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TRAINING AND EDUCATION A 510th Human Resources Company noncommissioned officer gives an inbound briefing to Soldiers from the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) acting as role players for the training exercise Resolute Silver Scimitar. Human Resources Training: Where Do We Go From Here? In the absence of Silver Scimitar, a special troops battalion developed its own exercise to train its human resources platoons for an upcoming deployment.  Lt. Col. Noah C. Cloud and Shawn C. Neely By F or many years, human resources (HR) Soldiers relied on a two-week HR training exercise called Silver Scimitar to learn and improve the skills of their trade. But the annual exercise at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, was not funded, and the Forces Command has transferred deployment training responsibilities back to sustainment brigades. In March 2014, the 7th Sustainment Brigade transformed into the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) (TBX). By modified table of organization and equipment (MTOE), the new unit has no human resources operations branch, which normally provides HR expertise for sustainment brigades. To overcome its lack of HR expertise and prepare for the deployment of two HR platoons and a theater gateway personnel accountability team (TG PAT), the special troops battalion (STB) of the 7th TBX conducted an exercise called Resolute Silver Scimitar, modeled after Silver Scimitar. In conducting Resolute Silver Scimitar, the unit SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2014 49