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FORT LEE, Va. (Dec. 1, 2016) -- The 23rd Quartermaster Brigade tested its holiday block leave game plan during a Rehearsal of Concept Drill recently.
Using 3-D terrain models, local and remote node noncommissioned officers in charge briefed Command Sgt. Maj. Jimmy Sellers, QM Corps Regimental CSM, on the concepts of the operation.
The drill delineates the mission, roles and responsibilities with the brigade stakeholders and represents months of deliberate planning and coordination with external enablers that began in July 2016.
The brigade is on a glide path to successfully and safely execute its HBL operations, where the overall mission is to safely and efficiently depart an estimated 2,500 AIT Soldiers from Fort Lee and Joint Base Langley-Eustis to various leave locations within the United States and overseas Dec. 18, with a return date of Jan. 4, said Maj. Morris A. Brown, 23rd QM Bde. operations officer.
“This ROC Drill was important primarily because it provided the brigade’s key HBL stakeholders and Quartermaster School leadership with the shared understanding of the mission and plan of execution that are essential to mission success,” he said.
“Additionally, unlike Forces Command units that are presented with multiple large scale and collective training events, mobilizations and deployments, these types of opportunities in Training and Doctrine Command units are not as robust. Therefore, as with nearly every event, the brigade capitalized on the HBL operation as a training one, leveraging established Army doctrinal and operational systems, methodologies and concepts.”
The brigade’s purpose for the annual HBL operation is to enhance resiliency for AIT students and cadre as they celebrate the holiday season and welcome the New Year, said Brown.
Parts of the ROC Drill were led by the respective NCOIC of each departure and return node – including MacLaughlin and Clark Fitness centers and the Richmond International Airport, Amtrak, Greyhound, and personal owned vehicle travelers, as well as the Williamsburg Transportation Center and Williamsburg/Newport News Airport. The expert execution of the HBL ROC Drill provided shared understanding, emphasized teamwork and exemplified dedication to the brigade’s primary goal of maintaining 100 percent accountability of all travelers, Brown noted.
“CSM Sellers told us that the hard work, dedication, synergy and commitment to excellence demonstrated by the NCOs of the brigade resulted in the expert execution of one of the most comprehensive ROC Drills he’s seen recently and has postured it for HBL mission success,” Brown said. “As ROC drills often serve as a method to identify oversights, gaps, risks and friction points that otherwise may have not been identified until execution, the HBL ROC drill highlighted the importance of timely and accurate reporting, ticketing and accountability.”
| Date Taken: | 12.01.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 12.01.2016 12:17 |
| Story ID: | 216122 |
| Location: | US |
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