{"id":37416,"date":"2019-07-11T18:20:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T18:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/11\/army-guards-readiness-model-marches-along-with-this-california-unit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:47:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:47:44","slug":"army-guards-readiness-model-marches-along-with-this-california-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/07\/11\/army-guards-readiness-model-marches-along-with-this-california-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Guard\u2019s readiness model marches along with this California unit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After pieces of one of the largest of the California Army National Guard\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2017\/03\/09\/3-star-more-training-days-for-the-guard-as-the-army-struggles-with-readiness\/\" target=\"_blank\">infantry brigades<\/a> completed deployments spanning from Hawaii to Kosovo to Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain, they\u2019ve recently reformed to do what they were built for \u2014 train and fight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/13\/some-soldiers-may-not-be-able-to-handle-new-pace-of-training-guard-chief-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">as a brigade.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 79th IBCT concluded two weeks of annual training in June together as part of their first year of the Sustainable Readiness Model cycle that both the active and reserve Army forces have been pushed toward, despite a host of other tasks often loaded onto their calendars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor Annual Training 2019, my intent was the reintegration and synchronization of the Brigade and all six of our battalions,\u201d 79th IBCT commander Col. Richard Mifsud said in a recent Army <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/224262\/thunderbolt_brigade_reunites_in_the_field_for_annual_training\" target=_blank>release<\/a>. \u201cI knew the battalions and the Brigade headquarters were going to be rusty in working with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/15\/milley-army-is-pushing-to-get-two-thirds-of-its-brigades-ready-to-deploy-at-any-minute\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/23668784_10155433716013558_8138699264834378187_o.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Milley: Army is pushing to get two-thirds of its brigades ready to deploy at any minute<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Thanks to an increase in funding over the past two years, the Army has been able to ramp up its brigade combat readiness from two out of 58 total, Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley told the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, Mifsud said, the training let the unit \u201cwork the bugs out,\u201d field a tactical operations center and do training as low as the squad level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That training included everything from shooting pistols and stretching concertina wire to running howitzers and shoulder-fired missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those soldiers are part of a large effort that\u2019s been pushed for at least the past two years to add training days and combat center rotations to put Guard BCTs on par with some of their active-duty counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5568\" height=\"3712\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-artillery-training.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-artillery-training.jpg.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-artillery-training.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-artillery-training.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-artillery-training.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-artillery-training.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-artillery-training.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5568px) 100vw, 5568px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Section 1-1, Charlie Battery, emplaces its M777A2 Howitzer in the field at Camp Roberts during an &#8220;Artillery Rodeo&#8221; competition on June 26. (Capt. Jason Sweeney\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then-Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson, deputy chief of staff of operations, sent a written statement to the House Armed Services Committee seeking more funds for more training, Army Times reported. At the time only about a third of the total Army\u2019s BCTs and a quarter of its combat aviation brigades would be ready to deploy if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s shifted to 31 BCTs that are combat ready, according to outgoing Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s close to the goal he set two years ago to have two thirds of all active BCTs ready and at least one third of all Guard and Reserve BCTs at deployable readiness levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In some cases, the SRM plan called for an added 60 days of training. But that would be spread over a four-year cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5568\" height=\"3712\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-M240-training.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-M240-training.jpg.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-M240-training.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-M240-training.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-M240-training.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-M240-training.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-M240-training.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5568px) 100vw, 5568px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soldiers from B Company, 1-160th Infantry Battalion zero their M240B machine gun June 19 at Camp Roberts. (Capt. Jason Sweeney\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 79th IBCT just entered year one of its five-year SRM cycle, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sustainable readiness model for certain units has 39 days in the first year, 48 days in the second year, 60 days in the third year and 51 days in the fourth year, Gen. Joseph Lengyel said at the time of the SRM announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That ramped up not only training days but also combat training center rotations. Starting in 2018 the CTCs saw four Guard brigades instead of two. Last year seven brigades conducted warfighter staff exercises. And the new calendar calls for at least a brigade a year at the CTCs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5568\" height=\"3712\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-sniper-training.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-sniper-training.jpg.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-sniper-training.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-sniper-training.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-sniper-training.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-sniper-training.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/79th-IBCT-sniper-training.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5568px) 100vw, 5568px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cal Guard snipers from the 1-160th and 1-184th Infantry Battalions hone their skills on the sniper range at Fort Irwin on June 23 during Annual Training 2019. (Capt. Jason Sweeney\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mifsud has spent much of his career with the brigade, but just took command in January, following a 2018 deployment with the brigade headquarters to Kosovo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unit won\u2019t turn down any mission, from the one he just returned to or helping with California wildfires. But there is a larger Army priority he\u2019s trying to meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis last round of deployments pulled us apart, and now we\u2019re pushing it all back together again,\u201d he said. \u201cMy vision is that we come back together as a whole, be first in readiness, and be the best we can be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 79th IBCT enters year one of the five-year Sustainable Readiness Model for training. 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