Battle of the Greasy Grass Staff Ride - Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana

​LOGISTICS:

​Travel:  Recommended travel days on Monday and Thursday.

​Lodging:  Billings option:     Homewoord Suites, Billings, MT
                   Sheridan option:  Hampton Inn, Sheridan, Wyoming


Schedule:  Preparation time on Tuesday with icebreaker in the evening.  Staff ride on Wednesday, with integration dinner Wednesday night.

Group size:  Minimum 8 people per conference group; maximum of 14 people per conference group.  Maximum of 6 groups at a time.  OMNA will provide one retired senior leader either a U.S. Marine or a Firefighter to facilitate learning for each conference group.

Transportation:  Groups provide their own transportation around the battlefield (usually rented 15 passenger vans).  
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Price and payment:  Contact OMNA  for scheduling, pricing, and payment options.  

You are Tȟašúŋke Witkó (Crazy Horse), a Type I Incident Commander living in your community with your wife Black Shawl.  It has been a tough season, and your community has been displaced repeatedly over the past month trying avoid threats from the east, west, and south.  Last week you and your incident management team responded to a major threat about 25 miles south at the headwaters of Rosebud Creek.  Your team successfully  managed that incident, and the threat has been effectively contained and no longer poses an immediate threat to your community.  Sitting Bull (Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake) your area commander has communicated his vision...   What do you understand your calling to be in this time and place?  How do you prepare yourself and your team?  This is a popular event for IMTs and Hotshot crews.

​LEARNING OUTCOMES: 

+ Leaders evaluate their personal preparations and the preparations of their families for struggles in the journey of life.

+ Leaders learn more about how their colleagues feel, think, frame problems, and communicate their decisions into action.

+ Teams build cohesion and a common shared experience in bringing unity of action  from diversity of thought.