1 / 3Show Caption +Hide Caption –CW5 Pennie Temmerman talks with Ordnance Soldiers at the U.S. Army Ordnance Crucible's Ammunition Transfer Holding Point (ATHP) Team of the Year (ToY) event at Fort Pickett, Virginia. Ordnance Corps soldiers from across the Army have the opportunity to compete in their core competencies, building readiness and lethality. Joint Munitions Command understands the importance ATHP missions bring to Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) in support of Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) and are excited to support the physically and mentally demanding event. (Photo Credit: CW4 Andrew Sullivan)VIEW ORIGINAL2 / 3Show Caption +Hide Caption –CW5 Pennie Temmerman receives the Ordnance Crest from Col. Joseph Colacicco, Assistant Commandant of the Ordnance Corps. They are joined by CW5 Danny Taylor, Regimental chief warrant officer, and CSM Terry Burton, Regimental Command Sergeant Major, at the U.S. Army Ordnance Crucible's Ammunition Transfer Holding Point (ATHP) Team of the Year event at Fort Pickett, Virginia. Temmerman, who gave the opening remarks at the event, is the Military Deputy of the Munitions and Logistics Readiness Center at the Joint Munitions Command. (Photo Credit: US Army Ordnance School)VIEW ORIGINAL3 / 3Show Caption +Hide Caption –The 75th Ranger Regiment team finishes the final event of the Ammunition Transfer Holding Point (ATHP) Team of the Year event at Ft. Pickett, Virginia.
The final portion of the event included displacing the ATHP and a 12-mile road march requiring the teams to identify foreign ammunition along the way. (Photo Credit: CW5 Pennie Temmerman, Joint Munitions Command)VIEW ORIGINAL
FORT PICKETT, VA-- CW5 Pennie Temmerman, Military Deputy of the Munitions and Logistics Readiness Center at the Joint Munitions Command, gave the opening remarks at the Ammunition Transfer and Holding Point (ATHP) Team of the Year Event, held September 9-13 at Fort Pickett, VA.
"The friendly competition here today shows that the ammunition enterprise and ordnance community will do our part to ensure America's Army is ready, lethal and prepared to destroy its enemies now and in the future, in any domain, anytime, anywhere," said Temmerman.
Temmerman, one of the Army's senior ammunition warrant officers, was joined at the event by other Ordnance Corps senior leaders.
"This is an event that brings together the pinnacle of the Army's ammunition community to train, evaluate and assess the most effective tactics, techniques and procedures employed by those who work at Ammunition Transfer and Holding Points around the Army as they tackle various critical training scenarios," said Temmerman.
The event tests technical and tactical proficiency on ammunition operations during Large Scale Ground Combat Operations. The competition tested teams on tasks such as site selection and layout, inventory management operations and munitions identification.
Teams from Ft. Benning, Ft. Drum and Ft. Hood competed this year. The 75th Ranger Regiment, Ft. Benning, Georgia, won "Best of the Best" in the assessment.
"While you compete, one goal today is that you learn from each other and build confidence in your ability to handle tough, unexpected situations as an agile unit. We're building readiness and lethality, one ammo team at a time," said Temmerman.
The Ammunition Transfer and Holding Point (ATHP) Team of the Year Event is part of the Ordnance Crucible, hosted by the Ordnance School. The crucible also includes events in explosive ordnance disposal and combat repair.
For more information on the Ordnance Crucible: https://goordnance.army.mil/OD_CRUCIBLE/
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