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In This Issue • Message from Lt. Gen. James C. McConville, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1 • Words from the CSF2 Director • Warrior Games 2014 Recap • Story about 189th Infantry Brigade • Updates to the MRT course curriculum • Story about the Army Wounded Warrior Program • Update from WRAIR RTO • Update from CAPE • Story about the Performance Triad How does the Army define ready? Readiness is the ability to accomplish assigned tasks or missions through resilience, individual and collective team training, and leadership. Readiness is the end result of the collective employment of the Army’s resources to prepare, train, support and sustain its Soldiers, Civilians and Families. How does the Army define resilience? Resilience is the mental, physical, emotional, spiritual and behavioral ability to face and cope with adversity, adapt to change, recover, learn and grow from setbacks. Defining Ready and Resilient October 2014 Volume 1 Lt. Gen. James C. McConville, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1 R2 Quarterly Newsletter Senior Leader Spotlight I am excited to join the G-1 team and have the opportunity to make a positive difference in the lives of our people – our Soldiers, their Families and Army Civilians. In my previous position serving as the 101st Airborne Division Commanding General at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, I observed the amazing work being done by you, our Master Resilience Trainers. The work you do equips members of our Army with the skills they need to not only perform their best at work but to also thrive at home. What you’re doing as part of the Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness program strengthens the foundation of Army Values, Standards and the Profession of Arms we all live by and encourage others to follow. As the new Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, I will continue to pull from the experiences I had at the Division level. The foundation of trust and confidence you all build in your unit will become part of those you train. These Soldiers, their Families and Army Civilians will remember the skills you have taught them as they face potentially challenging times. The Army is changing. We are drawing down our presence in Afghanistan and we are starting to see a reduction in personnel. We must strengthen the resilience of our people so that they are in a much better position to deal with these stressors when they arise. It is critical that you continue to inform and educate others about the value of being resilient and its impact on performance and readiness. We must all continue to be Army Strong. Thank you for the work you do to support Soldiers, their Families and Army Civilians. Continue to incorporate the skills into your day-to-day activities and interactions, and demonstrate what it means to stay ready and live resilient. Remember, the Army is People, and People matter! If you have feedback on the newsletter, please visit http://csf2.army.mil/contact.html for the appropriate address. Stay Ready. Live Resilient.
Transcript of R2 Quarterly Newsletter - Deputy Chief of Staff ARMY G-1 · sustain its Soldiers, Civilians and...
In This Issue•MessagefromLt.Gen.JamesC.McConville,
DeputyChiefofStaff,G-1
•WordsfromtheCSF2Director
•WarriorGames2014Recap
•Storyabout189thInfantryBrigade
•UpdatestotheMRTcoursecurriculum
•StoryabouttheArmyWoundedWarriorProgram
•UpdatefromWRAIRRTO
•UpdatefromCAPE
•StoryaboutthePerformanceTriad
How does the Army define ready?
Readinessistheabilitytoaccomplishassigned
tasksormissionsthroughresilience,individualand
collectiveteamtraining,andleadership.Readiness
istheendresultofthecollectiveemploymentof
theArmy’sresourcestoprepare,train,supportand
sustainitsSoldiers,CiviliansandFamilies.
How does the Army define resilience?
Resilienceisthemental,physical,emotional,
spiritualandbehavioralabilitytofaceandcope
withadversity,adapttochange,recover,learnand
growfromsetbacks.
Defining Ready and Resilient
October 2014Volume 1
Lt. Gen. James C. McConville, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1
R2 Quarterly Newsletter
Senior Leader SpotlightIamexcitedtojointheG-1teamandhavetheopportunitytomakeapositivedifferenceinthelivesofourpeople–ourSoldiers,theirFamiliesandArmyCivilians.
Inmypreviouspositionservingasthe101stAirborneDivisionCommandingGeneralatFortCampbell,Kentucky,Iobservedtheamazingworkbeingdonebyyou,ourMasterResilienceTrainers.TheworkyoudoequipsmembersofourArmywiththeskillstheyneedtonotonlyperformtheirbestatworkbuttoalsothriveathome.Whatyou’redoingaspartoftheComprehensiveSoldierandFamilyFitnessprogramstrengthensthefoundationofArmyValues,StandardsandtheProfessionofArmswealllivebyandencourageotherstofollow.
