U T A H MINUTEMAN 2 Volume 2020 IPPS-A, What It Is and Why You Should Care

Utah Guard Olympians Can You Do A Leg Tuck?

Utah Minuteman 1 FROM THE TOP Brigadier General Michael J. Turley Command Sergeant Major Eric Anderson The Adjutant General Senior Enlisted Leader

oldiers and Airman of the wish to express S Utah National Guard, it is an I my gratitude and honor to be your adjutant general. I thanks for the Soldiers emphasize the fact that I am YOUR and Airmen of the Utah adjutant general because it is the National Guard. I see bedrock of this organization; that our your hard work and efforts “Guardsmen” (men and women) towards our mission as are what make this organization! part of the My intent is to continue building Military. As we welcome capability by amplifying your Brigadier General Turley talents, reinforcing your training, as our new Adjutant and strengthening your resiliency. We can do that together by General, I know he is fully invested in the members of understanding the current world as it is, and building strategies the UTNG. I am confident in his leadership abilities for that reality. and excited to serve with him as part of the our As I have mentioned earlier, we live in a complex and Command Team. Expanding upon my last article, dangerous time. While we have been fighting insurgencies over which touched on the topic of leadership, recently the the past 19 years, our global competitors have been building Army released the updated Noncommissioned Officers large-scale combat power. While the bravery, warfighting Guide (TC 7-22.7). Through my initial study of it, I skills, and professionalism we have gained over these years are found a part in chapter three of particular interest. indispensable, we must shift our efforts to a large scale combat Chapter three, paragraph 3.7, states, "Military operations. This will require a new mindset of strategic and leaders are responsible for achieving any and all tactical training. We must think differently about our training assigned missions. They can do this through either and our tempo of operations while in combat. commitment or compliance-focused influence. It is the ability to deter our competitors and hold their units Compliance-focused is directed at a follower's behavior. at “risk” while we build long-term strategic over-match that will It is generally effective for gaining short-term and ensure our way of life for our children and grandchildren. This immediate results. Long-term and lasting change means counter-insurgency operations become less emphasized requires a different focus. Leaders must move beyond in our training and maneuver warfare with “deep/strategic,” compliance-prompted behavioral changes and focus “medium,” and “close/tactical” air operations become our on influencing followers attitudes, beliefs and values STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM training focus. Our force structure, equipment, and training will in order to gain commitment. Commitment-focused reflect that reality in the near future and we can see our national is directed at a follower's thinking and implies the In support of the State Partnership command authority currently working toward that end. followers want the organization to succeed and positive Program, Chief Warrant Officer This requires a to look at all domains (air, land, maritime, changes to occur." 4 Jared Jones of 1-211th Attack space, cyber, information) as spheres of conflict and strategy. As leaders of Soldiers and Airmen, NCOs must Reconnaissance Battalion and Col. It goes without saying that our service takes its toll on pro-actively dedicate themselves to a constant self- Khalid Samit of the Royal Moroccan resiliency. I am concerned that as we shift our efforts to large- assessment of the leadership style they are using with scale combat operations, you and your families will be able to their teams. We must also ask ourselves this question, Army prepare to fly an AH64-D handle the stress. I see Soldiers and Airman every day struggling "Am I committed to the mission, or am I compliant? As Apache helicopter during annual with financial and interpersonal stress that cause despair. We we assess ourselves, our Soldiers and Airmen will see training held in Wendover, Utah from must draw together as teams (large and small) to help each other, our efforts to improve and better the team. It requires July 29 to August 2, 2019. support each other, progress together, and become stronger! a leader to have the humility to assess themselves and Members of the Utah National Guard I ask all of you to engage your fellow Soldiers and Airman, to seek improvement. This humility is critical in the directly counsel your subordinates and to build resiliency across development of lasting, inspiring, and meaningful and the 1-211th ARB hosted delegates our formations. Every person in this organization has value. teams. I highly encourage you all to take time and study from the Royal Moroccan Army in Again, thank you for your service and support. I am the updated Noncommissioned Officers Guide. It's an preparation of Morocco's purchase of encouraged by what you do and how you do it. Don’t wait until honor to be a leader in the Utah National Guard. Your 24 Apache helicopters as approved by tomorrow to amplify your talent, to train at the highest level both team is counting on you to make the right decision as the U.S. State Department. individually as well as collectively, and to become stronger and you lead! UTAH PHOTO more resilient personally. BY Sgt. 1st Class Stacey Olson

