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99th READINESS DIVISION

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.

Sgt. Jonathan and Spc. Amanda Jara, currently living in Utica, New York, introduce themselves during a 99th Regional Support Command Strong Bonds event Jan. 27-29 in Baltimore, Maryland. Jonathan is an information technology specialist with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 865th Combat Support Hospital, and Amanda is assigned to the U.S. Army Reserve’s 393rd Medical Logistics Company as a medical logistics specialist. Strong Bonds is a unit-based, chaplain-led program which assists commanders in building individual resiliency by strengthening the Army Family. The core mission of the Strong Bonds program is to increase individual Soldier and Family member readiness through relationship education and skills training.

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Couples hold hands during an exercise Jan. 27 as part of a 99th Regional Support Command Strong Bonds event in Baltimore, Maryland. Strong Bonds is a unit-based, chaplain-led program which assists commanders in building individual resiliency by strengthening the Army Family. The core mission of the Strong Bonds program is to increase individual Soldier and Family member readiness through relationship education and skills training.

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Chap. (Lt. Col.) Sung Kim, deputy command chaplain for the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, teaches a lesson during a 99th Regional Support Command Strong Bonds event Jan. 27-29 in Baltimore, Maryland. Strong Bonds is a unit-based, chaplain-led program which assists commanders in building individual resiliency by strengthening the Army Family. The core mission of the Strong Bonds program is to increase individual Soldier and Family member readiness through relationship education and skills training.

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Chap. (Maj.) Timothy Elliott, Strong Bonds program manager for the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, addresses couples during a 99th Regional Support Command Strong Bonds event Jan. 27-29 in Baltimore, Maryland. Strong Bonds is a unit-based, chaplain-led program which assists commanders in building individual resiliency by strengthening the Army Family. The core mission of the Strong Bonds program is to increase individual Soldier and Family member readiness through relationship education and skills training.

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Retired Master Sgt. Ruthie Cain teaches singles during a 99th Regional Support Command Strong Bonds event Jan. 27-29 in Baltimore, Maryland. Cain recently retired from the U.S. Army Reserve, with her last assignment being with the 99th Regional Support Command’s Chaplain Office. Strong Bonds is a unit-based, chaplain-led program which assists commanders in building individual resiliency by strengthening the Army Family. The core mission of the Strong Bonds program is to increase individual Soldier and Family member readiness through relationship education and skills training.

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Kristin Purdy tells her husband Sgt. Jessie Purdy how much she loves him during an exercise Jan. 29 as part of a 99th Regional Support Command Strong Bonds event Jan. 27-29 in Baltimore, Maryland. Sgt. Purdy is currently stationed at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia as a U.S. Army Reserve senior financial analyst. Strong Bonds is a unit-based, chaplain-led program which assists commanders in building individual resiliency by strengthening the Army Family. The core mission of the Strong Bonds program is to increase individual Soldier and Family member readiness through relationship education and skills training.

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Chap. (Maj.) Timothy Elliott, Strong Bonds program manager for the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, overseas couples checking in for a Strong Bonds event Jan. 27-29 in Baltimore, Maryland. Strong Bonds is a unit-based, chaplain-led program which assists commanders in building individual resiliency by strengthening the Army Family. The core mission of the Strong Bonds program is to increase individual Soldier and Family member readiness through relationship education and skills training.

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Cpt. James Brinson, a field artillery officer with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 80th Training Command in New Castle, Delaware, checks in to a 99th Regional Support Command Strong Bonds event Jan. 27 in Baltimore, Maryland. Strong Bonds is a unit-based, chaplain-led program which assists commanders in building individual resiliency by strengthening the Army Family. The core mission of the Strong Bonds program is to increase individual Soldier and Family member readiness through relationship education and skills training.

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The U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command is partnering with units located throughout its 13-state region as part of the command’s new Maintenance Sustainment and Readiness Program. The program gives Army Reserve Soldiers the opportunity to perform maintenance tasks at the 99th RSC’s Area Maintenance Support Activities and Equipment Concentration Sites in order to increase skill proficiency and enhance unit readiness.

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The U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command is partnering with units located throughout its 13-state region as part of the command’s new Maintenance Sustainment and Readiness Program. The program gives Army Reserve Soldiers the opportunity to perform maintenance tasks at the 99th RSC’s Area Maintenance Support Activities and Equipment Concentration Sites in order to increase skill proficiency and enhance unit readiness.

