Page 1 - Ft. Irwin High Desert Warrior 5-6-16

11th ACR competes at Sullivan CupVolume12,Number5 May 6, 2016
Published in the interest of the National Training Center and Fort Irwin community • www.irwin.army.mil

Photo by Jason Miller, Public A airs O ce

A M1 Abrams main battle tank from C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, res during preparation here for the 2016 Sullivan Cup Precision Gunnery Competition
hosted by the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Ga., May 2-6. Each active component army division is invited to send one tank crew for every armored brigade combat
team in its organization to compete; the 11th ACR is invited to send one crew.

Forty-fourth Army Surgeon General visits Fort Irwin

Story and photos by Michael Beaton, Public A airs Command, Lt. Gen. Nadja West oversees more than 48 to the Army-wide health care systems.
medical treatment facilities providing care to nearly four While visiting Fort Irwin, West conducted a town
Weed Army Community Hospital million active duty members of all services, retirees and
The Army’s first female African-American lieutenant their family members. She is also responsible for develop- hall open to hospital staff and community stakeholders,
general, 44th Army Surgeon General and the highest- ment, policy direction, organization and overall manage- toured WACH facilities, spoke with patients, met with
ranking woman to graduate from the United States ment of an integrated Army-wide health service system key leaders at both the WACH and NTC, surveyed the
Military Academy toured facilities, met staff members, and is the medical materiel developer for the Army. new hospital construction site from the air, and observed
spoke with patients and consulted with leadership of a medical evacuation exercise in the NTC training area.
Weed Army Community Hospital and the National West regularly advises the secretary of the Army and
Training Center, April 7-9. Army chief of staff in relation to all health care matters “Seeing Soldiers putting their knowledge, fitness and
Dual-hatted as the commander of U.S. Army Medical in the Army, in addition to overseeing development, ingenuity into action, watching them build confidence
organization, policy direction, and other matters relative
See WEST, page 2