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4 Utah National Guard Utah Minuteman 5 FAMILY FOCUS How can each of us take action in the prevention of sexual assault and other Direct: DIRECT: sexual misconduct? Service Member and Sexual Assault • Address the perpetrator Family Assistance Prevention requires a comprehensive approach; enforcing the Army Values and • Remove either party from Awareness Month treating others with dignity and respect. Simply put, sexual assault prevention starts the situation/hostile with you. Each Guard member has the ability and obligation to speak out when they see environment (potential victim he Military Community and Family inappropriate behavior. We can best eliminate the acts that demoralize our people and or perpetrator) Services office would like to announce T degrade our readiness by using a holistic approach toward building a better environment in • Have personal courage to changes to the Family Assistance and Family which to live and work. One method is bystander intervention. Bystander intervention can intervene Readiness Teams. As of Jan. 1, 2020 the 2019 marks the official 18th anniversary of be summarized by the three D’s: Direct, Distract, and Delegate. programs merged to form the Service member Distract: DISTRACT: and Family Assistance Team. The SFA team Sexual Assault Awareness Month — is your point of contact for all things regarding • Anything that distracts the Family Assistance and Family Readiness. perpetrator This change in programming means the pril is recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention • Change the subject Soldier and Family Readiness Group will HELP IS AVAILABLE 24/7: Month. Utah's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response • Ask either person to go do be maintained by the commanders of each A team wanted to educate us on what the program does for the Utah something individual unit, company, team or battery. National Guard and what all members of the Utah National Guard Utah Army Sexual Assault Response Coordinator: 801-716-9254 The SFA team provides training and record can do to help eliminate sexual misconduct. Delegate: DELEGATE: maintenance, as well as guidance to command The SAPR team of Victim Advocates and Sexual Assault teams. Utah Air Wing Sexual Assault Response Coordinator: 801-245-2960 Response Coordinators are specifically selected and trained to • Delegate the intervention to support survivors of sexual assault and other sexual misconduct. The others: have friends, squad/ Department of Defense Safe Helpline, the hotline for FAMILY ASSISTANCE CENTERS entire SAPR team is trained to be able to provide survivor's centric section, or co-workers take support and services. Regardless of the circumstances or the barriers members of the DoD community affected by sexual assault: 877-995-5247 either person out of the SERVICE MEMBER AND FAMILY ASSISTANCE survivors may face with others believing them, we start by believing. situation 1. Blanding 435-678-2008 Many resources available can be provided regardless of the servers • Send someone for help to 2. Bluffdale 801-878-5959 reporting status, i.e. restricted or unrestricted. intervene (chain of command, All Soldiers and Airmen are vital to the capability of the Utah etc.) 3. Bluffdale 801-878-5037 National Guard to be able to successfully accomplish its assigned 4. Cedar City 435-867-6513 state and federal missions. Our organization must be able to recruit Together, utilizing a proactive 5. Draper 801-432-4522 and retain the best and brightest of our state and our nation. Once we approaches like bystander 6. Draper 801-432-6513 have enlisted these individuals, leadership at all levels are tasked with intervention, we can take a stance 7. Logan / Ogden 801-476-3811 safeguarding the wellbeing of our Soldiers and Airmen. against sexual assault and other 8. Richfield/Cedar City 435-896-6442 Brig. Gen. Michael Turley, adjutant general Utah National sexual misconduct in the Utah Guard, had the following to say on safeguarding the Soldiers and National Guard. The goal should be 9. SLC (Air Base) 801-245-2524 Airmen of the Utah National Guard, to eliminate all instances from our 10. Spanish Fork 801-794-6011 “As an organization, we have a responsibility to take care of the ranks. Turley has this to say, “If it 11. St. George/Cedar City 435-986-6705 sons and daughters of American citizens who have been entrusted to happens to one person, that is one 12. Vernal 435-789-3691 us.” person to many.”

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6 Utah National Guard Utah Minuteman 7 HEALTH AND FITNESS CORE STRENGTH 4-64-6 REPS REPS 3-5 3-5 SETS SETS Movement Beginner Moderate Advanced Why You Can’t Do a Leg Tuck Leg Raises Knee Leg Weighted Evil Wheel Quarter length Half length Full length GHD Parallel Full Weighted he new six event Army Combat Fitness Test is the using about 68 percent Rectus Abdmonius and 38 percent T topic of many water cooler conversations around the between the two Obliques. When your feet are held down Dragon Fly 1 knee to chest 2 knees to chest Straight leg Army these days. Some are excited, some are disgusted and much of that work is transferred to your hip flexors. Result: Strict toes to bar Feet above parallel Strict Weighted many are worried about the impact it will have on the force doing sit ups with your feet held down does little to train in terms of injury, retention, etc. your abs. It is also hard on your low back and neck but we’ll PULLING STRENGTH 4-64-6 REPS REPS 3-5 3-5 SETS SETS Being a “fitness guy” I am in favor of the new test and save that for another article. Movement Beginner Moderate Advanced I believe it will have the intended effect of creating a force Problem number two is that doing sit ups does not that is more educated about how to train themselves, more require a high degree of abdominal muscle recruitment. For Pullups Jumping Negatives Pullups Weighted resilient to injury because their fitness base is broad, and the sake of argument let’s say that doing one sit up requires Static Pull Up Hang 15 Seconds 30 Seconds 60 Seconds ultimately more lethal. Of course there will be a learning your central nervous system (CNS) to fire 30 percent of Chin Ups Jumping Negatives Chin-ups Weighted curve that will take time and as with any major changes the muscle fibers in your abdominals. This means that Horizontal Rows Knees Bent Body in a straight line Feet elevated there will be some organizational friction along the way. performing one repetition is relatively easy, and most Bent Over Rows Weight for movements will determine amount of reps completed. The one event that seems to be the most concerning people can do that multiple times before they start to tire. It is the leg tuck. I have also does not require much Upright Rows Weight for movements will determine amount of reps completed. heard many people abdominal strength to do Pull Downs Weight for movements will determine amount of reps completed. express frustration with one. Let’s just say that their inability to do this performing one leg tuck CORE STRENGTH ENDURANCE 8-128-12 REPS REPS 3 3SETS SETS movement. One variation requires about 70 percent Movement Beginner Moderate Advanced of that frustrated comment muscle recruitment and sounds a lot like, “Why significantly more strength Abmat Sit Up - no foot hold Body weight Weight on chest Weight over head can I do 40 sit ups but I to do one repetition. So if Sit ups Weighted Med ball throw from chest Med ball over head can’t do one leg tuck!” you have not trained in a V-Ups Bent knees Hands placed on the ground Full Range V-Up This is concerning to manner that requires your Hanging Feet Raises Knee raises Toes to 90 degrees Weighted me because most of the Find more useful ACFT exercises and tips at CNS to fire with a higher people expressing this degree of efficiency, i.e. Toes to Bar Toes to waist Toes to bar Strict frustration don’t seem ut.ng.mil more percentage of muscle Russian Twists No weights Weighted to be doing anything to recruited, and you don’t address the situation. Perhaps it’s because there is a lack of have high abdominal strength—you will not be able to do a CORECORE STATICSTATIC MOVEMENTSMOVEMENTS understanding of the real issue. So, using laymen’s terms leg tuck. Movement Beginner Moderate Advanced as much as possible, let me tell you why you can’t do a leg It’s the difference between muscular strength and tuck. muscular endurance. Let me use an analogy that most Plank Elbows Hands Weighted The simple answer is that the leg tuck takes actual people can relate to. Performing an air squat requires GHD Flexion and Extension Assisted Hold Weighted hold core/abdominal strength. The current Army Physical muscular endurance—meaning low muscle recruitment Dead Bugs Hold Alternating foot and hand Banded Fitness Test sit-up uses a lot of hip flexor (the group of over many repetitions or extended time. Doing a heavy L-Sit for time Knees One foot Two feet three muscles commonly referred to as the hip flexor barbell back squat requires muscular strength—high Hollow Body hold 5-15 Seconds 15-30 Seconds 45-90 Seconds are the psoas minor, psoas major, and the lIiacus), muscle recruitment and more absolute strength needed to particularly when your feet are being held down. The perform one repetition of the movement. Anybody can do Plank Bird dog Plank Box Taps Weighted Box Taps movement performed in this fashion only moderately an air squat, just like anybody can do a sit up. It does not engages the primary abdominal muscle (Rectus abdominis) require much strength or muscle efficiency. The leg tuck If you do not understand any of the movements on this page, feel free to YouTube them. and doesn’t really touch the rest of that muscle group is the barbell back squat of abdominal training; it requires Combine a pulling movement with a core movement in a super set. A1 - Evil wheel - moderate (Transverses Abdominus, Internal Abdominal Oblique, more strength and more efficiency. Until your training For example: Performed A1-B1, A2-B2, A3-B3 resting after each combo. A2 - Leg Raises - advanced External Abdominal Oblique, hereafter referred to as changes to build those two things you still won’t be able to Add these to the end of your normal training program for additional assistance in reaching A3 - Dragon Fly - beginner the abdominals). Some studies have shown that when do a leg tuck, and the ACFT is coming…. you goals. B1 - Bent Over Rows - 45 lbs. performing a sit up without your feet held down you are B2 - Horizontal Rows - Beginner — Lt. Col. Bruce Roberts B3 - Pullups - Beginner MFT, CrossFit level 2, USA Weightlifting National Coach * Be sure to properly warm-up prior to exercise ** If you have any questions please email: [email protected]

