The U.S. Army Reserve has a five-year cycle for preparing, training and scheduling a unit for deployment. Under the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) program units are scheduled to be mobilized for one year and be home for four.

Guam-based, U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 797th Engineer Company are working side by side with Mongolian Armed Forces here to provide humanitarian assistance as part of U.S. Army, Pacific's exercise Khaan Quest.

Maj. Lyn Rogers, a budget officer with the Iraq Training and Advisory Mission Director, attended her 25th high school reunion via Skype.

The 79th United States Army Reserve Sustainment Support Command will be the headquarters for more than 20,000 Army Reserve soldiers across 14 Western states that specialize in combat sustainment support.

Approximately 300 soldiers from the 99th Regional Support Command descended on the Maj. John P. Pryor Army Reserve Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., to attend the command’s first-ever annual training exercise.

The European Youth Leadership, Education and Development seminar in Heidelberg, Germany, helped teens of U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers learn life, leadership, social and communication skills, plus helped them to develop a better sense of community service.

Soldiers of the Army Reserve's 78th Army Band rehearsed overturned vehicle exiting procedures in the Humvee Egress Assessment Trainer (HEAT) during a training event at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

With the logistical drawdown in Iraq proceeding ahead of schedule, Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Mark Corson of the 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, in charge of efforts on the ground, credited his Soldiers for their hard work and intensive preparation.

The Army Reserve named Sgt. David W. Rider, B company, 256th Support Hospital, Twinsburg, Ohio and Spc. Joshua McDowell, 7246th Installation Medical Support Unit, Omaha, Nebraska, Best Warriors for 2010. The two were chosen NCO and Soldier of the Year for the Army Reserve after a grueling week-long competition against 28 other competitors.

For the first time in the event's four-year history, a husband and wife have paired together as competitor and sponsor in the Army Reserve's Best Warrior Competition.

Instead of taking directions as usual, junior enlisted Soldiers with the 479th Field Artillery Brigade were given an opportunity to take lead during their unit's July 21 Leadership Reaction Course.

The 671st Engineer Detachment beat the sun out of bed on July 21st to engage in Operation River Assault 2010, the largest exercise in unit history.

Army Reserve Soldiers joined more than 900 participants in Global Medic 2010, a five-day joint-service medical operation designed to cohesively train Soldiers in a battlefield setting.

For the fourth straight year, the Army Reserve's 9th Mission Support Command lead the U.S. efforts in Keris Strike 2010, the latest in a series of regional exercises designed to promote peace and security while securing U.S.-Malaysian relations.

Soldiers obtain awards for various acts throughout their careers, but few awards are as sought after or as scarce as those that are foreign. USACAPOC recently hosted a competition to give Soldiers an opportunity to earn The German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency.

One hundred years after Army engineers completed construction on Battery Randolph, more than 310 Reserve Soldiers restored the landmark's structure to its original appearance.

The 619th Transportation Company from Auburn, Maine, returned from a year-long deployment in Iraq where they transported heavy equipment and provided security for coalition forces. Approximately 170 soldiers returned home from theater without incident.