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Army Reserve unit celebrates Army’s 241st Birthday
June 6, 2016
Army Reserve Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Greene, Command Sergeant Major, 85th Support Command, brandishes a sword covered in cake after he and the most junior enlisted soldier Erika Vahst, Human Resources Specialist, 85th Support Command, cut the birthday cake together during the command’s cake cutting ceremony for the Army’s 241st birthday, June 4, 2016. The Army’s 241st actual birthday falls on June 14, 2016. 
(US Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Anthony L. Taylor/released)

Exercise Anakonda 2016 Opening Ceremony in Chelmno
June 6, 2016
Pvt. 1st Class Austin Thompson, from Minford, Ohio, and Spc. Eric M. Johnson from Los Angeles, Ca., with the 554th Military Police Company from Stuttgart, Germany, raise the American flag for the opening ceremony of Exercise Anakonda 2016.

98 Army Reserve resident Officers graduating from the Command General Staff Officers College
June 6, 2016
On 10 June, the Army Reserve will have the largest representation of Army Reserve resident Officers graduating from the Command General Staff Officers College (CGSOC) on record. Ninety-eight Army Reserve students will walk the stage and then proceed to their next duty assignment to continue with outstanding contribution to the Army Reserve & total Army.

Terminally ill Navy veteran receives final wish
June 3, 2016
Retired Navy veteran Merle House, gives a celebratory salute following a surprise ceremony made possible by the Dream Foundation, an organization that grants wishes for terminally ill patients, June 1, at a Veterans Affairs sponsored foster care facility in San Jose, Calif.

House is in the final stages of Parkinson’s disease and had made a request to the Dream Foundation to be reunited one last time with a close female friend in Palos Verdes, Calif., which was granted by the foundation. The presentation of the ‘wish basket’, which contained the travel arrangements for his upcoming trip, was facilitated by the Santa Clara VA.

U.S. Army Reserve Command conducts relinquishment of command ceremony
June 3, 2016
The U.S. Army Reserve bid farewell to its seventh commanding general, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley, during a relinquishment of command ceremony held outside Marshall Hall at Fort Bragg, N.C. on Jun. 1. Talley and his wife Linda leave USARC after successfully leading it since June of 2012.

Service members filling the gap
June 2, 2016
Former Washington Redskins wide receiver Antwaan Randle El runs football drills with a child during the Playfield in the Park in Washington, D.C., on May 28. Playfield in the Park partnered with Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors to give the kids a day in the park to have fun. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Victoria Friend)

Honoring Soldiers from Operation Dragoon
June 2, 2016
Brig. Gen. Arlan DeBlieck, the commanding general of the 7th Mission Support Command and the deputy commanding general of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, was one of the speakers during the Memorial Day 2016 ceremony May 29, 2016 at the Rhone American Cemetery in  Draguignan, France. (Photo courtesy Rhone American Cemetery)

Reserve Quartermasters keep Canadian military exercise rolling
June 2, 2016
Spc. Brittnie Belton (left) receives assistance from Spc. Jacqueline Jimenez during a fueling operation May 28 at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, Alberta in support of Exercise Maple Resolve 16. The Soldiers, both members of the 900th Quartermaster Company, El Paso, Texas, are part of an Army Reserve unit providing logistical support to more than 5,000 service members from several different countries.

Arlington Heights reflects and honors its veterans
June 1, 2016
From left to right: Rear Admiral Stephen Evans, Commander, Naval Services Training Command, Naval Station Great Lakes; Brig. Gen. Frederick R. Maiocco Jr., Commanding General, 85th Support Command, Arlington Heights, Illinois; and Mike Mclnerney, Post Commander, Arlington Heights VFW Post 981, Arlington Heights, Illinois, salute during a wreath laying ceremony at the Arlington Heights’ Memorial Day parade, May 30, 2016. 
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Lietz/Released)

USARCENT, ASG-Ku hosts 2016 Memorial Day Service
June 1, 2016
Maj. Gen. William Hickman, the deputy commanding general – operations for U.S. Army Central and Pvt. Zachary Zavetsky, an USARCENT soldier from Leland, NC, salute during the Memorial Day Service hosted by USARCENT and the Area Support Group – Kuwait on May 30, 2016 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The Memorial Day service honors fallen Servicemembers. (Photo by Spc. Angela Lorden/Released)