FORT BENNING, Ga. - The Sledgehammer Soldiers gathered to participate in a Battalion Life Skills Expo, put together by the Sledgehammer Brigade, in cooperation with several helpful organizations from around the installation.
"We got a bunch of the services from around the community, here on Fort Benning, to come and speak to Soldiers about what those services provide," said Sgt. 1st Class Charles Bailey, the 3rd ABCT medical operations non-commissioned officer.
Classes provided during the Life Skills Expo included teaching Soldiers how read their LESs, where to seek legal aid, about the Chaplains programs, about Soldier for Life and even about Veteran's Affairs program classes, said Bailey. Also in attendance were representatives of the Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation program, who coordinated several giveaways for the Soldiers throughout the week.
"I've already learned some pretty helpful stuff," said Spc. Joseph Jackson, 11th Brigade Engineering Battalion, 3rd ABCT.
"The most important intent of this event is to make Soldiers and their Families aware of what is locally available to them for support," Bailey said. "We even invited the Families to come along with their Soldiers to participate and learn. The Soldiers and their Families need to know where they can go for help when they need it."
Jackson was gathering information to take home to his spouse.
"The (Army Community Services) program is also very helpful," Jackson said. "I now know that they are there in case my Family or I get into any kind of predicament financially."
The target audience of the event was the young Soldier who doesn't know what to do or where to go, Bailey said.
"Sometimes Soldiers are embarrassed to ask for help from their senior leaders, this event puts the resources right at their fingertips," Bailey said.
Jackson plans on staying in the military to become an NCO and said he plans on keeping this information with him to assist the Soldiers that he may lead in the future.
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