AsthenewDeputyChiefofStaff,G-1,IwillcontinuetopullfromtheexperiencesIhadattheDivisionlevel.Thefoundationoftrustandconfidenceyouallbuildinyourunitwillbecomepartofthoseyoutrain.TheseSoldiers,theirFamiliesandArmyCivilianswillremembertheskillsyouhavetaughtthemastheyfacepotentiallychallengingtimes.
TheArmyischanging.WearedrawingdownourpresenceinAfghanistanandwearestartingtoseeareductioninpersonnel.Wemuststrengthentheresilienceofourpeoplesothattheyareinamuchbetterpositiontodealwiththesestressorswhentheyarise.Itiscriticalthatyoucontinuetoinformandeducateothersaboutthevalueofbeingresilientanditsimpactonperformanceandreadiness.WemustallcontinuetobeArmyStrong.
ThankyoufortheworkyoudotosupportSoldiers,theirFamiliesandArmyCivilians.Continuetoincorporatetheskillsintoyourday-to-dayactivitiesandinteractions,anddemonstratewhatitmeanstostayreadyandliveresilient.Remember,theArmyisPeople,andPeoplematter!
If you have feedback on the newsletter, please visit
http://csf2.army.mil/contact.html for the appropriate address.
Stay Ready. Live Resilient.
IamexcitedtosharethenewsthatatHeadquarterswenowhaveoneintegratedArmyResiliencyDirectoratestaff.
InOctober,2013,theComprehensiveSoldierandFamilyFitnessprogramtransitionedfromG-3/5/7,andofficiallyjoinedtheG-1Family.ThisOctober,wecompletethattransitionaswefullyintegratewiththisrecently-establisheddirectorate.
TheArmyResiliencyDirectorate(ARD)isresponsibleforleadingthechargetomeetthegoalsoutlinedintheReadyandResilientCampaignPlan.TheCSF2staffmergerwiththerestoftheARDstaff(toincludethosefromotherpersonnelprograms,suchas:DeploymentHealthAssessmentProgram,SuicidePreventionProgram,andtheArmySubstanceAbuseProgram)willreducestovepipes,
redundancy,complexity,andrequirementsimposedonCommanders--allareasthatarecriticaltoimproveifwearetobesuccessfulatmeetingthegoalsoftheReadyandResilientCampaign.
Asyoucansee,we’verenamedthisnewsletterto“R2QuarterlyNewsletter”toreflectthisintegration,and,movingforward,thecontentwillexpandacrossallReadyandResilientCampaignefforts.YouwillnotonlyreceiveupdatesandnewsaboutallthegreatthingshappeningaspartoftheCSF2program,butyouwillalsohavetheopportunitytogetabetterunderstandingoftheoverallReadyandResilientinitiative,andseehowourArmy-wideeffortsareworkingtowardsbuildingamoreReadyandResilientArmy.
TheComprehensiveSoldierandFamilyFitnessprogramisthriving,andwillcontinuetodoso.IfullyexpectthattheworkourteamwilldoaspartoftheArmyResiliencyDirectoratewillnotonlymeet,butexceedyourexpectations,andthatyouwillseepositiveeffectsonthegroundasaresultofthatworkasyoucontinuetoserveSoldiers,theirFamilymembersandArmyCivilians.
Onanothernote,mytenureasCSF2Directoriscomingtoanend,asIamretiringafter30yearsofservice.Thetimingcouldnotbebetter.AswetransitiontooneARDstaff,thepositionofCSF2Directorwillceasetoexist.Col.KevinBigelmanisonboardnowtoleadthenewOperationsandTrainingDivisionwithinthedirectorate.ThisOperationsandTrainingDivisionhousesmostoftheCSF2staff,andIhavenodoubtCol.Bigelmanwillcontinuetomovethisprogram,andallotherReadyandResilienttrainingprogramsforward.
IthasbeenmypleasureandhonortoworkforaprogramthatismakingahugedifferenceinthelivesofSoldiers,theirFamiliesandArmyCivilians.Iamamazedatthetalent,driveandcompassionthateveryonewhoispartoftheCSF2Family–ourstaff,ourMRTs,ourProgramManagers,etc.–exhibitsonadailybasis.Youallexemplifywhatitmeanstoberesilient,anddemonstratetheArmyValues,andwillcontinuetodogreatthingsasyoubuildthatresilienceinothers.Mybesttoallofyou.
CSF2 Director’s Column
Col. Kenneth H. RiddleDirector, CSF2
Resilience Tips
Physical -Itisimportanttoreplenishcalorieslostduringexercisewithnutritiousfoods.Trytoeatwithinanhourafterexercise.Thiswillassistinrecoveryasthebodyisstillburningcaloriesatanelevatedrate.
