Alpha Co. Opening notes
Company Evals starting today

Force Improvment Classes
Land Navigation Course (april 20th)

Anniversaries
2LT C.Winters - 3 year (april 29th)
SGT W.Fives - 3 year (april 19th)
SGT A.Byrd - 2 year (april 9th)
CPL R.Winters - 2 year (april 9th)
SPC R.Sjordal - 2 year (april 11th)
CW2 E.Poltorak - 1 year (april 30th)
SGT D.Shade - 1 year (april 22nd)
SPC A.Birdlike - 1 year (april 3rd)

The Alpha Company Award Ceremony is a special occasion once a month to allow the unit commander to honor recipients who have been recognized for their accomplishments while assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division Realism Gaming Unit.

The Secretary of the Army has reposed special trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor, fidelity, and professional excellence of the following Soldiers. In view of these qualities and their dedicated service to the 3rd Infantry Division, they are, therefore, promoted and awarded the following.

The following Soldiers are promoted to

W-1 Warrant Officer 1
WOC J.White is being promoted to Warrant Officer 1

E-7 Sergeant First Class
SSG D.Marsh is being promoted to Sergeant First Class

E-5 Sergeant
CPL A.Byrd is being promoted to Sergeant

E-4a Corporal
SPC G.Nagy is being promoted to Corporal

E-4b Specialist
PFC S.Margretson is being promoted to Specialist
PFC N.McIntosh is being promoted to Specialist
PFC I.Bar-tal is being promoted to Specialist

E-3 Private First Class
PV2 B.Montana is being promoted to Private First Class
PV2 S.Ohwo is being promoted to Private First Class
PV2 F.Ramirez is being promoted to Private First Class
PV2 J.Harro is being promoted to Private First Class
PV2 J.Andersson is being promoted to Private First Class

The following soldiers have been awarded:

Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
SPC Q.Clayton w "V" device
MAJ J.LaFlash

Good Conduct Medal 
MAJ J.LaFlash
CW2 E.Poltorak 
WO1 D.Frost 
WO1 K.Hall 
WO1 J.White
SFC D.Marsh
SSG J.Duck 
SSG R.Ivanov
SSG J.Ayers
OCS E.Babol
SGT J.Nicholas
SGT A.Shocked
SGT D.Smiricky 
SGT W.Fives 
SGT A.Byrd 
CPL J.Starling
CPL M.Donnelly 
CPL R.Winters
CPL G.Nagy
SPC G.Plunkett 
SPC T.Pearson 
SPC A.Birdlike
SPC I.Franklin
SPC N.Mcintosh 
PFC J.Culvey  
PFC T.Pearson 
PFC J.Fuller

Armed Forces Service Medal
MAJ J.LaFlash - FIG
1LT A.Vandle - INTEL
CW2 L.Kelso - PAO
SSG R.Ivanov - FIG
SGT J.Nicholas - FIG
SGT D.McKenzie - PAO
SGT W.Fives - RRO
SGT A.Byrd - RRO
SPC A.Bills - RRO
SPC P.Byrde - RRO, FIG

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
SPC I.Franklin

Army Achievement Medal
SGT D.Smiřický
CPL T.Hunter
SPC J.Erickson
SPC D.Hughson
SPC X.Swoop
SPC I.Bar-tal
PFC E.Shmul
PV2 Z.Ditto

Army Commendation Medal
CPL R.Winters
SPC G.York

National Defence Service Medal
SPC N.McIntosh

Joint Service Achievement Medal
SGT W.Fives
SPC J.Erickson
SPC D.Hughson
SPC Q.Clayton
SPC A.Bills

Joint Service Commendation Medal
SPC B.Fitzgerald

Humanitarian Service Medal
1LT N.Cooper
WO1 D.Frost
WO1 J.White
SSG J.Duck
SSG N.Kovic

NCO Proffesional Development Ribbon
SGT A.Shock
SGT K.Krios
SGT A.Byrd
CPL R.Winters
CPL G.Nagy

Soldiers Medal
SGT D.Smiřický

Air Assault Badge
SGT A.Shocked
WOC J.White

French Fourragere
SGT A.Shocked

Photo by Sgt. Marlana Cureton

Fort Stewart, Ga.- Observer, Coach/ Trainers (OC/Ts) assigned to 188th infantry brigade participated in the Fort Stewart Hunter Army Airfield annual Integrated Protection Exercise held at Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield Education Centers, March 20-21, 2024.

