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At Age 50 Chief Warrant Officer Wins 4th ESC Best Warrior
March 8, 2021 — Chief Warrant Officer Two Thomas Downer signed up to participate in the 4th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) 2021 Best Warrior Competition because he wanted to challenge himself. He did not have the opportunity to participate in a Best Warrior competition as an enlisted Soldier, so the 2021 contest would be his first and last opportunity. Downer trained for two months. His goals were to finish and to be competitive. ... MORE

653rd Regional Support Group and 77th Quartermaster Group (Petroleum) team up to host a Best Warrior Competition
March 8, 2021 — Twelve competitors from the 653rd Regional Support Group (RSG) and the 77th Quartermaster Group (QM GRP) participated in the Best Warrior Competition in early February 2021... MORE

416th TEC Awarded the Army Exceptional Organization Safety Award
March 5, 2021 — The 416th Theater Engineer Command is awarded the Army Exceptional Organization Safety Award (AEOSA) for outstanding contribution to Army Reserve Safety during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020... 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

Profiles in Space: Lt. Col. Scott P. Nos hangs it up after nearly four decades
March 5, 2021 — Email, electric cars, unmanned aerial vehicles: all of these things did not exist when Lt. Col. Scott P. Nos began his military career more than 40 years ago. Now, as he hangs up his uniform for the last time, he can reflect back on all that has changed from his perch with the unit leading the way in space and missile defense... MORE

Army Reserve Soldier follows footsteps of fallen comrades
March 4, 2021 — Spc. Isabella Jaime has honored combat-arms Soldiers in the past; now, she’ll get a taste of what it’s like to be one. Jaime joined seven of her fellow Army Reserve Soldiers in the 99th Readiness Division’s FY21 Best Warrior Competition Train-Up Feb. 22-26 at division headquarters here... MORE

Fairfield, Illinois, Army Reserve veterinarian concludes 21 years of military service
March 3, 2021 — Raised in Mill Creek, Indiana, Col. Loren Adams earned a Bachelor of Animal Science and Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He joined a private veterinary medicine practice in New Liberty, Iowa, where he specialized in predominately large animals. He practiced for 26 years and joined the Army Reserve Veterinary Corps after 16. “When the Army Reserve sent out notices asking for veterinarians to join, I thought, I could do that too,” shared Adams. “I was looking for an adventure I suppose after my private practice veterinary job was becoming repetitive.”... MORE

Deployed Army Nurse, Taking Care of Soldiers is My Job
March 2, 2021 — Capt. Meagan Barker is a 66S (Critical Care Nurse) working in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU); deployed with the 228th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) deployed to Kuwait. As part of Women’s History Month, we are spotlighting her and her deployment mission. The 228th CSH Mission is to provide theater hospitalization in support of forces, in CENTCOM Area of Operation, and provide area medical support to camps within Kuwait and other locations. This mission keeps Barker engaged with a wide-spectrum of patients. “Being an ICU Nurse I am able to take an assortment of patients to assist in effectively taking care of our Soldiers. Also, being a Post Anesthesia Care Unit Recovery Nurse I support recovering a patient right after surgery in the ICU until they are stable to return to duty,” said Capt. Meagan Barker. “My Goal growing up was to care for Soldiers and I never fathomed that, whether inside or outside the hospital, they have blessed my live just as much as I have blessed theirs,” Barker said. ... 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

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