2008 Annual Report - West Virginia Army National Guard - U.S. Army
2008 Annual Report - West Virginia Army National Guard - U.S. Army
2008 Annual Report - West Virginia Army National Guard - U.S. Army
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<strong>West</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Guard</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2008</strong><br />
J3 - Plans, Operations & Training/ J2 - Intelligence<br />
The J-3 Shop has been very busy this past<br />
year with training, mobilizations, military<br />
support to civilian authority, disaster relief or<br />
search and rescue operations.<br />
Training Branch<br />
The Training Branch manages schools<br />
for officers, warrant officers and noncommissioned<br />
officers, providing training<br />
guidance and ammunition, transportation,<br />
funding resources, and creating realistic<br />
training environments.<br />
The Training Branch had two<br />
goals this past year. The first goal was<br />
to ensure the training conducted was<br />
oriented toward the wartime mission<br />
of the unit. This is accomplished<br />
through the use of the <strong>Army</strong> Force<br />
Generation Model (ARFORGEN)<br />
and <strong>Army</strong> doctrine. The second goal<br />
was to ensure the <strong>West</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong><br />
<strong>Army</strong> <strong>Guard</strong> units could complete<br />
any homeland defense mission<br />
assigned. The priority for training<br />
was the qualification of all soldiers<br />
in their Military Occupational Skills<br />
Qualification (MOSQ), followed<br />
by the Non Commissioned Officer Education<br />
System (NCOES).<br />
Within the Training Branch, the Distributed<br />
Learning Program (DLP) has grown from 10<br />
to 17 locations. Increased DLP classrooms<br />
benefit soldiers by providing the opportunity to<br />
complete many phases of MOSQ, NCOES, and<br />
other professional development courses without<br />
having to drive more than 50 miles from home.<br />
Mobilization and Readiness<br />
Branch (MRO)<br />
This branch closely monitors the<br />
readiness levels of all units within the<br />
WVARNG. The readiness of units is<br />
critical to the success of the WVARNG<br />
and the U.S. <strong>Army</strong>. A high degree of<br />
readiness ensures units and soldiers<br />
are able to perform wartime and<br />
peacetime missions. MRO conducted<br />
eight unit mobilization readiness<br />
exercises at 17 locations throughout<br />
the state to enhance and maintain unit<br />
level readiness. In Fiscal Year <strong>2008</strong>,<br />
the <strong>West</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong> <strong>Army</strong> <strong>National</strong><br />
<strong>Guard</strong> deployed over 553 soldiers in support of<br />
Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and Operation<br />
ENDURING FREEDOM.<br />
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