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EDINBURGH, Ind. — Soldiers with the 38th Infantry Division arrived at Camp Atterbury in southern Indiana to kick off the start of their two-week annual training with a warfighter exercise.
The Indiana National Guard soldiers will hone their command and control techniques, react to virtual battlefield scenarios and test their interoperability with other commands during the 11-day exercise
“Warfighter is the Army’s premier training event for a division headquarters,” said Maj. Gen. David C. Wood, the 38th’s commanding general. “This exercise allows the 38th Infantry Division commander and staff to train on critical warfighting functions such as mission command, intelligence collection and analysis, fire support and the synchronizing of combat power.”
The skills the troops learn during the exercise will translate into domestic, national and international civilian- and military-led missions, and will include multiple elements from the U.S. Army and Air Force, and Canadian military personnel.
“This training prepares the division headquarters for future worldwide combat deployments. Additionally, by improving command and control capabilities, the exercise further prepares the division to support civil authorities in the event of a domestic emergencies.”
Even junior enlisted soldiers within the division agreed with the general.
“It’s important for us to keep our skills top notch, and it keeps us ready for the real deal,” said Spc. Kyle Hansford, an intelligence analyst from Beech Grove, Ind., of possible deployments and homeland missions.
For now the division’s soldiers are weathering the freezing temperatures of southern Indiana.
The 38th Infantry Division, headquartered in Indianapolis, is the Indiana National Guard’s largest unit with more than 9,200 citizen-soldiers, four brigades and nearly 100 subordinate units throughout the Hoosier State. The 38th, nicknamed the Cyclone Division, also has units headquartered in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. The Cyclone Division is one of eight National Guard and one of 18 U.S. Army divisions.
| Date Taken: | 02.02.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 02.04.2015 01:33 |
| Story ID: | 153452 |
| Location: | CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA, US |
| Hometown: | BEECH GROVE, INDIANA, US |
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