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Reserve Component Readiness
In accordance with the 2OU7 Secretary of Defense Reserve Component unir mobilization directive, post-mobili/,anon training now is considered part of the 400-day mobilization period. This effectively reduces post-mobilization training (ram a 90- to 120-day period to just 60 days and places greater emphasis on pre-mobilization Training. Pre-mobilization readiness (which traditionally consists of warrior training, weapons qualifications and gunnery- battle staff training, and maneuver training) now must accomplish a higher level of competency among the troops to offset the condensed post-mobilization timeline.
It falls to the state National Guard unii to ensure that its sons and daughters arrive at training camp ready for work. From a logistics point oí view, this means that in addition to the soldiers, the Guard must ensure that the soldiers' sea bags and other personal Ítems also arrive on time.
In 2010 2,800 troops from Iowa will deploy to Afghanistan. In preparation lor their pre-mobilization training, the Camp Dodge traf he management team ot the Iowa National Guard coordinated the consolidation of cargo from the state's five armories; the cargo's transportation to Camp Shclby, Mississippi: and the planned backhaul to Iowa at the completion of training.
The move required! I 7...