Iraq's 'Baghdad Brigade' Has a New Partner The 336th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, assumed authority of the International Zone security mission on November 25. Unit Maintains Readiness While Preparing for Joint Operation The 450th Civil Affairs Battalion traveled to Fort Pickett, Va. to participate in a four-day training exercise focusing on jump readiness and weapons qualifications Nov. 19 – 22. 75th Division Soldier Survives Fort Hood Shootings, Helps Fallen Comrade Sgt. Jeannette Juroff is an Army Reserve Soldier who was working at her civilian job as a Human Resource Specialist at the Fort Hood Soldier Readiness and Processing Center Army Reserve heavy-lift Chinook unit completes its cooperative mission with Marine Corps Aircraft Group Eight Chinook heavy-lift helicopters have moved from Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, to Talil, Iraq in support of operations for Multi-National Division - South. Final steel beam in place at USARC/FORSCOM headquarters FORT BRAGG, N.C. – The final steel beam was lifted into place on the joint U.S. Army Reserve Command/U.S. Army Forces Command headquarters building at a ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, just five days shy of the one year anniversary of the ceremonial groundbreaking. Lt. General Jack C. Stultz Leads Reenlistment Ceremony On November 30, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve, reenlists Army Reserve Soldiers at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. 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.
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