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Volume 14, Number 4 Published in the interest of the National Training Center and Fort Irwin community • www.irwin.army.mil April 6, 2018
Hiring Our Heroes summit brings employment
training, mentorship to Fort Irwin Soldiers
By Codi Kozacek end. At some point, whether job you want. So you need to Codi Kozacek
you’re a first-term Soldier or know where you’re going in
NTC / Fort Irwin PAO the Chairman of the Joint order to package yourself and Soldiers transitioning out of the military talked with mentors, learned about virtual
FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Chiefs of Staff, this ride has to market yourself and promote networking, and attended a job fair during the Hiring Our Heroes transition summit at Fort
Hiring Our Heroes, a non- come to a stop.†yourself for the next career.†Irwin April 3.
profit program focused on
helping veterans and their The unemployment rate One of the biggest chal- resources available to help of Soldiers and Veterans to thinking about [your transi-
spouses find employment, for veterans who served after lenges for transitioning service with their transition. Hiring private organizations, govern- tion] and educating yourself
joined with the USO to host a September 2001 is currently members is translating their Our Heroes, for example, has ment, non-profit organiza- about what’s out there,†said
day-long “transition summit†4.3 percent, just above the military experience into civil- an online tool called Resume tions and universities. Virtual Holder. “What you need to
at Fort Irwin April 3. overall U.S. unemployment ian terms. Engine that helps military networking sites like LinkedIn do is own it, be clear in where
The summit was designed rate of 4.1 percent, according members explain their expe- are also powerful tools for re- you want to go.â€
to educate Soldiers and their to the Bureau of Labor Statis- “They don’t realize they rience to civilian employers. searching and reaching poten-
family members about resources tics. But even as more compa- have had amazing training, The Army’s Soldier for Life tial employers and mentors, More information about
and best practices that will allow nies in the private sector are and a lot of responsibility at program helps direct Soldiers Holder said. Hiring Our Heroes can be
them to successfully join the looking to hire veterans, tran- a very junior level. So when to professional development found at http://www.hirin-
civilian workforce after they sitioning successfully takes a they’re coming in, they are and networking resources, The biggest thing is to gourheroes.org. The Resume
complete their military service. lot of forward planning. trained as leaders from day and it also promotes the value start early. Engine tool can be found at
Transitioning out of the one,†said Holder, noting https://resumeengine.org/#/.
Army is something all service “You really do need to that many of their peers in “It is never too early to start
members face eventually, said put in the time and effort the civilian sector do not have
Col. Seth Krummrich, Fort to research and target where that experience. For military
Irwin’s garrison commander. you want to go and what you spouses, who may have gaps
“Our military careers can want to do. Those are the first in their resumes due to mili-
best be described as a choose- questions you need to ask tary moves, it is important to
your-own-adventure. We all yourself and be honest with gain and highlight volunteer
joined for our own unique yourself,†said Marnie Holder, experience, she said.
reasons, we had different oc- director of transition summits
cupational specialties, duty and virtual events for Hiring “Don’t allow that gap to
locations and deployments,†he Our Heroes, U.S. Chamber just be a gap in time. Fill that
said during the event’s opening of Commerce Foundation. doing something and be able
remarks. “Our pasts have been “It’s not about just capturing to articulate how you filled
our own personal journeys, but what your military experience that time, and used that time,
they all have one thing in com- was or what your experience to position yourself for when
mon: they will all come to an has been in the past, it’s really the job is available.â€
understanding how to trans-
late that experience into the She also encouraged service
members and their families to
take advantage of the many
NTC strengthens interoperability with joint service partner
By Jason Miller than normal, thinking and breathing opposing force for the Pfc. Nicholas Guevara
rotational training unit. Maj. Douglas Woodcock, the operations officer with
NTC / Fort Irwin PAO 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd
FORT IRWIN, Calif. — More than 700 Marines and Lt. Col. Mark Liston, commander of the 2nd LAR Bat- Marine Division, debriefs with Army officers during a
Sailors joined forces with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regi- talion, said there have been interoperability challenges work- deployment for training exercise at Fort Irwin, Calif., Feb.
ment during a February training rotation at the National ing with the Army in the past, but returning to the NTC has 6, 2018.
Training Center. The exercise helped enhance interoperability improved tactical communication equipment barriers.
in terms of communications, tactics and operations for both See INTEROPERABILITY, Page 2
joint service partners. “It’s something we learned last year, our communications
As the NTC’s professional opposing force, the 11th ACR’s equipment operate in different wavelengths and frequencies
job is to give Army brigade combat teams their worst day in as far as encryption,†said Liston. “It’s a lot of work for us to
combat. They do so 10 times a year, 14 days at a time, facing make sure we are nested with the exact communications as the
approximately 50,000 service members and allied partners Army, but it has paid off quite a bit from last year.â€
who take advantage of the near-peer, conventional warfare
training. In addition to overcoming communication obstacles and
During the February rotation, the 2nd Light Armored identifying other small fractures in interoperability, Lt. Col.
Reconnaissance Battalion (LAR), 2nd Marine Division Rodney Morgan, commander of 2nd Squadron, 11th ACR
augmented 2nd Squadron, 11th ACR to provide a larger said fighting side by side with the Marines also challenges
his Soldiers.
“One of the advantages we [11th ACR] have is repeti-
tion. That’s what makes a football team good,†said Morgan.
