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Army Reserve unit celebrates the Army Reserve’s birthday by giving back
April 17, 2014
Army Reserve Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 383rd Training Support Battalion, 166th Aviation Brigade, First Army Division West – based at Fort Des Moines- work together with the City of Des Moines Parks and Recreation Department to remove logs and brush from Greenwood Park in Des Moines, Iowa, on April 5. This was the first step in allowing the park to return to a more natural state after a rough winter there. Following the cleanup project, the soldiers returned to their reserve center where they hosted their 106th birthday celebration of the Army Reserve with Mayor Pro Tem T.H. Bob Mahaffey, 14-year Air Force Reserve veteran. (Photo by Capt. Mark Butcher)
Army Reserve Unit Receives Superior Unit Award during 106th Birthday of Army Reserve
April 5, 2014
Brig. Gen. Gracus K. Dunn, Commanding General, 85th Support Command and deputy commanding general for support, First Army Division-West; gives remarks on the Army Reserve’s and unit’s ninety-seven year history during the unit’s celebration of the 106th birthday of the Army Reserve at the unit’s headquarters on April 5. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Anthony L. Taylor/Released)
Women continue to prove themselves in uniform
March 25, 2014
Maj. Gen. Marcia M. Anderson, the Deputy Chief, U.S. Army Reserve, was the guest speaker at a Women's History month observance at the U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarters at Fort Bragg, N.C., March 25, 2014. Anderson, the Army's first African American female major general highlighted the accomplishments of women dating back to the Revolutionary War and the current evaluation process of opening previously closed military occupations to women. (U.S. Army photo by Timothy L. Hale/Released)
Army Reserve unit recipient of Defense Reserve Family Readiness Award
February 28, 2014
Reserve Family Readiness Award winners from the 134th Legal Operations Detachment pose alongside officials from United States Army Reserve, the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs and the Military Officers Association at a Feb. 28, 2014, award ceremony in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes. Left to right, Col. Ronald Dean Rallis Sr., commander, 134th Legal Operations Detachment; John T. Hastings, deputy assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs, resources; Nicholas Kroll, son of Lt. Col. Lori Kroll; Brig. Gen. LeAnne P. Burch, commanding general, United States Army Reserve Legal Command; Lt. Col. Lori Kroll, 134th Legal Operations Detachment team leader and Unit Family Readiness Group liaison; Sherry Rallis, 134th Family Readiness Group leader; (behind Mrs. Rallis) Andrea Treptow, 134th Family Readiness Group newsletter chairperson; Hans Dekker, 134th Family Readiness Group treasurer; Jennifer Mercado, 134th Family Readiness Group volunteer; Lt. Col. Owen Lewis, 134th deputy commander; Sandra Bramble, master trainer, Army Community Services, 134th Family Readiness Group; Sgt. 1st Class Carla Corona, 134th family assistant; Maj. Gen. Marcia M. Anderson, deputy chief, Army Reserve; Capt. Rufus Allen, 134th member; Capt. Shelley O'Hara, 134th member; retired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Norb Ryan, president of the Military Officers Association of America. (Photo by Lt. Col. Roburt C. Yale, unit public affairs representative, USAR Legal Command)
Program highlights African-American storytelling
February 5, 2014
North Carolina professional storyteller, Mitchell G. Capel presents works by Paul L. Dunbar, a Civil War era poet and former slave, to the U.S. Army Reserve audience, Feb. 5, 2014, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The "brown bag" presentation was a part of the command's Black History Month celebration.
Camp Arifjan celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 20, 2014
Army Maj. Henry McCaskill, Jr. (left), the operations chaplain (forward) for the 1st Theater Sustainment Command, speaks with Army Lt. Col. Ashawn D. Campbell (right), the equal opportunity program manager for the Army Central, at the conclusion of a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration held Jan. 20 in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. McCaskill, currently deployed to Afghanistan, spoke to hundreds of service members, contractors and Department of Defense civilians about his experiences growing up in Alabama at a time when his father, Henry McCaskill, Sr., was organizing rallies, marches and meetings in support of King’s civil rights movement.
Manella, Fromm named Army Reserve’s Best Warriors for 2013
June 28, 2013
Army Reserve Spc. Mitchell Fromm, a combat engineer representing the 416th Theater Engineer Command and a native of Marathon, Wis., engages targets during the Reflexive Fire event at the 2013 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition at Fort McCoy, Wis., June 26. This year's Best Warrior competition will determine the top noncommissioned officer and junior enlisted Soldier who will represent the Army Reserve in the Dept. of the Army Best Warrior competition in Oct. at Fort Lee, Va.
Fallen heroes honored at 66th Annual All Wars Memorial in East Los Angeles
June 27, 2013
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Megan Tatu, center, the commanding general of the 79th Sustainment Support Command, speaks to elected officials, veterans and more than 300 community members during the 66th Annual Memorial Day observance at Cinco Puntos in East Los Angeles, May 27, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Corey Beal/Released)
From TBI to Best Warrior competitor
June 27, 2013
From TBI to Best Warrior competitor
Civil Affairs soldiers to compete in US Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition
May 10, 2013
the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) Best Warrior Competition complete the final lap of the two-mile run portion of their Army Physical Fitness Test on the Fort Bragg Noncommissioned Officers Academy track at Fort Bragg, N.C., April 29. U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) competitors came from around the country to compete in this years's Best Warrior Competition held at Fort Bragg, N.C., April 29 through May 3, to earn the honor of representing the command at the U.S. Army Reserve Command's competition in June.