2010 Governor's Report - Oklahoma National Guard - U.S. Army
2010 Governor's Report - Oklahoma National Guard - U.S. Army
2010 Governor's Report - Oklahoma National Guard - U.S. Army
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training excellence and professional leadership<br />
mission requirements by providing an environment<br />
that continually challenges every Soldier who trains<br />
here. To be recognized as the premier training<br />
center for Homeland Security and Weapons of Mass<br />
Destruction and specialty tactical training conducted<br />
by all DoD military, law enforcement, and federal<br />
agencies. Dedicated to providing state of the art<br />
ranges and facilities for support of the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Guard</strong><br />
and deployment of all Brigade Combat Teams.<br />
oPERATIoNS AND TRAINING bRANCH<br />
The Operations and Training Branch is responsible<br />
to the Chief, Plans and Training Division for the overall<br />
scheduling of ranges, training areas, and facilities on<br />
Camp Gruber. During Fiscal Year <strong>2010</strong> there were<br />
5,202 facilities, ranges, and training areas scheduled<br />
and 78,099 Soldiers and civilians trained. During FY<br />
<strong>2010</strong> Camp Gruber supported the pre-mobilization<br />
training of the 45th ADT and 285th AVN.<br />
The CBIRF Marines also conducted their CBRNE<br />
training in conjunction with Operation Joint Eagle.<br />
Operation Joint Eagle facilitated Homeland Defense<br />
training for 1,244 Service Members to include<br />
OKARNG, ILARNG, MOARNG, and Marine Corps.<br />
Camp Gruber has the most innovative training<br />
ranges and facilities in the region.<br />
These include premier small arms and vehicle<br />
mounted weapon qualification ranges, small<br />
unmanned aerial vehicle operations area, Military<br />
Operations in Urban Terrain collective training<br />
facilities (MOUT CTF), and a Breach Facility. Camp<br />
Gruber has continued to improve the ranges and<br />
facilities to accommodate realistic training.<br />
RANGE bRANCH(RANGE CoNTRoL)<br />
The Range Control Branch is responsible for the<br />
overall safety, management, maintenance and repair,<br />
preparation, issue, and receipt of all ranges and<br />
training areas. There were 1,246 ranges and training<br />
areas prepped, maintained, issued, utilized and<br />
received in <strong>2010</strong> without any major incidents. Main<br />
focus of Range Control is training realistically while<br />
maintaining a safe training environment. Range<br />
Control prepares all Surface Danger Zones utilizing<br />
the Geospatial Information System (GIS) with Range<br />
Mangers Tool Kit to get several new proposed ranges<br />
and training events approved. Range Control ran a<br />
24 hour Operations Center during any and all facility<br />
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occupations Mangers Tool Kit to get several new<br />
proposed ranges and training events approved.<br />
Range Control ran a 24 hour Operations Center<br />
during any and all facility occupations.<br />
RANGE MAINTENANCE bRANCH<br />
The Range Maintenance Branch is responsible<br />
for maintenance and repairs of all ranges, both<br />
live and non-live fire, on Camp Gruber. Range<br />
Maintenance consists of five Federal Technician<br />
target system repairers, three State Employee<br />
construction maintenance technicians, and up<br />
to six Military Additional Duty Soldiers. The<br />
mission of Range Maintenance is to maintain<br />
and repair ten different types of targets including<br />
manual, electronic, and remote control, welding<br />
and metalworking, carpentry and woodworking,<br />
grounds keeping, landscaping and excavation<br />
with heavy and light equipment operations. In<br />
addition, we work very closely with units to meet<br />
specific and special needs they require during