sergeant. Jacob Davis is a US Army Combat Fitness Test Assessor for US Army Major Drew Schaub, Multinational Training Plans Officer for the British Land Warfare Center in Warminster, UK, during of a week of training for the soldiers of the military personnel exchange program in Sembach, Germany From October 31st to November 4th. The Military Personnel Exchange Program is a security cooperation program involving the reciprocal exchange of personnel between the United States military and a similar unit in a foreign military service. (US Army photo by Staff Sergeant Yaozhuo Xu)
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U.S. Army NATO Brigade Nurse Practitioner Major Delilah Mergupe discusses the TRICARE online patient portal with soldiers from the military personnel exchange program during a week-long training for soldiers in Sembach, Germany from October 31 to November 4. The Military Personnel Exchange Program is a security cooperation program involving the reciprocal exchange of personnel between the United States military and a similar unit in a foreign military service.
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SEMBACH, Germany – The G5 Section of the U.S. Army NATO Brigade held a week-long training for soldiers in the U.S. Military Personnel Exchange Program from October 31 through November 4.
The Military Personnel Exchange Program is a security cooperation program involving the reciprocal exchange of personnel between the United States military and a similar unit in a foreign military service.
The US Army’s NATO Brigade is providing support to 55 MPEP soldiers at 44 locations in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and the UK.
The purpose of the week-long training was to help soldiers posted to these remote locations across Europe with mandatory readiness requirements.
“In April 2021, the U.S. Army’s NATO Brigade began providing administrative support to the military personnel exchange program and to schools in other nations,” said Major Rebecca Cheman, of the G5 Brigade in the United States. US Army NATO. “A year and a half later, we invited the MPEP soldiers to Sembach, Germany for readiness training and other administrative duties required by the Department of the Army.”
Staff Sgt. Bernardino Castillo, US Army NATO Brigade G6 NCOIC, shows Major Jeffery Fritz, Head of Bilateral Cooperation at the German Army Command in Strausberg, Germany, how to use a card reader with his mobile phone during a week of training for soldiers in Sembach, Germany From October 31 to November 4. The Military Personnel Exchange Program is a security cooperation program involving the reciprocal exchange of personnel between the United States military and a similar unit in a foreign military service.
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U.S. Army Maj. Cameron Craig, J5 Plans Officer with the British 7th Air Defense Group in Portsmouth, UK, discusses best practices with other soldiers in the Military Personnel Exchange Program during a week of training for soldiers in Sembach, Germany from October 31 through November 4. The Military Personnel Exchange Program is a security cooperation program involving the reciprocal exchange of personnel between the U.S. military and a similar unit in a foreign military service.
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U.S. Army NATO Brigade Commander Col. Troy C. Alexander addresses soldiers from the Military Personnel Exchange Program during a week-long training for soldiers in Sembach, Germany October 31-November 4 . The Military Personnel Exchange Program is a security cooperation program involving the reciprocal exchange of personnel between the United States military and a similar unit in a foreign military service.
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Capt. Joshua Hagler, a plans and simulation support officer assigned to the German Army Combat Training Center in Letzlingen, Germany, said he appreciated the opportunity to receive the training and meet his counterparts from other places.
“The training was very focused and very helpful,” Hagler said. “The courses have been condensed and useful for the people who have been part of them, and it will really help me in particular with many of the facets that are particular to an individual who is assigned to an area where there is no other American soldiers.
“In my case, the closest American is 100 kilometers away, and that’s another individual. The closest [American] post for me is 300 kilometres, 200 miles,” he said. “Getting help or help in my area is not very easy, so many of these courses have basic information to use some of these systems to their best potential.”
Cheman added that this training was the first opportunity for MPEPs to interact with each other and exchange best practices.
Hagler said he looked forward to working with Cheman and his team at the G5 to improve the program for future MPEPs.
“For my successors and others assigned to exchange programs across Europe, I hope we will have a welcome letter, a website and contact information, maybe even a Facebook group to which they can join and who will give them up-to-date information, contacts, easy access to former MPEPs and other incoming MPEPs so that soldiers, spouses and children can work together to make the mission more positive from the start” , Hagler said.
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