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Ivy Week 2019

Are you READY for Ivy Week?

Ivy week, I think, raises morale for all the different units and gets us together and helps us compete with each other.

— Pfc. Dallas Lundholm Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

I am looking forward to participating in Ivy Week and building stronger relationships with the Soldiers in my unit. I am looking forward to getting out and hitting some dingers during the Golf Scramble.

— 2nd Lt. John R. Lowe Chemical officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

Ivy Week is a great way to boost morale and compete in a healthy competition.

— Sgt. Cierra Quinn Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

534th is going to dominate the division in softball. We’re going to take the gold medal.

— 1st Lt. Erik MacDowell 4th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

Ivy Week brings everyone together as well as helps Soldiers take a mental break from work.

— Sgt. Heather Perez Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

It’s a good time to get the whole division together and have some good friendly competition to show how (the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade) is better than everybody else.

— Sgt. Daniel Woodard 4th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

Here at 60th we have a pack of animals. We’re going to claw, scrap, and fight until we win every event. People are going to recognize us as the best.

— Pvt. Dashad Morton 60th Ordnance Company, 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

Ivy Week is hands down my favorite week of the year. We literally get to spend the week playing sports, building camaraderie, competing against Soldiers from other battalions and just overall having fun. I’ll be competing in flag football with 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, and we plan to go out there and win this event.

— Spc. Jarrett L. Davis 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

I am really looking forward to Ivy Week as it is always a great time. During Ivy Week I’ll be participating in the combatives event, which is something I really enjoy doing.

— Sgt. Ryan S. Rudman Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

For Ivy Week I will be pulling medical coverage, but I can’t wait to go to watch our guys from 52nd (Brigade Engineer Battalion) crush everyone.

— Sgt. Eric Wojcik Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 52nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

Ivy Week is a great event for Soldiers at every level, it’s a week where brigades gain bragging rights for the year, while also building companionship. #Winning Matters #Roughriders.

— 1st Lt. Tyler Ayres Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

It’s a good time to get out and compete, build some camaraderie and meet some new people you haven’t met in battalion, brigade and division.

— Spc. Alexander Delgado 4th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division

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Ivy Week 2019

Division prepares for Ivy Week Commentary By Staff Sgt. Scott J. Evans

4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office

For several years, the 4th Infantry Division has annually hosted Ivy Week as a means of building morale through friendly competition. Each year, battalions square off in a host of sporting events with hopes of coming away with the Commander’s Cup. “Ivy” Soldiers will be participating in both Soldier-oriented competition, as well as sporting activities throughout Fort Carson from June 24-27, when the most successful unit will be awarded the Commander’s Cup. Beginning two months earlier than normally scheduled, Ivy Week 2019 will kick off events immediately prior to Freedom Fest and the Fourth of July weekend.

The goal of Ivy Week is to acknowledge and celebrate the hard work and dedication of the Soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division. The division is made up of numerous units including Stryker, infantry, sustainment, combat aviation brigades and division artillery. Over the years the brigades have served with distinction despite a rapid operational pace. Ivy Week allows time for Soldiers to engage each other in friendly competition.

Months of planning goes into making Ivy Week a success. Both civilian and military coordinators and organizers

work through the details of logistics and personnel coordination to iron out the scheduling of the various events and scoring methodologies in order to ensure a quality event.

The collective hard work and dedication of each team will be necessary in order to be successful. Teamwork and

camaraderie have been important aspects of what has brought teams success in the past, and this year will be no different. Events this year will begin with the two-mile run and will include a stress shoot, an obstacle course and medical stakes competition at Iron Horse Park.

Sporting tournaments, which include softball, flag football, basketball and a golf scramble, will begin June 26, and will culminate a day later with the championship rounds that will ultimately determine who will bring home the Commander’s Cup. The cup is a symbol of the winning unit’s overall cohesion and a testament to their physical conditioning and readiness.

Many of those participating this year have recently returned to Fort Carson after being deployed overseas in places such as the Middle East and Eastern Europe, and the week will provide a means of building esprit de corps both with Soldiers who have been a part of their respective units for some time, as well as new arrivals looking for a chance to prove themselves to their peers and superiors. Ivy Week 2019 will offer that opportunity.

Photo by Sgt. Anthony Bryant

Pfc. Sarah Jo D. Arrojado, red belt, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, grapples with Spc. Audrey L. Binali, blue belt, U.S. Army Medical Department Activity–Fort Carson, during combatives at the William “Bill” Reed Special Events Center during Ivy Week 2018, Aug. 15.

Photo by 1st Lt. Dan Lee

Soldiers with 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, race to the next medical evacuation objective while competing for the Commander’s Cup during Ivy Week 2018, Aug. 15.

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Ivy 2-mile run Magrath Avenue between

Ellis and Khe Sanh streets Monday-Tuesday, 6:35 a.m.

Softball Iron Horse Sports and Fitness

Complex softball fields Wednesday, 8 a.m. Thursday, 9 a.m.

Team Stress Shoot Range 69

Monday-Tuesday, 7:30 a.m.

Squad Ruck Relay Minick Avenue and Yano Street

Monday-Tuesday, 8 a.m.

Obstacle Course Wetzel Avenue and Polio Street

Monday-Tuesday, noon

Flag football Iron Horse Sports and Fitness

Center Complex football fields Wednesday-Thursday, 9:30 a.m.

Basketball Iron Horse Sports and Fitness Center

Tuesday, 9 a.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 10 a.m.

Combatives William “Bill” Reed Special Events Center

Monday-Tuesday, 9 a.m. Pershing Field, Thursday, 9 a.m.

Team Medical Stakes Iron Horse Park (South)

Monday-Tuesday, 10:15 a.m.

Golf Scramble Cheyenne Shadows Golf Club

Wednesday, 1:30 a.m.

Tug of War Pershing Field

Thursday, 8 a.m.

Family Fun Zone Iron Horse Sports and Fitness

Center Complex Soccer Fields Wednesday, 9 a.m.

Division Barbecue, Awards ceremony Pershing Field, Thursday

Awards Ceremony, 2 p.m. Barbecue, noon Barbecue: Meal card holders — Free All others — for pre-purchase

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Ivy Week 2019

Why these eventsSoftball

Basketball

Soccer

Flag football

Combatives

Golf Scramble

The health benefits from softball include aerobic fitness and increased flexibility. It also assists in building confidence, both as an individual player and also as a team.

Teamwork is essential on the basketball court. While the fundamentals of dribbling and shooting are relatively easy for most, players must be able to work together as a team in order to be successful.

Like many other team-based sports, soccer requires teamwork and communication between its members. The sport builds bonding, focus and attention, and requires a certain level of fitness for friendly competition; which is in line with the “READY” motto.

The physical and mental health benefits of flag football include increased speed, strength, endurance as well as hand-eye coordination. The team concept of the sport allows players to rely readily upon each other and improve self-esteem as individuals and as a unit.

Army combatives trains Soldiers to effectively engage the enemy in a hand-to-hand combat situation. The combatives tournament engages the durability of the individual Soldiers through a combination of strength and endurance.

A golf scramble is a tournament traditionally played in teams where individual players are responsible for posting their score. A scramble is a preferred method of playing golf when members are not particularly skilled but are looking to build relationships between teammates, which coincides with the purpose of Ivy Week.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Scott J. Evans

Staff Sgt. Franco Banda, 4th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, receives congratulations from his team’s third-base coach after hitting a home run against 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div., during Ivy Week 2018, Aug. 15. Staff Sgt. Banda and his team went on to win the opening round matchup by a score of 22-8.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Lance Pounds

Teams of Soldiers from Division Artillery, 4th Infantry Division, light blue jerseys, and 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div., compete against each other during Ivy Week 2018, Aug. 13-17.

Photo by Sgt. David Freydin

Spc. Mukenge Mosha, left, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and Sgt. Jesus Ayala, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div., pursue the ball in a soccer match during Ivy Week 2018, Aug. 15 at Iron Horse Sports and Fitness Complex soccer field.


Pfc. Aaron Jacobs, left, 4th Squadron, 10th Calvary Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, is chased down by Spc. Jose Sanchez, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div., in a football match during Ivy Week 2018, Aug. 15 at Iron Horse Field.

Photo by Sgt. Anthony Bryant

Sgt. Alex C. Reed, right, an automated logistical specialist with 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, strikes Staff Sgt. Jesse B. Peterson, a cannon crewmember with 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div., during combatives at the William “Bill” Reed Special Events Center Aug. 15 during Ivy Week 2018.


Capt. Christopher Harrell, assistant operations officer with 4th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, chips a shot during a golf scramble tournament at the Cheyenne Shadows Golf Course during Ivy Week 2018, Aug. 15. The 4th SB was one of 24 four-person teams to participate in the afternoon’s event. See Events on Page IV8

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Division History

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espectful — of one another, for great things happen through cooperation and a diversity of thought that comes with being open to different ideas, perspectives and experiences.

xperts — at our crafts, knowing that giving our best effort can only happen if we are committed to pursuing excellence in all we undertake.

thletes — keeping ourselves “fit to fight” by living an active and healthy lifestyle and through tough physical training that will ensure we are stronger than any enemy we may face.

isciplined — disciplined Soldiers create disciplined units. The courage to choose the right path, even, and quite often when, it’s harder, more uncomfortable, less popular and at times dangerous is the bedrock of the best units.

ou — YOU make the difference! Being ready is a call to all of us: as Soldiers, Family members, community leaders and community members. It is demonstrated in the choices we make, the efforts we support and the responsibilities we embrace.

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The 4th Infantry Division’s nickname, “Ivy” Division, comes from the design of its shoulder patch,

four green ivy leaves joined at the stem and opening at the four corners. Ivy leaves are symbolic of tenacity and

fidelity, and are the basis of the division motto, “Steadfast and Loyal.” The word ivy is a play on the Roman numeral four, IV. The 4th Inf. Div. has participated in World War I, World War

II, Vietnam, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn and, most recently, Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. In November 2002,

the 4th Inf. Div. assumed the division ready brigade mission and by January 2003, received orders to form a task force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom

(OIF). The division began deploying in March 2003. The division returned from Iraq one year later. Following a successful 12-month deployment, the 4th Inf. Div. received orders for deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 05-07 to serve as the Multi-National Division Baghdad (MND-B) Headquarters, departing Fort Hood, Texas, in November 2005 and returning in November 2006.

In January 2007, the 4th Inf. Div. was called on again to serve as the MND-B Headquarters for OIF 07-09. In the succeeding months, the Soldiers of Ivy Division trained and prepared for 15 months of combat.

By December 2007, the division assumed the battlespace of MND-B for a second time. The Ivy Division met Army strategic objectives as MND-B by setting the stage for strategic decisions to be made by the president of the U.S. and the prime minister of Iraq. The steadfast and loyal Soldiers of the division achieved the lowest levels of attacks in the history of OIF, and the highest level of reconstruction and capacity building ever in Baghdad Province.

In May 2009, Soldiers of the 4th Brigade Combat Team deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and became the first Ivy Soldiers to participate in the operation.

In July 2009, upon returning from deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the 4th Inf. Div. was relocated from Fort Hood, Texas, to Fort Carson. In July 2013 the Ivy Division deployed to Afghanistan as the headquarters for

Regional Command – South based out of Kandahar Airfield, with the mission to begin the redeployment and downsizing of U.S. forces in southern Afghanistan. The division redeployed in July 2014 after successfully preparing the way for turning the mission over to Afghan forces.

The 4th Inf. Div. received the Army’s Regionally Allocated forces mission in Europe, and the division deployed to Europe Feb. 13, 2015. The 4th Inf. Div. Mission Command Element served as an intermediate headquarters for U.S. Army Europe, operating in support of Atlantic Resolve.

The division most recently deployed to Afghanistan in December.From 2014-2019, the division’s brigades have deployed continuously to Afghanistan,

Iraq, Kuwait, Kosovo and Europe.The 4th Inf. Div. continues to serve with distinction and add to its storied history.

The Ivy Division stands ready to bring the full spectrum of combat power to meet the nation’s call once again.

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Ivy Week 2019

Who will win it all?

Other eventsOther events include the team stress shoot, squad

ruck relay, medical stakes and the obstacle course, all with the intended purpose to build camaraderie and team cohesiveness.

The team stress shoot competition is a proven method of how physical fitness is critical when it comes to combat. Participants engage targets and maneuver under conditions with the amount of weight that Soldiers are required to carry in a conventional combat situation.

The 9-mile squad ruck relay tests a Soldier when carrying a 35-pound rucksack and a weapon throughout the competition. The intent of this event is to help build and maintain combat-ready expeditionary forces necessary to fight and win in complex environments.

The medical stakes event is intended to test the physical and mental agility of the participant in a mock combat situation. The participants traditionally perform steps to treat severe bleeding, open breathing airways and evacuate casualties.

Added to this year’s series of competitive events, the obstacle course requires Soldiers to be able to negotiate impeding structures through a combination of climbing, crawling, balancing and jumping. It is recognized as being an effective means of introducing Soldiers to maneuver situations they are likely to encounter in combat.

Two-mile run

Tug-of-war

The two-mile run is used to collectively display a unit’s physical endurance. In order for Soldiers to be regularly successful in a 2-mile run consistently, they must have an understanding of their

running pace and lead a healthy lifestyle when it comes to exercise, sleep and nutrition.

To be successful in tug-of-war, team members must be able to work together as a single unit. It is recognized as a team-building exercise that ends once the rope marker is moved over a designated ground marking.


A team of Soldiers from 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, begin the 2-mile run event during Ivy Week 2018, Aug. 16.


Soldiers battle for the Ivy Week 2018 tug of war crown

Aug. 17 at Iron Horse Park.

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