Social-Knowhowpersuasioncanhelptobuildconfidenceinindividualsandteams.Effectiveleadersbuildconfidenceinteamsthroughverbalandnonverbalactions.Actionscanspeaklouderthanwordsbuteffectivewordscanfacilitatedrivingactions.
Spiritual -Connectwithothersbyjoiningaserviceorganization,acommunityoffaith,orsomeothergroupofpeoplewithsharedvaluesandbeliefswhereyoucanbecomeapartofsomethingbiggerthanyourself.
Emotional -Takechargeofthedaybycontrollingyourthoughts.Adayisfilledwithevents,somakeitachoicetodeterminehowthoseeventswillimpacttherestofyourday.Optimisticthinkingallowsustoremainrealistic,maintainhope,andfocusonsolutionswhenchangeispossible.
Family -Healthyfamiliessolveproblemswithcooperation,creativebrainstorming,andopennesstoothers,andplaceemphasisontheroleofsocialsupportandconnectedness(versusisolation)withinthefamily.
Warrior Games 2014 Recap
EightCSF2MRT-PerformanceExperts(MRT-PEs)culminatedtheirsupporttoArmyWarriorGamesathletesduringthe2014WarriorGamesinColoradoSprings,Colorado.TheseMRT-PEspartneredwitheachteamtoprovidebothperformanceenhancementandresilienceskillstrainingtoallArmyathletes.Theskillsareintendedtohelpathletesandcoachesprepareforcompetition,aswellastheirdailylives.
SomeMRT-PEs,includingSusanGoodman,hadtheopportunitytoworkwithathletesbetweenthetrialsandgames.GoodmanwaspartneredwiththeArcheryteam.“I’vebeenworkingwiththemforawhile;theyareveryadeptattheirmentalskills,”Goodmansaid.“Nowit’smoreaboutsettlingthemdownwhenthere’strashtalk,”shejoked.ReferringtotheWarriorGames,sheremarked,“Overcomingadversity–thisiswhereyouseeitdone.”
Afterfallingfromhisbikeduringthecyclingcompetition,Spc.JasonBlairtoldhimself,“Getbackonyourbikeandtrytocatchthepeoplethatpassedme.”Hecontinued,“IputintopracticetheCSF2prep.Theskillstheytaughtuscameinhandy,”creditingCSF2trainerswhohelpedpreparehim.
CongratulationstoalltheArmyathleteswhocompetedatthe2014WarriorGames,andthankyoutotheintrepidMRT-PEswhosupportedtheteams,enablingthemtobereadyforthegamesandlivemoreresilientlives.
Archery SusanGoodman,FortRileyCycling GrahamBlock,NCRField PetraKowalski,FortCarsonShooting LisaHutchison,FortBenningSittingVolleyball CraigMisiewicz,FortKnoxSwimming JoelDruvenga,FortRileyTrack SteveCohen,FortCampbellWheelchairBasketball JohnEvans,FortJackson
MRT-PE John Evans talks about cues and keywords with the Wheelchair Basketball Team during practice at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, CO.
189th Infantry Brigade uses CSF2 techniques to improve communication
Ofthedozensofuniqueunitpatcheswornbymorethanroughly5,500Reserve,NationalGuardandactivedutySoldiersparticipatinginWarriorExercise2014,atFortHunterLiggett,California,onestandsout–thatoftheFirstArmywornbyobserver,coachandtrainers(knownasOCs)from189thInfantryBrigade.
Col.RandallWickman,brigadecommander,189thInfantry,saidheandhisSoldiers,predominatelyseasonednoncommissionedofficersfromJointBaseLewis-McChord,Washington,aretryingtoreversethenotionthatOCsare“veryegocentric”andhavealltheanswers.
“Toremainhumbleandfocused,wehavevolunteeredourselvestobeobservedandcoachedatthesametime,”headded.
ExpertsfromtheJBLMCSF2TrainingCenterpartneredwith189thtodevelopthebrigade’sSoldiersascoaches.AtWarriorExerciseinJuly,twoMRT-PEsshadowedOCsduringtheirreviewswithtrainingunitsandprovidedon-sitefeedback.
ByincorporatingCSF2techniquesintotheexercise,Wickmansaidhehopestohelp“operationalize”aprogramoriginallydesignedtopromotepersonalgrowthandwell-being.
