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US Army: Going to MARRS
February 27, 2016
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Are you looking for fuelers to fulfill vehicle readiness? Do you need a company of military police to conduct convoy security?
In a partnership with the National Guard Bureau, the U.S. Army Reserve is now in the initial stages of adopting the Mission Analysis, Readiness & Resource Synchronization (MARRS) system as a source to assess overall unit readiness.

Meshing mechanics: Reserve mechanics repair vehicles alongside active duty components at JRTC 16-04
February 26, 2016
Army mechanics work on the underbelly of a Humvee in the maintenance tent of the 542nd Sustainment Maintenance Company Feb. 18 at Fort Polk, La. The maintenance bay has been home to mechanics from several different units and components during the Joint Readiness Training Center's rotation 16-04 operation. The Soldiers have come together during the exercise to provide maintenance support for the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne). (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Aaron Ellerman 204th Public Affairs Detachment/Released)

First Exercise News Day field tests Army Reserve public affairs units
February 26, 2016
Sgt. Elizabeth Raney, a U.S. Army Reserve Soldier assigned to the 343rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment in Camp Parks, Ark., frames a fellow Reserve Soldier on Feb. 18 for the first Exercise News Day in Fort Polk, La. The exercise tested Army Reserve public affairs Soldiers on their skills in the field at Joint Readiness Training Center. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Hubbard, 204th Public Affairs Detachment/Released)

More than 200 brave rain and snow for memorial ceremony
February 26, 2016
The official party of the 25th memorial service for the 14th Quartermaster Detachment, from the left, Councilwoman Kathleen McCormick, from the city of Greensburg, Pa., Maj. Gen. Margaret W. Boor, commanding general of the 99th Regional Support Command, Brig. Gen. Richard C. Staats, commanding general of the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), and Command Sgt. Maj. Johnny McPeek, command sergeant major of the 316th, observe the service in Greensburg, Pa. Feb. 25, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Dalton Smith/Released)

1st MSC Soldiers attend ACE-SI and ASIST training
February 26, 2016
During a three day course, 32 Soldiers from the 1st Mission Support Command, participated in ACE-SI and ASIST training at the 1st MSC Headquarters, Fort Buchanan, PR, Feb. 23-25. (US Army Photo by Spc. Anthony Martinez)

Vietnam vet honors fallen Army Reserve Soldiers from Gulf War
February 26, 2016
Don Clayton, Vietnam veteran and ride captain with the Patriot Guard Riders, visits the 14th Quartermaster Detachment memorial in Greensburg, Pa., prior to the memorial ceremony held Feb. 25 at the Greensburg Army Reserve Center. The event commemorated the 25th anniversary of the single-most devastating attack on U.S. forces during the Persian Gulf War, when 13 of the detachment’s Soldiers were killed and another 43 were wounded by an Iraqi Scud missile attack.

“Hallowed Grounds” show homage to African American history
February 26, 2016
The 2016 National African American History Month, also known as Black History Month, observance—themed “Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African American Memory”—was held Feb. 18, at Camp Zama’s Community Activity Center. (U.S. Army photo by Yuichi Imada)

7th MSC Soldiers support AFRICOM’s Operation Echo Casemate
February 25, 2016
U.S. Air Force Sr. Airman Kayla Zahneis, center, a loadmaster with the 14th Airlift Squadron, Air Mobility Command, 18th Air Force from Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina directs the loading of a French military all-terrain vehicle during joint partnered movement control operations with French Air Force members Feb. 22, 2016, in support of United States Africa Command’s Operation Echo Casemate resupply mission to French military forces deployed to the Central African Republic. Members of the French Air Force and U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers look on.

Soldier awarded for selfless service
February 25, 2016
Staff Sgt. Michelle Satterfield pauses for a photo after the 25th aniversary memorial service of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment, from Greensburg, Pa. Feb. 25, 2016. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Bigelow / 316th ESC)

95th Training Division (IET) Iraqi Freedom veteran receives Purple Heart
February 25, 2016
Brig. Gen. Daniel Christian, commanding general of the 95th Training Division (IET) at Fort Sill, Okla., pins a Purple Heart on Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Clark, senior drill sergeant with the 1/330th Infantry Regiment stationed in Fort Wayne, Ind., during a ceremony here Feb. 7. (Photo by Capt. Adrienne Bryant)