JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq – The 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) out of Fort Hood, Texas, held an all 13th ESC Resiliency Counseling Training Conference for chaplains and chaplain’s assistants at the Provider Chapel Dec. 1-4 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
The training was to educate 13th ESC unit ministry teams in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training and Warrior/Chaplain Resiliency Training, said Master Sgt. Michael I. Bair, the command chaplain noncommissioned officer in charge for the 13th ESC and a Fredericksburg, Va., native.
“We brought all the chaplains and chaplains assistants in from all across Iraq so that we can give them a little bit of downtime,” said Bair. “During the downtime … [we] give them some tools to put into their tool chest to help them be more resilient and help their Soldiers do the same.”
