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Volume 16, Number 10 Published in the interest of the National Training Center and Fort Irwin community • home.army.mil/Irwin October 2020

Denzel Washington greets soldiers, Inside

families at NTC, Fort Irwin Power Outage

How to prepare for October’s blackout.
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October Events at NTC

Joshua Rojas, NTC Headquarters Halloween and Domestic Violence
NTC/Fort Irwin Garrison Public A airs winning actor, Denzel Washington greeted Sept. 26. Awareness on post.
hundreds of soldiers and families at the See full story, Page 4
FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Oscar Award- National Training Center and Fort Irwin on See DENZEL, Page 4 Vote 2020

Gold Star Family Remembrance Week Distinguished Visitors

NTC/Fort Irwin Garrison Public A airs at NTC How and where to get
voter information.
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FORT IRWIN, Calif. — The
National Training Center and Fort California Wild res
Irwin observed Gold Star Families
Remembrance Week with several
events during September A resolu-
tion was passed in 2018 to designate
this week to honor families of fallen Photo Credit: Pfc. Gower Liu, 11th ACR
services members.
e National Training Center and Fort
See GOLD, Page 6 Irwin welcomed U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Fort Irwin residents react to state’s raging
Martin, Vice Chief of Sta of the Army, and wild res.
Honorable James McPherson, Under Secretary See full story, Page 5
Leaders signal more openings coming amid COVID-19 of the Army on Sept. 20. During the visit, 9/11 Observance
Janell J. Lewis Ford Martin and McPherson examined the training
capabilities the NTC brings into action against
NTC/Fort Irwin Garrison Public A airs the Rotational Training Unit and visited Weed
FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Brig. Gen. David Army Community Hospital.
Lesperance, Commanding General of the Na- Martin, who served as the commanding
tional Training Center and Fort Irwin, signaled general for NTC from 2015 to 2016, said he
more openings and liberties were forthcoming remembered when the hospital was being built.
during his Sept. 9 and Sept. 30 live community “I always want to visit the hospital because
update on Facebook. that’s direct support for our soldiers and their How Fort Irwin honored the fallen of the
September 11th attacks. .
See LEADERS, Page 4 families and that’s the most important thing See full story, Page 6
we do,” McPherson said.

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