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Archive: February, 2016

75th Training Command conducts combined observance
February 23, 2016
Army Reserve Lt. Col. Priscilla Van Zanten, left, equal opportunity adviser, Great Lakes Training Division, 75th Training Command, pauses for a photo with actress Cynthia Maddox, center and Spc. Rayson Oglesby, 3rd battalion, 335th Regiment, 181st Infantry Brigade, First Army Division West during the 75th TC’s Black History Month and Women’s History Month observance Feb. 20, 2016, at Fort Sheridan, Ill. (Photo by Spc. David Lietz)

Army Reserve soldier takes on semi-pro basketball and mentors youths
February 23, 2016
Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Terence Barron, left, and Sgt. 1st Class William Keys run in Sunset Meadows Park in Arlington Heights, Ill., during a 5k run/walk, coordinated by the 85th Support Command Sexual Harassment/Assault Response & Prevention Program (SHARP) team, April 22, 2015. The participants ran, despite 37-degree weather, to show their support for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. (Photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan)

Four questions with the new commander of the 78th Training Division
February 23, 2016
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 78th Training Divison stand in formation as Brig. Gen. Michael Dillard's assumes command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Feb. 20, 2016.

Col. Glover stands-up the 728th TC
February 23, 2016
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Thomas Cruzramirez, 728th Transportation Company interim commander, Lt. Col. Chandra M. Roberts, 469th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion commander, and Col. Toni A. Glover, 650th Regional Support Group commanding officer, traveled to Mare Island, Vallejo, Calif., to participate in an activation ceremony for the 728th Transportation Company Feb. 20. (Photo by Capt. Fernando Ochoa/Released)

98th Training Division hosts Future Soldier event
February 22, 2016
Daniel Forguer searches for terrain features on a map of Fort Jackson during Future Soldier Day hosted by 1st Battalion, 518th Infantry Regiment, 98th Training Division (IET), at the Reserve Center in Asheville, N.C., Feb. 20, 2016. Forguer has not yet enlisted and is undecided on his military occupational specialty but says he is leaning towards becoming a supply specialist with the Army Reserve. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton)

The 4th ESC held their 2016 Best Warrior Competition
February 22, 2016
Soldiers with the 4th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) receive refresher map reading training to prepare for the land navigation course during the 2016 4th ESC Best Warrior Competition at Joint Base San Antonio, Feb. 19, 2016. (U.S. Army Photo by Capt. Jose L. Caballero Jr./Released)

New readiness synchronization system to come down the pipeline for Reserve units
February 22, 2016
Capt. Gabrila Benitezlara, the Collective Training Officer in Charge for the 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, tests out the new Mission Analysis, Readiness & Resource Synchronization (MARRS) system during an information brief for Army Reserve Soldiers in leadership roles. The MARRS system will help to de-conflict scheduling of units as well as leveraging the remainder of Soldiers within those Reserve units. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Bethany L. Huff)

Reserve MPs find new opportunities with The Old Guard
February 19, 2016
Pfc. Michael Fletcher, military police Soldier with the 289th MP Company, waits outside of a morning meeting with Cessy, a military K9 police dog, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Feb. 17. The 289th MP Co., belonging to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), is currently running a partnership pilot program with the U.S. Army Reserve's 200th MP Command, which began in early February, placing Army Reserve Soldiers on active duty orders for three weeks while working at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Fort Lesley J. McNair and the Arlington National Cemetery. Army Reserve Soldiers will also support the Military District of Washington with additional duty days throughout the year. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)

200th MPs join first line of defense at JBM-HH, Arlington National Cemetery
February 19, 2016
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Macedonio R. Molina, director of Emergency Services and provost marshal for Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, center left, shakes hands with the newest U.S. Army Reserve military police from the 200th MP Command of Fort Meade, Md., on Feb. 10 at Joe Rosenthal Theater on the Henderson Hall portion of the joint base. Members of the 200th MP Command, following a two-week law enforcement training course, will boost JBM-HH’s law enforcement manpower and force protection posture for the first time since Sept. 11, 2001, according to JBM-HH Police Chief William Johnson (second from left). (Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall PAO photo by Arthur Mondale)

Victory Forge tests Soldiers' resiliency
February 19, 2016
Facing a wind chill below freezing, a Soldier in basic combat training with C Company, 1st Battalion, 61st Infantry Regiment at Fort Jackson, S.C., struggles to evacuate a casualty by using a firemen's carry at Victory Forge, Feb. 10, 2016. During Victory Forge, Soldiers’ mental and physical abilities are tested to the limits. They are evaluated on everything they’ve learned in the prior eight weeks of training; from basic first aid to security and reconnaissance patrols. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton)