Golden Griffin Battalion Holds Paratrooper Essential Task List Challenge

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from Staff Sgt. Jason Hull:

Paratroopers, of the 407th Brigade Support Battalion, or BSB, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, held their Paratrooper Essential Task List, or PETL, Stakes at Fort Bragg last week, pitting 12 squads of the Golden Griffin Battalion against each other in a challenge to determine who can call themselves the very best.

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Within the airborne community, PETL is the list of essential tasks that Paratroopers must be proficient in to successfully complete the organization’s wartime mission. Through a little friendly competition, the BSB emphasized the importance of those competencies and sorted out which company had best excelled at instilling those skills within their ranks.

“The significance of this training is about the readiness of our paratroopers and our ability to execute our mission when the nation calls,” said Lt. Col. Matthew Bresko, commander of the 407th BSB.

“Being a support battalion, we focus heavily on our sustainment technical competencies,” he said. “This training allows us to maintain the balance between those skills and the required tactical paratrooper skills to execute our mission and sustain the brigade.”

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Source:: Tactical Life