FORSCOM in the news U.S. Army Forces Command Soldiers, friends and Families of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment recently gathered on Fort Hood to case the FRONTLINE regiment’s colors signifying May 4, 2018 | Volume VIII, Issue 18 their deployment to Iraq. Soldiers of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne ‘Screaming Eagles’ win Division (Air Assault), recently Senior Leaders commemorated the 50 year Best Sapper Competition anniversary of one of their ‘Tremendous contributions...’ supporting communities. “Americans of Asian and Pacific The Liscum Bowl was Islander descent have contributed recently returned to the immeasurably to our Nation’s 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry development and diversity as a people. Regiment, and will be Together, we will continue to make our country more prosperous and secure displayed at the Fort Carson for all Americans.” (Colo.) Museum. – Donald J. Trump Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry President of the United States Division Field Artillery recently April 30, 2018, Washington conducted their first live fire exercise using M109A6 On Point Paladins on Fort Stewart, Asian American Pacific Georgia. Islander Heritage Month Command teams and senior sustainment leaders from Asian American Pacific across the Army met at Fort Islander Heritage Month Hood recently for the 2018 celebrates the important contributions of individuals III Corps Sustainment of Asian/Pacific Islander From left, Regimental Command Sgt. Maj. Trevor Walker, U.S. Army Engineer School, poses with Best Sapper Training Summit. descent to the nation, both Competition winners, Sgt. 1st Class Robert Clark and Capt. Rudy Chelednik, Lt. Gen. (ret.) Robert Flowers and historically and in today’s Brig. Gen. Robert Whittle Jr., USAES commandant, during the BSC awards ceremony, April 18, 2018, on Fort society. The month of May Leonard Wood, Mo. (U.S. Army photo by Michael Curtis) ‘Combined Resolve X’ was chosen for this commemoration because it marks the anniversary of the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants By Martha Yoshida, Fort Leonard Wood Warner, 54th Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne to America on May 7, 1843, and the completion of the Public Affairs Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy, finished in transcontinental railroad by predominantly Chinese FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. - Best Sapper 3rd Place. laborers on May 10, 1869. The theme for 2018 is Unite teams from across the Army set out to demon- Team 13 proved that technical and tactical Our Vision by Working Together. This theme honors the strate their combat engineer skills during the proficiency, not superstition, contributed to the idea that the promise of America is possible because of 12th annual Lieutenant General Robert B. Flow- outcome of the grueling 3-day event. the collective contributions of people from every walk of ers Best Sapper Competition, held April 16-18 at “As soon as we found out we were Team 13, life and every corner of the earth. Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. I looked at Capt. Chelednik and said, ‘lucky num- Operation Cold Steel II Sgt. 1st Class Robert Clark and Capt. Rudy ber 13,’” Clark explained. “Everyone had super- Chelednik, 21st Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd stitions, but I think we had a really good feeling Operation Cold Steel II is the Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, about it.” U.S. Army Reserve’s crew- Fort Campbell, Kentucky, representing Team 13, The junior officer-senior NCO team, who had served weapons qualification claimed 1st Place in this year’s competition. previously served as a command team together, 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment - A Soldier assigned and validation exercise to Team 23, 1st Lt. Thomas Hoyt and Sgt. Gary set out with a mission. to 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade ensure that Army Reserve units Coggins, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored “We made a decision to give the competition Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, carries a simulated-injured and Soldiers are trained and Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, a shot and show Solders no matter who you are, Soldier to safety during Combined Resolve X live-fire training ready to deploy on short-notice Fort Riley, Kansas, took 2nd Place; while Team you have to earn the right to wear the Sapper Tab exercise in Grafenwoehr, Germany, April 19, 2018. (U.S. Army as part of Ready Force X. 12, 1st Lt. Louis Tobergte, and 1st Lt. Andrew every day,” Chelednik said. photo by Spc. Dustin D. Biven) TOP SHOTS Here are the best photos from FORSCOM Public Affairs professionals world-wide. For more photos and information, click these photos or visit army.mil/forscom

Left Capt. Rudy Chelednik (left) and Sgt. 1st Class Robert Clark, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), compete in the U.S. Army’s Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, April 20, 2018, Their team went on to win first place in the competition. (U.S. Army photo by Michael Curtis) Right Vehicles assigned to 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conduct a tactical road march from Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany to Hohenfels, Germany during Combined Resolve X, April 22, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sharon Matthias)

Above Soldiers assigned to 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, fire and detonate a Mine Clearing Line Charge, April 19, 2018 at Grafenwoehr, Germany during a Combined Resolve X live-fire Above Tank crewmen assigned to 1st Battalion, 77th Armored training event. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Dustin D. Biven) Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Left Spc. Wesley Constandse, a geospatial engineer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 525th set a combat casualty blanket on an improvised litter during Sullivan Military Intelligence Brigade, gives a speech about Military Children at the Hoke County Schools Month of Cup preparation training at Fort Bliss, Texas, April 19, 2018. (U.S. Army the Military Child Celebration, April 23, 2018, East Hoke Middle School, Raeford, N.C. (U.S. Army photo by photo by Sgt. John Onuoha) SSG Ondirae H. Abdullah-Robinson)

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