Col. Timothy Shaffer, Director Of Operations G-3 at U.S. Army Southern European Task Force - Africa (SETAF-AF), reminds the force how important and significant African Lion (AL) combined exercises are to strategic partnerships outlined in the National Defense Strategy. He describes Africa Lion in scope and depth, with special attention to collaborative multinational efforts in challenging conditions. His remarks come at the tail-end of AL '22, where he supervised his leaders working with local Moroccan leaders at the Port of Agadir during redeployment port operations. The exercise was supported by elements of the 311 Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC) and the 79 Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) from port opening, to base operations, and finally to port closing. Against this backdrop, Col. Shaffer shared his perspective on why operations and training overseas are not simply important for exercising US forces' capabilities, but also in building the capacity in our partners to develop and strengthen their own defense capabilities, while sharing best practices, building esprit de corps, and international cooperation and good will.
U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Andre McDonald, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 79th Theater Sustainment Command, discusses the HHC being named as Calendar Year 20/21 Supply Excellence Award in the United States Army Reserve Level 1 Unit Supply MTOE. The ESC's 561st Regional Support Group won in the Battalion Level III (A) MTOE category. The 821st Transportation Battalion in the ESC earned runner up honors in the same category.
MSG Constance Oberg, a food service operations noncommissioned officer assigned to the 561st Regional Support Group (RSG), tells why she serves in the U.S Army Reserve at the Omaha reserve center, Elkhorn, NE March 28, 2021. The United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) is highlighting Soldiers' stories and how serving in the Army reserve affects Soldiers civilian careers. (U.S. Army Reserve video by SFC Justin Hardin)
MAJ Christopher McClure, a logistician officer assigned to the 561st Regional Support Group (RSG), tells why he serves in the U.S Army Reserve at the Omaha reserve center, Elkhorn, NE March 28, 2021. The United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) is highlighting Soldiers' stories and how serving in the Army reserve affects Soldiers' civilian careers. (U.S. Army Reserve video by SFC Justin Hardin)
Mobilization mission changes hands at Fort Hood
Col. David Newman, commander, 561st Regional Support Group based out of Omaha, Nebraska, accepts the colors of the Mobilization Support Brigade from III Armored Corps and Fort Hood Deputy Commanding General for Support (U.K.) Maj. Gen. Michael Keating, concluding the transfer of authority to Newman's unit from the 642nd RSG from Decatur, Georgia.
Nov. 30, 2022 - After mobilizing and demobilizing more than 20,000 U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers and National Guard troops here over the past 12 months, the 642nd Regional Support Group from Decatur, Georgia, cased their unit’s colors and...

Ammunition platoon trains on land navigation
U.S. Army Reserve Pfc. Kyle Bowens, assigned to the 395th Ordnance Company, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) based in Appleton, Wis., right, pushes a branch out of the way as he and Pfc. Dalton Zellner walk alongside a hill during land navigation familiarization training on Fort McCoy, Wis., Oct. 21, 2022.  (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. 1st Class Clinton Wood, 88th Readiness Division PAO).
Oct. 28, 2022 - This U.S. Army Reserve Ordnance Company platoon did something here Oct. 21, 2022, that would make several of the Army’s top enlisted leaders, including Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston proud...

Supporting our theaters across the globe: 79th Theater Sustainment Command conducts early entry command post exercise
Soldiers assigned to the 79th Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) tighten the lines for one of the 12 tents used as part of  the Early Entry Command Post at Camp Telega, June 19, 2022. The EECP is a rapid response element of the 79th TSC’s theater logistics and sustainment planning that prepares Soldiers to provide sustainment and logistic support in a theater environment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Traci Muldoon)
July 20, 2022 - U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 79th Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) walked a mile in the boots of their partners overseas by participating in an early entry command post (EECP) exercise to practice providing...

319th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion trains in simulated remains transportation ceremony
Army Reserve Soldiers from the 319th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion render a salute while practicing the proper handling procedures for transporting a simulated combat casualty during a training event at Combat Support Training Exercise 91-22-01, June 14, at Fort Hunter Liggett, California. The CSTX is a large-scale training exercise that helps Army Reserve units train and prepare to deploy capable, combat-ready and lethal firepower in support of the Army and joint partners throughout the world. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Pfc. Britton Spencer)
June 23, 2022 - Army Reserve Soldiers of the 319th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion train to carry fallen comrades in a simulated remains transportation ceremony during Combat Support Training Exercise 91-22-01, June 14, 2022, on Fort...

