Recruit Sustainment Program

What is the Recruit Sustainment Program?

The intent of this program is to reduce training pipeline losses by introducing newly enlisted Soldiers to the military environment, and to ease their adjustment to Basic Combat and Advance Individual Training.

The mission is to prepare non-prior service enlistees, hereafter referred to as "Warriors", for the physical and mental rigors of initial Active Duty for training (IADT); instill the seven Army values in each Warrior; reduce training pipeline losses; and verify Warriors are administratively, mentally and physically prepared to meet shipping requirements.

The Recruit Sustainment Program incorporates instruction in; Academic, Physical Readiness, and Common Task Training. Each Warrior will be screened for administrative problems as well as height, weight, and physical fitness.

Advantages of RSP Training

• Start earning money! RSP Drill Pay
  
  
• 100% Tuition Assistance.
  
  
• Pass the stripes for skills test for an early promotion!
  
  
• Become a Recruiting Assistance (RA)
  
  
• Gain promotions using the "Stripes for Buddies" program.
  
  
• Establish your AKO, My Pay, and Virtual Armory web accounts.
  
  
• Gain more valuable knowledge and experience of training (Basic & AIT) from returning Soldiers in their last phase of RSP.

The RSP Philosohpy

(a) To transform Wyoming Army National Guard new non-prior enlistees into duty MOS qualified, high speed, fully trained, mission ready, Soldiers. These Soldiers will be prepared to participate and contribute as a full partner in unit training.

(b) Focus for the RSP training. Instill commitment; develop skill, character and a Warrior ethos, devoted to their unit and the Wyoming Army National Guard.

(c) Provide a significant decrease in training pipeline losses. Maintain accountability of new enlistees. Return a fully trained and fully qualified Soldier to the unit of enlistment and enhance the readiness level of the Wyoming Army National Guard.

Soldiers Creed

I am an American Soldier.
I am a Warrior and a member of a team. I serve the people of the United States and live the Army Values.

I will always place the mission first.
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.

I am disciplined, physically and mentally tough, trained and proficient in my Warrior tasks and drills. I always maintain my arms, my equipment and myself.
I am an expert and I am a professional.
I stand ready to deploy, engage, and destroy the enemies of the United States of America in close combat.
I am a guardian of freedom and the American way of life.
I am an American Soldier.

New Warrior Program

The Recruit Sustainment Program will incorporate instruction in; Academic, Physical Readiness, and Common Task Training. Each Warrior will be screened for administration problems as well as height/weight and physical fitness. New warriors will progress through different phases of Soldier Empowerment and Readiness (SEAR) training while attending the RSP Course:

Red Phase is the trainees' first drill weekend with the Recruit Sustainment Program. Because they are completely new to the Guard at this point, Red Phase weekends are spent mostly in the classroom, covering basic subjects new recruits need to know right away.

White Phase varies in length but covers the period between their first drill weekend and the drill weekend before they ship.

Blue Phase is the final drill before shipping and covers what the shipper should expect, both at Reception Battalion and BCT.

Green Phase is for warriors in the Split Training Option (STO). These Warriors will return from BCT and drill with the RSP until they go to AIT. Since they have already experienced Basic Training, these Warriors are groomed as junior cadre and given additional physical readiness training and leadership training.

Physical Training and Weight Control

Physical Training (PT) and a routine weigh-in will be an integral part of each drill period to assist the new enlistee in meeting the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) Standards and US Army weight control standards.

If needed, instruction on the principles of fitness and nutrition will be ongoing and designed to educate RSP Soldiers on how they can safely plan and conduct their own physical training programs out of RSP drill weekends.

Drill Contacts:

YOU CAN contact one of the following RSP locations for more information:

* Cheyenne: 307-772-5961
* Lander: 307-332-7033
* Casper: 307-772-5529