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418th Transportation Company Validates Fuel Distribution and Convoy Capabilities during VALEX

Story by Spc. Geisel Vera Diaz

February 9, 2026

FORT HOOD, Texas – Soldiers assigned to the 418th Transportation Company, 61st Quartermaster Battalion, 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command, completed a rigorous validation exercise (VALEX), February 2–5, at Fort Hood, to validate key deployment tasks, such as fuel transportation, distribution operations, and convoy execution.

Photo by Melissa Buckley | Staff Sgt. Tyler Keith, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Senior Leader Course student, creates a site sketch to visually organize and consolidate information reported by a man transportable robotic system Feb. 4 at the Chemical Defense Training Facility at Fort Leonard Wood

Photo by Melissa Buckley | Staff Sgt. Tyler Keith, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Senior Leader Course student, creates a site sketch to visually organize and consolidate information reported by a man transportable robotic system Feb. 4 at the Chemical Defense Training Facility at Fort Leonard Wood.

Robotic systems transform CDTF training, enhance capabilities

Story by Melissa Buckley

February 4, 2026

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — While man transportable robotic systems aren’t new to the U.S. Army, the way instructors at the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence’s Chemical Defense Training Facility are incorporating the robots into training is transforming the way chemical Soldiers perform site exploration.

Photo by Spc. Adilen Soto Margolla | US Army Reserve 2nd Lt. Emanuel Heredia, military intelligence officer assigned to 393rd Battalion, 1st Mission Support Command, poses for a photo during an interview held at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico on February 02, 2026. (US Army Reserve photo by Spc Adilén Soto Margolla).

Photo by Spc. Adilen Soto Margolla | US Army Reserve 2nd Lt. Emanuel Heredia, military intelligence officer assigned to 393rd Battalion, 1st Mission Support Command, poses for a photo during an interview held at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico on February 02, 2026. (US Army Reserve photo by Spc Adilén Soto Margolla).

2LT Heredia focuses on Military Intelligence

Story by Spc. Adilen Soto Margolla

February 2, 2026

Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico — 2nd Lt. Emanuel Heredia, a military intelligence officer assigned to the 393rd Battalion, 1st Mission Support Command, currently serves as the officer in charge of the S-2 Section.

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