Training Exercises
Exercise Roving Sands 05
AMALGAM VIRGO Exercise 2004 To view more photos, click here (3 Pages of photos, may take a minute to load)	2nd Squad, Bravo Co., 1st Satellite Control Battalion takes defensive and aggressive measures as they prepare to enter a building occupied by opposing forces.	Sgt. Brett Elms enters the tortuous embrace of the Weaver, a particularly challenging obstacle at Fort A.P. Hill’s obstacle course.	Spc. Tyler Alcos ensures a building is clear of potential opposing forces as his squad advances on a target	Cpl. Chad Duncan, left, and Sgt. Eric Erisman, center, surge to the front as their squad negotiates a “toothed” obstacle.
Teamwork and brains are required to finish the task during the confidence course portion of Alpha Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion’s first ever field training exercise.	Sgt. Eric Erisman, B Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion, conquers an obstacle.	Climbing high, Alpha Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion Soldiers overcome obstacles.	Sgt. Josh Brown, back, covers Pfc. James Beall as he stealthily approaches an unseen enemy bunker.	Spc. Joshua Rodriguez braces Sgt. Christopher Foster on his shoulders as 1st Squad, Bravo Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion figures out a way to complete a task in the Leadership Reaction Course during a field training exercise. .
Pfc. Andrew Sanders, B Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion, destroys his targets with the M-9 pistol during the final event in the 241st Military Police Company's Annual Shooting Skills Competition held recently at Fort Meade, Md.	Spc. Glenn Jones, left, and Spc. George Maille make windage and elevation adjustments to their weapons.	1st Sgt. Rose Lord, right, tosses a grenade at an enemy target as Sgt. Michelle Hosey provides cover.	Members of the 1st Space Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company strap a “wounded” Soldier to a stretcher before evacuating him during medevac training. Crewmembers of Detachment 1, 126th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) based out of Reno, Nev., facilitated the training.	Members of the 1st Space Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company strap one of their own to a stretcher during training.
Members of the 1st Space Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Company receive a safety briefing prior to undergoing their weekly sergeants’ time training.	Wooden “monkey bars” with widely spaced poles present a challenge to Alpha Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion Soldiers.	Soldiers of Delta Company, 1st SATCON Battalion don Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear, preparing to enter the dreaded chamber.	Sgt. Todd Ricard watches closely while Staff Sgt. Carlos Harrison, supply sergeant, makes minor repairs to a weapon during a Delta Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion range qualification.	Spc. Josh Wilson and Spc. Matt Hagen probe the ground for mines during D Company, 1st SATCON’s CTT training.
Delta Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion, Camp Roberts, Calif., wandered off the beaten path – literally. Looking for somewhere to run other than the desolate streets of post, Delta Co. took their workout to the beach -- Morro Bay to be precise.	A Cadet's eye-view of an FTX with B Co. Dragons Sgt. Joshua Lowell, left, and Spc. Tyler Alcos, B Company, 1st SATCON Battalion, contemplate the steep climb ahead of them during the obstacle course portion of their unit's FTX. (Photo by Capt. Thaddeus Underwood)	B Co., 1st SATCON Bn. leads the way in its first-ever FTX Staff Sgt. Harry Osborne and Staff Sgt. Nakia Maxon, B Company, 1st SATON Battalion, jump over an obstacle in almost perfect unison while running the obstacle course during their unit's FTX. (Photo by Capt. Thaddeus Underwood)	Spc. Kenneth Smith, A Company, 1st Satellite Control Battalion, makes adjustments to communications equipment during a June field exercise he and other unit soldiers participated in in support of the South Dakota National Guard. (Photo by Spc. Taito Taylor)