{"id":6140,"date":"2023-04-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=6140"},"modified":"2023-04-20T06:48:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T06:48:09","slug":"1id-supports-army-recruiting-enlists-new-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=6140","title":{"rendered":"1ID Supports Army Recruiting, Enlists New Soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n U.S. Army Lt. Col. Richard A. Montcalm the commander of 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, gives the Oath of Enlistment, April 18, 2023, at the Douthit Gunnery Complex on Fort Riley, Kansas. Montcalm enlisted approximately 50 new Soldiers into the Army as part of the 1st Inf. Div.’s ongoing efforts to support Army recruiting in the region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jared Simmons)
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\n U.S. Army Sgt. James Wright, a Combat Medic with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, speaks with Isantae Howard-Coleman, a future Soldier from Lonetree, Colo., April 18, 2023, at the Douthit Gunnery Complex on Fort Riley, Kansas. Howard-Coleman, who is enlisting as a combat medic, was one of approximately 50 other recruits who took their Oath of Enlistment on Fort Riley as part of the 1st Infantry Division’s ongoing efforts to support Army recruiting in the region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jared Simmons)
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\n (From left to right) Francisco Arreola and Dawson Harmon, future Soldiers from Topeka, Kansas, listen to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason Nguyen, a recruiter with the Kansas City Recruiting Battalion, talk about life in the Army while standing on top of an M1A1 Abrams Tank, April 18, 2023, at the Douthit Gunnery Complex on Fort Riley, Kansas. Arreola and Harmon were touring Fort Riley as part of the KC Recruiting Battalion “Mega Tour”, an event the 1st Infantry Division hosted as part of its onging efforts to support Army recruiting in the region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jared Simmons)
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\n Anaya Quinones Santos, a future Soldier from Bayam\u00f3n, Puerto Rico, drives a training Humvee as part of a training simulator at the Seitz Regional Training Campus on Fort Riley, Kansas, April 18, 2023. Santos was one of many future Soldiers touring Fort Riley as part of an event hosted by the 1st Infantry Division to support Army recruiting efforts in the region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jared Simmons)
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\n Melissa Campos, an Omaha Nebraska native seeking to join the U.S. Army, aims a training M4A1 Carbine during a simulated convoy movement at the Seitz Regional Training Campus on Fort Riley, Kansas, April 18, 2023. Campos was one of 70 other Soldiers who toured Fort Riley as part of the 1st Infantry Division’s ongoing efforts to support Army recruiting in the region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jared Simmons)
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\n U.S. Army Lt. Col. Richard A. Montcalm the commander of 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division speaks to future Soldiers prior to giving the Oath of Enlistment, April 18, 2023, at the Douthit Gunnery Complex on Fort Riley, Kansas. Montcalm enlisted approximately 50 new Soldiers into the Army as part of the 1st Inf. Div.’s ongoing efforts to support Army recruiting in the region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jared Simmons)
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\n Mayra Grima Topete, a new recruit who enlisted as a Small Arms and Artillery repairer, aims an M249 Machine Gun during a simulated convoy movement at the Seitz Regional Training Campus on Fort Riley, Kansas, April 18, 2023. Grima Topete was one of approximately 50 other Soldiers who toured Fort Riley as part of the 1st Infantry Division’s ongoing efforts to support Army recruiting in the region. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jared Simmons)
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FORT RILEY, Kan. \u2013 The 1st Infantry Division hosted future Soldiers from various recruiting battalions in the region for their Oath of Enlistment and a tour of post, April 18, 2023.<\/p>\n

The tour was part of the Big Red One\u2019s ongoing effort to support Army recruiting both in the region and nationally by connecting citizens with its Soldiers.<\/p>\n

Approximately 51 Future Soldiers took their Oath of Enlistment during the tour. Prior to taking their oath, the enlistees were able to view a portion of a live-fire gunnery training being conducted by the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div. at the Douthit Gunnery Complex.<\/p>\n

Lt. Col. Richard A. Montcalm, the commander of the 1st Sqdn., 4th Cav. Regt., 1st ABCT, 1st Inf. Div., led The Oath of Enlistment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe oath is a formal recognition that you are placing yourself subordinate to something greater than yourself,\u201d Montcalm said. \u201cYou are subjugating your own priorities to a greater mission, the defense of our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Montcalm said the tour was an excellent chance for the division to connect to the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving a chance to tell our story directly from the mouths of the people that these [enlistees] are going to become in a few months or years is a very meaningful way to connect with them,\u201d Montcalm said. \u201cFrom a recruiting perspective, I don\u2019t think there is any better way to convince somebody that there are tremendous opportunities in the United States Army than to let them hear it from the people who are working through it right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

After taking the oath, the enlistees were able to talk to Soldiers who matched or held similar career specialties to those that they were enlisting for, allowing them to see what a day in the life of a Soldier is like.<\/p>\n

Other locations included in the tour were Sparetime Interactive Entertainment, Leonard Gym and the Seitz Regional Training Complex where the future Soldiers experienced true-to-life virtual reality machines that simulated convoying in Humvees through a hostile town and controlling M1A1 Abrams Tanks and M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles.<\/p>\n

Overall, enlistees enjoyed the tour. Melissa Campos, an Omaha, Nebraska native, was more enthusiastic than ever to join the Army.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait to see where the Army takes me,\u201d Campos said. \u201cIt will allow me to serve something greater and be productive while I figure out what I want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colin McQueen, a Washington, Kansas native, enlisted to become a UH-60 Helicopter Repairer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m grateful for opportunities like this,\u201d McQueen said, \u201cIt is not something you get to do every day, it is a great honor. I\u2019m absolutely grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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