2006 WVNG Annual Report PDF - West Virginia Army National Guard

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West Virginia National Guard Annual Report 2006J3 - Operations & TrainingThe J3 section of the West Virginia National Guard is responsible for the coordination,management, guidance and oversight of training resources and operational activities. J3 staffdevelops and executes operations plans and is responsible for executing the Joint Chiefs ofStaff Unit Status Report program. Upon federal or state mobilizations, J3 soldiers providecoordination with National Guard Bureau, U.S. Army, U.S.Air Force or the State of West Virginia.The J3 section is also responsible for coordination of mobilization orders and oversightof organizational aviation assets. The J3 section is organized into four branches: Training,Operations, Mobilization and Readiness, and Military Support to Civil Authority. With theincreased operations tempo in Training and Mobilization, the biggest challenge for J3 in 2006was providing support to the various units to ensure soldiers were prepared to mobilize anddeploy wherever the Army or Air Force required, and to continue providing troops for disastersupport, humanitarian relief, and southwest border (Operation Jump Start) missions. J3 Sectionadministered a budget of more than$40 million dollars for fiscal year 2006,supporting unit training, educational,operational and mobilization requirements.Training BranchThe Training Branch manages allschools for officers, warrant officers andnon- commissioned officers. The focus isqualifying soldiers in their military occupationalskill (MOS). The branch is alsocharged with serving as the "subjectmatter expert" in providing training guidanceto state units, as well as providingresources such as ammunition, transportation,and funding to ensure units conduct realistic, performance-oriented training, which willincrease their survivability on the battlefield. The Training Branch had two goals for Guardmembers training this past year. The first goal was to ensure the training conducted wasoriented toward the wartime mission of the unit. This is accomplished through the use of theArmy Force Generation Model (ARFORGEN) and Army doctrine The second goal was toensure units and members met all requirements of any homeland defense mission assigned tothe Army National Guard.Operations BranchThe primary focus in the Operations Branch ispreparedness to conduct operations for state duty;operational support to the nation by manning the JointOperations Center (JOC); and monitoring world andstate events. Operations Branch staff develop contingencyplans for homeland security incidents, responseto state emergencies, and physical security, mobilizationand demobilization events. The purposes of theseplans are to ensure the West Virginia National Guardand its members are ready and able to provide the necessary support when called upon.30
West Virginia National Guard Annual Report 2006Mobilization and Readiness BranchThis branch closely monitors the readinesslevels of all units within the West Virginia Army NationalGuard. The readiness of units is a critical factorin the success of the West Virginia National Guardand the United States Army. A high degree ofreadiness ensures units and soldiers are able toperform the wartime and peacetime missions. TheWest Virginia Army National Guard had another yearof mobilizing a large number of its members forsupport of the nation both at home and abroad during2006. Citizen soldiers from West Virginia havesupported all five warfighting commands in the pastyear.Military Support to Civil Authorities:The West Virginia National Guardprovides vital support to civilian agenciesthroughout the year. This support includesproviding soldiers and equipment forhonor/color guards and helicopters orother vehicles for static displays. Thisbranch continues to take the lead in creating,training and certifying members of theChemical Biological, Nuclear and HighYield Explosive Enhanced ResponseForce Package (CERFP), one of WestVirginia's premier first responder teamsthat would provide assistance to civilianauthorities in a natural disaster or weapons of mass destruction event. West Virginia is one offirst 10 states to be selected to field such a unit and now has been assigned the mission fromNational Guard Bureau, through instruction at the Joint Interagency Training Center at CampDawson, to train all new CERFP units. The J3 Section completed its support to hurricane reliefoperations in Louisiana in February, butfound itself supporting the South WestBorder operation in the State of NewMexico in early July. West Virginia continuesto supply troops and equipment toNew Mexico and will continue to do sountil July 2007. The section also continuesto provide subject matter experts fromtime to time to provide advice to theLouisiana National Guard in maintainingjoint operations and interoperability.31
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