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Mobilization exercise tests Army Reserve, JBMDL capabilities
The U.S. Army Reserve’s 655th Regional Support Group is conducting a Mobilization Exercise at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, to test the base’s viability as a Mobilization Force Generation Installation. MFGIs provide deployment preparation in support of Combatant Command requirements, as well as pre- and post-mobilization training support. If the MFGI were activated on JBMDL, the RSG along with other support and sustainment units, known collectively as the Mobilization Support Force, would be mobilized here to facilitate the mobilization process for activated Army Reserve and National Guard personnel. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Deziree Lau, 99th RD Public Affairs)
Feb. 13, 2023 - The U.S. Army Reserve’s 655th Regional Support Group is conducting a Mobilization Exercise here to test the base’s viability as a Mobilization Force Generation Installation.“The MOBEX is an opportunity to exercise the...
Army Reserve kicks off new year with Minuteman Scholarship presentation
Maj. Gen. Rodney Faulk, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division (left), presents a four-year Minuteman Scholarship to Pvt. Ethan Korch, a signal support specialist with the 157th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion in Horsham, Pennsylvania, during a ceremony Jan. 3 at the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan. Korch is set to attend Temple University where he will simultaneously serve in the U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps as he prepares for service as an U.S. Army Reserve officer upon graduation. The Minuteman Campaign is a U.S. Army Cadet Command initiative to offer Guaranteed Reserve Forces Duty scholarships to candidates who self-select for service in the reserve component. The GRFD scholarship provides full tuition and fees or room and board for up to four years at a public or private school. (U.S. Army photo by Mr. Shawn Morris, 99th RD Public Affairs)
Jan. 4, 2023 - A Pennsylvania high-school senior and U.S. Army Reserve Soldier became one of the latest recipients of the Minuteman Scholarship during a ceremony Jan. 3 at the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan...
Staff ride program shares lessons learned with Army Reserve Soldiers, civilians
Mr. Stephen Harlan, 99th Readiness Division command historian, continued the division’s Staff Ride Program this past fall as its Soldiers and civilian employees learned lessons from the history of lower Manhattan. The intent of the Staff Ride Program is to give participants a greater appreciation for, and provide historical context to, their potential role in responding to natural and manmade disasters. (U.S. Army photo by Mr. Sal Ottaviano, 99th RD Public Affairs)
Jan. 3, 2023 - The U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division continued its staff ride program this past fall as its Soldiers and civilian employees learned lessons from the history of lower Manhattan...
Army Reserve kicks off careers with Minuteman Scholarships
Maj. Gen. Rodney Faulk, commanding general of the Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division, and Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew Lombardo, command sergeant major of the Army Reserve, took part in the National Football League’s Salute to Service Game between the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, during week nine of the 2022 NFL season. They were on hand to help award Minuteman Scholarships to four future Army officers as part of the Veterans Day celebration. The Minuteman Scholarship Program is a U.S. Army Cadet Command initiative to offer Guaranteed Reserve Forces Duty (GRFD) scholarships to candidates who self-select for service in the reserve component. The GRFD scholarship provides full tuition and fees or room and board up to $10,000 per year for up to four years at a public or private school. (U.S. Army photo by Mr. Shawn Morris, 99th RD Public Affairs)
Dec. 27, 2022 - Maj. Gen. Rodney Faulk, commanding general of the Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division, and Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew Lombardo, command sergeant major of the Army Reserve, were on hand to help award Minuteman Scholarships to...
Army Reserve senior leader celebrates veterans in the Bronx
Maj. Gen. Rodney Faulk, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division, took part in the Bronx Veterans Day Parade Nov. 13. After marching in the parade, Faulk delivered remarks at Bicentennial Veterans Memorial Park, where he helped present commemorative medals to a group of Korean War veterans in attendance. (U.S. Army photo by Mr. Shawn Morris, 99th RD Public Affairs)
Dec. 27, 2022 - The U.S. Army Reserve featured one of its senior leaders in the Bronx Veterans Day Parade Nov. 13. in Throggs Neck...
Army Reserve senior leader honors veterans in nation’s first capital
Maj. Gen. Rodney Faulk, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division, took part in several events Nov. 11 throughout Manhattan to commemorate Veterans Day. The day’s events included an appearance on FOX & Friends, followed by ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, then a wreath-laying ceremony to kick off the 103rd New York City Veterans Day Parade. Marching in the parade were Soldiers from the division’s 78th, 198th and 380th Army Bands, as well as a contingent of service members representing Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, where the 99th is headquartered. (U.S. Army photo by Mr. Sal Ottaviano, 99th RD Public Affairs)
Dec. 22, 2022 - The U.S. Army Reserve was busy here this past Veterans Day honoring those who have served in uniform throughout the nation’s history...
Army Reserve Soldiers provide repatriation funeral honors to long-missing World War II hero
Army Reserve Soldiers stationed in New York lent a hand to honor a long-missing casualty of World War II Nov. 19 at St. John Catholic Cemetery in Queens, New York. First Lt. John Joseph Heffernan Jr. served in the 490th Bombardment Squadron with the U.S. Army Air Corps. On Feb. 22, 1944, at age 24, he and six crewmates were lost when their B25G bomber caught fire and crashed into a field in Burma. From January to March 2019, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency conducted a recovery mission at the crash site of Heffernan’s bomber in Burma, now known as Myanmar. On Nov. 2, 2021, the DPAA positively identified Heffernan’s remains through DNA technology, from among those recovered. (U.S. Army photo by Mr. Sal Ottaviano, 99th Readiness Division Public Affairs)
Nov. 23, 2022 - Army Reserve Soldiers stationed in New York lent a hand to honor a long-missing casualty of World War II Nov. 19 at St. John Catholic Cemetery here...
DoD partners with Wyndham Hotels for Citizen-Soldier support
Picture of a plaque bestowed upon the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts on behalf of the DoD during the ESGR Statement of Support signing Nov. 9 in Parsippany, N.J.
Nov. 10, 2022 - ”The Employer Support Guard and Reserve establishes a symbiotic relationship between employer and employee,” said Brig. Gen. Beth Salisbury, deputy commanding general U.S. Army Reserve 99th Readiness Division, who took part...
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Maj. Gen. Mark W. Palzer
Commanding General 99th Readiness Division
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