“Theyfocusmostlyonindividual-personinteraction.HowdoIspeaktosomeoneinalearningenvironmenttocoachthemdowntheroadwithoutbeingsuperior?”saidCommandSgt.Maj.ThomasReitmeier,189thInfantryBrigade.
Adoptingthetrainingunit’sgoalsisonemethodOCsusetobridgethecommunicationgapbetweentheobserverandtheobserved.OpennessisacharacteristicfarfromtheintimidatingimagetheFirstArmypatchwields,butclosertotheperception189thOCsaretryingtocreate.
MRT-PE Shannon Baird conducts observations with 189th Infantry Brigade’s Col. Vest at Fort Hunter-Liggett, California
Resilience Training helps Wounded Warrior Advocates walk with their Soldiers
TheArmyWoundedWarriorProgram,orAW2,2014RegionalTrainingeventwasheldatFortCarson,Colorado,fromAugust12-15,2014.Morethan50AW2advocatesfromthewesternregionoftheUnitedStatesattendedandspenttheseconddayoftrainingbuildingtheirresilienceandimprovingtheirperformance.Participantsspentthefirstpartofthedayexcitedlysharingtheir“GoodStuff”witheachother.
“Thereisalotofnegativityassociatedwithourwork.‘HunttheGoodStuff’helpsusovercomethatnegativity,”saidAnnetteBrown,anAW2advocateatFortCarson,referringtothemultitudeofchallengesAW2Soldiersandadvocatesface.“Inourhigh-stressjob,resiliencetrainingiswanted,needed,andappreciated,”saidTiffanyWatkins,anAW2advocateatFortCarson.AW2advocatesatFortCarsontrainquarterlyonresilienceandperformanceskills,helpingthemintheirpersonalandprofessionallives.“Goalsareimportant.Notjusthavingthem,butwritingthemdownandbeingrealisticaboutthem,”saidJasonWilcox,anotherAW2advocate.GoalSettingisafavoriteamongAW2advocates,especiallythecomponentcalled“What’sImportantNow.”ThisskillhelpsAW2advocatesprioritizethemyriadtaskstheyencountereachday,whichiscriticalwhenmanagingseveraluniquecasesatatime.Refreshertrainingisalsovitaltoinculcatingtheskills,andAW2recognizesthis.“Welearnsomethingneweverytime,andtheskillsbecomeahabitthemorewedothem,”explainedWatkins.AsBrownputit,“Wecanwalkwiththem,nottotallyintheirshoes,butbesidethem.”
Fort Carson CSF2 Program Manager, Sgt. 1st Class Sean Heath, helps facilitate the ‘Hunt the Good Stuff’ discussion.
What’s New in the Master Resilience Trainer Course?
Lastmonth,CSF2releasedVersion3.1oftheMasterResilienceTrainercourse(MRT-C)curriculumtotrainingvenuesandisalsoavailableontheMRTResourceCenter.Thenewerversionincludesminorimprovementsand“bugfixes”totheVersion3curriculumthatwaspublishedearlierthisyear.Amongtheupdatesaretrainernoteclarifications,updatedformattingonslidesandparticipantguides,andimprovedinstructionswithinthepracticalexercises.
Ms.ChristyFreeman,MRT-CPrimaryInstructoratFortGordon,said,“AttheendofanMRTcourse,itisourgoalthatnewMRTsleavefeelingcompetent,confident,andreadytoteachtheskillstotheirunitsandFamilymembers.
Version3.1providesthemostup-to-dateinformationwithimprovedtrainerinstructions,settingourMRTsupforsuccessinthefield.”Ms.AndreaRay,MRT-CPrimaryInstructoratFortBragg,concurs:“I’vealreadyobservedMRTsteachtheV3.1curriculumintheirunits,andI’veseenconfidenceandqualityinaction.”
CSF2continuestoencourageMRTswhowentthroughpreviousversionsoftheMRT-C(Versions1and2)tovisittheirinstallationCSF2TrainingCenterortheMRTResourceCentertoviewthevideosonthetwonewskills.Andresteasy-noadditionalupdatesareexpectedinthenearfuture.
