Operation Capital Medic – Leading the way for medical readiness Operation Capital Medic, a medical readiness mission held at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital for over a year now, is increasing the readiness of service members in the Washington, DC area. It is estimated that about 5000 Reserve and National Guard Soldiers live in the Washington, DC area, and Army Reserve Medical Command’s 7250th Medical Support Unit has provided medical and dental services to nearly 1500 of them, helping them get off the red list one Soldier at a time.
Lt. Col. Julie Fung-Hayes, an emergency physician and flight surgeon, shares why she loves serving in the U.S. Army Reserve. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/2FlT26s
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Cancer couldn't break Army Reserve Best Squad competitor
Army Reserve Best Squad Competitor Cpl. Acasia Lanzaderas, Army Reserve Medical Command, examines an M320 grenade launcher module during weapon familiarization at Fort McCoy Wisconsin, May 9, 2025. Soldiers from around the nation compete in the 2025 BSC, an annual competition that brings together the best Soldiers and squads from across the U.S. Army Reserve to earn the title of
May 19, 2025 - When Cpl. Acasia Lanzaderas heard the words “you may have leukemia,” she was sitting in a classroom, surrounded by her peers. The fading sound of her professor’s voice was replaced with the echo of her own heartbeat. For the...

Army Reserve Medical Command celebrates 20 years of service, transformation and legacy
Army Reserve Maj. Gen. Michael Yost, right, commanding general of the Pinellas Park, Fla., based Army Reserve Medical Command, presents a painting to retired U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Gen. Kenneth Herbst, AR-MEDCOM's first commanding general during the dining-out ceremony and ball for the commemoration of the unit's 20th anniversary event at the Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park hotel in Saint Petersburg, Fla., April 12, 2025. This year marks the 20-year anniversary of AR-MEDCOM since its foundation in 2005 by an initiative Herbst led, seeing a need for Army Reserve medicine to emulate and mirror the active component Army and their practices. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Jerry T. Zuetrong)
April 18, 2025 - Army Reserve Soldiers, Civilians and Families of the Pinellas Park, Florida-based Army Reserve Medical Command, celebrated the 20th anniversary with a heartfelt and reflective commemoration that brought together current and...

AR-MEDCOM senior chief warrant officer swears in new cyber operations Soldier
Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer 4 Terrance L. Coleman Jr., the command chief warrant officer of the Pinellas Park, Fla., based Army Reserve Medical Command, congratulates Javier Council-Griffin, an Army recruit from Brandon, Fla., on his recent enlistment into the U.S. Army as a cyber operations specialist after the completion of Council-Griffin's oath of enlistment at the Tampa Recruiting Battalion headquarters in Tampa, Fla., March 21, 2025. Council-Griffin said Coleman is a friend of the family, and Coleman said he was able to motivate Council-Griffin to enlist through a remote enlistment program to serve as a recruitment ambassador to assist civilians and local recruiters in the overall recruiting process. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Hernandez)
April 11, 2025 - The Army Reserve Medical Command’s senior warrant officer advisor to the commanding general swore in a new Army Reserve recruit March 22 in recognition of his role as a recruitment ambassador for the new Soldier...

‘Warrior Medics,’ ‘Desert Medics’ complete inaugural combined Best Squad Competition 2025
Army Reserve Sgt. Brian Heisey, a medical logistics specialist with the Nashville, Tenn. based Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Southeast Medical Area Readiness Support Group, inspects his shot group of a paper target at

the M4 Carbine zero course during the Best Squad Competition 2025 led by the Pinellas Park, Fla. based Army Reserve Medical Command and co-hosted by the Gillem Enclave, Ga. based 3rd Theater Medical Command, in Fort McCoy, Wis., from March 24, 2025, through March 30, 2025. Both the AR-MEDCOM and the 3rd TMC competitors handled a variety of individual small arms during the competition; to include the M4 Carbine, the M17 Modular Handgun System,

the M9 pistol, the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon and the M240L General-Purpose Machine Gun. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Jerry T. Zuetrong)
April 4, 2025 - Eight Army Reserve Soldiers from various downtrace units under the Pinellas Park, Florida-based Army Reserve Medical Command competed against 17 Army Reserve Soldiers of the Gillem Enclave, Georgia-based 3rd Theater Medical...

‘Warrior Medics,’ NATO allies learn interoperability, fellowship at CIOMR 2025 MWM
U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Joy Sanders, the international programs manager for Army Reserve Medical Command out of Pinellas Park, Fla., listens to a British army officer during a luncheon for the Confédération Interalliée des Officiers Médicaux de Réserve, also known as the Interallied Confederation of Medical Reserve Officers and by its French acronym CIOMR, Mid-Winter Meeting 2025 at the NATO HQ in Brussels, Jan. 30, 2025. Sanders served as the chief liaison to connect AR-MEDCOM Soldiers and other U.S. Armed Forces reserve personnel with their NATO nation counterparts to establish interoperability and collaborative synchronization. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Hernandez)
Feb. 14, 2025 - “Warrior Medics” from the Pinellas Park, Florida-based Army Reserve Medical Command joined more than 100 junior and senior medical reserve officers from more than a dozen NATO partner nations for the 2025 Mid-Winter Meeting...
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Brig. Gen. Christopher Piland
Commanding General, Military Readiness and Training Command
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Command Sergeant Major, Medical Readiness and Training Command
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