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Hohenfels, Germany – A Mobile Training Team from Fort Lee, Virginia’s Ordinance School conducted a Wheeled Vehicle Recovery Course, known in the Army as the H8 course, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, May 3 – 31, 2019.
This course was brought to Germany to fulfill the shortage of wheeled vehicle recovery operators across the European theater, says Sgt. 1st Class. James Finch, a wheeled vehicle recovery instructor, assigned to the Ordnance School in Fort Lee.
The three-week course is aimed to teach Army mechanics from across Europe vehicle recovery tactics used in the JMRC exercise training areas. The Army has 17 Regional Training Sites - Maintenance, but only Fort Lee’s Ordinance School has the ability to train Soldiers on the Modular Catastrophic Recovery System.
The MCRS is comprised of a Light Equipment Transporter, Fifth Wheel Towing & Recovery Device, and a Tilt Deck Recovery Trailer, allowing it to recover and tow Strykers and other vehicles with damaged or inoperable wheels.
The training for this particular recovery vehicle adds a week to the training schedule, compared to typical RTS-M trainings, which are just over two weeks. Though Soldiers can only receive the MCRS training from Fort Lee; Soldiers who are H8 qualified can operate the MCRS using the recovery theories and principles. The MCRS training portion proves to be invaluable to the units across Europe because of the major training exercises that take place.
“The MCRS is constantly being used during rotations just in case a Stryker breaks down,” said Staff Sgt. John Delgado, a Stryker systems maintainer, assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Regimental Support Squadron. “[This course] is very important because 2nd Cav Regt. is a Stryker unit.”
This is the first time Fort Lee sent MTT trainers to Germany to teach this course since 2014. Typically, Reserve and National Guard MTT’s conduct the training.
Fort Lee’s Ordinance MTT brought additional instructors to facilitate the large class and the MCRS training. A normal class size for this training is roughly 18 Soldiers; however, they managed to graduate 26 this cycle to fulfill the shortage.
“26 Soldiers is not going to fix a shortage across the entire theater, it’s a good start,” said Finch.
The Fort Lee’s Ordinance School MTT is scheduled to return this later summer to instruct another H8 course in Germany.
| Date Taken: | 05.30.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 06.27.2019 07:15 |
| Story ID: | 329364 |
| Location: | HOHENFELS, BAYERN, DE |
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