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Infantrymen enrolled in the Fort Pickett-based 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute’s Light Leaders Course conduct their final training exercise June 25, 2013, air assaulting into the Military Operations in Urban Terrain site with help from the Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment. Of the 13 soldiers enrolled in the course, 11 hail from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, while the remaining two soldiers hail from the Virginia National Guard. Light Leaders Course is a two-week course designed to increase the effectiveness of junior infantry leaders as small unit infantry leaders through field training, weapons familiarization, land navigation and training on the combat operations orders process. The Virginia National Guard’s Fort Pickett-based 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute has been awarded a certificate of accreditation for an “Institute of Excellence” status by U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command according to a letter dated Jan. 23, 2014, from the TRADOC commanding general. The schoolhouse underwent a thorough accreditation process that evaluated both the RTI facility and the staff, and earned an overall score of 98 percent, marking it as one of the best U.S. Army learning centers in the nation. The RTI consists of the RTI Headquarters and three battalions. First Battalion conducts infantry training, including the infantryman military occupational specialty qualification course, Light Leaders Course and rappel master, while 2nd Battalion conducts the 88M Motor Transport Operator Course. Third battalion includes both Officer Candidate School and Warrant Officer Candidate School and also trains soldiers as military police officers. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Terra C. Gatti, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
| Date Taken: | 06.25.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 02.04.2014 11:37 |
| Photo ID: | 1161058 |
| VIRIN: | 130625-Z-SM601-123 |
| Resolution: | 1024x680 |
| Size: | 456.44 KB |
| Location: | RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, US |
| Web Views: | 35 |
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