Army National Guard Leader Development Program

Enhance and support the State's and Territories' capability to develop Army National Guard leader's knowledge, skills, competencies, attributes, and behaviors to produce agile and adaptive leaders at echelon, who are able to operate and succeed in complex and dynamic environments. By Creating and providing leader development resources, opportunities, and content in the experiential and self-development realms of professional development, which deliver broadening experience or increased technical and conceptual competency in order to enable Leader Development across the 54 States and Territories.

Holistic Health & Fitness

H2F is a capabilities-based, task and environment focused, Human Performance Optimization (HPO) program. HQDA EXORD 149-19 directs the Total Army to implement the H2F System. For the Active Component (AC), H2F provides Soldiers direct access to specialized medical and mental health care providers, athletic trainers, and strength coaches at the brigade level. The ARNG model will not mirror the AC model, while still accomplishing the desired end state of improving physical fitness, injury avoidance and recovery, nutritional health, and mental/spiritual resilience.

The ARNG achieves H2F Systems goals of improving Soldier readiness and lethality, optimizing physical/non-physical performance, reducing injury rates, improving rehabilitation after injury, and increasing overall effectiveness through a Directorate enabled and State/Territory led approach which accounts for ARNG unique requirements, opportunities, constraints. The ARNG will accomplish this through a blend of material solutions, subject matter expertise, federal and state resources, and health care professionals.

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How to Bake Hamsters - The Hungry Sailor
AFN Sasebo
March 22, 2019 | 1:00
In this week's edition of The Hungry Sailor we are going to learn how to bake hamsters for dinner! This menu item is a staple in our naval culture. Are you hungry yet?

Main Ingredients:
4 – Boneless chicken breast
2 cups – Panko/bread crumbs
2 eggs
1 cup – Flour
½ lb – Sliced deli ham
16 - Swiss cheese slices
1 ½ Tsp – Italian seasoning
Paprika to taste
Pepper to taste
Salt to taste

Sauce Ingredients:
3 Tbl – Butter
1 Tbl – Garlic powder
3 Tbl – Flour
2 cup – Milk
1 cup – Shredded parmesan cheese
3 Tbl – Dijon mustard

Step 1: Preheat toaster oven to 400 degrees and lightly grease a baking pan. Butterfly the chicken breasts and pound within plastic wrap. Season chicken with paprika to taste.

Step 2: Alternate laying Swiss cheese and ham slices on one half of chicken breast. Be careful to not over-stack or else chicken will not roll. Roll into a log. Re-roll the log with plastic wrap and tie loose plastics ends together tightly. Store in a refrigerator for 30 minutes. (Note: This will help keep the logs together while breading in step 3)

Step 3: Dip the chilled logs in flour, egg mixture, and lastly the breadcrumbs mixed with Italian seasoning (in that exact order). Secure the breaded logs with tooth picks while baking. Cover the baking pan with aluminum foil for 30 minutes (or until logs cook thoroughly). Remove foil, and finish baking logs for 15 minutes to brown the breadcrumb crust.

Step 4: Dip the chilled logs in flour, egg mixture, and lastly the breadcrumbs mixed with Italian seasoning (in that exact order). Secure the breaded logs with tooth picks while baking. Cover the baking pan with aluminum foil for 30 minutes (or until logs cook thoroughly). Remove foil, and finish baking logs for 15 minutes to brown the breadcrumb crust. Remove and serve sliced into 1-inch discs.

Step 5: Prepare the sauce while logs are baking. Melt butter over medium heat. Mix with flour and slowly add milk and stir until smooth. Add mustard, garlic powder, parmesan cheese, and salt and pepper to taste.
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The ARNG will approach H2F as a three phased operation, including defining requirements, experimentation, and implementation. The ARNG H2F implementation strategy is not a universal “one size fits all” approach, States and Territories are afforded the flexibility to experiment through the planning process. FY21 is a planning year for States/Territories to establish those requirements; ARNG requirements will be determined through collaborative, scientific, evidence based research and experimentation. States/Territories conduct market research, small scale pilots, and analysis IOT determine their specific requirements for H2F implementation. Concurrently, ARNG G3 Training Division (TR) will institute a multi-functional working group of industry experts, collegiate human performance centers, and Army professionals to enable collaboration and requirements development. This targeted and individualized approach ensures the collective ARNG requirement possesses relevance, scalability, ease of implementation, effectiveness, and efficiency across the force. The ARNG will report the requirement findings to the Chief of Staff of the Army (CSA) NLT 30 SEP 2021.

 

Application Information

Contact: ngbh2fstaff@army.mil
OIC: LTC William Palmer
NCOIC: MSG David Brooks