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11th ACR supports deployment exercise
Story and photo by Capt. Christinea Wagner the GRF with 82nd Airborne Division. A Soldier from Fort Carson, Colo., drives a Stryker vehicle off a C-17 military
“[What] they are doing now is conducting EDRE, aircraft at Barstow Daggett Airfield during an emergency deployment
Public Affairs Officer, 11th ACR readiness exercise, May 21.
where they fly out of Fort Carson, Colorado within
The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment supported an 18 hours of being notified of their mission, then are
emergency deployment readiness exercise by Soldiers moved anywhere in the world to be able to support
traveling with equipment from Fort Carson, Colo., to contingency operations on the ground,” Mock said.
the National Training Center, May 21. “Here at the 11tACR, we like to say we are a formidable
professional team of teams. We are filling the profes-
The Fort Carson Soldiers – of C Company, 2nd sional team of teams portion by teaming up with 2/23
Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Infantry and bringing them here on the ground to help
Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division – conducted them meet their training objectives.”
the EDRE to prepare for their future mission with
the Global Response Force in support of contingency First Lt. Stephen Hagy, a platoon leader with C Co.,
operations. worked closely with 2/11 ACR to ensure his company
arrived at the airfield. Two flights were required to
Soldiers of C Co., walked off a C-17 military aircraft bring everyone and their equipment here. While the
at Barstow Daggett Airfield in full combat gear and Strykers were sent back to Fort Carson, 2/23 Infantry
immediately went to work. They off-loaded their gear continued on to support the 11th ACR as an opposi-
and two Stryker vehicles just as rapidly as they loaded tion force against 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team,
two buses and set off for this installation in support of 1st Armored Division of Fort Bliss, Texas.
the 11th ACR during decisive action rotation 15-08.
On planning for the EDRE and working with 2nd
“So, normally we do not get augmentees coming Squadron, Hagy said: “The teamwork is very apparent
in on a C-17,” said Capt. John Mock, 2nd Squadron, and being that we are on separate posts it was tough
11th ACR Assistant Operations Officer. at first, but now we are perfectly in synch. I think it’s
going to be an easy transition to move right into our
Mock explained that C Co., simulated how they mission here.”
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