8 Utah National Guard Utah Minuteman 9 BENEFITS IPPS-A What It Is and Why You Should Care

ave you ever experienced a pay problem in the military 27 other states and territories that have been ironing out the bugs towards building a system that will usher in a H because something didn’t get updated correctly? Or before the rest of us go online in March 2020. The regular Army new era of HR and talent management in the maybe you’ve turned in a document to your unit and it’s still not and Reserves will follow over the next couple of years. Army.” in your records? Did you know that the Army currently has as Last October, the Army introduced what they call “The Our current system is not auditable, many as 200 different human resources and pay systems – most Army People Strategy.” Basically, it’s a shift in focus from it’s not fully compliant with Information of which don’t talk to each other? When you look at it that way, “simply distributing personnel, to more deliberately managing Assurance or Cyber security needs, and it’s actually fairly impressive that we get it right as often as we the talents of our Soldiers and Civilians.” it suffers approximately 5500 hours of do. You can download the 15-page strategy at https://people. downtime each year, across the various We can be doing better. army.mil/ systems. The Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army (IPPS-A) Gen. James C. McConville, Army Chief of Staff, said, The goal for IPPS-A is to have a fully is the Army’s way of bringing their personnel and pay systems "What we want to do is start treating people like they're not auditable and compliant system with zero up-to-date. They will be rolling it out over the next few years, interchangeable parts and start aligning them by their talents downtime, on-demand online access, and but the National Guard is getting it first. At 54 states and with the right jobs.” mobile capability. Which means you, me, territories, with each one doing things their own way, it gives IPPS-A has become the administrative face of this and every other Soldier on the ground will Members of Joint Force Headquarter Utah National Guard’s G1-Mobile Readiness IPPS-A a chance to work out the bugs. As it stands, things are movement because, as McConnville describes it, “Since its have some level of visibility and access to our Division preparing for the transition from the legacy human resources program records through an app on our phones. (SIDPERS) to the new Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army (IPPS-A). looking promising. Utah is on the last rotation of National Guard inception, the IPPS-A program has made significant progress Maj. Lee Baklarz, Sustainment Lead entities to transition to IPPS-A, which means there are already Group picture: Back Row (L to R): Master Sgt. Eldon Davis, Chief Warrant Officer 4 for the IPPS-A Release 2, describes our very David Parke, Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Blunt, 1st Lt. Justin Zufelt, Spc. Chandler Garrick; near future by saying, “I can take a picture of Front Row: Warrant Officer Candidate Tyler Warren, Sgt. 1st Class Shannee Davidson, my record or jump log, put it in IPPS-A and Sgt. Hannah Rogers, Staff Sgt. Kim Osman, Staff Sgt. Jake Galloway. it will route to the battalion S-1.” Right now, many personnel and pay transactions happen manually and are untraceable. Baklarz says, “IPPS-A changes that by automating steps within the system. We’re the first in the Army to allow mobile access to the HR system.” So what does this mean for you? Well, to be honest, maybe some initial hiccups as all the human resources personnel here in Draper and at the Army Guard armories throughout Utah get trained and spun up on the new processes. But, ultimately? For one thing, accurate and timely pay. IPPS-A has a 98 percent accuracy rate over 26 different pay transactions. Even better, it brings visibility down to the level where it matters most – to the people each personnel or pay transaction affects the most – the individual Soldier. You, me, your battle, your spouse. For years we’ve been told we’re in charge of our own careers, now we’re finally going to have the tools to manage it.

— Sgt. 1st Class Nichole Bonham Before and After Meme IPPS-A Social Media Poster 10 Utah National Guard Utah Minuteman 11 DUFFLE BAG https://ut.ng.mil/COVID19/

12 Utah National Guard Utah Minuteman 13 PHOTOS FROM THE FIELD

Regional Biathlon Competition - Biathlon team members from various states shoot Oreo-sized targets at a range of 50 meters at the Soldier Hollow Nordic Center in Midway, Utah, during the 2020 National Guard Bureau Western Regional Biathlon Championship, Jan. 11, 2020. Biathlon is a unique race that combines Nordic skiing and precision marksmanship. The Utah National Guard hosted biathlon athletes from Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota and Oregon for the Western Regional National Guard Bureau Biathlon Championship at Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, in Midway, Utah, January 10-11, 2020. Biathlon is a unique race that combines Nordic skiing and precision marksmanship, which translate directly to key battlefield proficiencies like shoot, move and communicate.

