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650th RSG runs RSOI at Big LOTS West 2017
July 24, 2017
Cpt. Jeffrey Olsen, 650th RSG, Reception Staging Onward-Movement Integration commander at Forwarding Operating Base Coronado look over RSOI station responsibilities with Spc. Ondra Caruthers, 650th RSG, FOB Coronado, Calif., July 15, 2017, during Big LOTS West 2017 exercise. The RSOI station is an important function of a military exercise in that it provides accountability and integration of personnel to the mission. The 650th RSG ran the RSOI for Big LOTS West 2017 from 6 July through 16 July.

Liquid logisticians rule at QLLEX 2017
July 21, 2017
U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 728th Quartermaster Company, Fremont, Neb., operate an
Inland Pipeline Distribution System during QLLEX 2017, July 21, at Fort Bragg, NC. QLLEX, short for Quartermaster Liquid Logistics Exercise, is the U.S. Army Reserve’s premier readiness exercise for fuel and water distribution. This year’s QLLEX is not only a full demonstration of the capability, combat-readiness, and lethality of America’s Army Reserve to put fuel and water where it is needed most – in the vehicles and hands of the war-fighter and maneuver units – but it also further exercises the interoperability of the U.S. Army Reserve alongside active Army and British Army logisticians. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Timothy L. Hale) (Released)

PROFIS mission provides needed medical support at home and abroad
July 19, 2017
Sgt. 1st Class Jae Kang, the unit supply specialist for the 7452nd Medical Backfill Battalion, helps Maj. Priscilla Valbuena, a critical care nurse, who has been identified to prepare for a Professional Filler System (PROFIS) mission.  Soldiers mobilized to support this mission will backfill Medical Command’s active duty slots at medical centers and clinics across their health care organization.  Army Medical Department Professional Management Command (APMC) hosted the Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP) level 2 from 7-9 Jul., processing approximately 100 U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 7452nd MBB during the 3-day event. The objective of the process is for Soldiers to be administratively, financially, legally, spiritually, logistically and medically ready to be mobilized after attending an SRP.

295th Ordnance Company trains at Crane Army
July 6, 2017
U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 295th Ordnance Company out of Hastings, Nebraska work with Army Civilians while completing their annual training at Crane Army Ammunition Activity. The Soldiers are receiving valuable experience handling munitions to increase mission readiness.

ARMEDCOM: changing lives; building readiness
July 5, 2017
Local resident Benita Alvarado receives much-needed optometry care from Army Reserve medical professionals providing support at Larga Vista Community Center in Laredo, Texas.  Alvarado is one of nearly 5,000 patients who received medical support during the two week mission supporting Webb County’s under-served Colonias population. Services provided by Army Reserve personnel are done through the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training, a civil-military program that builds mutually beneficial partnerships between U.S. communities and the DoD. The missions selected meet training and readiness requirements for Army Reserve service members while integrating them as a joint and whole-of-society team to serve our American citizens.

Signal Soldiers Return from Successful Deployment
June 29, 2017
Capt. Latisha Collier, a mobilization readiness officer assigned to the 335th Signal Command (Theater) gives a warm welcome home hug to Maj. Frank Trinidad, deputy J6, Detachment 1, 335th SC (T) at the Killeen Regional Airport, Killeen,Texas June 28.  Trinidad and 11 other Soldiers returned from a nine-month deployment where their mission was providing communications support to a special operations joint task force, as part of Operation Inherent Resolve. (Official U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent C. Powell)

Family, faith power Army Reserve chaplain
June 26, 2017
Chap. (Maj.) Timothy Elliott, Strong Bonds program manager for the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, addresses couples during a 99th Regional Support Command Strong Bonds event Jan. 27-29 in Baltimore, Maryland.  Strong Bonds is a unit-based, chaplain-led program which assists commanders in building individual resiliency by strengthening the Army Family. The core mission of the Strong Bonds program is to increase individual Soldier and Family member readiness through relationship education and skills training.

Clean Water: An Essential Element of a Successful Army
June 22, 2017
(Left to right) Sgt. Monika MacDonald and Private 1st Class Miguel Arroyo, members of the 753rd Quartermaster Company water purification team, drain the cyclone separator as they shut down operations at the Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit Rodeo at Fort Story, Virginia, June 15, 2017.

Military police keep pounding through change of mission and mindset
June 21, 2017
Pvt. Fabian Harper, of Moline, Illinois, a U.S. Army Reserve military police gunner from the 339th Military Police Company (Combat Support), headquartered in Davenport, Iowa, is covered in dust from a morning convoy operation at a Warrior Exercise (WAREX) held at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, June 20. The MP company's Soldiers had to relocate their tactical assembly areas in the field multiple times as they reconnoitered different areas of their operational environment, while fighting against temperatures reaching 100-plus degrees daily. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)

'A little friendly competition never hurts'
June 2, 2017
Lt. Col. Felix Torres, chief of resource management at the U.S. Army Reserve Command, runs to a land navigation point during an urban-orienteering event at Fort Bragg, N.C., June 2, 2017. The event was designed to promote individual and unit readiness by ensuring everybody stays physically fit, enhance team cohesion and improve spirit de corps. Orienteering is a competitive form of land navigation. It combines map reading, terrain study, strategy, competition and exercise. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Stephanie Ramirez)