Press Release 17-082 Safety Office holds annual Safety & Health Fair on Fort Leonard Wood

With the summer season just around the corner, Families will begin to take vacations and start to get outside more. With that in mind, staff members at the Fort Leonard Wood Safety Office want to make sure everyone stays safe this summer.

The Safety Office is sponsoring the 2017 Fort Leonard Wood Annual Safety and Health Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, at Nutter Field House as part of the annual Safety Days running today through Thursday.

Press Release 17-081 14th Military Police Brigade revives NCO tradition at Fort Leonard Wood

The 14th Military Police Brigade held a Noncommissioned Officers Corps Induction Ceremony Friday at Abrams Theater, where the 11 Soldiers recognized were given sound advice from the top NCO on Fort Leonard Wood.

“Pay attention to what’s going on in the world. Counsel your Soldiers, and be there for them whenever they need you,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Jon Stanley, Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood command sergeant major. “Know them inside and out. Know about their Families and where they are from, what their dreams and hopes are.”

Press Release 17-080 Building super Soldiers through resiliency at Fort Leonard Wood

Several Fort Leonard Wood units are taking advantage of the Resilience and Performance Enhancement Training Center’s Ready and Resilient Program and seeing results in not only test scores but also graduation rates.

One basic training company seeing results from their participation, Company D, 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment, is on its second cycle of using the program.

“We have seen a much higher rise in our scores from Army Physical Fitness Test 1 to APFT 2, in this cycle specifically,” said Capt. Casey Perry, Co. D commander. “We’ve had no fallouts on our 12K, no fallouts on our 16K ruck marches, and our current graduation rate stands at 94 percent.”