Brenda Renee Foster
Fort Bragg,NC
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Training Instructor (Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations) TADSS
Department of the Army, Directorate of Plans Training Mobilization and Security, Training Support Center
Fort Bragg, NC
12.2023 - Current
- Provide training support to units across the United States, including Active Duty, Reserve, and National Guard components; all branches of the Armed Forces; and local and federal law enforcement agencies, ensuring standardized, compliant, and mission-ready instruction.
- Train, certify, and license Soldiers and unit leadership on the CFFT simulator trainer and other TADSS platforms, enabling safe and effective weapons proficiency and collective training.
- Oversee accountability, sustainment, maintenance, operator validation, instructor certification, and onboarding of new training staff for multiple TADSS devices, ensuring consistent instructional quality and system readiness.
- Coordinate and validate training area, range, and simulator requests using RFMSS and TS-MATS, improving scheduling accuracy and ensuring compliance with AR 350-52 and installation policies.
- Serve as the RFMSS Fire Desk Operator, reviewing, validating, and routing unit training area, range, and simulator requests as the pending Range Control approving authority, ensuring accurate resource allocation, regulatory compliance, and synchronized training support across all components.
- Maintain accountability and inventory control of training devices valued at $2.3 million, ensuring zero loss and full operational readiness.
- Coordinate, facilitate, and evaluate individual and collective training events, supporting readiness objectives for units across multiple commands and agencies.
- Train more than 60 battalions in risk management, safety procedures, and assessment requirements, strengthening compliance and reducing training-related incidents.
- Contribute to the development and refinement of course materials for the Engagement Skills Trainer (EST), supporting enhanced training for Combat Arms and Combat Support units.
- Coordinate and schedule maintenance services, ensuring timely repairs; record faults; create work orders; and manage equipment usage and fuel data through the Army TADSS Maintenance Program (ATMP) and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) systems.
- Recognized consistently by command teams as an exemplary instructor and mentor, noted for expertise in training techniques, instructional tactics, and course development.
- Series: 1712 - Grade: GS09
- Hours per week: 40
Supply Technician
US Army IMCOM – Training Support Center
Fort Bragg, NC
02.2019 - 12.2023
- Managed supply operations supporting TADSS, ensuring accountability and lifecycle management of sensitive equipment.
- Maintained accurate property records; cataloged non-standard equipment and assigned MCNs.
- Processed purchase requests over $80-$120.00; ensured compliance with fiscal and procurement regulations.
- Guided hand receipt holders on documentation and regulatory compliance.
- Supported issue, turn-in, and inventory of TADSS for XVIII Airborne Corps and tenant units.
- Maintained 100% accountability and supported disposal of obsolete TADSS.
- Series: 2005 - Grade: 07
- Hours per week: 40
Supply Technician
Vectrus/RLO2
Fort Bragg, NC
07.2017 - 10.2018
- Supported Contingency Stock Warehouse operations, inventories, and procurement actions for XVIII Airborne Corps.
- Hours per week: 40
Operations and Plans Sergeant (S3)
82nd Sustainment Brigade
Fort Bragg, NC
02.2013 - 07.2015
- Directed operations, training, and planning for a brigade-level organization supporting the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, and Army National Guard units conducting missions across Afghanistan, ensuring synchronized support and mission readiness in a joint operational environment.
- Led the development, coordination, and execution of training plans, operational orders, and readiness requirements for more than 3,700 personnel, ensuring compliance with theater directives, risk management standards, and higher headquarters guidance.
- Oversaw daily operations within the S3, managing battle tracking, mission synchronization, reporting, and resource allocation to support combat, sustainment, and advisory missions across multiple regions.
- Coordinated and validated training schedules, ranges, and mission essential tasks, ensuring units met pre-deployment and in-theater certification requirements.
- Supervised and mentored NCOs and junior leaders in operations, planning, and training management, improving staff efficiency and strengthening organizational readiness.
- Managed accountability and operational readiness of equipment valued at $750K+, ensuring uninterrupted support to deployed and garrison operations.
- Developed and delivered high-impact training on risk management, safety, convoy operations, and mission planning, improving unit compliance and reducing operational incidents.
- Served as a key liaison between brigade leadership, subordinate units, and joint partners, ensuring accurate reporting, timely dissemination of orders, and alignment of mission priorities.
- Recognized by senior leadership for exceptional performance in joint operations, training management, and operational planning, contributing directly to mission success in Afghanistan.
- Hours per week: 50
Skills
- Facilitation techniques
- Interactive learning
- Training delivery
- Cross-cultural communication
- Program planning
- Subject matter expertise
- Quality controls
- Performance improvement
- Online training
- Trainer mentoring
- Instructor mentoring
- Planning and coordination
- Proficient in software
- Materials organization
Timeline
Training Instructor (Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations) TADSS
Department of the Army, Directorate of Plans Training Mobilization and Security, Training Support Center
12.2023 - Current
Supply Technician
US Army IMCOM – Training Support Center
02.2019 - 12.2023
Supply Technician
Vectrus/RLO2
07.2017 - 10.2018
Operations and Plans Sergeant (S3)
82nd Sustainment Brigade
02.2013 - 07.2015