Building & Sustaining Unit Water Production Readiness

In March 2022, Alpha Company, 87th Division Sustainment Support Battalion (DSSB), partnered with 92W Water Treatment Specialists from across the 3rd Infantry Division and the U.S. Army Reserve to execute a culminating water purification training exercise to build and sustain readiness in support of defense chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) response force (DCRF) and other prepare-to-deploy order requirements. Active duty units must continuously maintain a high level of readiness and be prepared to support contingency operations, scheduled deployments, training rotations, and unscheduled DSCA mission sets. During this phase, water treatment systems are employed at a raw water source like a pond, river, or lake. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rickey D. Ivey cur-rently serves as a 923A Petroleum Systems Technician for Alpha Co, 87th Division Sus-tainment Support Battalion, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade.