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Setting the “table” with machine gun rounds
May 6, 2016
Pfc. Ryan Joe, U.S. Army Reserve military police Soldiers from the 341st MP Company, of South San Francisco, California, looks down the night vision scope of his assigned M249 Squad Automatic Weapon as he prepares for a mounted crew-served weapon night fire qualification table at Fort Hunter-Liggett, California, May 3. The 341st MP Co. is one of the first units in the Army Reserve conducting a complete 6-table crew-serve weapon qualification, which includes firing the M2, M249 and M240B machine guns both during the day and night. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
No Obstacles, Only Challenges
May 5, 2016
Sgt. Frank Seko the 9th Mission Support Command Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, completes the Swing, Stop, Jump station of the obstacle course at the 2016 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition at Fort Bragg, N.C. May 4. This year's Best Warrior Competition will determine the top noncommissioned officer and junior enlisted Soldier who will represent the U.S. Army Reserve in the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition later this year at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tynisha L. Daniel) (Released)
Military shares, draws knowledge from the Thin Blue Line
May 5, 2016
Lt. Col. John Dunn, Commander of the 159th Military Police Battalion (Criminal Investigation Division), describes the 200th MP Command's Guardian Shield Exercise to civilian and military law enforcement leadership during an International Association of Chiefs of Police meeting at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, April 16. Guardian Shield provides slots for federal, state or local law enforcement departments to send their personnel, and includes FBI-approved hostage negotiation training and classes derived from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
Military chaplains “commune” in support of multinational mission
May 5, 2016
The Reverend Giles Allen (CF), of the Royal Army Chaplain’s Department (RAChD), prepares the Eucharist worship service held during exercise Anakonda Response 2016 at Papa Air Base, Hungary, May 1, 2016. The exercise was organized by the 7th Mission Support Command, an Army Reserve unit based in Kaiserslautern, Germany. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Andria Allmond)
Double Eagle 5-1-2016
May 4, 2016
Double Eagle Publication
Soldier hopes third time’s a charm to earn U.S. Army Reserve NCO of the Year title
May 4, 2016
2016 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior competitor Staff Sgt. Orval Emery, a combat engineer with the 2nd Brigade, Pacific Division, 75th Training Command, shares some laughs with his peers as they inprocess and receive personal equipment at the Brig. Gen. William S. McArthur Reserve Center, Fort Bragg, N.C., May 2. This is Emery’s third attempt at earning the U.S. Army Reserve Noncommissioned Officer of the Year title. This year’s Best Warrior Competition will determine the top NCO and junior enlisted Soldier who will represent the U.S. Army Reserve in the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition later this year at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christina M. Dion / Released)
U.S. Army Reserve Best Warriors arrive for competition
May 4, 2016
From left to right, Sgt. Stephen Shorey representing the 311th Signal Command, Sgt. John Dana representing the 377th Theater Support Command, and Staff Sgt. Joseph Young representing the 99th Regional Support Command sit through a check-in brief upon arrival May 1 for the 2016 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition at Fort Bragg, N.C. This year’s Best Warrior Competition will determine the top noncommissioned officer and junior enlisted Soldier who will represent the U.S. Army Reserve in the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition later this year at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christina M. Dion) (Released)
Stopping a real world sexual assault
May 3, 2016
Sgt. Lucas Shafroth, an Army Reserve communications NCO with the 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Headquarters, Headquarters Company, completes driver's training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday. Schafroth thwarted a sexual assault after the April 17 battle assembly, and credits much of his response to sexual assault awareness training he received that battle assembly.
Prevention is Possible- Do Your Part
May 3, 2016
“It takes all of us to put a stop to sexual harassment and assault,” said Khandeece O’Neal, Sexual Assault Response Coordinator and Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Program Manager, for the Army Reserve Medical Command. The native New Yorker, currently resides in Pinellas Park, Florida and has been the SARC for two years at ARMEDCOM.
Retired three-star admiral, ambassador assist NATO military, government agencies in flood exercise
May 3, 2016
Retired Ambassador David Litt, senior mentor for Exercise Anakonda Response 2016 is interviewed Friday, April 29, 2016 at Papa Air Base in Papa, Hungary. The exercise simulates a multinational response to a catastrophic flood. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Andria Allmond)