Battle Assembly on a Holiday?

We usually don't have that problem but we ALWAYS have BA during the Superbowl!

One command I was at, we did have BTA on Veterans Day. We also had an Army Band, so most of that assembly was spent on the parade and like events. And as a side note, this was in Birmingham, AL. In November, there was no good time for drill. NASCAR and Alabama and Auburn football.

I have to agree with all of the other comments. If it's not vetted during the YTB then it's terrible planning. Even Father's and Mother's Days need to be considered. If I didn't RST once in a while, I would never have spent Fathers Day with my kids.

They can be avoided if the schedule is planned correctly. When I was a Company Commander we even planned around college football games to prevent traffic problems. The only problem that we had with holidays were during Annual Training. But if the resources for training are only available during the time in which there is a holiday, training comes first. #TrainAsYouFight!!!

What CPT Balcinovic said. That should never happen.

MSG Brian Breaker I have been in all the positions that do the planning up to BDE level. The YTC is supposed to be planned at least one year in advance and we have had multiple people of different faith backgrounds review the training calendar for holiday, major National events and religious conflicts.
If the BA falls on a federal holiday, IMO it is bad planning, unless the unit is in a mobilization year.

Back when I was associated with the USAR we did not. We liked to have our civilian Techs attend and the double time and a half to have them work a Holiday would be frowned on. Now days I think they are all required to be in the Reserve, so might not be such a problem.

Unless your unit is providing support to a Veterans Day or Memorial Day Celebration having a BA on a Holiday is avery bad idea! It's already a balancing act between family, civilian job and Reserve job. What kind of morale in your unit are you going to have scheduling BA on a Holiday. I learned early don't even think of scheduling BA on Mother's Day too!

I think it is wrong, and does not make any sense: how are you supposed to get anything accomplished when everyone your reserve unit is relying on is on a 96? My unit tried to schedule a rifle range over Easter... then they realized range personnel wouldn't be there. Then they rescheduled it over Labor Day... same thing- yea, that wasn't a good year.

I am not familiar with the term "Battle Assembly", though have been recalled for both real world and field training on holidays. I see this as part of the job rather it is avoidable or not. I volunteered for this job, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Not just on "weekdays" or "non-holidays".