By 1LT Withey, Company C, 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd BCT, 4th ID
C Co Grave Robbers took training on their Warrior tasks head on in the past weeks. Each Platoon spearheaded their training separately during PT and during duty hours as well. As a company they focused on combatives and the HEAT trainer, which simulates vehicle roll-over.
Evac Platoon Sergeant, SSG Matz, along with Squad Leader, SSG Garcia, lead the platoon and company leaders in basic combatives training. The Platoon focused on non-conventional take-downs and control moves as well as level I combatives techniques. Pictured to the left 1SG Wojciechowski and SSG Scott practice different moves, trying to achieve a dominant body position.
During the platoon’s training, they not only covered techniques taught in the level I certification class, but also went into the importance of being physically fit and flexible. SSG Garcia later demonstrated how the Soldier’s could work on their core muscles by doing different exercises such as the “witch.” The Soldiers seemed to enjoy the change of pace during PT and many like the new exercises so much that they carried them into everyday PT cycles. Evac Platoon hopes to continue training on combatives as well as get more Soldiers certified to instruct. Platoon Leader, 2LT Sevy, mentioned that she believes the combatives training raises esprit-de-corps as well as contributes to team building and moral in the platoon.
(In the top photo SSG Matz, and SSG Garcia demonstrate the “guard,” one of the 4 main body positions in combatives.)
During the last weeks, C Co also participated in the HEAT training offered on post, which simulates a vehicle roll-over. Because vehicular roll-over is one of the leading causes of injury while deployed. Company Commander CPT Story and 1SG Wojciechowski decided that training on the equipment while still in the rear was imperative. This realistic training allows Soldiers to experience what it is like to go through a vehicle roll-over without the severe risks associated with a true vehicle accident. Not only did they get the experience, but they also learned what the correct procedures were during and after a vehicle roll-over as well.
During the training, Soldiers that have been deployed were able to share their knowledge and experience with the newer Soldiers so that they could learn the correct Tactics, Techniques and Procedures when working in vehicles in a deployed environment. Pictured above, SSG Marmol, Evac Platoon, and SSG Duviella, Head Quarters Platoon, operate the HEAT trainer as other company Soldiers exercise their new found knowledge inside the vehicle mock-up. The skills that the C Co Soldiers learned here at the HEAT trainer will be carried with them and applied not only in a deployed environment but everyday while operating tactical vehicles on the roads and at FTXs.
By training on individual tasks with combatives and collective tasks with the HEAT trainer, C Co hopes to become both tactically and technically proficient in all of their Warrior tasks and drills while in Garrison before they are put to the test down range. They believe like the German General, that, “Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, brains save both,” –Erwin Rommel.
C Co Grave Robbers took training on their Warrior tasks head on in the past weeks. Each Platoon spearheaded their training separately during PT and during duty hours as well. As a company they focused on combatives and the HEAT trainer, which simulates vehicle roll-over.
Evac Platoon Sergeant, SSG Matz, along with Squad Leader, SSG Garcia, lead the platoon and company leaders in basic combatives training. The Platoon focused on non-conventional take-downs and control moves as well as level I combatives techniques. Pictured to the left 1SG Wojciechowski and SSG Scott practice different moves, trying to achieve a dominant body position.
During the platoon’s training, they not only covered techniques taught in the level I certification class, but also went into the importance of being physically fit and flexible. SSG Garcia later demonstrated how the Soldier’s could work on their core muscles by doing different exercises such as the “witch.” The Soldiers seemed to enjoy the change of pace during PT and many like the new exercises so much that they carried them into everyday PT cycles. Evac Platoon hopes to continue training on combatives as well as get more Soldiers certified to instruct. Platoon Leader, 2LT Sevy, mentioned that she believes the combatives training raises esprit-de-corps as well as contributes to team building and moral in the platoon.
(In the top photo SSG Matz, and SSG Garcia demonstrate the “guard,” one of the 4 main body positions in combatives.)
During the last weeks, C Co also participated in the HEAT training offered on post, which simulates a vehicle roll-over. Because vehicular roll-over is one of the leading causes of injury while deployed. Company Commander CPT Story and 1SG Wojciechowski decided that training on the equipment while still in the rear was imperative. This realistic training allows Soldiers to experience what it is like to go through a vehicle roll-over without the severe risks associated with a true vehicle accident. Not only did they get the experience, but they also learned what the correct procedures were during and after a vehicle roll-over as well.
During the training, Soldiers that have been deployed were able to share their knowledge and experience with the newer Soldiers so that they could learn the correct Tactics, Techniques and Procedures when working in vehicles in a deployed environment. Pictured above, SSG Marmol, Evac Platoon, and SSG Duviella, Head Quarters Platoon, operate the HEAT trainer as other company Soldiers exercise their new found knowledge inside the vehicle mock-up. The skills that the C Co Soldiers learned here at the HEAT trainer will be carried with them and applied not only in a deployed environment but everyday while operating tactical vehicles on the roads and at FTXs.
By training on individual tasks with combatives and collective tasks with the HEAT trainer, C Co hopes to become both tactically and technically proficient in all of their Warrior tasks and drills while in Garrison before they are put to the test down range. They believe like the German General, that, “Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, brains save both,” –Erwin Rommel.
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