FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (October 11, 2024) — Fort Leonard Wood Army Substance Abuse Program officials are scheduled to host a Ready and Resilient Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Main Post Chapel.
The R2 Fair is open to all service members, family members, the civilian workforce and retirees. According to Fort Leonard Wood ASAP Specialist Malia Nemetz, the R2 Fair’s purpose is to connect the Fort Leonard Wood community with resources that are available on and off the installation
“We will have informational booths and on- and off-post agencies that provide similar services represented at the R2 Fair,” Nemetz said. “We want people to realize that there are a lot of free resources available for them to ensure that they become holistically healthy.”
Nemetz said she wants people to get out of their comfort zone and go up and meet the people at the resource tables.
“Knowledge is power, and prevention is connectedness — and combining both will help provide protective factors for our coworkers, battle buddies, service members and loved ones,” Nemetz said. “We never know when we will be called to provide support to a person is crisis, but it’s great to know who else can aid when needed.”
A few mandatory training opportunities will also be available, Nemetz said, including a Threat Awareness and Reporting training session at 10 a.m.; Operational Security at 11 a.m.; Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention training at noon; Equal Employment Opportunity NO FEAR/Anti-Harassment at 1 p.m. for non-supervisors; and ASAP Personal Readiness training will be available all day.
This will be Marti Yoshida’s sixth R2 Fair as the Operations Security manager. She said she is looking forward to visiting with everyone and sharing information about trends, best practices and future activities.
“I always look forward to the R2 Fair because it’s a chance to educate, update and conduct a training needs assessment,” Yoshida said. “In the past, the fair has given me the opportunity to work with other OPSEC officers, and together, we surveyed the workforce to identify areas of program improvement. For example, the results of one survey indicated that many people did not know who to contact if they had an OPSEC question or needed an OPSEC review, so, now, I incorporate the names of unit and directorate OPSEC officers in Level 1 OPSEC training.”
Yoshida said the fair is not only a great asset for her program, it also provides a valuable resource to the community.
“The R2 Fair is important because it provides time and one central location for the workforce to get updated on a broad range of topics designed to strengthen our readiness and resilience,” she said.
For more information about the ASAP program or R2 Fair, call 573.596.6754 or email malia.h.nemetz.civ@army.mil.
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About Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Leonard Wood is a thriving and prosperous installation that has evolved from a small basic training post more than 75 years ago to a premier Army Center of Excellence that trains more than 80,000 military and civilians each year.
Fort Leonard Wood is home to the U.S Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and three U.S. Army schools: the U.S. Army Engineer School; U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School; and the U.S. Army Military Police School. In addition to training engineer, CBRN and military police specialties for the Army, Fort Leonard Wood also provides gender-integrated in-processing and Basic Combat Training for new Soldiers.
Fort Leonard Wood also hosts and trains with the largest Marine Corps Detachment and Air Force Squadron on any Army installation as well as a large Navy construction detachment.