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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait (Aug. 24, 2009) -
Third Army Soldiers have begun to lay the ground-work for an
exercise to begin on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Aug. 24.
Lucky Strike is an exercise used by
Third Army to prepare the battle staff to be successful in the
upcoming training mission, Bright Star, in Egypt.
"Lucky Strike is a collective
training exercise for our command post, where we exercise
distributed battle command in a geographically separated location,"
said Lt. Col. Ardrelle Evans, deputy chief of operations, Third
Army. "This particular exercise gives us an opportunity to perform
our [Command Joint Task Force] missions and work those core
competencies as a battle staff."
Lucky Strike is an opportunity for
the Soldiers involved in the exercise to get to know each other and
their roles.
All the systems, personnel and
equipment that will be used in Egypt is being set at Camp
Arifjan.
"The area was chalked out before we
arrived on site," said Staff Sgt. Charles D. Glaze, Fires and
Effects, Third Army.
Glaze, who has been at Camp Arifjan
for four months now, helped set up Deployable Rapid Assembly
Shelter tents and run cables through them for network hook ups.
"There are about 100 people out here
working together to set up the site," said Glaze. "If we have all
of our equipment in order, the rehearsal should go real well."
The exercise allows Third Army the
opportunity to setup and operate a deployable scalable command
post. The large tents provide climate controlled areas for core
competencies to be exercised and to be completed from within.
Third Army Soldiers are working hard,
using their motto as the foundation for their perseverance; Ready
Tonight, Sustain the Fight, Shape the Future.
"Lucky Strike is in the 'Ready
Tonight' line of effort in our campaign plan," said Evans. "And
this gives us an opportunity as a team to ensure the core
competencies for the functions that are maintained here at the
command post are understood and that everyone knows their role, so
that we will be Ready Tonight."
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