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Maj. Gen. Troy D. Kok, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command, observes training during the command’s new Maintenance Sustainment and Readiness Program. The program gives Army Reserve Soldiers the opportunity to perform maintenance tasks at the 99th RSC’s Area Maintenance Support Activities and Equipment Concentration Sites in order to increase skill proficiency and enhance unit readiness.

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Pfc. Nessy Sanders, stands next to the vehicle she drove in Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. In August 2016, Sanders became the first female to deploy to Erbil, Iraq as a Combat Engineer since the Military Occupational Specialty 12B was opened to women in June 2015. Sanders is assigned to Company B, 39th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. A Combat Engineers duties include constructing fighting positions, fixed and floating bridges, obstacles and defensive positions and emplacing and detonationg explosives. Sanders is from Columbus, Mississippi. Her mother also served in the Army in the mid-1980s.

Erbil, Iraq is home to one of four Combined Joint Task Force locations under Operation Inherent Reslove dedicated to training Iraqi defense forces to assist in the defeat of ISIL in Iraq and Syria.

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Students participate in a drone race at the U.S. Army Mission Support Battalion Mobile Exhibit Company’s Go Army Experience outside the Alamodome in San Antonio, Jan. 6 as part of events leading up to the 2017 U.S. Army All-American Bowl (AAB). The Mobile Exhibit Company travels the country interacting with the American public to reconnect America’s people with America’s Army. The AAB will kick off Jan. 7 at the San Antonio Alamodome, and will be broadcast live on NBC at 12 p.m. CDT. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. James Lefty Larimer, 367th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

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Staff Sgt. Alex Ushomirsky is a paralegal working in casualty operations for the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Ushomirsky came to the United States in 1997 and has served in the Army Reserve for the last 14 years. Casualty Operations personnel support the casualty mission by providing casualty notification and assistance, casualty escort, retrieval and return of personal effects, and appropriate reporting to the Department of the Army. The 99th provides support throughout its 13-state region.

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Maj. Jaison Bloom (left), the 326th MPAD Commanding Officer, promotes Capt. Dustin Gabus to his newly appointed rank by attaching the insignia to his uniform with friends and colleagues present during a promotion ceremony Saturday, Dec. 10, at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Reading Pa. Gabus will continue to serve as a Public Affairs Officer with the 214th MPAD located in Richmond, VA.

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Maj. Jaison Bloom (left), the 326th MPAD Commanding Officer, salutes Capt. Dustin Gabus during a promotion ceremony Saturday, Dec. 10, at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Reading Pa. Gabus will continue to serve as a Public Affairs Officer with the 214th MPAD located in Richmond, VA.

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Capt. Dustin Gabus (left) addresses the Soldiers of the 326th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment during a promotion ceremony Saturday, Dec. 10, at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Reading Pa. Gabus will continue to serve as a Public Affairs Officer with the 214th MPAD located in Richmond, VA.

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Maj. Gen. Troy D. Kok, commanding general of the Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command, hosts a capabilities briefing for federal congressional staff members Dec. 9 at the Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose Armed Forces Reserve Center in Middletown, Connecticut, in order to help the congressional members understand the Army Reserve’s unique roles and capabilities, to include support to civil authorities in response to natural disasters.

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Maj. Gen. Troy D. Kok, commanding general of the Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command, meets with Maj. Gen. Thaddeus J. Martin, adjutant general for the Connecticut National Guard, during a capabilities briefing for federal congressional staff members Dec. 9 at the Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose Armed Forces Reserve Center in Middletown, Connecticut. Kok hosted the event in order to help the congressional members understand the Army Reserve’s unique roles and capabilities, to include support to civil authorities in response to natural disasters.

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Col. Richard Erenbaum, congressional legislative liaison for the Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command, kicks off a capabilities briefing for federal congressional staff members Dec. 9 at the Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose Armed Forces Reserve Center in Middletown, Connecticut. Maj. Gen. Troy D. Kok, 99th RSC commanding general, hosted the event in order to help the congressional members understand the Army Reserve’s unique roles and capabilities, to include support to civil authorities in response to natural disasters.

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