351st Military Police Company » Training

Less Than 4 Months To Go!

SGT Batavia — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:30:13 +0000

I just want to say that it is so nice to look at the counter on the right side of the page, and see less than 4 months remaining in our deployment. That means we are over 75% complete with our deployment. Please read the post about TOA if you have any questions to when we will arrive home. It will be a nice day when we land back in the states, hopefully in time for our Thanksgiving day feasts.

Our missions have been slow lately with the changes since June 30th, and many of our Soldiers have been partaking in training classes to keep sharp on existing skills and training on some new ones. Some of the classes that have been going on lately are:

Combat Life Saver: A class where Soldiers learn basic medical skills to treat things like treating shock, temperature ailments, rescue breathing, controlling bleeding and bracing broken bones.

Combatives: Soldiers learn basic unarmed hand to hand self defense techniques similar to some of those found in Brazilian Jui-Jitsu.

Fire Warden: In this class Soldiers learn about the rules and regulations regarding keeping their living areas safe and hazard free to prevent fires. Soldiers also get to utilize a fire extinguisher to properly put out a test fire.

Ft Dix Endeavors

SFC Tarr — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:04:44 +0000

Well, after a short resbit at Home Station, the 351st has found itself back in the northern climate of Ft Dix, NJ. Temperatures have been in the lows of the 30s and as high as 68. We have seen sun, wind, rain and snow. Thankfully, most Training has been accomplished prior to arrival, and the time at the Contingancy Operations Location (COL) has been reduced to a little over a week upon return after the Christmas Exodus. Medical appointments have been a day to day occurence, and fill in classes have been predominant before the big Training Pieces come together in late December and January. The Unit is dilegently making headway and is looking forward to the Holiday Break, hope that everyone has a safe and enjoyable time off.

Fort McCoy, WI

SFC Tarr — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:15:05 +0000

Greetings from the OPS Center (sort of…) Well, we got the Advance Party here in 60+ degree weather – very unseasonably warm for the area/time of year. Got issued the “Wicked” cool-guy Cold/Wet Wether Gear and a few niftey items that would best be used in warmer environments. Then we Started Class room training for Weapons Ranges. On the first Range Day, the Snow came down… Talk of more (Nebraska got a blizzard, allegedly headed this way) of the same wether is predicetd into next week. We will have more class room days, and ranges over the next few days then get into the scenario training. This is the stuff I did when I was stationed here until July. I never thought I’d be one of those going to the desert, but training to do so in Artic Conditions. I can’t wait to see what Ft Dix has in store… (I’ll be happy as long as I don’t run into my ex wife). That’s it for now; Wildcard 3 Out!

The last time I was at McCoy, I looked like this

Paperwork

kdmorgan — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:58:00 +0000

Three days into preparing for deployment and I can describe my life in one simple word. Paperwork. My war is not with the Evildoers, but with Micorsoft Word.