Army Reserve Soldiers travel more than 2,000 miles to train with Fort Leonard Wood subject matter experts
Jimmy Childers (left), optical technician repairman with Fort Leonard Wood’s Fleet Management Expansion Directorate, helps Pfc. Jonathan Rios DePedro, a Reserve Soldier with the 276th Support Maintenance Company, out of Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, work on a night-vision device May 4 as part of a U.S. Army Materiel Command initiative called Operation Patriot Press. The initiative links Army Reserve and National Guard units to real-world missions during mandatory annual training periods to better support the Army’s overall strategic objectives. (Photo Credit: Photo by Melissa Buckley, Fort Leonard Wood Public Affairs Office)