Easy Company, 1-19 IN, 198th IN BDE

01/28/2024

Good morning Easy Company family and friends. This will be an informational post about the upcoming Turning Blue and Graduation ceremonies.

February 29th, we will host the Turning Blue ceremony on Pomeroy Field at 10:00 am. There will be a family brief in the Regimental Chapel next to the field at 9:00 am. Following Turning Blue, your Soldiers will be released on a day pass. They will be need to be back at 8 pm that same night. They will be restricted to the Fort Moore/Columbus, GA area. They will need to stay in uniform throughout the entirety of the day pass.

Graduation will be the following day, March 1st. It will be at the National Infantry Museum (NIM), which is located off post. Graduation will begin promptly at 10:00 am.

Thank you for your continued support throughout these final weeks of training!

11/30/2023

11/21/2023

Good morning Easy Company family and friends. This QR code will assist you in gaining a pass to Fort Moore if you are picking your Solider up from post for Holiday Block Leave.

If your Soldier is traveling by POV, they are to be picked up no earlier than 0800 am on the 16th of December. If they are flying, they will be bussed to the ATL airport on the 17th of December.

11/15/2023

Good afternoon Easy Company family and friends. This post will be informational regarding the Company’s Turning Green ceremony and family days this weekend.

The Turning Green ceremony will be on 17 November, beginning promptly at 9:00 a.m. on Pomeroy Field. There is a family brief given by the Commander at 8:00 a.m. at the Regimental Chapel (Building 3220) right next to Pomeroy Field. After the ceremony, your Soldiers will be released on pass until 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, 19 November. They will stay at the barracks Sunday night, and they will be released back out on a day pass on Monday from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. They will be allowed to stay overnight with you Friday night, and Saturday night, however, they need to stay in the local area throughout the entirety of the pass.

We highly recommend you download the GuideOn app to your phone and select Fort Moore to navigate on post.

11/15/2023

Easy Company trainees have been extremely busy the last couple of weeks! They executed a week of Combatives training and many of them earned Combatives Level 1 Certifications. The following week consisted of Buddy Team Live Fire, where the trainees engaged in their first live fire maneuver exercise. They learned to shoot, move, and communicate as a member of a team.

The trainees are currently in the middle of the Forge, which is the culminating field training exercise of the Basic Combat Training portion of OSUT. They will complete their 10 mile ruck march tonight, and earn the title of US Army Soldier.

The following post will contain information regarding final details about the Turning Green Ceremony on Friday.

10/27/2023

Easy Company is wrapping up training week 6 today! Over the last few weeks, the trainees have been at the rifle range almost every day and night. They have grouped and zeroed their weapons and gone through numerous marksmanship tables to work up to a final record qualification using their CCOs. They also spent their first nights in the field learning patrol base operations and using night vision devices.

Today, they ended the week with an early 8 mile foot march to the range where they executed training with the M320, which is a 40mm gr***de launcher system. The trainees are excited to be one week closer to graduating the BCT portion of OSUT!

10/23/2023

Good afternoon Easy Company family and friends. This post will be informational regarding the Company’s Turning Green ceremony and family weekend coming up in a few weeks.

The Turning Green ceremony will be on 17 November at 9:00 a.m. on Pompey Field. It is an outside ceremony, and the mornings on Fort Moore are chilly, so please prepare accordingly. After the ceremony, your Soldiers will be released on pass until 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, 19 November. They will stay at the barracks Sunday night, and they will be released back out on a day pass on Monday from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. They will be allowed to stay overnight with you Friday night, and Saturday night, however, they need to stay in the local area throughout the entirety of the pass.

Please stay tuned to the page for any changes that may happen regarding the ceremony and pass between now and then.

10/16/2023

Last week, Easy Company qualified on their M4s using their back-up iron sights. This week, the Company will begin using their M68 CCO (close combat optic) to qualify on their individual weapons again next week. They will be spending every day at the rifle range over the next couple of weeks, so they will be very busy!

10/09/2023

Easy Company is moving into their 4th week of training! Last week consisted of a great deal of time behind their individual weapon systems.

The trainees started off the week at the EST (Engagement Skills Trainer) which is a system designed to simulate live weapon training events. This is meant to give them familiarization with their M4 Rifles before firing any live rounds. The rest of the week was spent at live ranges, where they first spent 2 days grouping and zeroing their rifles using their back up iron sites (BUIS). The following day was spent at a LOMAH range (Location of Miss and Hit). The LOMAH system tracks rounds fired on or near targets in order to confirm that their weapons have an accurate zero. They also took their first ACFT (Army Combat Fitness Test) this week, and completed a 4 mile ruck march.

Thank you for your continued support. Train Hard, Fight Easy!

09/30/2023

Good evening Easy Company family and friends! We are wrapping up a very physically taxing week for the trainees. Monday was spent at the conditioning and confidence course, and Wednesday was spent at the 40 foot rappel tower. These events are meant to test the trainees’ confidence in themselves. The rest of the week was filled with various classes to include finance, first aid, and counter-IED training.

09/22/2023

Good afternoon Easy Company family and friends! Welcome to the Company page for class 23-010C that arrived to Echo Company on 15 September 2023. Throughout the 22 week cycle, we will be posting photos of training, as well as updates on special events to include Turning Green, Holiday Block Leave, Turning Blue, and Graduation.

As we are wrapping up the first week of training, your trainees are tired but very motivated! This week, they completed the CBRN (gas) Chamber, the Leader’s Reaction Course, and began a new physical training program led by the Battalion’s new strength and conditioning coaches.

We will continue to update you as training progresses. Thank you for all of your support. Train Hard, Fight Easy!

05/15/2023

Good evening Easy Company family and friends. This post is to clarify details on Turning Green next week.

The Turning Green ceremony will begin promptly at 9:00 am next Friday, May 26th. The ceremony will take place outside on Pomeroy Field. Prior to the start of the ceremony, there will be a brief from the Commander at 8:00 am at the Sand Hill Regimental Chapel, located next to the field.

Following the ceremony on Friday, your Soldiers will have a pass until 8:00 pm. Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, your Soliders will have a pass from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm.

If you do not have a military ID card, you will need to get a pass from the Fort Benning Visitors Center to gain access to post, it is located outside of the Main Gate. You need a valid form of ID in order to be granted a pass.

The “GuideOn” app can be downloaded and used to find specific buildings and locations on Fort Moore.