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Ivonne Ayala throws a grenade during the obstacle course portion of the 2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div.’s spouse’s spur ride at the
Warrior Skills Training Center at Fort Hood, Nov. 7. Ivonne is the spouse of Capt. Jesus Ayala, the S-2 for Headquarters
and Headquarters Company, Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. The event included five stations in which
the unit’s spouses conducted physical training, conducted weapons familiarization with the MS, M4 and M240 assembled
and disassembled the MS, M4 and M240, completed a scenario at the Engagement Skills Trainer 2000 and negotiated an
obstacle course.
Ivonne Ayala flips a tire during the obstacle course portion of the 2nd BCT, 1st
Cav. Div.’s spouse’s spur ride at the Warrior Skills Training Center at Fort Hood,
Nov. 7.
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LEFT, Samantha Roberts,
spouse of 1st Lt. Andrew Rob-
erts, maintenance platoon lead-
er with Forward Support Com-
pany E, 1st Battalion, 5th Caval-
ry Regiment, 2nd BCT, 1st Cav.
Div., reassembles an MS during
the brigade’s spouse’s spur ride
at the Warrior Skills Training
Center Nov. 7. BELOW, Lauren
Vines, spouse of Sgt. 1st Class
Johnathon Vines, a platoon ser-
geant with Troop B, 4th Bn., 9th
Cav. Regt., 2nd BCT, 1st Cav.
Div., shuttle sprints during the
physical readiness training por-
tion of the brigade’s spouse’s
spur ride at the Warrior Skills
Training Center Nov. 7.
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came out to the spur ride just
to see more of what my husband
does,” said Wendy Ashworth, spouse
of Sgt. 1st Class Jason Ashworth,
a signal support systems specialist
with Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 2nd BCT.
Now the spouses of 2nd BCT have
earned their own spur key chains and
a new understanding of some of the
challenges their spouse’s endure.
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and challenges that test (a) Soldier’s
skills and abilities, their fitness, their
endurance,” said Lt. Col. Michael
Kielpinski, commander of Task
Force Pershing, the brigade’s rear
detachment.
While a typical spur ride for the
Soldiers would last three days and
include such events as a physical fit-
ness test, an obstacle course and a
ruck march, the spouse’s spur ride
was not quite as intense.
“The intent is to give the spouses
a taste or a feel for what the Soldiers
go through when they go through
their spur ride,” Kielpinski said, “but
also some of the things they do in
their daily duties, so we try to incor-
porate a little bit of both into the
event.”
It began at 9 a.m., ended at noon
and included five stations in which
the unit’s spouses conducted physi-
cal training, weapons familiarization,
assembly and disassembly, a scenario
at the Engagement Skills Trainer
2000 and an obstacle course.
“The intent was to get done before
the kids get home from school,”
Kielpinski said.
Between loading and unloading
the children from the school buses,
the day was filled with smiles, giggles
and camaraderie as spouses from five
battalions banded together and moti-
vated each other through the events.
“I’ve wanted to do one (a spur
ride) since I heard about it, which
was a long time ago,” said Lau-
ren Vines, spouse of Sgt. 1st Class
Johnathon Vines, as platoon sergeant
in Troop B, 4th Battalion, 9th Cav-
alry Regiment, 2nd BCT. “I’m really
competitive.”
Not only did the spouses bond
through the shared experience of
the spur ride, but also through the
shared experience of the brigade’s
current deployment to Afghanistan.
“We have to keep in mind we’re
half-way through with the deploy-
ment, so we just wanted to put on a
fun event for the spouses,” Kielpinski
said.
The majority of the participants’
spouses are deployed, he said.
“I was surprised at how many peo-
ple turned out,” said Ryann Lund,
spouse of Pfc. Michael Lund, a cav-
alry scout with Troop C, 4-9 Cav.
After the spouses had completed
the five stations, they attended an
awards ceremony and lunch where
they were presented their spur cer-
tificates and key chain with a set of
silver spurs attached.
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five obstacles to emerge victorious.
More than 80 Army spouses gath-
ered at the Fort Hood Warrior Skills
Training Center, Nov. 7, to face the
obstacles before them and ultimately
earn their spurs during the brigade’s
spouse’s spur ride.
“(A spur ride) is a series of events
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