Transportation Soldiers qualify with .50 caliber machine guns
U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Logan Everts, assigned to the 445th Transportation Company, 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 377th Sustainment Command, Waterloo, Iowa engages targets from as far away as 1,300 yards to qualify with a Browning M2A1 .50-caliber machine gun at a range on Fort McCoy, Wis., April 9, 2022. His assistant gunner was Spc. Jonathan Youngberg, also of the 445th. This training builds confidence in the Soldiers and assists the U.S. Army Reserve in providing more capable Soldiers to be successful on the battlefield.(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. 1st Class Clinton Wood).
April 14, 2022 - U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from several companies in the 470th Movement Control Battalion, 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 79th Theater Sustainment Command, Elwood, Illinois, trained on something not every Soldier is...

Theory of operations studied at Power Generation class
Brandon Johnson, a Department of the Army Civilian heavy mobile repair inspector with the Area Maintenance Support Activity-164, Lexington, Ky., right, reads a theory of operations of a 15-kilowatt Tactical Quiet Generator as Sgt. Justin Meidinger, assigned to the 452nd Ordnance Company, 451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Aberdeen, S.D., and a military technician with the AMSA- 108-Branch Maintenance Activity (BMA)-1 in Aberdeen, left, and fellow Soldier and co-worker Sgt. Larry Woodell, search for the relay during the Logistic Sustainment Training Power Generation class at the 88th Readiness Division-operated Fort McCoy, Wis., Draw Yard March 1, 2022.  The students learned about theory of operations for the first time since the class has been offered. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. 1st Class Clinton Wood).
March 7, 2022 - The students in the first Fiscal Year 22’s Logistic Sustainment Training Power Generation class were the first to learn the theory of generators and extensive details on how each piece of equipment of a generator works at the...

After cold January, CWOC students cite Fort McCoy as ideal training location for course
A student in Cold-Weather Operations Course (CWOC) class 22-03 participates in cold-water immersion training Jan. 31, 2022, at Big Sandy Lake on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The training event is the final training event before graduating from the CWOC. CWOC students are trained on a variety of cold-weather subjects, including snowshoe training and skiing as well as how to use other gear. Training also focuses on terrain and weather analysis, risk management, cold-weather clothing, developing winter fighting positions in the field, camouflage and concealment, and numerous other areas that are important to know in order to operate in a cold-weather environment. The training is coordinated through the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security at Fort McCoy with support from contractor Veterans Range Solutions.
Feb. 16, 2022 - During January 2022 at Fort McCoy, weather data shows 18 of 31 days during the month had overnight temperatures in the below-zero range — one night as cold as minus 35 degrees Fahrenheit. And through those many cold nights,...

Why I serve: ‘I can help guide them in making the right decisions’
U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Marcos L. Benavides, an ammunition specialist assigned to the Los Angeles, Calif., based 311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, watches as a forklift picks up a pallet of Patriot missiles at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, on Oct. 11, 2021. The Soldier is preparing to redeploy after a tour spent supporting the 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 1st Theater Sustainment Command. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Elorina Santos)
Oct. 27, 2021 - U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Marcos L. Benavides is passionate about being there for his Soldiers.“I just want to help them and make sure that they’re set in life or their military career, things I wish somebody had told me...

Army Reserve daughter of mariachi singer reflects on her Afghanistan, Qatar service
Army Reserve Spc. Luz Hernandez, who is currently deployed to Camp Buehring, Kuwait, with the South El Monte, California, based 155th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, shares a moment with her parents, Angel Hernandez Mendoza and Maria Guadalupe Lopez- Hernandez. Hernandez said she draws strength from her parents’ legacy. “I am sure there are Mexican heroes, but for me, it was just hearing my dad's and my mom's stories—how they came from nothing in Mexico.” (Photo courtesy of Spc. Luz Hernandez)
Oct. 7, 2021 - A Mexican American Army Reserve Soldier deployed here with the 155th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade reflected on her remarkable experiences in Afghanistan and Qatar for this...
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