33d Infantry Brigade XCTC

Tactical excellence – making our Soldiers, squads and platoons the most lethal and survivable in the world

33D Infantry Brigade | Illinois National Guard | XCTC Rotation 12-03


Army Strong – Guard Strong


Community Based, State-wide

Proven in our Communities

Approximately 3,500 Solders

strong in over 30 communities

• Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 33rd IBCT Urbana, IL

• 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment Chicago, IL

• 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry Regiment Kewanee, IL

• 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment Marion, IL

• 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery Regiment Chicago, IL

• 33rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion Machesney Park, IL

• 634th Brigade Support Battalion Sullivan, IL

Proven in combat and in our communities.

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History, Lineage & Honors

•Deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan in 2008-2009

• Experienced combat veterans and soldiers

•Demonstrated rapid response for domestic support operations state-wide

Commander, 33d Infantry Brigade Col. Paul Hastings

Deputy Commander, 33d IBCT Col. Dan Fuhr

Command Sergeant Major, 33d IBCT Command Sgt. Major Timothy Beck

Always Ready, Always There

Indian Wars - Black Hawk

Mexican War - Vera Cruz; Cerro

Gordo

Civil War - Henry and Donaldson;

Shiloh; Vicksburg; Missouri 1861;

Kentucky 1862; Mississippi 1863;

Mississippi 1864; Tennessee

1862; Alabama 1865

World War I - Somme Offensive;

Meuse-Argonne; Lorraine 1918;

Picardy 1918

World War II - New Guinea;

Luzon

Honoring our history and lineage; we build upon our experience gained in combat to defeat our nation’s enemies, and to secure the homeland


A Shared Vision and Values

• The premier Infantry Brigade Combat Team in the Army National Guard.

• A values-based organization consisting of dedicated, disciplined, mentally and physically tough, competent Soldiers that work as a team.

• Led by capable and selfless leaders

•Our Soldiers, families, and employers are proud to be a part of the 33D BCT and understand its relevance to our Nation.

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Shared Values

Our reputation is one of

excellence.

Our values are obvious.

We are proud, quiet,

professionals, never arrogant.

Our leader training and counseling

programs are the best.

We set and enforce high

standards in all we do.

We develop/foster strong Family

Readiness Groups.

We care for our Gold Star Families

and Wounded Warriors.

We assess risk and train safely.

We never walk away from a

deficiency.

Professionals in the Profession of Arms, sworn to serve our country and our communities.

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Purpose Driven, Mission Focused

• Trained to be the best NG IBCT ready to deploy as an intact infantry brigade, capable of conducting decisive action anywhere in the world to protect US national interests

• In the Available Pool as of 01 OCT 2013; integral to the US National Security Strategy

Army Force Generation Model

A 5 year cyclic process the Army uses to man, equip, and train units for deployment

Allocates and prioritizes limited resources

Cycles units through three separate and distinct force pools to include RESET, Train-Ready, and Available.

We have a non-negotiable contract with the American People to be ready when called.

Training Mission Force Train-Ready Reset

RESET TRAIN / READY AVAILABLE

Strategic Depth Operational Depth Operational Force

Reconstitute / HS Training / Training at CTCs / Tng Avail/Deployed

DEPLOYED

DEF Ind / Crew

Training

I/C/S Proficiency

Unit Collective

Prof** Post Mob Training

CEF 1 Year 1 Year 1 Year 1 Year


eXportable Combat Training Capability

• Individual Soldiers carry the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement (MILES) 2000 and Enhanced Digital Instrumentation (EDI).

• Leverages the Deployable Force-on-Force Instrumented Range System (DFIRST) which provides radar imagery for tracking vehicles across a battlefield

The Army National Guard’s (ARNG) eXportable Combat Training Capability

(XCTC) program provides an experience similar to a Combat Training Center

• XCTC provides a cost-effective and readily available alternative to the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, California or the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, Louisiana.

• XCTC provides a culminating event for units in the Army Force Generation Model (ARFORGEN)


Decisive Action XCTC

Mission: The 33D IBCT conducts XCTC 7-27 July 2012 in order to perform rigorous, theater immersed, multi-echelon training to achieve platoon level collective training proficiency under the mission command of the company and battalion.

End State:

• Platoons are certified in offensive, defensive, and stability tasks

• Companies and battalions achieved mission command proficiency

• Junior leaders are able to react to unpredictable, complex, ill-defined situations

• Soldiers are confident in themselves, their equipment and their leaders

• All aspects of safety, Soldier care and Army values are incorporated and accomplished throughout the XCTC rotation

XCTC Key Tasks

Safely deploy/redeploy to Camp

Ripley

Successfully conduct RSOI and

XCTC rotation

Platoon proficiency achieved thru

Company and Battalion Mission

Command.

BN and IBCT staff capable of

performing operations while

synchronizing IBCT enablers

(plan, prepare, execute and

assess).

“Conducting tactical actions and tasks to create an instinct base for which our Soldiers and leaders can draw upon in the future fight.”


Training Highlights

Battlefield Enablers

Platoon focused; fully integrating all battlefield enablers

6 Live Fire Exercises

P r ogr e ss ive Co l le c t ive Tr a in ing

Battalion Field Training Exercise as a Brigade Attack

Platoon training under Battalion Mission Command

Platoon Squad

• Sniper Mobile Training Team

• Field Artillery Live Fire Exercise

• Unmanned Aerial Systems

• Multi-Functional Teams

• Sappers

Day 21 Day 1


Putting it all together

• Rigorous, Relevant, Realistic

• Putting it all together at the platoon level

• Company, Battalion, Brigade Mission Command

• 24 hour operations, full battlefield immersion

• Central to our success is our junior noncommissioned officers

Seizing, retaining, and exploiting the initiative to gain and maintain a position of relative advantage in sustained land operations

Mission Command Decentralized Operations Tactical Maneuver

Disciplined Initiative


Central to our success…

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33d Infantry Brigade XCTC