Page 16 - The Dispatch July 2019

TEXAS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
GIVES FUTURES COMMAND
INTERNS TASTE OF MILITARY LIFE
1 As Army Futures Command settles
into central Austin, it has found a
ready partner in the Texas Military
Department as the military looks
for ways to connect with civilian
entities.
On June 11, 2019, this partnership
provided Futures Command interns
with the opportunity to experience
military training firsthand during a
trip to Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas.
Participants were flown via Black-
hawk from Camp Mabry in Austin,
Texas, to the Camp Swift training
site where they participated in
weapons training, ate Meals Ready
To Eat packets and ended the day
with a visit to the live fire range to
shoot machine guns.
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"I always saw the military not as an individual, but
now I see how nice and helpful soldiers are, now I
have more of an emotional and humanized aspect of
the military and how they help people."
(Deepti Valliappan, Intern, Army Futures Command)
Partnering for the Future
of Military Operations
PHOTO 1: Texas Military Department Flight Crew Chief discusses 4
proper safety procedures with members of the Army Futures Com-
mand internship program before a Black Hawk helicopter ride to the
Camp Swift Training Site in Bastrop, Texas, June 11, 2019.
PHOTO 2: Army Futures Command interns prepare Meals Ready to
Eat packets during a military familiarization visit to the National
Guard training site, Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas, June 11, 2019.
PHOTO 3: Interns with the Army Futures Command watch as a Black-
hawk Helicopter departs after transporting them from Camp Mabry
in Austin, Texas, to Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas, June 11, 2019.
PHOTO 4: Interns with Army Futures Command fire machine guns
on the Camp Swift live fire range as the culminating exercise after
training on simulated firearms as part of a military familiarization,
June 11, 2019.
(All photos: U.S. Army National Guard Photos: 3
Kyle Burns and Brandon Jones)
"Today was one of the most important things we
have done. It Lets us see firsthand and experience
the gear and body armor, to feel how it gets sweaty
and gross and think of how we can fix that to make
it better."
(Amit Nacson, Intern, Army Futures Command)