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Unit 47 – Three Hour Hike

aludvigson — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:16:37 +0000

Unit 47 begins the 3-hour hike.

Unit 47 hiking down a back country road.

Recruits Mitchell, C. Stoner, and Burkey hike through a field with their Unit.

Recruits Brown and Ruck of Charlie 2nd enjoy the downhill slope for a while.

Recruits DePoppe, Martin, and D. Stephenson during the last leg of the hike.

Unit 47 sprinting to the end of the final portion of the 3-hour hike.

Unit 47 – Micro Hike

aludvigson — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:29:35 +0000

The men of First Platoon sprint to the flag field with their multi-days packed and ready to go.

Recruits begin their first hike in Basic Training.

Recruits jumping a stream as they trek through the woods.

Unit 47 hikes down a dusty road.

Recruits Adam, Jeffrey, and Metz get their first taste of ALERT hiking.

Recruits learn how to start a fire with pine heartwood, using flint and steel.

Recruits Penner and McDaniels help prepare lunch for their squad.

Unit 47 Basic Training – Week One

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:10:34 +0000

READY!!...GO!!!.....Recruits run the PT Test on Tuesday morning.

Recruits doing their push-ups for the PT Test.

Unit 47 formed up on the flag field.

Recruits Williamson and Metz de-rope a pair of BDU's, while Recruit Adam memorizes the week's verses.

Recruits Lerma, Burkey, and Creer crease their new BDU's.

Recruit Eddy checks through his multi-day packing list.

Charlie Third prepares for a multi-day pack inspection.

Recruits Schlaudt and Stoner being served dinner.

R-Night – Unit 47

aludvigson — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:46:40 +0000

Cadre take their places during the face-off.

Recruits of Unit 47 being assigned to their squads.

Recruit Hartman receiving instructions from his squad leader.

Cadre inspects the gear of the new recruits.

The men of Alpha Third watch as their squad leader demonstrates how to properly execute a facing movement.

The men of Charlie Second wait for the order to move out.

Basic Training Unit 46 Advancement

hsmith — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:47:17 +0000

Congratulations to the men of Unit 46 for their completion of Basic Training!

Week Seven Update

carchibald — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:34:37 +0000

ALERT deploys to Wildland Fires in TX

hsmith — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:47:56 +0000

Local fire service officials have requested ALERT’s help this week to fight the many fires raging in east Texas. ALERT has deployed most of the men in the battalion and several officers to put their rarely-called-upon training in wildland fire fighting to work. Many of the area fire and emergency personnel have been on call or on the scene for long hours and ALERT’s team of men has been grateful to be able to assist and provide support for them. Fires have been widespread this season due to extensive drought; over 3,582,000 acres have burned since November 2010.

Please remember Texas in your prayers – and especially the men and women who are working day and night fighting fires all over the state.

: L to R: Lt. Stephen Winchell, Spc. Jonathan Kilpatrick, Spc. Angelo Savino, Spc. Seth Lyon,; RFC Michael Hall, Spc. Clayton Rothenhauser, Spc. Travis Ryden and Cpl. Daniel Creedon

Endurance Hike

carchibald — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:29:04 +0000

Taking a break on the endurance hike.

Last stop before the end of the endurance hike.

"Move Out"

Unit 46 just after the endurance hike.

Unit 46 is thankful for the breeze and cooler weather.

Tech Rescue goes to Arkansas

hsmith — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:52:00 +0000

Tuesday evening, August 16^th,the entire tech rescue unit loaded up into a van and departed their “home-away-from-home” for Mount Magazine State Park in Arkansas. Everything they had learned about high-angle rescue thus far was to be put to practice on some real cliffs. The next day, the unit hit the cliffs at the breathtaking Cameron Bluffs Overlook and proceeded to learn about setting up anchor systems in a real-world high-angle environment. These anchors were then used for the rest of the morning to rappel down and ascend back up the 120 foot rock face. The rest of the day as well the next were used to run practice scenarios off the bluffs, with each man given an equal opportunity to rotate through each of the roles of a rope rescue team; from the incident commander, to the rescuer who was lowered over the edge, right down to being a victim for the scenario.

While they were all the same generic type of rescue scenario, each one had a different twist thrown into it so as to challenge the team in new ways each time; such as the surprise scenario sprung on the group by Capt. Dankers and both Lt. Winchells later that night. The last day was spent out on the slightly less intimidating 90 foot cliffs learning about and putting to practice a crash course on rock climbing.

All in all, it was an amazing trip, with each day presenting new adventures, challenges, and learning experiences. From the morning wisdom search that Capt. Dankers used to kick-start each day to the scenario debriefings, there was always a chance to glean something valuable and work on applying it.

-Corporal Daniel Creedon

: Spc. Clayton Rothenhauser is lowered down to perform a pick-off rescue.

: Spc. Matthew Hartlaub helps RFC Michael Hall in setting up a main line.

: Spc. Angelo Savino shows off his rock climbing skills.

: Spc. Seth Lyon prepares to rappel off the edge.

: Spc. Clayton Rothenhauser and RFC Michael Hall work belay systems.

: Capt. Dankers and Lt. Bryan Winchell oversee one of the scenarios.

: After a day of scenarios, several of the guys decided to hike to the highest point in Arkansas:; (Clockwise left to right) Spc. Angelo Savino,Spc. Clayton Rothenhauser, Spc. Jonathan Kilpatrick,; RFC Michael Hall, Micah Dankers, and Cpl. Daniel Creedon.

: Everyone poses for a group photo at the end of the trip. Clockwise from top left: Capt. Steve Dankers,; Lt. Bryan Winchell, RFC Michael Hall, Spc. Clayton Rothenhauser, Spc. Seth Lyon, Lt. Stephen Winchell,; Cpl. Daniel Creedon, Spc. Travis Ryden, Spc. Matthew Hartlaub,; Spc. Angelo Savino and Spc. Jonathan Kilpatrick.

Week Five Update

carchibald — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:11:13 +0000