WewouldliketotakethisopportunitytoacknowledgethecontributionsmadetotheV3.0/3.1curriculumbyDr.TizArnold,Mr.JonCarter,Dr.TobyElliman,Dr.AmandaHare,Ms.MeganHelf,Dr.KimberlyHelms,Maj.MollieKeith,Dr.JonMetzler,Dr.ToddRyska,Dr.JudithSaltzberg,Ms.MaureenShort,andMs.ElizabethVanLeer;manyofwhomarefeaturedinthephotographabove.(PhototakenduringtheVersion3.0AfterActionReview,June,2014)
Hunt The Good Stuff!Join CSF2 for “Hunt the Good Stuff Thursday” on Facebook and Twitter.
www.Facebook.com/ArmyCSF2Use hashtag #HTGS and tag us @ArmyCSF2
The Performance Triad supports Soldiers deploying to West Africa
TheArmySurgeonGeneral’sPerformanceTriadteamhasproducedatoolkitforSoldiersdeployingtoWestAfrica.RecentlyapprovedbytheViceChiefofStaffoftheArmy,Gen.Allyn,thekitprovidesactionableinformationonsleep,activity,andnutrition;andencourageshealthybehaviorsthrough“PERFORM”.InsupportofForceProtection,thegoalofPERFORMistooptimizeperformanceandsupportthephysical,emotional,andmentalhealthofthedeployingSoldiers.Multipleappsarerecommendedforuse,includingPerformanceTriad,Breathe2Relax,TacticalBreather,BattleBuddy,CBT-iCoach,andT2MoodTracker.PERFORMstandsfor:P=Protect&Hydrate,E=Exercise,R=Rest,F=FoodandRe-fuel,O=Observe,R=Recover,M=MentalEdge.
Byincreasingawarenessinthesethreekeyareas–sleep,activity,andnutrition–itisexpectedthatperformanceandresiliencewillimprove,thusSoldiersandunitswillmaintaingoodhealthduringdeployment.Thetoolkitcanbeusedinanytrainingenvironment.
ThePerformanceTriadisnestedwithintheReadyandResilientCampaign,whichpromoteshealthylifestylesandchoicesthroughthreekeycomponentsofsleep,
activity,andnutrition.Whileeachcomponentisindependentlyimportant,optimalperformanceisachievedwhenallthreeareasareaddressedsimultaneously.WhenSoldiers,Familymembers,andDACiviliansregularlyapplytherecommendedPerformanceTriadbehaviors,theywillmostassuredlyfeelthepositiveimpactsontheiroverallhealthandwellbeing.
AsofSeptember2,2014Lt.Cmdr.RobinToblin,Ph.D.,MPHisthenewbranchchiefoftheWalterReedArmyInstituteofResearch(WRAIR)ResearchTransitionOffice(RTO).SheisaclinicalpsychologistintheU.S.PublicHealthServiceandwasassignedtoWRAIRMilitaryPsychiatrybranchforthepastfouryearsundertheDoD-PublicHealthService(PHS)MentalHealthMemorandumofAgreement(MOA).
Concurrently,sheworkedatapsychiatryclinicatWalterReedNationalMilitaryMedicalCenter(WRNMMC)onedayaweekseeingservicememberswithseverecombat-relatedPost-traumaticStressDisorder.AtMilitaryPsychiatry,sheperformedworkinepidemiology,examininggriefandphysicalhealth,energydrinksandsleep,tobaccoandpeerinfluence,andchronicpainandopioiduse.
Shewasalsotheleadtrainingdeveloperandleadtrainer(providingtrainingtoSoldiersandtrain-the-trainertrainings)forthreeefficacystudiesonpost-deploymenttransitions,socialfitness,andsleepleadership.SheisalsoaMasterResilienceTrainer(MRT)andteachesresilienceskillsweeklyinaresiliencegroupatWRNMMC.
Introducing Lt. Cmdr. Robin Toblin, the new branch chief of WRAIR RTO
U.S. Army launches America’s Army – Our Profession ‘Living the Army Ethic’ theme
TheArmylaunchedthenewest“America’sArmy–OurProfession”themeonOctober1,“LivingtheArmyEthic:WhyandHowWeServe.”
TheChiefofStaffoftheArmy,Gen.RaymondT.Odierno,approvedthetheme,whichwillrunthroughfiscalyears2015and2016,tocontinuethemomentumgainedthrough2013“StandStrong”themes,“Trust”and“HonorableServiceandStewardship.”
TheArmy’sgoalfortheFY15-16themeistoreinforcetrust;inspirehonorableservice;strengthenourcommitmenttoethical,effective,andefficientstewardshipoftheArmyProfession;andenhanceourespritdecorps.Formoreinformation,visittheCenterfortheArmyProfessionandEthic(CAPE)website:cape.army.mil.
