7th Civil Support Command celebrates the fall of the Berlin Wall On November 15, 7th Civil Support Command Soldiers and German airmen conducted a 10-kilometer road march at the Kaiserslautern Army Depot Nov. 15 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall HQ USARC honors Fort Hood fallen Soldiers FORT McPHERSON, Ga. – Early morning gray skies gave way to a sunny fall afternoon, but the mood was still somber as Army Reserve Soldiers and civilian employees paid their final respects to the five Citizen-Soldiers who died in the November 5th shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. Ethiopian veterans share Korean experience with U.S. Army instructors U.S. Army Africa officers assigned to the Ethiopian Defense Command and Staff College (EDCSC), recently spent an afternoon with veterans of the Kagnew Battalion – an Ethiopian unit that fought alongside U.S. troops during the Korean War. President, the nation mourn the fallen at Fort Hood Thousands turned out for a memorial service today to honor the 12 Soldiers and one Department of the Army civilian gunned down last week at this U.S. Army post in Central Texas. Army Reserve Unit provides Combat Lifesaver training to Iraqi Soldiers The 844th Engineer Battalion, an Army Reserve Unit from Knoxville, Tennessee, provided an eight-day Combat Lifesaver Course to a group of eleven Soldiers from the Headquarters Field Engineer Regiment, Iraqi Army. Army Reserve, CT Auto Retailers Association sign Employer Partnership Initiative at Connecticut International Auto Show On November 5, 2009, the Army Reserve and the Connecticut Automotive Retailers Association (CARA) signed the Army Reserve Employer Partnership agreement during a ceremony held at the Hartford Convention Center. Army Reserve Soldier reenlists at U.S. Embassy in Uganda A civil affairs noncommissioned officer from the 457th Civil Affairs Battalion, 7th Civil Support Command became the first Soldier assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Lion to reenlist at the U.S. Embassy in Kampala, Uganda, during Natural Fire 10. 7th Civil Support Command Gets a New Name, Patch, Mission The 7th Army Reserve Command is renamed and reactivated as the 7th Civil Support Command Former draftee, now Army Reserve CSM, to hang up uniform The Army Reserve's top enlisted Soldier retires this month from an Army that's vastly different from the one he was drafted into almost 40 years ago. Army Reserve Medicine Reaches Out to Rural Ugandans For the past week, about 60 Army Reserve medical personnel assigned to the 629th Forward Surgical Team of Columbus, Ohio, and the 7225th Medical Support Unit from Greenville, S.C., have been providing medical care to rural Ugandans, seeing about 700 people a day. Army Reserve Helicopter Medevac Saves Ugandan Soldier's Life When a local Ugandan soldier sustained a head injury working a reconstruction mission at the local high school during Natural Fire 10, medical personnel made the decision that he needed urgent care at a hospital in the country's capital of Kampala, a ten hour drive. But fortunately, the Army Reserve's 11th Aviation Command had a CH-47 Chinook forward stationed and was able to medevac him by air within 90 minutes. Army Reserve Soldiers Key to Success in Uganda Army Reserve Soldiers from across the United States are on the ground in northern Uganda, working in an exercise with other U.S. forces and five East African nations to improve disaster management response and provide medical care. Army Reserve Nurse Delivers Baby in Rural Uganda When 1st Lt. Victoria Lynn Watson deployed to Uganda for Natural Fire 10, she never imagined using her labor and delivery nursing skills during the exercise. 94th Division makes history - Again The Saturday morning mist did not dampen the spirits of participants and guests at the 94th Division (Force Sustainment) activation ceremony, where the division officially became fully mission capable at Fort Lee, Va., on Oct. 17. Army Reserve Helicopters Key to Major African Exercise When U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Kellyjack Luman needed to inspect growing operations at this remote village in northern Uganda, he relied upon the CH-47 Chinook helicopters from the U.S. Army Reserve’s 11th Aviation Command, a Fort Knox, KY-based unit supporting Natural Fire 10 this month in Uganda. Imagine having to evacuate a city of 100,000 people Over the next year the United States military presence in Iraq will be reduced from 150,000 troops to 50,000. With the drawdown of those troops comes the drawdown of their cargo, supplies, vehicles, and other mission related equipment. One Army Reserve unit is at the heart of the operation. Butler, Becher compete with Army’s best A four-vehicle column of Humvees rolls down the dusty street. Local villagers hold up fruit, clothes even hubcaps as the column rolls by. Suddenly, gunfire rings out from adjacent buildings. Then, a deafening explosion rocks the convoy which shuddered to a sudden stop. 78th “Lightning” Division says good bye As the bugler played “call to assembly”, the local community and the Soldiers from the 78th “Lightning” Division said goodbye in a bitter sweet inactivation ceremony of the Sgt. Joyce Kilmer Army Reserve Center at Camp Kilmer in Edison, New Jersey on 5 October.
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Army Reserve Engineers Build Success; Bridge the Euphrates Soldiers who are deployed to Iraq often find themselves performing unique missions to improve the quality of life in the region. One group of Army Reserve engineers was tasked with such a mission: to remove a bridge from the Euphrates River at Patrol Base Dragon located southwest of Baghdad. Civil support teams train with multi-gas detection systems The 771st and 773rd Civil Support Teams were trained on AreaRae Multi-Gas Detection Systems at Daenner Kaserne as part of the 7th Civil Support Command’s transformation into a force that can support civil authorities in a chemical, biological and nuclear incident. |
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