Raw video: Cavalry Soldiers conduct movement by air, land and water Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Camp Pendelton-based Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conduct tactical movement to begin an area reconnaissance mission June 20, 2014, at Fort Pickett, Va. Aviators from the Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 91st Troop Command inserted the Soldiers by air, then the cavalry Soldiers were transported by truck by Soldiers of the Lynchburg-based Company D, 429th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and then conducted small boat operations to infiltrate to a boat landing site to begin the area reconnaissance mission. The movement was part of the 10-day eXportable Combat Training Capability rotation. XCTC is designed to train and validate platoons on tasks that support offensive and defensive operations under daylight and hours of limited visibility. Units will concentrate on training selected mission essential tasks in a realistic field environment to refocus junior leaders on tactical field craft. The Army National Guard’s XCTC program provides an experience similar to a Combat Training Center to Guard Soldiers at a home station training center, minimizing cost and time away from home and jobs. XCTC is an instrumented field training exercise designed to certify unit proficiency in coordination with First Army. (Video by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)
Posted on: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 04:24:31 +0000
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