Fort Bliss Monitor

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Initial entry training Soldiers engage targets downrange during 2nd Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery Brigade’s Convoy Live Fire at McGregor Range, N.M. June 22.

2-6 ADA conducts
FTX, CLFX

Spc. Craig Rempel
C Battery 6th ADA

From June 18 through 22, C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, conducted a rigorous five-day Field Training Exercise at McGregor Range, N.M., for more than 120 initial entry training Soldiers. The Soldiers were from two battalions of the 6th ADA Bde. The IET Soldiers began the exercise with a five-mile Situational Training Exercise road march out to Training Area 62.

The next four days were filled with tough training designed to prepare the inexperienced Soldiers for the reality of today’s combat environment.

The Soldiers trained not only on MOS specific skills, but were also broken down into groups of more than 25 and rotated through 48 stations training on 39 Warrior Tasks and nine battle drills.

The highlight of the operation was the Convoy Live Fire Exercise that occurred on the final day of the FTX. The training completed by these students is designed to help them be effective and successful at their new units, especially during a deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

“It was a great training event for the IET students,” said C Battery Commander, Capt. Anthony G. Dunat. “They were taught how to operate in today’s contemporary operating environment, and this training not only will benefit the Soldiers, but will help them become an asset to their new units.”



www.bliss.army.mil	Published for the Fort Bliss/El Paso, Texas Community	July 7, 2007

	Courtesy Photo Initial entry training Soldiers engage targets downrange during 2nd Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery Brigade’s Convoy Live Fire at McGregor Range, N.M. June 22. 2-6 ADA conducts FTX, CLFX Spc. Craig Rempel C Battery 6th ADA From June 18 through 22, C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 6th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, conducted a rigorous five-day Field Training Exercise at McGregor Range, N.M., for more than 120 initial entry training Soldiers. The Soldiers were from two battalions of the 6th ADA Bde. The IET Soldiers began the exercise with a five-mile Situational Training Exercise road march out to Training Area 62. The next four days were filled with tough training designed to prepare the inexperienced Soldiers for the reality of today’s combat environment. The Soldiers trained not only on MOS specific skills, but were also broken down into groups of more than 25 and rotated through 48 stations training on 39 Warrior Tasks and nine battle drills. The highlight of the operation was the Convoy Live Fire Exercise that occurred on the final day of the FTX. The training completed by these students is designed to help them be effective and successful at their new units, especially during a deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. “It was a great training event for the IET students,” said C Battery Commander, Capt. Anthony G. Dunat. “They were taught how to operate in today’s contemporary operating environment, and this training not only will benefit the Soldiers, but will help them become an asset to their new units.”