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14 Utah National Guard Utah Minuteman 15 Homeland Response Force:

Soldiers from the HRF Decontamination Team respond to a mock-domestic emergency supporting the Hawaii National Guard by spraying off a role player in a decontamination tent during a training exercise at Barbers Point, Hawaii. More than 150 members of Utah’s HRF; Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive Task Force (CBRN-TF); CBRNE Assist Support Element (CASE); Decontamination Team; and medical element were transported on military aircraft to the island of Oahu, Hawaii to assist and train alongside Hawaii’s counterpart teams during a relief- in-place exercise Jan. 28-30, 2020.

UTAH NATIONAL GUARD PHOTO BY Ileen Kennedy

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16 Utah National Guard Utah Minuteman 17 FEATURE tah is well known for its “Greatest Snow on of biathlon, we have never won an U Earth,” but it also has claim to the healthiest Olympic medal. We’ve won world Soldiers in the country, according to a 2018 Health of championship medals, the Force Report. It should come as no surprise that medals, but the goal was an Olympic there are currently four Olympic athletes serving in medal.” UTAH GUARD the Utah National Guard. Teela was a Top 10 finisher in the These are their stories. 2001 Biathlon World Championships Sprint competition. He moved to Park OLYMPIANS Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy Teela City the following year with the U.S. Two-time Olympian and Army World Class National Team to take advantage of Athlete Jeremy Teela is from Anchorage, Alaska. In altitude training and the brand-new high school he raced on a cross-country ski team. As Soldier Hollow facilities. He made a junior, he raced in a national competition, and as a the Olympic team in 2002 where senior he was invited to Jericho, Vermont, to try out he placed 14th in the 2002 Olympic for the U.S. National Team for the sport of biathlon. Individual Competition, second best He spent the summer at the Camp Ethan Allen ever U.S. finish in Olympic Winter Training Site with the Junior National Team. At the Games. end of the camp, the coaches of the National Guard “I like the mountains, I like the Biathlon Team sat down with Teela in their office. snow, I like the dry climate, so ended U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program biathlete Sgt. Jeremy Teela, a three-time Olympian, “Looking back, it was a really good sales pitch,” up staying in Utah,” Teela said. practices shooting from the standing position Oct. 21, 2010 at Soldier Hollow, Utah. Teela Teela admits. “They had two athletes, coaches, and He transferred to the Utah will compete for Team USA at the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Whistler, British Columbia, a recruiter. They told me about the National Guard, National Guard, where he continued career opportunities, health insurance, free school. I to compete, and at the 2006 Winter Canada. ((Photo by Tim Hipps, FMWRC Public Affairs) didn’t stand a chance.” Olympics in , he participated Those same benefits and opportunities from in the men's 4 × 7.5 km relay team, 1996 exist for athletes today. finishing 9th. Later that year, Teela “It was the best choice in my life,” Teela said was hailed as the “sensation of the about joining the Guard. day” when he entered the stadium in He enlisted in the Vermont National Guard in third place in the Ruhpolding World 1996 with a military occupational specialty of 11B, Cup Relay. infantryman, and moved from Alaska. Two years At the later, he joined the U.S. Army’s World Class Athlete in Vancouver, Teela finished 9th in Program, which was then in Fort Carson, Colorado. the 10 km sprint, the best individual The WCAP allowed top-ranked Soldier-athletes American result at the time in biathlon to perform at the international level while also sport. serving their nation in the military. Members of the “I was done. I was ready.” Teela WCAP train and compete throughout the year for the said with a smile. “Your body will let Olympic and Paralympic Games. you know when you’re done. It was According to the WCAP website, Soldiers a good time to be done, and the next come from the Active, Reserve and National Guard generation of kids were really good.” components, and are selected for their ability to Teela continued to compete and perform at the highest level of their sports. After coach on the Utah Guard’s Biathlon joining the unit, they hone their skills with elite Team. He wrote a training program civilian and military coaches at America’s best for the WCAP and would go on to facilities. Meanwhile, they keep current with Army coach cross-country at the Winter requirements, attend military schools and stay Sports School in Park City, where he competitive with their uniformed counterparts. would have a major impact on future “My main goal was to make an Olympic team Olympians and Utah Guard members. Above: Spc. Jeremy Teela enters the stadium at Soldier Hollow after completing his first trip and then to win a medal,” said Teela. “In the sport around the course during the men's 10km Sprint Biathlon Race at the 2002 Winter , Feb. 13, 2002. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Preston Keres)

Pvt. 1st Class Benjamin Loomis competes at the 2019 World Championships in , . 18 Utah National Guard Utah Minuteman 19 Spc. Jeremy Teela

