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BARRIGADA, Guam – The U.S. Army Reserve’s 9th Mission Support Command hosted its annual consolidated Soldier Readiness Processing, April 8-10, here, to ensure its soldiers are mission-ready.
Services provided through the SRP included medical and dental screenings, legal, personnel, finance, family readiness and security.
Leading the effort was the 9th MSC’s Theater Support Group which was tasked with executing the event from start to finish.
“As citizen-warriors we need to be ready to deploy when called upon,” said Col. Michael Phipps, commander, Theater Support Group. “The SRP allows the soldier to focus on his or her readiness, with a major focus on medical and dental readiness, so when the nation calls, we are there.”
Having the SRP consolidated gives units of the 9th MSC a more cost-effective and efficient way to perform the mandatory event.
Phipps explained having the event consolidated allows the command to leverage resources from all units in an area for support to complete the SRP. It also allows smaller units the opportunity to take advantage of services that may not be available otherwise, he said.
“Take for example, dental care for our soldiers,” said Phipps. “In some of our remote areas where dental services are not as readily available, if a unit is small, it might be impractical to send dental treatment teams to provide services like fillings, tooth extractions or root canals.”
Nearly 600 soldiers took part in this year’s event helping achieve the 9th MSC’s goal of 90 percent participation.
“Every one of my assigned soldiers attended the event,” said Lt. Col. Carl Cruz, commander, 3303rd Mobilization Support Battalion. “The SRP went better than expected. They have really ironed out some of the kinks and made it a smooth process for the Soldiers to go through expeditiously.”
Sgt. Michael Winn, 368th Military Police Company, described this year’s event as very organized and efficient, noting the benefit to soldiers as having a one-stop shop to keep records up-to-date.
Although he believes the SRP went extremely well, Phipps explained they expect to improve every year.
“Each year we try and implement lessons learned from the previous year,” said Phipps. “We will learn better ways to conduct the SRP for next year, but overall we accomplished our mission to ensure our Soldiers are ready.”
Guam is home to numerous Army Reserve units to include the 302nd Quartermaster Company; 368th MP Company; E Company, 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment; 322nd Civil Affairs Brigade; 4960th Multifunctional Training Brigade; and the TSG.
| Date Taken: | 04.10.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 04.18.2011 20:11 |
| Story ID: | 68945 |
| Location: | BARRIGADA, GU |
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