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FORT BRAGG, N.C. – U.S. Army Chief of Ordnance, Brig. Gen. Kurt Ryan, toured the North Carolina National Guard Regional Training Site-Maintenance (RTS-M) where guardsmen, reservists and active component soldiers train in the Military Occupational Skills (MOS) of wheeled vehicle mechanic and small arms and artillery repairer here, Sept. 1, 2015.
“We hope this visit will inform him on our current relationship with active duty and our training program here,” said Maj. Christina Gilroy, commander of the NCNG RTS-M.
The RTS-M program provides institutional training within the assigned Ordnance Career Management Fields. This training includes MOS, Additional Skill Identifier (ASI), Non-commissioned officer education system (NCOES), and sustainment training missions based on the Army Program for Individual Training (ARPRINT) for the Army National Guard (ARNG), United States Army Reserve (USAR), and the Active Component (AC) in support of the modular force.
“We want to stay relevant and create a school house that anyone can come to,” said Gilroy. “We want to make sure that the active duty component, reserve, guard … get the same education level. We want to make sure we maintain that level and give them the best experience.”
Each incoming chief of ordnance visits numerous schools in order to figure out strategic ways to bridge training differences between active and Guard components.
“You guys have to help us understand your training requirements,” said Ryan.
The RTS-M staff and instructors identified major training gaps between the two components as well as the breakdown of how guard members are staffed and slotted for these schools, its advantages and disadvantages.
“His (Brig. Gen. Ryan) bigger deal with us is integrating active duty into our school house,” said Master Sgt. James Alexander, noncommissioned officer in charge of RTS-M. “He is over the ordnance school at Fort Lee, and they stay full.”
The target audience for RTS-M are soldiers with the unit armorer in small arms skill identifier and wheeled vehicle mechanics that have completed their advanced and/or senior leader courses.
Wheeled vehicle mechanics supervise and perform maintenance and recovery operations on wheeled vehicles while armorers supervise and perform maintenance on weapon systems from a 9mm pistol to the M777 Howitzer.
The Army school system uses the “One Army School System” which establishes each component to mirror one other resulting in the same training overall. In order to accomplish this, leaders from each component work together to align their Programs of Instruction (POI) and credentialing instructors.
“We have to ensure active duty understands they are getting the same or better training here that they receive at Fort Lee, and that funds are supplied appropriately for active duty soldiers coming to our school house,” said Chief Warrant Officer 4 William Horne, director of RTS-M.
Previously, instructors had to go through an instructor ordnance core system achieving different instructional levels set by the proponent system within the ordnance school. Now, the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) has created a badging system that will allow instructors to use man hours, experience, and knowledge to certify them as TRADOC instructors.
“It’s a badge that they will be able to permanently wear on their uniform like a drill sergeant or a recruiter,” said Gilroy. “They are course certified to be able to teach and then from there they meet certain milestones and achieve certain levels of badging.”
The Ordnance School headquartered at Fort Lee, Va., is a sustainment branch within the U.S. Army whose main mission is to train soldiers, civilians and members of other services and nations in ordnance skills and functions.
“Educating has always been my passion,” said Horne. “I am honored to be able to play a part in the training of soldiers that serve our nation.”
| Date Taken: | 09.01.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 09.03.2015 16:49 |
| Story ID: | 175209 |
| Location: | NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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