Train Fellow
Tiffani Wernett
Herbert Kasozi, a doctoral student in the Research on the Ecology of Carnivores and their Prey (RECaP) Laboratory in the Michigan State University (MSU) Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, was named one of 24 Russell E. Train fellows by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF).
The fellowships are funded by the Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program (EFN). Train Fellows pursue graduate degrees in conservation-related fields anywhere in the world and then return to their home countries better equipped to take on global conservation challenges.
The really exciting aspect of this fellowship is that it positions Herbert to be a research leader. Upon graduation from MSU, Herbert will join Makerere University as a professor of wildlife conservation where he will train the next generation of wildlife conservation leaders for Uganda, East Africa, and beyond," Robert Montgomery, Director of the RECaP Laboratory, said.
To date, EFN has provided nearly $20 million in financial support to build capacity of more than 1,900 individuals and funded 615 organizations to conduct training workshops, collectively reaching more than 55,000 community members, indigenous people, park guards, and others.
FORT LEE, Va. -- The Quartermaster Field Training Exercise here is a capstone event in which thousands of advanced individual training Soldiers annually rehearse the technical and tactical tasks required to be operationally ready when they arrive at their first duty stations.
Each QMFTX - staged weekly among several training areas leading northward from A Avenue and 38th Street - is a three-night, four-day affair. It provides students with opportunities to demonstrate skills in warrior tasks and battle drills, scenario-based training and occupational specialties. Roughly 2,100 Soldiers participate in the QM School event on a monthly basis.
If not for their roles in the exercise, Jewett and his 20-or-so fellow HHC unit members would be fulfilling MOS-specific jobs throughout the brigade. Their QMFTX responsibilities under the Direct Support to the Training Exercise element include managing the brigade support areas as well as fulfilling roles as facilitators and graders, he said.
Spc. Michael Bailey, a 92F petroleum supply specialist with four years of service under his belt, has been working as a training evaluator since he arrived here a few months ago. He said engaging with future warriors has provided him a great sense of empowerment.
Bailey, who normally works on the grenade lanes, said he and others help prepare Soldiers for the graded events during round-robin training that includes tasks such as medical evacuation. Guiding students through the training and evaluating their performances has a cumulative effect on Bailey and his fellow evaluators: they learn just as much as those they are helping to train.
"I know it sounds cliché and corny, but for someone like me - a specialist who is promotable and ready to become a sergeant - the training is helping out," he said, noting his last job at Fort Carson, Colo., did not present such an opportunity. "The job is preparing me to train and communicate with my future subordinates."
Spc. Christopher Dennis, also a 92F, was in agreement, saying the countless interactions with students are immeasurable in helping to improve his troop leading skills. He also said the constant training pace acts as a refresher, helping to cement his ability to perform critical Soldier tasks.
Sgt. Kehinde Afolabi, Turner's fellow evaluator, said the work can get arduous due to the sheer amounts of Soldiers undergoing instruction. He said the workload, however, is countered by the potential rewards he and his fellow evaluators will likely reap when they are assigned to operational units.
More than 20,000 Soldiers this year will undergo training during the QMFTX. Many thousands more across the Sustainment Center of Excellence footprint will complete field evaluations conducted by the Ordnance School, the Army Logistics University and others.
NORFOLK -- A Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Norfolk Navy Food Management Team (NFMT) instructor traveled to Naples, Italy to train Sailors there to use a variety of advanced culinary skills, Sept. 12-20.
In addition to preparing the Sailors for the competition, Alba provided training in sanitation and other areas to help them prepare for certification by the American Culinary Federation. She also helped them to prepare for further study at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, where they can earn ProChef level 1 certification.
Prek teachers Melissa Brown, Jessie Carlson, Morgan Gallagher and Sarah Smith from RSU 57 provided training recently for new teachers ready to implement the PreK for ME program in the coming school year.
