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Face of Defense: Trainer Becomes Trainee, Commander
Face of Defense ^
| Capt. Marvin J. Baker , USA
Posted on 04/01/2010 5:01:45 PM PDT by SandRat
FORT HOOD, Texas, April 1, 2010 After four years of preparing thousands of Army National Guard and Army Reserve soldiers for deployment at the Division West mobilization training center here, Army Capt. Brent Middleton soon will be preparing for his own deployment at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., center.
Army Capt. Brent Middleton, left accepts his unit's flag from his battalion commander in a change-of-command ceremony at Camp Mabry, Texas, March 20, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Marvin J. Baker (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. |
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Middleton, a member of the Texas National Guards 36th Infantry Division who joined the 120th Infantry Brigade though the 1st Army Operation Warrior Trainer program, accepted command of the headquarters company of the divisions special troops battalion in a March 20 ceremony at Camp Mabry.
This will be my second deployment to Iraq in five years, Middleton said. Ive worked to coordinate the training and resources for soldiers training under the 120th Infantry Brigade for the past two years. Now, in my new job after deployment, I will be responsible for the Joint Visitors Bureau, the battalion staff and the base defense operations center.
Middletons experiences as the battle captain for the 120th Infantry Brigades mobilization operations center here will make his post-mobilization training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord successful, he said.
I will be able to better prepare my unit during the pre-mobilization [training] at home station so that we are ready for the rigors of post-mobilization training, he said.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: commander; guard; trainee; trainer
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SandRat
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