Soldiers of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, arrive Sept. 13 at Camp Buehring. The "Dagger" brigade's Soldiers will work closely with its Kuwaiti partners over the next nine months to increase partner capability while foste...
Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, experienced the Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer or HEAT, Oct. 16 at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, as part of their reception, stag...
CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait -- With less than two weeks on Kuwaiti sand, the Soldiers of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conducted reception, staging, onward movement and integration starting Oct. 13 as they prepared to take on the Kuwait mission from the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, in a transfer of authority ceremony set for early November.
"Reception and integration training is one of the most important tasks we conduct," 1st Sgt. Michael Hall, said senior noncommissioned officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd ABCT senior noncommissioned officer. "During this period, Soldiers will learn about their area of operations and get the opportunity to hone those core combat skills necessary to keep them in the fight."
The RSOI process for the "Dagger" brigade includes a right-seat ride and a left-seat ride with their 3rd ABCT, 4th Inf. Div., counterparts and U.S. Army Central's theater-specific training in counter improvised explosive devices, Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer, driver's training and range safety.
More than 100 Soldiers experienced the HEAT trainer course this past week. Five Soldiers wearing helmets, body armor, combat gloves and eye protection entered a shell that replicated the interior of a standard Humvee. Once the occupants were strapped in, the doors locked and an operator kicked in the hydraulics, sending the HEAT spinning from a 30-degree angle to a 180-degree angle to replicate a vehicle rollover.
"The HEAT is designed to show Soldiers what it's like to be in a vehicle roll over either from an accident or an IED attack," Staff Sgt. Adam Johnson, the training room noncommissioned officer for HHC, 2nd ABCT, said. "The training teaches Soldiers the best way to survive a vehicle rollover … ultimately saving both his/her life as well as the lives of everyone in the vehicle.
"Soldiers must work together to ensure that everyone gets out safely and quickly."
This is what all the training is about, Hall said.
"Educating our Soldiers, from private to colonel, and providing them the right tools to effectively shoot, move and communicate no matter the situation they may encounter."
These Soldiers will continue RSOI training until next month's transfer of authority ceremony. Upon completing the ceremony, 2nd ABCT Soldiers will begin joint-training exercises with their Kuwaiti partners.
The brigade Soldiers will work closely with their Kuwaiti partners in the upcoming nine months to increase partner capability while fostering close professional and personal relationships between the U.S. and Kuwait -- an indispensable tool for building long-standing military-to-military relationships.
"We look forward to working with our Kuwaiti partners to help ensure peace while promoting security and stability in the region," said Maj. Douglas F. Baker, executive officer, 2nd ABCT, 1st Inf. Div. "Our partnership activities and shared training exercises will provide valuable bilateral military training to all participating service members while strengthening tactical proficiency in critical mission areas."
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