Staff Participate in Operation Immersion

This April three UofL Student Affairs professionals – Colleen Gettys (DRC), Michelle Pinckney (Counseling), and Terri White (Counseling) – were immersed for 72 hours in military culture and the deployment experience at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  Co-sponsored by the Kentucky Division of Behavioral Health and the Kentucky National Guard, Colleen, Michelle and Terri experienced life as “boots on the ground” soldiers.

The experience was designed to help those folks who work with Veterans gain a better understanding of the military culture. Read more about their experience with obstacle courses, virtual simulators, weapons training, and humvee egress as well as their paintball combat mission in the next issue of Vibrations.