Reserve brigade marks historic first with unique multi-state field training exercise
An Army Reserve Soldier from the 307th Chemical Company, 209th Regional Support Group, 76th Operational Response Command, hammers Biological Integrated Detection System (BIDS) grounding stakes into the dirt at Los Alamitos, California, Sept. 13, during a four-day brigade wide Field Training Exercise. The exercise involved more than 2000 Army Reserve Soldiers, four battalions and 15 companies conducting a variety of training simultaneously at locations across the nation as part of an ambitious brigade level field training exercise (FTX) hosted by the 209th Regional Support Group, 76th Operational Response Command. (Official U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent C. Powell)