Pvt. 1st Class Benjamin Loomis from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, during his freshman year to attend Since graduating from high school, Loomis committed “We joined the Utah National Guard together,” he Benjamin was born for winter sports. He started cross- the Winter Sports School in Park City, Utah. In 2016, he won completely to Nordic combined, a sport which unites cross- explained. country skiing in Wisconsin at two-years-old and ski jumping a silver medal at the Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, country skiing and ski jumping, traveling and training for the Not only did Loomis and Good swear in together, but they at age five. He fell in love with both cross country skiing and . While attending the Winter Sports School, he met sport full-time, and in 2018, he was nominated to the Winter also shipped to basic combat training at the same time, were jumping, but since Teela, who was the new cross-country ski coach. Olympic Team. assigned to the same company, and later the same platoon during he couldn’t choose “By the summer of 2018, I started looking into joining the Loomis enlisted in March 2019 with the military advanced individual training. between them, he Guard, talking to Teela, and it really made sense. By the end of occupational specialty of 88M, motor transport operator. Their secret was out, but the drill sergeants and trainees decided to focus on that year, I had made up my mind. I wanted to join.” “I wanted to get in and out of basic training as quickly as took it a lot better than expected. Nordic combined, possible so we could get back to training,” Loomis said, “and “Everyone, even the drill sergeants, thought it was really which blends ski that MOS was just one of the options. My focus was on skiing.” cool.” jumping and cross- Going to basic combat training as an athlete definitely made To anyone who may be considering joining the Utah country racing. Nordic the physical aspects a lot easier than he expected. National Guard Loomis said, “Definitely do it. I’ve been very combined events “The mental aspect was a good challenge, and it was a lot of happy with my decision, especially with the community, the have been featured in fun,” Loomis said. friends I’ve made, and how supportive everyone is. The Guard every Olympic Games Loomis’ platoon in basic training didn’t know he was an has exceeded my expectations. There’s no downside.” since the first Winter Olympic athlete until it was “leaked” about halfway through Loomis continues to pursue his Olympic goals as a Soldier- Olympics in Chamonix, the training cycle. According to Loomis, he received a photo in athlete and hopes to be nominated for the 2020 Winter Olympic 1924 and include both the mail, which was then seen by his drill sergeant and the other Team. individual and team Soldiers. “I am humbled and very proud to be representing the events. Loomis moved The photo was of Loomis with his friend and fellow United States of America as both a Soldier and an athlete. Pvt. 1st Class Benjamin Loomis Olympian, Jasper Good. Representing this country is a true honor and something I hope will inspire future generations.” Right: Pvt. 1st Class Benjamin Loomis competes in Seefeld, Austria during February 2019 World Championships. Below:: In March, during the 2018 World Cup Pvt. 1st Class Below: Pvt. 1st Class Jasper Good, front, and Pvt. 1st Class Benjamin Loomis, center, at the World Cup in Klingenthal, . Benjamin Loomi flies through the air in Lahti, Finland. (Photo by Romina Eggert)

20 Utah National Guard Utah Minuteman 21 Staff Sgt. Shauna Rohbock at the 2006 Olympics. In addition to other recognition, she is a Shauna Rohbock is a multi-sport athlete. She attained four-time world champion and the coach of a silver medalist in All-American status at Mountain View High School in Orem, the 2018 Olympics. Utah, then again in both track and soccer at Brigham Young “I never got nervous walking on a soccer field for practice,” University. In 1999, she heard the Bobsled Federation would Rohbock said. “I get nervous before every bobsled practice.” hold tryouts that weekend in nearby Park City, Utah. She knew In 2019, Rohbock was inducted to the Utah Sports Hall of the next winter Olympics were slated for Utah and couldn’t Fame in , Utah. help dreaming about She currently serves as the WCAP Women's Bobsled competing at the Driving Coach. Olympics in her home — BY Sgt. Nathaniel Free state. She enlisted in the Utah National Guard in February 2000, with the military Pvt. 1st Class Jasper Good occupational specialty of 25U, signal support Pvt. 1st Class Jasper Good systems specialists. Pvt. 1st Class Jasper Good competes at the 2019 World Cup in Trondheim, Norway. Though she did Jasper Good started skiing when (Photo by Sandra Volk) not qualify for the he was four years old in Colorado Left: Sgt. Shauna Rohbock 2002 Winter Games, and began his winter sports career at holds her 2010 Olympic able to do it with his friend Loomis. she won a silver medal the age of nine. His love of Nordic “By joining the Utah National Guard, I learned discipline and new skills that will Silver Medal. (Photo by combined, intensified while attending Staff Sgt. Shauna Rohbock help me through my whole career.” Chief Oneal Williams) Steamboat Springs High School. He Now a Soldier-athlete with Army WCAP, Jasper is preparing to take another shot gained focus after qualifying for at Olympic gold in 2022. his first international competitions “I love Nordic combined – it’s a unique combination of endurance and technical and traveling to the World Junior skills. It takes time and hard work to see rewarding improvements.” Championships. He was the Junior National Champion in 2013 and by 2016, he moved to Utah to start training with the U.S. National Team. In 2018 he was nominated to the Winter Olympic Team. “At no point did I think I could pursue a professional skiing career and also be part of the Army or the National Guard,” Good said. That is, until he met Teela, who introduced him to the Army World Class Athlete Program. “It’s actually a really cool program,” Good said. “Essentially, we’re in the National Guard, but we get to compete in our respective sports, with the end goal of representing the Utah Guard and the Army in the Olympics.” He enlisted in March 2019 alongside Loomis, with the same MOS of 88M, motor transport operator. A big part of the reason why Good Army National Guard Outstanding Athlete Program bobsled pilot Sgt. Shauna Rohbock (right) teams with Michelle Rzepka for a start time was willing to take this “leap of faith” of 5.19 seconds en route to a run of 53.36 seconds in the second heat of the Olympic women's bobsled event at in as he called it, was the fact that he was Pvt. 1st Class Jasper Good at the World Championships in Seefeld, Austria. British Columbia. (Photo by Tim Hipps, FMWRC Public Affairs)

