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# USARCENT takes a ride through history

By  Sgt. Matt KuzaraU.S. Army Central

                CAMDEN, S.C.  –              
Back in the present, a group of Soldiers from U.S. Army Central gather on what remains of the Battle of Camden in Camden, S.C., Sept. 29 as part of the USARCENT Staff Ride to learn how their military ancestors came to win the independence of the United States despite repeated hardships and losses.

The lessons began at the site of the British encampment where the participants learned about the British strategy for the southern theater of the war. From there, they continued on to several sites important to the battle. 

“We went to Rugeley’s Mill where the American assembly area was, and then ended up at the site of the Battle of Camden,” said Bryan Hilferty of the Commander’s Initiatives Group. “The point of all of this for the headquarters is to look at the strategic and operational level of war.”

When the Staff Ride arrived at the battlefield site, the participants traced out how the battle unfolded by role-playing as the two forces. They showed how the Continentals collapsed under the pressure of the well-trained British regulars as they displayed how the battle unfolded. In addition to the history lessons, the participants learned about each other during the event. This was one of the intended benefits of the day's events. 

“I know that we’ve got some pretty talented people here today. I know that the folks (who) make this organization run are here today,” said USARCENT’s Commander, Lt. Gen. Michael Garrett. “You know the hardest part about leading is that the higher you go the harder it is to connect with the most important people in your formation, and I wanted to come here to connect with you.”

If the old saying is true ‘those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it’, then USARCENT’s Staff Ride shows how the organization and it’s people will not make the same mistakes.

“In the building that we work, everybody is compartmentalized, and I have only met about a third of the people in this group," said Lt. Col. Jared Wilson, a future operations planner, “and now I’m getting to know everyone else. So now when we go back to the cubicles, we can rely more on these new relationships to get things done.”

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