{"id":1803067,"date":"2023-01-12T06:50:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T11:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1803067"},"modified":"2023-01-12T06:54:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T11:54:44","slug":"ukrainian-troops-head-to-oklahoma-for-patriot-missile-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-troops-head-to-oklahoma-for-patriot-missile-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Troops Head to Oklahoma for Patriot Missile Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukrainian-troops-head-to-oklahoma-for-patriot-missile-training%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1803067&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">One hundred Ukrainian soldiers are ready to start training on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2022\/12\/21\/us-to-send-18-billion-in-aid-including-patriot-battery-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patriot missile system<\/a> Fort Sill, Oklahoma \u201cas soon as next week,\u201d Air Force Brig. General Pat Ryder confirmed this Tuesday at a press briefing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">The Army has been selected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/2021\/10\/13\/fort-sill-is-at-the-center-of-the-armys-plans-for-big-cannons-missiles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fort Sill<\/a> Over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/11\/09\/long-term-assistance-command-to-oversee-training-mission-with-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Training ranges in Europe <\/a>because the Patriot\u2019s school house, which is normally a two-year training pipeline, is located at the Oklahoma post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">\u201cOnce fielded the Patriot will contribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2023\/01\/08\/ukraine-praises-us-military-aid-as-cease-fire-said-to-falter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine\u2019s air defense capabilities<\/a> and provide another capability to Ukrainian people to defend themselves against Russia\u2019s ongoing aerial assaults,\u201d Ryder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">In late 2022 the Pentagon declared that it planned to supply a single Patriot system and required training to operate it to Ukrainian forces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Fort Sill is expected to train 100 troops. This number would roughly match the number of Patriot batteries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Although this first rotation is the only planned one, it is still important. \u201cwe will keep the dialogue open in terms of any potential future training,\u201d Ryder. \u201cBut right now the focus is on training these operators to operate the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">The Pentagon did not provide an official timeline but stated that it would be shorter than the multiyear advanced individual training the new U.S. soldiers receive on the system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Ryder stated that the Ukrainians who were selected for training already have an Air Defense Artillery background and there is an emphasis to return them to combat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re not winging it in terms of the training,\u201d Ryder. \u201cThis will be an established curriculum to train the soldiers on the Patriot system, although expedited to ensure that they can get back to Ukraine as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">Ukrainian troops have trained stateside before, including a group of 10 who learned to operate the Switchblade drone system early last year \u2014 as the Russian invasion began \u2014 during previously scheduled professional military education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">They returned April 10th.<\/p>\n<div class=\"InterstitialLink-sc-1hqz4g0-1 dQRUMJ\">\n<h6 class=\"ClampedBox-sc-1pg0sor-0 Heading__H1-i0amlx-0 fMjDgL FUgTU ChannelHeading-sc-1c6we3j-0 OverlineHeading-sc-18ofnig-0 eqaLFg kcgvUP a-heading6 ChannelHeading-sc-1c6we3j-0 OverlineHeading-sc-18ofnig-0 eqaLFg kcgvUP a-heading6\">RELATED<\/h6>\n<article itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Article\" data-story-url=\"\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/04\/21\/small-group-of-ukrainian-troops-begins-training-on-us-howitzers\/\" data-story-id=\"2V6LYMTPVVFJDCULJGIH7INOII\" data-feature-id=\"false\" data-story-index=\"1\" data-promo-type=\"image\" class=\"View__Article-sc-88btjd-0 cXLKHv View__StoryView-sc-88btjd-5 fqvCeA o-storyCard --up-0 --landscape       --story\">\n<div class=\"View__PromoWrapper-sc-88btjd-4 bCPFlB o-storyCard__promo\">\n<div class=\"View__MediaWrapper-sc-88btjd-1 gHoQKt o-storyCard__media o-storyCard__media a-heading6\">\n<figure class=\"LazyMedia-sc-1vxvan1-0 ZVwHY f-lazyMedia f-lazyMedia\"><source media=\"screen and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source media=\"screen and (min-width: 0px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/VVZI322WPRFVPP2FJ6GKR5INX4.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"0\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">When asked if there are any other U.S.-provided training systems that would best suit the U.S. market, \u201cAs of right now, this will be the only one that I\u2019m tracking. But of course, we\u2019ll continue to stay flexible and do what makes the most sense and supportive,\u201d Ryder said that Ryder was a Military Times reporter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">This new group is not part of the recently announced monthly rotation that will send 500 Ukrainian troops to Germany. They will be receiving combined-arms maneuver training. That\u2019s also set to begin next week, Ryder said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-sc-1tqpf5s-0 kEzXdV body-paragraph body-paragraph\">\u201cCombined arms-maneuver training is a logical next step in our ongoing training efforts, which began in 2014, to build the Ukrainian armed forces\u2019 capacity,\u201d Ryder stated that Dec. \u201cWhile there\u2019s an understandable focus on the equipment being provided to Ukraine, training is and has been essential to ensuring Ukraine has the skilled forces necessary to better defend themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"default__Wrapper-cy7r53-1 iWrUWb\">\n<p class=\"default__BioWrapper-cy7r53-0 duEMsg a-body2\">Military Times&#8217; Pentagon bureau chief is Meghann Myers. 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