FORT BLISS, Texas - The 1st Battalion, 362nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 5th Armored Brigade, Division West, recently completed a 'Renegade Certification Program.'
The certification ensured all Soldiers within the unit were fully trained prior to conducting evaluations of the North Dakota National Guard's 1st Battalion 188th ADA Regiment during Exercise America's Shield and ultimately their culminating training event.
The Renegade Certification Program consisted of an in-depth overview of Avenger, Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System and Sensor crew drills and tactics, techniques, and procedures used within the National Capital Region. This program ensures that both new and current Task Force Renegade Soldiers are provided with the most recent information prior to evaluating Soldiers.
Renegades under the direction of the 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command has the primary mission of training oversight and validation recommendation for National Guard Air Defense units prior to assuming their mission to protect and defend vital national assets within the National Capitol Region.
"Training such as this ensures the Soldiers have all relevant information that the Soldiers are expected to know while on mission," said Master Sgt. Cody Thomas, 1-362nd ADA operations non-commissioned officer-in-charge.
The Soldiers were evaluated on general knowledge and visual aircraft recognition as well as specific crew drills related to the air and missile defense crewmembers, air defense battle management system operators and NASAMs Soldiers. The unit also took time to provide an in-depth review of the after action review process to ensure each Renegade Soldier understood what is expected after each event on site during Exercise America's Shield and the culminating training event.
"The AAR process is very valuable to the unit moving forward as they take the lessons learned from each crew and apply it across the unit," said stated Master Sgt. Randall Roland, 1-362nd ADA senior observer controller/trainer.
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