22 Utah National Guard Utah Minuteman 23 LIFE ENCOURAGED

Reclaiming Our Emotional Investment

ife is full of different seasons. Season for adventure and quiet. Season of direction and confusion. L Seasons of children running around the house and seasons of silence with small reminders of what once was. Then change happens. Change does not always ask our permission or consent. If we are lucky, we get to participate in that change. Many of us are averse to change; meaning, we would prefer to sit in a heaping pile of burning trash than brush ourselves off and set out in a new direction. We love the trash we know, right? This adversity to change shows up in most areas of life; relationships, jobs, school, living arrangements, diet, exercise, finances. You get the picture. Changing any one of those circumstances can be entirely too scary to address, so we don’t. And we suffer tremendously because who doesn’t love a pile of burning trash??? Change is difficult but not impossible. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to deal with it in a healthy way: Regardless of the commitment (gym membership, date with your girlfriend, contract with the military, marrying a service member) emotional energy of some sort is spent nurturing that obligation. It’s like water in a glass: every commitment to something or someone adds water (emotional energy) to the glass. Depending on the size of commitment, that glass may fill quickly! Typically, when something is new and exciting we pour enormous amounts of emotional energy into it. Joining the military is usually one of those circumstances. A new partner or having a child is another. This process is called “cathect” which means to invest emotional energy. Gradually, however, change steps in either by our choice or someone else’s (deployment, child leaving the home, employment issues, etc.). What does one do? Fortunately, there is an equal and opposite process called “decathect” which Webster defines: “to withdraw one's feelings of attachment from a person, idea, or object.” Decathecting allows one to retrieve the emotional energy invested in something previously important to them. Failure to do this results in feelings of being stuck, despondent or depressed. Think Uncle Ricco in Napoleon Dynamite who couldn’t “decathect” from his high school football glory days! You own the energy invested in life. It doesn’t belong to another You own the energy person, a place, or a thing. It belongs to you. Working through invested in life. It the process of recapturing that doesn’t belong to emotional energy by withdrawing attachment to things that are another person, a changing in life takes work, and is place, or a thing. absolutely worth it! It gives you the strength to endure and thrive during It belongs to you. change as it happens and into the Staff Sgt. Alfer Thompson, a radio frequency transmission systems journeyman, assigned to the 130th Engineering and Installation Squadron, future. is greeted by friends and family at Salt Lake International Airport January 23, 2020. Thompson, along with other members of his unit, returned Reclaiming your emotional energy does not mean that you don’t love, respect, or appreciate the home after a six month deployment in the Middle East. — U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. John Winn object or situation that is changing (the person, the job, the house, or the children), it just means it’s time for change. The past will always be there with the experience and memories that accompany it, leaving a lasting imprint on the heart and mind. So walk away from whatever makes up your heaping pile of burning trash and DECATHECT!!!! Celebrate and let go of “what was” so you have the energy and vigor to create “what will be!” Utah Military Family Life Consultants provides no-cost counseling services to Utah This is Life Encouraged. National Guard service members and their families. Contact a MFLC for more information: —Andrea Phillips, LCSW Program Manager Andrea Phillips, Program Manager: 801-432-4622 Draper Jake Vickrey: 801-716-9228 Draper and Camp Williams Bruce Jenkins: 801-878-5480 Camp Williams CJ Gibbs: 435-867-6518 Cedar City and St. George

24 Utah National Guard Utah Minuteman 25 IN THE NEWS

The Best Warriors of Fire and Sword Veteran Swears Oath of Enlistment at Age 79 CAMP WILLIAMS, UTAH— Staff Sgt. Homer successfully engages targets by DRAPER, UTAH —At the age of 79, David Jager is likely the oldest enlistment in Utah calling for artillery fire as part of the battalion-level National Guard history. Jager’s military record states that his Utah Guard career began Best Warrior Competition held for members of the 640th Regiment, Regional on May 6, 1963 in Salt Lake City, at the age of 21, but he didn’t actually swear-in until Training Institutes BWC Jan. 4, 2020. Feb. 20, 2020, almost 57 years later. — ARTICLE AND PHOTO BY Master Sgt. Clint Markland — ARTICLE AND PHOTO BY Sgt. Nathaniel Free

In Safe Hands DRAPER, UTAH —A new suicide prevention and awareness app is now live, designed to support Utah Utah Guard Soldier Offers Critical Assistance to SLC Police Department National Guard service members and families in crisis. The SafeUTNG app is free to download from SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH— Capt. Charles Thompson, a full-time victim advocate the Android and Apple app stores, providing service members and their families with a safe, confidential for Utah National Guard’s Family Programs was recognized by Salt Lake City Police platform to communicate with a crisis counselor 24/7. Department Chief Mike Brown during a command staff meeting at the Public Safety Building in Salt Lake City, “for going beyond the call of duty,” Feb. 12, 2020. Thomson Download via Google Play: Here assisted SLCPD Detective Daren Sipes in taking a suspect into custody on December 6, Download via Apple App Store: Here 2019. — ARTICLE AND PHOTO BY Sgt. Nathaniel Free

Utah Military Stores, Recreation Facilities Now Open to Veterans SALT LAKE CITY—Military commissaries, exchanges and recreation facilities now Utah Guard Hosts 2020 Chief, National Guard Bureau Biathlon available to eligible Utah Veterans, beginning on Jan. 1, 2020. The Department of Defense Championships recently announced expanded commissary, exchange and morale, welfare and recreation MIDWAY, UTAH —Teams of Soldier-biathlete teams from 21 states compete in the retail eligibility beginning Jan. 1, 2020. Veterans include former members of any of the patrol event during the 2020 Chief, National Guard Bureau Biathlon Championship at uniformed services the Soldier Hollow Nordic Center in Midway, Utah, March 1, 2020. The patrol event — ARTICLE AND PHOTO BY Utah’s Department of Veterans and Military Affairs requires biathletes to shoot, move and communicate as a team. — ARTICLE BY Staff Sgt. Tim Beery /PHOTO BY Sgt. Nathaniel Free

The 204th MEB Slotted for Two Annual Training Events in 2020 Jazz Vet of the Game - Honorary Recognition of Sgt. 1st Class Sandberg CAMP WILLIAMS, UTAH— Soldiers assigned to HHC, 204th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — The Utah Jazz, in partnership with Larkin Mortuary, Utah National Guard, set up a mobile command operations center in support of the brigade’s took a moment to recognize a local hero and member the Utah National Guard, Sgt. mission during field training at Camp Williams, Utah, Nov. 2, 2019. The mobile command center 1st Class Steven Sandberg, during the NBA game at Vivint Smart Home Arena will be housed in a rapidly deployed tent-like structure called the Standard Integrated Command in Salt Lake City, Feb. 5, 2020. Sandberg currently serves as the human resources Post System. non-commissioned officer for the 204th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade at Camp — ARTICLE BY Sgt. Nathaniel Free / PHOTO BY Sgt. 1st Class Rich Stowell Williams, Utah. — ARTICLE BY Sgt. Nathaniel Free PHOTO BY Utah Jazz, Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment

