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Category: 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 79th Theater Sustainment Command

453rd Cargo Transfer Company mobilization ceremony
March 7, 2022 — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from 348th Transportation Battalion held a deployment ceremony today to honor more than 150 Soldiers from the 453rd Cargo Transfer Company out of Houston and Stinton, Texas as they prepare to mobilize overseas in support of Central Command... MORE

Theory of operations studied at Power Generation class
March 7, 2022 — The students in the first Fiscal Year 22’s Logistic Sustainment Training Power Generation class were the first to learn the theory of generators and extensive details on how each piece of equipment of a generator works at the 88th Readiness Division-operated Draw Yard here Feb. 26-March 3, 2022... MORE

After cold January, CWOC students cite Fort McCoy as ideal training location for course
February 16, 2022 — During January 2022 at Fort McCoy, weather data shows 18 of 31 days during the month had overnight temperatures in the below-zero range — one night as cold as minus 35 degrees Fahrenheit. And through those many cold nights, students in the Fort McCoy Cold-Weather Operations Course (CWOC) were training somewhere on the installation. Many of those students said they soon realized they were in for a challenge and later said that Fort McCoy was an ideal place for the cold-weather training... MORE

Mobilization ceremony send off for the 90th Sustainment Brigade
February 4, 2022 — The U.S. Army Reserve’s 90th Sustainment Brigade held a deployment ceremony today to honor a detachment of nearly one-hundred Soldiers mobilizing overseas in support of Central Command... MORE

Why I serve: ‘I can help guide them in making the right decisions’
October 27, 2021 — U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Marcos L. Benavides is passionate about being there for his Soldiers. “I just want to help them and make sure that they’re set in life or their military career, things I wish somebody had told me when I was younger,” the ammunition specialist said... MORE

Beaumont-based Army Reserve unit holds Soldier’s memorial
October 20, 2021 — The 373rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) held a memorial service Saturday, Oct. 16 for an Army Reserve Soldier at the Carl H. Pipkin Army Reserve Center. The unit’s Soldiers, along with friends and family, honored Sgt. Maj. Franklin E. Harris, who died Sept. 27 due to complications related to COVID-19... MORE

A Few Extra Hours: What it Costs to Gain Leadership Skills
October 11, 2021 — Maj. Phillip Larmond has one of the most demanding part-time jobs in the United States Army Reserve. As the Executive Officer (XO) for the US Army Reserve's 373rd Combat Support Sustainment Battalion in Beaumont, TX, his responsibilities require a little more than the traditional 'one weekend a month and two weeks a year.’ In this role, he must exercise command in the battalion commander's absence and serve as the senior member of the battalion's staff, but he is okay with that. "Being an XO is challenging because you have to balance managing staff and handling Soldier issues," Larmond says, "but it's all made me a better leader, lawyer, and small business owner.”... MORE

650th Regional Support Group change of command
August 31, 2021 — Col. Lance Oliver relinquished responsibility of the 650th Regional Support Group to Col. David Nowicki during the change of command ceremony held Aug. 15, 2021. Brig. Gen. John M. Dreska, commanding general, 311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, presided over the ceremony. He said, "Col. Nowicki assumes command of a line unit with an outstanding and proven history. We thank Colonel Oliver for bridging the gap between commanders. Job well done."... MORE

Harlingen based Army Reserve unit welcomes new command team
August 19, 2021 — Army Reserve Soldiers of the 319th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) gathered Sunday to conduct a change of command ceremony at the Naval Operational Support Center Harlingen. The 319th CSSB welcomed Lt. Col. Beatriz Florez as the new commander and Sgt. Maj. Ramiro Barajas Jr. as the incoming interim command sergeant major in the time-honored ceremony. Florez, a native of McAllen, Texas, served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and is a Bronze Star Medal recipient. Her last assignment was with the 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) while deployed to Erbil, Iraq... MORE

319th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) Change of command

Army’s only all-component finance exercise kicks off
August 15, 2021 — Diamonds are refined and hardened by pressure, just as those who proudly wear the diamond emblem of the Army’s Finance Corps on their uniforms. Seeking to refine and prepare those finance and comptroller Soldiers through a series of real-world pressures and scenarios, the evaluation phase of the Army’s Diamond Saber exercise kicked off at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 14... MORE

Cadet Serigne Cisse, 374th Financial Management Support Unit officer candidate, stacks play currency for Diamond Saber at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 14, 2021. Diamond Saber is a U.S. Army Reserve-led exercise that incorporates participation from all components and joint services, and it prepares finance and comptroller Soldiers on the warfighting functions of funding the force, payment support, disbursing operations, accounting, fiscal stewardship, auditability and data analytics. (U.S. Army photo by Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

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