Photo By Spc. Amy Carle | Soldiers from the 115th Regional Support Group set up a mobile command post as part of...... read more read more
BEALE AFB, Calif. – The 115th Regional Support Group headed out to Beale Air Force Base June 4-5 to practice setting up a mobile Joint Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration (JRSOI) command post.
The 115th RSG is responsible for overseeing the in-processing of troops during emergencies. The unit manage supplies, personnel status and movement for the six joint receiving centers throughout the state that are capable of in processing thousands of troops.
Last October, the unit received new tents that enable them to set up their operations virtually anywhere.
“Depending on where the location is or where the disaster is, we need to be mobile because we don’t know where we are going to have to set up,” Staff Sgt. Gary Thomas, the 115th Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment brigade paralegal noncommissioned officer, said.
Typically the unit operates out of their home station in Roseville or in hard buildings on installations. The tents allow them to be prepared for any situation.
“If everything burned to the ground and we had to set up in the middle of town, now we could,” Staff Sgt. Kasey Schmidt, the 115th Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment readiness noncommissioned officer, said.
They spent several drill weekends practicing setting up the tents at the armory but this was their first time staking them down, setting up communications, and making them fully operational.
“This gives us the ability to be more self-reliant,” Maj. Mario Acevedo, an officer in the 115th RSG operations section, said. “By practicing this stuff and getting away from our hard structures, we are better able to zero in on the essential elements of running a command post and providing mission command.”
Despite it being new equipment, they encountered very few issues during set-up.
“It was a team effort,” Pfc. Selina Copaciu, a Soldier new to the unit, said. “The most difficult part for me, since I’m new, is that I didn’t know what the tents were supposed to look like in the first place. But everyone pulled their weight and we got it done.”
By lunchtime, all three tents were set up and the Soldiers, tired and sweaty from the humid June day, considered their mission a success.
| Date Taken: | 06.04.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 06.05.2016 19:37 |
| Story ID: | 200042 |
| Location: | BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA, US |
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