Behavioral Health to support MiBT
The Multi-echelon Integrated Brigade Training (MiBT) Behavioral Health Team pictured left to right: Lt. Col. Bruce A. Giamalva, Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Partin, Staff Sgt. Jean M. Whaley, and Sgt. Ocie W. Burse, June 7, 2016 at Fort Hood, Texas. The team, composed of a nurse practitioner, a behavioral health specialist, a medic and a chaplain from the Mississippi National Guard, is tasked with taking care of the Soldiers during the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team's MiBT. A MIBT is a multicomponent event that sustains readiness of reserve and active components in accordance with the U.S. Army’s total force policy. The 155th is one of two Army National Guard fully modernized brigade combat teams in the U.S. Army and is the largest unit in the Mississippi Army National Guard with approximately 3,000 Soldiers. It is headquartered in Tupelo, Miss., with battalion headquarters throughout the state.
