68W

Reserve Component 68W Sustainment The Army Reserve Component (RC) is, in general, required to meet the same training requirements of the Active Component (AC) but must do so with less time available. The RC must also be proficient in their Military Occupational Specialties (MOS) and remain qualified for those MOSs. Due to a lack of the necessary required training days needed to meet obligatory sustainment mandates, the RC is not as welled trained or proficient as they could be. This is probably truer for those MOSs that require certification or licensure to retain a particular MOS, such as the 68W Combat Medic MOS. Background and Context Upon completion of the 10-week Basic Military Training, Soldiers that enlisted to become 68W Combat…

My journey into the healthcare field was unconventional to say the least. I had no parental influence or family members that worked in the field. Instead, it was a specific moment I remembered vividly that would be my introduction to the healthcare field. At the age of 10, I witnessed the homicide of my uncle. He received a gunshot to the posterior portion of his cranium by another family member. That was the first time I saw brain matter, experienced being helpless, and in shock. The trauma…

Staff Sergeant Citizen enlisted in the United States Army on January 26th, 2005. He completed Basic Training at Fort Benning, Georgia in June 1999. He completed Advanced Individual Training at Fort Lee, Virginia in 2005 for Military Occupational Specialty Parachute Rigger. He reclassified and graduated for 68W Healthcare Specialist in 2007 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Staff Sergeant Citizen’s has served as an Airdrop Equipment Repair SPC (2-75th Ranger Battalion), Fort Lewis, Washington; Team…

As the Commander of the Modular Training Battalion (MTB) from February 2016 through May 2017, LTC Hannah and her cadre were directly responsible for providing the highest quality training for over seven hundred Service Members throughout the nation and across multiple components. Her battalion was absolutely pivotal in executing the Army Leader Development Strategy. Her efforts were absolutely pivotal in improving the readiness posture of her battalion and the Kansas Army National Guard. LTC…

basic when we had to run the two mile run. I started to fall back and Kody ran back to me and told me to keep going, that we were almost done. After that day Kody and I hung out during our free time it started to fall into place not to mess with me. Kody and I went through Basic Training and AIT together, we were placed in 11B, infantryman. I met the rest of my squad, Chris, Ethan, Sean, and Brad. A small team of six. Chris was a sniper in the National Guard, he held a record for the longest…