Army officials were on Fort Riley Tuesday to asses the status of the Army’s Ready and Resilient campaign on post. they also discussed issued with the campaign’s implementation with Soldiers, Family members, and civilian members of the Fort Riley workforce.
Gen. John F. Campbell, vice chief of staff of the Army, Sgt. maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler III,and other Army officials visited the post.
“The ‘Big Red One’ has always integrated programs that build resiliency in our Soldiers, Families, and civilians,” Campbell said. “We’re going to take their best practices back with us to HQDA, share them with the force and ultimately increase the readiness of our Army.”
Chandler also spoke with representatives from the post on resiliency.
“My expectation of you noncommissioned officers is that that’s about the second thing you do after you report back to your unit is that you get someplace where you can know what the Army’s Ready and Resilient campaign is and how it applies to you,” Chandler said, directing the noncommissioned officers present to the Army Ready and Resilient website, www.army.mil/ready and resilient. “People like the vice chief of staff of the Army and I can fly around, go see everybody and talk about being resilience, but if you don’t accept your responsibility as a noncommissioned officer to take care of your Soldiers and yourself it doesn’t mean ( anything ).”
Chandler said the Army was significantly invested in getting feedback from Soldiers and civilians Army-wide.
“We’re spending literally thousands of dollars to get you engaged in this and give us some feedback, ” he said. “It’s important. We’re literally spending billions of dollars on different things inside Ready and Resilient to help you help your Soldiers.”
However Chandler warned, if noncommissioned officers do not “own” the program, that effort is wasted.
Different branches of the Ready and Resilient campaign include Soldier for Life, Strong Bonds and Embedded Behavioral health.
( Information provided by J.Parker Roberts 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs )