Army National Guard
SBG provides support to the Army National Guard on multiple contracts.
Strength Maintenance Training Center (SMTC)
At the ARNG’s Strength Maintenance Training Center (SMTC), SBG’s 19 member team is responsible for training the ARNG’s Recruiting and Retention Force. SBG’s trainers provide instruction on location at the SMTC in Little Rock, AR, and deploy mobile training teams around the country to deliver follow-up and reinforcement training to Recruiting and Retention personnel in the field. SBG’s curriculum developers and trainers design, administer, upgrade and maintain the curriculum for 20 mobile training team courses and 30 online training modules. The course topics offered include sales philosophy, various sales methods and techniques, marketing, data analysis, and planning, among others.
As the technology used to deliver training content continues to evolve, SBG has increased the ARNG’s ability to provide training to the recruiting and retention force by designing and installing a modern rapid access computer network system. The system increases the flexibility and reach of the training, allowing Soldiers in all 54 states and territories to access the materials remotely.
Federal Tuition Assistance (FTA)
As a prime contractor, SBG's Tuition Assistance Team (TA) provides technical support services including Lean Six Sigma and business process engineering to the National Guard Bureau's Education Division (NGB-EDU). The TA Support Team provided a seamless and smooth transition towards the implementation of a centralized Federal Tuition Assistance payment process across the Army National Guard.
SBG acted as a liaison between the the 54 States, NGB-EDU and the academic institutions, to validate student grades and recoup tuition payments when necessary.
The TA Support Team is located at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, North Little Rock, Arkansas.
Warrior Enhancement Leadership Training (WELT)
Work continues to go well with the development of an exciting new, custom-designed curriculum for the Army National Guard. Designed specifically for the Guard’s Patriot Academy (a specialty school for high school non-completers), the Warrior Enhancement Leadership and Training (WELT) curriculum covers topics ranging from the history of the National Guard to research ‘best practices’ and common military customs and courtesies, well as other client identified topics. Created by use of a series of PowerPoint based modules, the SBG team is also creating a ‘made-to-order’ companion facilitator’s guide to help facilitate high quality program delivery.