Benjamin Franklin is credited with being the first to say the phrase, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” In an emergency situation, the last thing that anyone wants to be is unprepared.

Photo by Sgt. Marlana Cureton

OC/Ts provided evaluations and after-action reviews during and after the training event to test the preparedness of the installation during the training by using real-world scenarios to validate the response to these complex and difficult situations.

“The Installation Protection Exercise did real world Active Shooter and Bomb Threat scenarios,” said Maj. Justin Maroney, assigned to 188th infantry brigade, “there were many stakeholders involved in this exercise to include Military Police, Army Criminal Investigation Division, DPW, the Fire Department and school officials.”

Maroney went on to explain that the key objectives of the training were to expose any gaps in the Emergency Operations plan, which will mitigate the loss of life and property in the future.

Photo by Sgt. Marlana Cureton

“We tailored the training by using real world scenarios, using real role players, and threw in scenarios as the exercise went on to stress emergency operators in making decision points,” said Maroney.

Over the two day training event, multiple topics were covered; including a bomb threat, active shooters, barricaded suspects, hostage negotiation and power grid failure. Ensuring the training was effective and engaging for the participants was an integral part of the success of the mission.

The directors of the training ensured that the scenarios were ongoing, so that there was no downtime. The planners, and role players used real-world scenarios that made the exercise as realistic as possible.

In all planning situations strategies and techniques are vital, especially regarding response and risk mitigation during these emergency scenarios.

“We emphasized time management for the response and waiting for backup to arrive so that Law Enforcement did not have to enter the building alone,” said Maroney, “ for both exercises we stressed that communication was the key.”

As with any exercise, there were challenges to overcome, such as having too many evaluators in the training area, which caused confusion in some areas, but overall the training was productive.

“A success story was seeing the components get better with every iteration,” said Maroney.

The response teams learned from their mistakes and learned how to communicate and work cohesively with one another, which made them successful by the end of the exercise.

The addition of the OC/Ts helped to measure effectiveness because during the after-action reports held, each organization was able to address what they needed to practice and prepare for in the event of a real life incident.

“We measured the effectiveness of the training by their improvements with each iteration, response times to new scenarios and by the incident command becoming a unified command,” said Maroney.

Overall, the lessons learned, knowledge, and skills that were gained during the training will be critical to planning for future training and for real world events. Event planners hope to sustain and reinforce this by continuing to help Fort Stewart/ Hunter Army Airfield exercise their Emergency Action Plans now and in the future.

Congratulations to the soldier of OSUT class #24-15 (Arma3) for successful completion of training! This soldier has been awarded the Army Service Ribbon and has earned the right to be a full active member of their squad and the unit! This is merely the first step in their career here at 3rdID, we look forward to your continued success! Hooah

Graduates :

 PV2 N.McEnheimer 

Instructors : 

 SGT A.Shocked               

 SPC B.Fitzgerald            

WO1 J.White                  

OSUT GRADUATES #24-14

Congratulations to the soldiers of OSUT class #24-14 (Arma3) for successful completion of training! These soldiers have been awarded the Army Service Ribbon and have earned the right to be a full active member of their squad and the unit! This is merely the first step in their career here at 3rdID, we look forward to your continued success! Hooah

Graduates :

           PFC J.Allen

PV2 Z.Ditto  

                     PFC J.Finlayson 

PV2 T.Hobbs   

PV2 R.Legacy  

Instructors : 

SGT A.Shocked           

SPC Q,Clayton           

SPC P.Byrde              

WO1 J.White              

PFC I.Bar-tal             

SPC D.Hughson        

CPL H.McMahon        

PFC T.Anderson        

Congratulations to the soldiers of OSUT class #24-13 (Arma3) for successful completion of training! These soldiers have been awarded the Army Service Ribbon and have earned the right to be a full active member of their squad and the unit! This is merely the first step in their career here at 3rdID, we look forward to your continued success! Hooah

Graduates :

 PV2 R.Veneer    

            PFC Z.Snow  

Instructors :

  SGT J.Nicholas       

 SPC P.Byrde          

 SPC Q.Clayton     

 SPC G.Plunkett   

 SPC D.Hughson  

 WOC J.White