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26 Utah National Guard Utah Minuteman 27 Operation: Guardian Support While the Soldiers mission is focused on homeland security, it also enhances the Soldiers ability to be more combat ready. DRAPER, UTAH —On Oct. 1, 2018, the 141st and 142nd Guard units to support ongoing mission requirements, enhances the “The analytical support our Soldiers provide aligns Military Intelligence Battalion mobilized 35 Soldiers sustainability of intelligence skills, and minimizes mission cost since with the mission essential tasks assigned to our unit and as part of a larger National Guard mission to support most members will be working within the commuting distance of replicates what our Soldiers are expected to provide in the Department of Homeland Security in securing the their home unit. any theater in the world,” said Chalmers. “Readiness Southwest border. The mission, originally planned for six months, was extended to is our number one priority. Our Soldiers are getting In a presidential memorandum issued on April 4, two years at the request of the CBP. an opportunity to serve their nation by improving the 2018, President Donald J. Trump authorized the National “Once we came in and were able to actually provide predictive effectiveness of the Customs and Border Protection Guard, with the affected governors’ approval, to enhance its analysis and actually start delivering tangible products to Custom and intelligence capabilities, while also honing their skills support to U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the Border Protection, they immediately saw capabilities that we brought as intelligence professionals. Our support to CBP truly southern U.S. border. to the border mission and they said this is a resource that we can’t improves National Guard readiness.” According to Lt. Col. Scott Chalmers, 300th Military lose,” said Sutliff. “It’s always impressive to me to watch our Intelligence Brigade administrative officer and 142nd “Having ready, capable forces to fill any need within the Brig. Gen. Tyler B. Smith views the river portion of the Southwestern U.S. border Soldiers fall in on a task that is not well defined,” Military Intelligence Battalion commander, our Soldiers intelligence community, that’s business as usual for the 300th,” while visiting 142nd MI Soldiers as part of Operation Guardian Support in Texas. added Chalmers. “Our Soldiers are committed to will work only in operational support missions and will not Sutliff added. “We can augment any operational force with a complex the mission, they’re flexible, they’re professional, include roles in which they would interact with migrants or suite of intelligence capabilities.” and they use their skills, training and experience to other people detained by DHS. improve the capabilities of any organization that we "They will not perform law enforcement functions support, whether that be fighting our nations wars or during this deployment, and they will not be placed in direct protecting our homeland.” contact with personnel coming to the border," Chalmers Our Soldiers are 100 percent committed to the explained. “Our Soldiers are primarily working out of CBP protection of this nation regardless of what shape headquarters offices and are utilizing their intelligence and or form the threat takes on,” added Sutliff. “That’s analytical capabilities in support of CBP agents.” why we wear the uniform is to protect this country. “Our Soldiers are able to use their background and Our Soldiers don’t need much more than that for skills of processing and analyzing information to deliver motivation.” actionable intelligence to drive operations,” added Maj. — ARTICLE BY Lt. Col. Ryan Sutherland Aaron Sutliff, operations officer for the 141st Military PHOTO COURTESY OF Intelligence Battalion. 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion Brig. Gen. Tyler Smith (pictured third from right ) visits Soldiers with the “In the Intel community, if you can only explain that 142nd MI as they supports the Southwest Border mission in Texas in 2020. an incident happened, you’re not a force multiplier,” Sutliff explained. “You need to be able to take information, AIR PROMOTIONS conduct analysis, and actually turn it into actionable intelligence through predictive analysis. Predictive analytics is the value that we have been able to provide to LIEUTENANT COLONEL Dix, Fredric Bahey Christensen, Timothy B STAFF SERGEANT Brandow, Warren F V Compton, Hilary Renee Byler, Trey Christian the border mission.” Stahl, Kathleen M Hottel, Aaron L Carpenter, Michael A Kachold, Kenneth J Crowton, Daren G De Leon, Joshua Lawrence Carr, Talin L The mobilized Soldiers are supporting three locations CAPTAIN Ranger, Marc A Denoyer, Jesse Michael Ettinger, Solomon G Drake, Caleb D in Texas working in CBP offices, and in a "reach back" Batura, Nicholas M Recksiek, Brenda Jeanne Dew, Brandon Fisher, Kevin T Fontaine, Garrett H capacity, which allows intelligence professionals located Brady, Macklin Judd Stevens, Jason Lynn Donnelly, Sean Michael Garlick, Amber E Green, Jason D in Utah to exercise their intelligence skills while providing Gale, Scyler A Uberti, Jeffrey John Garff, Ryan H Girts, Marc A Lane, Michael T Healey, Chyane J Gibson, David A Mecham, Trevor K real-world mission support without having to be physically Healey, Matthew C Hendrickson, David M MASTER SERGEANT Hansen, Kyle A Johnson, Dalten M Narra, Nathan Jordan on the ground. Elsmore, Adam William Higbee, Michael S Kinney, Bryan Michael Ormsbee, Zackary G nd LIEUTENANT “The operational reach back is a big piece of this 2 Flanders, James Robert Hirshfeld, Tyler Raymond Larsen, Amber M Pitts, Ashley T Baker, Jaycee L mission,” said Sutliff. “With the advances in today’s Groberg, David J Johnson, Brian G Pepe, Jami C Tholen, Adam T Matheny, Robert O Hale, David M Kreutzer, David Michael Richardson, Amanda L technology, our intel professionals located in Utah are able Scharman, Bryan G Harward, Quinton Kade Magee, Brandon Terrence Sheffield, Parker D AIRMAN 1st CLASS to support the President’s mission and actually provide Scherbel, Matthew W Jones, Mavin Dee Mclelland, Holly Marie Shupe, Colton Jeffery Blood, Branson J anticipatory intelligence for CBP agents to drive operations Worsencroft, Gordon O Sagato, Milan Natalie Miller, Casey J Wallace, Branden M AIRMAN Smellie, Steven D in Texas.” CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT Moghtader, Amber B Weidler, David C Bailey, Tyson L Valadez, Cindy National Guard units supporting the Operation Lilya, Sandy S Mourtgos, Shane W Whipple, Max J Chenworth, Dalton A Mulcahy, Isaac T Whitehead, Chasen D Guardian Support mission through reach back increases the Ombach, Rik W Hansen, Alex N TECHNICAL SERGEANT Ramirez, Raul Victor Jr pool of available intelligence professionals across National Carlson, Daniel H Martinez, Jensen C SENIOR MASTER SERGEANT Silva, Oliver Armando SENIOR AIRMAN Chadwick, Nicholas W Smith, Riley L Utah National Guard Soldiers with the 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion Carter, Megan B Alofipo, Centennial V support Operation Guardian at the Southwestern U.S. border in Texas.

