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Category: 143rd ESC, 377th Theater Sustainment Command, USARC

General Officer’s Career Journey Begins at Fort Lee
March 9, 2021 — When young private Stephen Iacovelli cleaned toilets, pulled guard duty and marched amongst battle buddies as an advanced individual training Soldier here in 1985, he likely never fathomed wearing the star of a general officer one day... MORE

Medical Readiness Training Command Best Warrior Competition 2021
March 5, 2021 — Despite a massive snowstorm shutting down much of the state of Texas, the Medical Readiness Training Command and the 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command hosted a Best Warrior Competition at Camp Bullis, Texas, the last week of February 2021. Ten Army Reserve Soldiers continued their quest to earn the title of the top Soldier in their respective commands and the opportunity to compete for the title of The Army Reserve's Best Warrior... MORE

A green and blue family reunion: Army father's brief meet-up with Air Force daughter in Afghanistan
March 2, 2021 — For Maj. Jason Blanco, an Army Reserve Soldier deployed to Afghanistan, an in-person meeting he needed to attend at a different camp led to an opportunity most Soldiers don’t get while deployed: a family reunion. Blanco was able to spend an afternoon with his daughter, Air Force Reserve Tech. Sgt. Katrina Rutherford, a medical technician who was deployed to Afghanistan at the time with the 442nd Fighter Squadron, from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo... MORE

Friendly rivalry: Army Reserve Soldiers strive for excellence
March 2, 2021 — It wouldn’t be a competition without struggle, but several Soldiers at the 642nd Regional Support Group’s Best Warrior in January said the fellowship they found finished first. The four-day event at Fort McClellan, Ala., brought a handful of Army Reserve troops from across the brigade to test themselves against an expected set of physical and mental challenges in late January. There was the fitness test, rifle marksmanship, land navigation course and a seven-mile ruck march – among other events. Less expected was the support the Soldiers received from their fellow contenders... MORE

Army HRC rolls out talent management platform for Army Reserve Active Guard and Reserve officers
March 1, 2021 — The Army Reserve – Soldier Assignment Profile is now open to all AGR officers conducting a PCS during the 22-01 distribution cycle from October 2021 to March 2022. Brig. Gen. Kris Belanger, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Human Resources Command, and director, Reserve Personnel Management Directorate, in coordination with the HRC’s commanding general, approved the talent management platform following the completion of a January pilot program... MORE

Army Reserve Soldiers deployed to Camp Arifjan reflect on Black History Month
March 1, 2021 — Army Reserve Soldiers deployed here shared their thoughts about Black History Month and Black culture in America... MORE

Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer Denrick Mills, an air mobility warrant officer deployed to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, with the 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), said his favorite Black History story is the Triple Nickel “smokejumpers.” In 1945, the all-black 555th Airborne Infantry Battalion was ordered to Oregon to fight forest fires started by nature and by incendiary-bearing balloons sent into West Coast forests by the Japanese. “They used this airborne unit to jump in an put the fire out—that’s how the smokejumpers started,” he said.

Ambassador praises Army Reserve medical Soldiers
February 24, 2021 — The United States ambassador to Kuwait honored three Army Reserve Soldiers Thursday at a ceremony at the U.S. embassy here for rendering first aid to a pedestrian struck on a highway... MORE

Army Reserve Soldier fills vital role in Fort Sill's 428th Field Artillery Brigade
February 18, 2021 — Leading the health and welfare of the 428th Field Artillery Brigade became an easier task for its commander, Col. Neil Morgan, when a new Training and Doctrine Command program assigned a behavioral health officer to his unit. The program, called TRADOC Organic Medical Support (TOMS), integrates medical resources directly into brigades. Dr. (Maj.) Stephen Scott is an Army Reserve Soldier who fills that behavioral health role helping his superiors to lead in a time of multiple stressors... MORE

Fort Jackson prays for nation, Soldiers at annual breakfast
February 18, 2021 — Members of the Fort Jackson community gathered at the NCO Club Feb. 4 to “pray for the nation, our Soldiers, Family members, and civilians,” as part of the National Prayer Breakfast... MORE

Army Reserve officers march 50 miles to honor Teddy Roosevelt, JFK for Presidents Day
February 18, 2021 — Two Army Reserve officers deployed here with the 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) marched 50 miles in a Presidents Day homage to presidents Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. Lt. Col. Shane Cater, chief of the administrative law, contract and financial section, said he and Maj. Kyle “Dutch” Dietrich, a trial lawyer in the staff judge advocate section, began early Sunday morning and completed 41 miles before stopping until Monday morning... MORE

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