Fort Campbell Ready and Resilient

09/01/2023

High OPTEMPO CAB Air Traffic Controllers took some time to practice team effectiveness in a simulated pressure situation: our escape room! The team worked together to escape with 4 minutes left on the clock and discussed how different components of team cohesion impact resilience for performance.

08/22/2023

Soldiers within 26 BSB C co attended a mental skills training classroom session followed by a PT event that challenged them to use those skills in a controlled environment.
PE Steven Dickey designed the event to specifically challenge these Soldiers to adapt quickly in the moment and effectively deal with frustration by identifying what is in their control.

08/02/2023

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Fort Campbell R2 is extremely proud of this squad for taking home the title at the Best Squad Competition!

Several weeks ago, SFC Beadle and SGT Lake SGT reached out to the R2 PEs aligned with 3BCT, Matt Knowles & Kelly Hess to provide mental skills training to the squad for that extra competitive edge. SPC Perez discusses in the video how they utilized one of the skills they learned from R2, deliberate breathing, to manage their energy and maintain mental toughness throughout the competition. Well done, Iron Rakkasans!

101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division - Air Assault
3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry "Iron Rakkasans"

Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) stand victorious after earning the title of XVIII Airborne Corps' Best Squad July 28, 2023, at Fort Drum, New York. The XVIII Airborne Corps Best Squad Competition reinforces fundamental Soldier skills and squad-level tactics that makes the Arm...

08/02/2023

Excellent work to CCFSPCC Soldiers that participated in the Capabilities PT, led by PE Jessie Reed.
Each leader had the opportunity to complete a series of stations incorporating cognitive tasks while dealing with intense physical fatigue. Such obstacles included maintaining and shifting attention, managing their energy and fine motor control, memory formation and visualization ability, and effective communication and delegation between team members.
CCFSPCC leaders also had the opportunity to meet the dedicated R2 PEs aligned with their specific units for further training.

101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
101st Division Sustainment Brigade "Lifeliners" 2nd Brigade Combat Team "STRIKE" 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division - Air Assault 52nd Ordnance Group - EOD 101st CAB, Wings of Destiny

07/31/2023

R2 PE Jessie Reed continues to provide Academic Performance Training to Soldiers on Day 1 of Air Assault School.

The intent of this training to to help these Soldiers learn strategies to efficiently commit a vast amount of information to their long term memories and succeed during timed evaluations, such as finding sling load deficiencies in under two minutes.

101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

07/28/2023

On the final day of MRT, students practiced operationalizing the skills they have learned over the past two weeks. Groups came up with fun and creative activities that they can use with their units to teach and illustrate MRT skills outside of the classroom. Thank you to our students for bringing lots of effort and passion to the MRT program and congratulations on successfully completing the course!

07/28/2023

R2 just wrapped up another successful Master Resilience Trainer Course here at Fort Campbell! This cohort crushed it with practice teachbacks and running hands on activities to prepare for when they provide training to their units!

07/26/2023

Soldiers within CAB 2-17 completed a team building PT that specifically focused on accurately identifying and maintaining focus on what was and was not within their control while in a chaotic environment.
R2 PEs Nick Davis and Emmy Jorgensen helped these Soldiers notice what blaming others does to team morale and task efficiency, how to adapt to challenges in the moment, and effective communication.

07/25/2023

2BCT HHC Soldiers came in for a PT and classroom session discussing the implications counterproductive thought patterns have on being an effective communicator, active listener, and overall team member. This event was organized and executed by PEs Steven Dickey and Jessie Reed.

07/21/2023

Best of luck to these “Iron Rakkasans” as they compete in the Best Squad competition!
PE Matt Knowles wrapped up this culminating event with a PT designed to give these Soldiers a final chance to implement the mental skills they learned.
These mental skills focused on improving energy management, self-talk, imagery ability, and motivation.

07/17/2023

R2 PE Matt Knowles has been consistently working with Soldiers within 3-187 as they prepare for the upcoming Best Squad competition.

Knowles structured 5 different training sessions, with each session consisting of a 30 minute classroom session discussing specific mental skill followed by hands on activities to actually practice the skills during intense physical demands.

07/12/2023

Soldiers from 39th FRSD worked with PE Scott Armstrong, who encouraged personal reflection, group discussions, and introduced skills targeted at managing stress. These Soldiers were also provided a hands-on activity by Armstrong to practice the newly learned stress management skills.