28 Utah National Guard Utah Minuteman 29 ARMY PROMOTIONS

LIEUTENANT COLONEL Maltsbarger Luke Allistair Packard Richard Lee Gordon David Winfield Vanroosendaal Jacob C Jesperson Jacob Reed Vanderlinden Kierra Jayden Johnson Starla Shawnon Butler Westin Ryan Fike William James Gatrell Deborah Lynne Mecham Paul Devern Pogue Rachael Ann Gordon Ryan James Vickers Kaylen Joseph Jewkes Jacob Allen Wadsworth Simon Skipper Jones Taylor Robert Campbell Brayden Matthew Frandsen Cierra Marie Neff Chamberlin Wayne III Millward Stephen Anthony Prisbrey Preston Devin Haight Wesley William Welch Jon David Johnson Jarom Carlon Weatherwalk Curtis Joseph Judd Austin Nicholashehn Christensen Charles Jon Gibson Clint Darren Warden Robert Ramage Richards Shaine Thomas Saiz Sterling Langdon Hardy Chanson Kenneth Welcker Christopher Paul Johnson Ryan Wenkel Ashton Kevin Karren Gage Michael Deleondeleon Escarlet A Gibson Terrance R Smith Jeremy Clarence Simmons Marc Ben Haws Gary Nathan West Stetson D Jordan Brian Alan Williamson Jay Michael Kent Chandler Michael Doman Coleton Michael Grant Parker Wells MAJOR Withers Jacob Theran Smith Austin Nikolas Hernandez Simon Edward Whatcott Benjamin Gary Judd Braden Robert Womack Jaxson Allen Krashowetz Michael Kailen Edgel Laith Wyatt Gribble Jesse Artemus Bandy Boyd Collon Sorensen Kendall James Hess Jonathan David Wiedmeier Caleb Randall Jurado Lopez Luisraymundo Wood Andrew Beyer Lake Kyndra Leanne Fielding Nathan Paul Hailstone Jasmine Rebekah Dagostini Adam Shaun SERGEANT FIRST CLASS Southern Steven James Howell Andrew Merrick Wight Dominic James Kammerman Jared Calton Wright Christopher Edward Laney Sheldon Scott Figueroaornelas Manuel L Hansen Koby Jonn Jewkes Andrew James Adams Kenneth Thomas II Staples Michael Brent Hunsaker Jordan Alan Willard Dexter Rex Kenworthy Joshua William Zimmerman Katie Heather Lierd Weston Jamesluttmer Garcia Diego Hunsaker Christian Garth Sorensen Shane Tucker Clewley Matthew Lewis Thomas Anton Stephen Hymas Steven Joseph Wirkus Branden Dave Latham Jonathan Richard Linville Rebecca Vignette Gayler Tucker Scott Johnson Logan Eric Spencer Douglas James Davidson Shannee June Thompson James Alexander Jacox Tyler Brent Wiscombe Konner Karl Lau Zachary David PRIVATE FIRST CLASS Low Gregory Richard George Derek K Jr Kleinsmith Jack Butler Ferguson Donald Kirk Toddy Jack Edward Jensen David Tyler Wood Rory Teancumbrett Ledward Kyle Jason Abelhouzen Chandler Ridge Lunt Hunter Chad Grundy Addison Maelynn Kramer Ewan Thomas CAPTAIN Giles Cahugh Crook Torgerson Richard Knighton Jessop Derek Cole Zumwalt Khamchaunh Jacoblee Lee Alexander Steven Ahkuoi Mikaylah Moenique Magleby Mikeal Russell Haight Connor James Marshall Tyler Wayne Green Steven Andrew Hardy Jerry Lee III Torrestamai Alejandro Moron Joens Zachary Adam Lee Christian Gerard Alba Chaz Malles Kevin Daleorion Harris Wyatt McGee Matheny Lita Rose Ricks Tanner Emerson Howlett Justin Samuel Toscano Shyanna Jo Johnson Kyle Vaughann SPECIALIST Leo Garrett Robert Alleman Garrett Andrew Mangrum Ross 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Joseph FIRST LIEUTENANT Nelligan Jason Dennis Alder Ben Holden Kidd Chance Colton Bass Andrew David McDonald Mateo Brendon Berry Jessica K Morales Omar Antony Johnson James Hadlandh Neilson Jesse Hansen Rory John Peiffer Kenneth Raymond Ambrose David Lafollette Lalik Jay Michael Jr Bass Kenneth William Mendoza Katie Granados Berry Joseph K Munns Martee C Jones Jens Shumway Overbey Donald Louis Ray Daniel Lemoine III Anderson Ryan Roy Lanier Jared Wright Bavaro Antonio Vincent Menzies David Stuartc Black Parker Jens Oldham Alexis Nicole Kimball Audrey Pflueger Jared Robert SECOND LIEUTENANT Rice Kevin Ira Anderson Tyler James Lechtenberg James Wyatt Bedell Kalani Edward Miner Jared Dotson Bohm Tanner Lee Pantojavarela Anthony King Jordan Richard Phillips Logan Jay Hughes Kyle Christopher Slaughter Leland Hardin Babbel Nathan Shan Lundberg Russell Jacob Benson Robert Benjamin Moon Eric Euncheon Brandt Marc Edward Phillips Thomas Wayne Lefau Saitaua Christopher Riddle Casey Nolan Jonas 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Brig. Gen. William G. Williams

100 years ago, Brig. Gen. William Grey Williams, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, Mexican Border War, and World War I, was appointed Adjutant General of the Utah National Guard for the second time. He was first appointed adjutant general in 1917, but had to resign his command to volunteer for active duty in World War I. After returning from WWI, Williams was again appointed as adjutant general in 1920.

In 1928, Camp Jordan Narrows was renamed Camp W. G. Williams, in honor of his efforts to establish the permanent training site for “intensive training in every duty that may be expected in an artillery regiment on active service against an enemy.”

Williams died Jan. 29, 1947. He is buried with his wife, Jessie Melissa Williams, in the Utah State Veterans Memorial Park, located adjacent to Camp W. G. Williams.