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Third dispatch: Reflecting on 14th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
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Soldiers with Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, monitor the woods from their position at 3-7 Infantrys encampment at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., on Thursday. - photo by Cailtin Kenney
Cailtin Kenney
Updated: Sep 12, 2015, 9:42 PM
Published: Sep 12, 2015, 9:50 PM
FORT POLK, La. — I looked down at my watch just as Sept. 10 turned to Sept. 11, and I couldn’t help but reflect on where I was 14 years ago and where I found myself at this moment. I was 12 when 9/11 happened. Now, at 26, I was in the back of an armored Humvee embedded with soldiers training to fight new conflicts against hybrid threats.
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Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment conduct a combined-arms rehearsal before a night operation at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., on Sept. 10. - photo by Cailtin Kenney
Cailtin Kenney
Updated: Sep 26, 2015, 10:41 PM
Published: Sep 26, 2015, 10:46 PM
After constant operations against a near-peer force for 18 straight days and nights in “the box” at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, Louisiana, you would think the most-hectic part of the training rotation was over. However, some of the busiest time is immediately after the force-on-force exercise ends and the after-action reviews begin. Leaders throughout the brigade must sit through hours of briefings, listening to what the JRTC operation group’s observer controller trainers have to say about what they did well and areas that need improvement.
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