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AMC fully integrates Guard, Reserve in sustainment mission
January 10, 2017
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Tracy Duncan talks to Sgt. 1st Class Jeffery Smith Dec. 7 at Army Materiel Command on Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Duncan is the executive officer for the AMC command chief warrant officer, and Smith is the executive assistant to the AMC command chief warrant officer. Duncan and Smith are Reservists who were brought on active duty to work for AMC. (U.S. Army photo/Sgt. Eben Isaac Boothby)
All-American drummer marches to the rhythm of Army Values
January 9, 2017
U.S. Army Reserve Master Sgt. Anthony Florence, 317th Military History Detachment, Forest Park, Ga., and Adam Moore, 17, from Louisville, Ky., converse during a rehearsal for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl half-time show. The U.S. Army All-American Bowl is the nation’s premier high school football game. The 2017 U.S. Army All-American Bowl will be broadcast live on NBC at 12 p.m. CDT, Saturday, Jan. 7, at the San Antonio Alamodome. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. Fatima Konteh, 367th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Go Army Experience connects America’s people with America’s Army
January 9, 2017
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Richard Sullins (left), an exhibitor assigned to the U.S. Army Mission Support Battalion’s Mobile Exhibit Company, Fort Knox, Ky., demonstrates the capabilities of an iRobot Packbot to U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Andrew Carroll, a broadcast journalist assigned to the 367th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, 318th Press Camp Headquarters, Columbus, Ohio, at the Go Army Experience outside the San Antonio Alamodome, Jan. 5 as part of events leading up to the 2017 U.S. Army All-American Bowl (AAB). The Mobile Exhibit Company travels the country interacting with the American public to reconnect America’s people with America’s Army. The AAB will be broadcast live on NBC Jan. 7 at 12 p.m. CDT. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. James Lefty Larimer, 367th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Army All-American Bowl showcases nation's top talent
January 9, 2017
The U.S. Army Drill Team performs at the 2017 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. The Soldiers of this elite unit exemplify the All-American Bowl's theme of becoming greater than by showcasing the nation's most elite high school football players and marching band members. The All-American Bowl is the nation’s premier high school football game, which was played Jan. 7, at the San Antonio Alamodome. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Anshu Pandeya, 372nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
From farm girl to protecting SecDef
January 9, 2017
Chief Warrant Officer Officer 5 Mary Hostetler, command chief for the 200th Military Police Command, poses for a portrait at the command's headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland, Oct. 16. Hostetler worked with the U.S. Army Reserve Command and the Military Police School to launch an Army-Reserve-specific course for military police warrant officers, which helped graduate 35 additional Reserve students in the last two years. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
Army partners with finance guru to offer free financial advice to Soldiers
January 5, 2017
Suze Orman, right, and Under Secretary of the Army Patrick Murphy discuss the Army's new partnership with the personal finance expert during a news conference inside the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Jan. 4, 2017. Orman, a best-selling author and television personality, plans to offer her services free of charge to Soldiers, including a seven-step online course, normally $54, and an upcoming video detailing the military's new retirement system. (Photo Credit: Sean Kimmons)
Renegades: Army Reserve engineers show off skills at competition
January 5, 2017
Staff Sgt. Douglas K. Browning instructs soldiers on how to evaluate pipe threading at the 672nd Engineer Company vertical engineer skills competition held Dec. 10 in Missoula, Mont. Pipe threading is a skill that is required by 12K (plumber) and 12R (indoor electrician) military occupational specialties. The vertical engineer skills competition was held to inspire the same enthusiasm for vertical engineers that is held in other areas of the Corps of Engineers, and to show off Army Reserve life to members of the community (U.S. Army Reserve Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Leroy E. Bierfreund/Released).
Countdown to the Army All-American Bowl has begun
January 5, 2017
Soldier of the Year and Soldier mentor, U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Miller, an explosive ordnance disposal team member assigned to 74th Ordnance Company (EOD) Schofield Barracks, HI, observes as U.S. Army All-American team members practice Jan. 3, at Heroes Stadium in San Antonio. Soldier mentors are selected because they have excelled in their personal and professional endeavors, are paired with AAB participants to share their personal stories of perseverance, selfless-service and excellence with the All-Americans. The practice was held in preparation for the 2017 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, which will kick off Jan. 7, at the San Antonio Alamodome, and will be broadcast live on NBC at 12 p.m. CST. The U.S. Army All-American Bowl is the nation's premier high school football game and it provides a platform for Soldiers to engage with students, families and community officials while showcasing the Army’s latest innovations in technology and its ongoing commitment to the development of America’s future leaders. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. James Lefty Larimer, 367th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
All-American Athletes and Soldiers join forces to bring smiles to kids
January 5, 2017
Cam Akers, a running back from Clinton, Mississippi, who will represent the east team in the Army All-American Bowl on Jan. 7, gives a fist bump to Brian McGraw, one of the children in the Children's Heath Department of the University Hospital in San Antonio. More than 30 athletes and their Soldier mentors took the opportunity to visit with kids at the hospital as part of a community relations event Jan. 3. For 16 years the Army All-American Bowl has been the nation's premier high school football game, serving as the preeminent launching pad for America's future college and National Football League stars. (Official U.S. Army Reserve Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent C. Powell)
Soldier Mentor for All-American Bowl exemplifies Army values
January 5, 2017
Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Jason L. Jenkins, the Secretary of the Army's Career Counselor of the Year for 2016, assigned to the 3rd Battalion, Army Reserve Careers Division, chats with a group of All-American marching band members at the Alamodome in San Antonio Jan. 4. Jenkins and other outstanding Soldiers from around the country are performing duties as Soldier mentors for more than 100 All-American Bowl athletes and more than 125 All-American marching band students from across the U.S. as they prepare for the 17th Annual U.S. Army All-American Bowl to be held Jan. 7th. For 16 years the U.S. Army All-American Bowl has been the nation's premier high school football game, serving as the preeminent launching pad for America's future college and NFL stars. (Official U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent C. Powell)