. E3B takes place at Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy on Oct. 21st and will feature participants from SETAF-AF, the 173rd Airborne Brigade<\/a>, as well as units from Germany and foreign national partners.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur role is to simply lend a hand,\u201d said Monterroso. \u201cWe give our expertise, help in the training and give tips and tricks from when we went through it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to assist participants this year, SETAF-AF\u2019s Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion established an internal training plan. Additionally, a group of those who have already earned their badges have agreed to provide their own support and expertise during the training.<\/p>\n

Monterroso, serving as one of the trainers, has been stationed in Italy for two years, one with the 79th Theater Sustainment Command<\/a> and one with SETAF-AF. Currently, he primarily serves with the communications directorate, ensuring successful network capabilities at exercises and security cooperation engagements in Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cSETAF-AF Soldiers don\u2019t typically get exposed to as many \u2018soldier tasks\u2019 compared to candidates from the 173rd or others who are more infantry orientated,\u201d said Monterroso. \u201cSo we decided to set up this internal train-up for one-week to familiarize them.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the internal training week, soldiers get refreshed on a variety of essential tasks and skills such as medical knowledge, land navigation, weapon disassembly and other skills. Monterroso joined Sgt. 1st Class Rodd P. Simington and Capt. Joshua A. Salters in leading the land navigation portion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know they won\u2019t learn everything, but you have to break that seal,\u201d said Monterroso. \u201cIt certainly helped me when I went through it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monterroso is a member of the U.S. Army Reserve<\/a>, one of many reservists and guardsmen who work at SETAF-AF on temporary active-duty orders. He said it was an incredible opportunity to compete for and obtain his Expert Soldier Badge.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first heard about it, I was very excited. As a reservist we don\u2019t get a lot of chances to do stuff like E3B.\u201d said Monterroso. \u201cSo when I heard about it back in 2022, I threw my hand up. But I had no expectations of actually badging.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Monterroso, this was a challenge to see how he measured up both physically and mentally. As a former drill sergeant, this was a chance to prove to himself he could still do it, which was an opportunity he loved.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy train of thought was to simply throw myself in there,\u201d said Monterroso. \u201cThanks to the internal train-up we had back then, I was able to improve upon many things like rucking and not be as shocked when doing the actual lanes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monterroso provides more to this year\u2019s participants than simply training or expertise.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t only train them up, of course; I\u2019m boosting their morale,\u201d said Monterroso. \u201cI like to make sure everyone laughs even during training. They should have a good time and not be overwhelmed by just training all of the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

As E3B approaches, Monterroso describes why every Soldier should participate in the grueling event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether you think you will earn the badge or not, you should do it just for the experience,\u201d said Monterroso. \u201cIt’s always good to throw yourself to the fire and see how you come out. E3B is a great way to test yourself and see where you are.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year’s E3B is hosted by the 173rd Airborne Brigade and incudes Soldiers from across Europe, including partners and allies from Croatia, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain. E3B creates experts at all levels, across all organizations, increasing readiness and lethaity of Soldiers, teams, squaads ad platoons. These events are a key enabler to molding the force into professionals, while stressing commitment to every Soldier’s individual development.<\/p>\n

Expert Badges Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soldiers from units across Europe, including service members from other European countries, participate in annual events hosted throughout Belgium, Germany and Italy. For more imagery, video and news, see the Expert Badges Europe<\/a> feature page.<\/p>\n

About SETAF-AF<\/strong><\/p>\n

SETAF-AF provides\u00a0U.S. Africa Command<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0U.S. Army Europe and Africa<\/a>\u00a0a dedicated headquarters to synchronize Army activities in Africa and scalable crisis-response options in Africa and Europe.<\/p>\n

Follow SETAF on: <\/strong>Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0DVIDS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sgt. 1st Class Fabricio Monterroso, electronic maintenance chief, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, poses for a photo at Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ivan Hernandez | U.S. Army photo illustration by Brenadine C. Humphrey) VIEW ORIGINAL Back to\u00a0U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303509,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303507","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\/303507","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=303507"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303510,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303507\/revisions\/303510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/303509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=303507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=303507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=303507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}