By focusing on the actual needs of the installation, reservists at Fort Hood quickly learned the skills needed to perform real-world missions.
Mobilization begins when a unit is called up at the onset of war or contingency operations.
Once a unit is called up and arrives at its mobilization station, it must prepare immediately to travel to the site where it will serve. There is little or no train-up time before the unit assumes its mission. We are The Army, and we will march into the 21st century as The Army. Bishop agreed that better integration and training were needed to streamline the performance of the actual tasks the GSU soldiers would perform upon mobilization of the DOL staff. Once the mobilization tasks of each position on the garrison TDA were established, the Fort Hood directorate chiefs decided on the training each soldier needed to complete the tasks.