Tuesday, July 16, 2019

101st Airborne Division:Ukrainian Brigade Completes Rotation at CCT-Yavoriv

On 13 July 2019,the Armed Forces of Ukraine's 95th Air Assault Brigade completed its training rotation at Combat Training Center-Yavoriv,Ukraine,the US Army's 101st Airborne Division reported.A ceremony was held to mark the occasion by Task Force Carentan,2nd Brigade Combat Team,101st Airborne Division (Air Assault),which trained the Ukrainian troops.
LTC Michael Starz,CTC mentorship branch commander,spoke at the ceremony:
We offered NATO techniques to enhance combat effectiveness of your forces.Commanders at lower levels are empowered with clear intent of higher commanders.Non-commissioned officers are experts and decisive to all levels of operations,from squad to brigade.This is not theory.This is combat tested and proven.It works and we saw you embrace this as a unit dedicated to learning and improvement.*
Certificates of achievement were presented to the 95th AASLT BDE by TF Carentan Senior Leaders for their dedication to their Soldiers and resilience during their training rotation at CTC-Yavoriv.
In conclusion,LTC Starz expressed the emotion of the day:
We bid you farewell with confidence that we will find each other again in each other's homes,at a future exercise,or in an operation.See you on the high ground.*

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