Dine is a Defense Contract Management Agency administrative contracting officer who has adjusted how he teaches a variety of acquisition training courses due to increased telework. Dine, who works for the Contract Closeout Center located at DCMA Houston is based at DCMA Twin Cities in Bloomington, Minnesota. He joined the agency as a Keystone program industrial specialist almost seven years ago, and switched career fields to contracting four and a half years ago. He has been an ACO for two years. In addition to being an ACO, he is also an administrative grants and agreements officer.
Although he may train more than 20 at a time, Dine said he has learned from past experience that teaching smaller groups is better for questions and more individuals can share their suggestions. Dine prefers to teach using the Defense Connect Service, also known as DCS, and will soon incorporate using Microsoft Teams with the Commercial Virtual Remote Environment option. He said DCS is a good IT tool because it allows the instructor to share his or her computer screen to the audience. It also allows his colleagues to share their computer screen with him so he can watch them and make suggestions or corrections as they perform a task.
Prison officials said since Kumar is a trained professional wrestler, his coaching classes on fitness and wresting will benefit inmates who want to learn a new sport and will also help them stay fit and healthy.
In September 2021, before the third wave of COVID-19 hit the national capital, the Delhi Prisons Department had started an initiative to impart professional training to inmates of Tihar Jail in various sports.
Under the initiative, sponsored by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) as part of its CSR project, the inmates were being trained in six sports -- kho-kho, volleyball, badminton, basketball, chess and carrom.
BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Cpl. Trent Wilcox, Marine Air Control Squadron 23, takes a quick rest during a Marine Corps Martial Arts instructor trainer class recently. Most Marines who participate in advanced MCMAP training - especially the ones seeking their instructor tabs - are in excellent physical condition.(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paul Labbe)
BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Sgt Randall Blankenship, MACS 23, climbs over a wall while completing an obstacle course during the MCMAP intsructor trainer class recently.Students volunteer to go through the three-week course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paul Labbe)
BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Staff Sgt. Albert Martinez, MACS 23, observes as Sgt. Randall Blankenship, Cpl. Trent Wilcox engage each other in combat training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paul Labbe)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Turner, of Columbus, Ohio, and a member of the 445th Civil Engineer Squadron, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is pulled up by a team of firefighters using the hoseline during the first-ever Air Force Reserve Command Firefighter Rescue and Survival Course at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., April 18, 2017. Twenty Citizen Airmen participated in the intense 50-hour course held at the 622nd Civil Engineer Group expeditionary combat support-training certification center, which focused on a Rapid Intervention Crew, or RIC. The RIC is a dedicated and specially trained group of firefighters whose responsibilities include safely evacuating a distressed firefighter from a structure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Theanne K. Herrmann)
A thermal imaging camera is used to observe students maneuver through a simulated smoked-filled building during the first-ever Air Force Reserve Command Firefighter Rescue and Survival Course at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., April 18, 2017. Twenty Citizen Airmen participated in the intense 50-hour course held at the 622nd Civil Engineer Group expeditionary combat support-training certification center, which focused on a Rapid Intervention Crew, or RIC. The RIC is a dedicated and specially trained group of firefighters whose responsibilities include safely evacuating a distressed firefighter from a structure. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Theanne K. Herrmann)
Along with the classes, practical application and tests, the Marines have a little fun in their morning physical training as they run through obstacle courses carrying telephone poles, stretchers, ammo cans, and water jugs filled to the brim. They use teamwork and leadership to accomplish the task of running the obstacle course in a certain time limit while building camaraderie by ending with a nice cool swim in the ocean.
Compliance with regulations usually requires documentation of training for staff working under the regulations. Most organizations find that the most efficient and cost-effective method is to conduct this training in-house using their own staff. Those asked to train fellow employees have the essential knowledge to provide, but rarely have previous experience conducting training sessions. A need exists to train the trainers in the techniques of effective presentations. An approach is presented that will aid trainers to conduct more effective programs.
CAMP TAJI, Iraq - California Army National Guard Soldiers here recently conducted a week-long class to train fellow Iraqi Army personnel how to operate heavy expanded mobility tactical trucks, or HEMTT, in preparation for the upcoming assumption of operations by Iraqi Security Forces.
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