Warrant officer mentors young Soldiers in Ordnance School event

Photo By Terrance Bell | Warrant Officer 1 Raymond Navarro, 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., explains layout procedures to his Soldiers during the Ammunition Transfer and Holding Point event Team of the Year Competition Sept. 25 at Fort Pickett. Navarro, the team leader of five young Soldiers, approached the competition with the intent of teaching his charges, saying it’s less about the competition and more about learning. The layout event, one of several testing the skills of Soldiers in the ammunition handling career field, required participants to draw out features and arrange facilities used in an ammunition transfer and holding point using a sand table, figurines and miniatures. ATHP teams had to consider security, vehicle placement and designated areas to store and receive ammunition. The ATHP competition, which concludes Sept. 28 with an awards ceremony announcing the winners, is the first leg of the Ordnance Crucible designed to measure and assess the technical and tactical skills of Ordnance Soldiers.  

UNITED STATES

09.28.2018

Story by Terrance Bell  

Fort Gregg-Adams

FORT PICKETT, Va. (Sept. 25, 2018) -- Warrant Officer 1 Raymond Navarro, 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., challenged himself when he agreed to be the team leader for five inexperienced Soldiers participating in the Ammunition Transfer Holding Point Team of the Year competition Sept. 24-28 here. Navarro, who has no subordinates in his current position, said the experience of teaching and mentoring Soldiers is something he has always valued, so he saw it as a means of giving back. In leading the Soldiers, he almost conceded his team was too inexperienced to win, but he wanted to make it an occasion in which the Soldiers learned as much as they could. His teaching techniques were simple: provide guidance to the Soldiers and let them critically think their way through problems. He said not much can be gained in telling Soldiers how to do anything. The winners of the ATHP competition is scheduled to be announced Sept. 28.

• Date Taken: 09.28.2018
• Date Posted: 09.28.2018 14:50
• Story ID: 294867
• Location: US