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MILITARY TRAINING AT ITS FINEST Working in American Communities Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) is a Department of Defense (DoD) military training opportunity, exclusive to the United States and its territories, that delivers joint training opportunities to increase deployment readiness. Simultaneously, IRT provides key services (health care, construction, transportation, and cybersecurity) with lasting benefits for our American communities. LEARN MORE Community Members Learn more about how IRT has made a difference to American communities. LEARN MORE » Military Members Learn more about how IRT provides training military opportunities. LEARN MORE » Regional & State Leaders Learn about how IRT has made an impact in states across the U.S. LEARN MORE » TYPES OF IRT MISSIONS Medical Medical missions provide training opportunities to military units while providing incidental benefit to communities via no-cost healthcare. Services include optometry, health exams, dental, veterinary care, and public health education. Care is delivered by credentialed healthcare providers and no one is turned away. These missions are typically conducted as fairs and may last for several days or weeks at a time to ensure maximum benefit during time spent in the community served. Civil Engineering Civil Engineering missions provide training opportunities to military units while providing incidental benefit to communities via infrastructure construction and improvements. Such benefit comes in the form of both vertical and horizontal construction. Vertical construction consist of mainly buildings; while horizontal construction includes utilities, roadways, and other paving activities such as runway improvements. Civil Engineering missions also typically involve elements of HVAC, plumbing, and electrical work. Cybersecurity Information security is one of the most important issues facing the military. It is essential that U.S. military forces keep data and our infrastructure secure. IRT is currently developing cyber-security training opportunities that will help to detect, safeguard, assess, and protect our nation from malicious activity. By building and creating relationships with government agencies and non-profits, we will lead and create innovative processes and procedures to address future threats to our people and critical infrastructure. Through cooperative partnerships driven by readiness training, IRT is a cutting edge way to develop essential skills to thrive in contested cyberspace domains. Transportation IRT missions provide an opportunity for critical training in a variety of transportation skills. Many operations depend upon ground vehicles in order to complete many aspects of their mission. It is the responsibility of Ground Transportation specialists to transport people, supplies, munitions and outsized expeditionary forces. These professionals must utilize a variety of essential skills, such as map and compass reading, vehicle specifications determination and limitations assessment in order to coordinate and master all aspects of ground transportation necessary for us to get equipment and people where they need to go. Aerial Spray IRT missions provides valuable training opportunities for air personnel. The terrain, obstructions, airspace restrictions, and congested areas often provide excellent training scenarios to hone aircrew skills for operating in the low-level aerial spray environment. Specialized spray mission personnel obtain experience operating the loading equipment, handling pesticides using appropriate protective personnel equipment, and cleaning/downloading the spray MASS after applications. When executed, the aerial spray operations provides vital training for maintaining a well-equipped military force ready to execute our wartime mission. IRT MISSION LOCATIONS VIDEO AND PODCASTSStrength Starts at Video Watch IRT In Action IRT Overview Video Watch how the process of civil-military partnerships take shape. IRT Podcast One How to Craft an Effective Community Application LISTEN NOW » IRT Podcast Two IRT Central Delaware Partnership for Hope: The Impact to the Community LISTEN NOW » IRT Podcast Three IRT Central Delaware Partnership for Hope: The Connectedness of it all LISTEN NOW » ‹ › NEWS CAMS Hosts Successful Two-Part Training Workshop The Innovative Read iness Training (IRT) Consolidated Asset Management Site (CAMS) hosted two medical workshops in March—the first on March 13-14 and the second on March 19-20. These critical learning forums familiarized..... LEARN MORE » Army National Guard Delivers Training Value in Michigan 1430 Engineering Company partnered with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) Parks and Recreation Division between 13 October and 30 November 2023..... LEARN MORE » A Legacy of Leadership: Celebrating the Journey of Colonel George Koklanaris, USA, Retired This month, we recognize the career of our esteemed former IRT Deputy Director, Colonel George Koklanaris, who retired on..... LEARN MORE » Planning and Beyond: 2024 Mission Season Takes Shape As Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 continues into the second quarter, the Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) mission season continues to take shape..... LEARN MORE » IRT Delivers Training Value in FY23 Over the past year, all Active, Reserve, and Guard components of the Departments of the Army, Navy (including Marine Corps), and Air Force led or,.... LEARN MORE » Custer State Park Trails From 9 July to 6 August 2023, the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve led a joint construction mission in partnership with Custer State Park and the Active Duty U.S. Marine Corps.... LEARN MORE » IRT Delivers Joint Training Value in Louisiana Communities From August 1 to 14, the Preparation for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 mission season kicked off during the annual Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) Joint Workshop for Operational Mission Planners, held in Tysons, VA, on 29–31 August.... LEARN MORE » IRT Delivers Joint Training Value in Louisiana Communities From August 1 to 14, the Air Force Reserve partnered with the Delta Regional Authority to offer no-cost healthcare services to the underserved communities of Monroe and West Monroe... LEARN MORE » IRT Delivers No-cost Medical Care to Round Valley Community From June 13 to June 22, the Army Reserve led the Operation Walking Shield: Round Valley Indian Health mission to provide nocost dental, medical, and veterinary... LEARN MORE » ‹ › RECENT MISSIONS Crystal Springs, Mississippi On June 25 th , eleven Servicemembers were recognized by Crystal Springs Mayor Sally Garland for their great work on and off duty in support of the Camp Kamassa IRT mission and the community of Crystal Springs. This was the third year of partnership between IRT and Camp Kamassa. Prior to this year’s mission ending early due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Servicemembers were able to build two 2,700 square foot family cabins, clear five acres for a small pond, clear eight acres for a large pond, and install sheetrock, HVAC, and electrical in the existing eight duplex cabins. Cleveland National Forest, California Marines from...