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Mobilization mission changes hands at Fort Hood
November 30, 2022 — After mobilizing and demobilizing more than 20,000 U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers and National Guard troops here over the past 12 months, the 642nd Regional Support Group from Decatur, Georgia, cased their unit’s colors and passed on the colors of Mobilization Support Brigade to the command team of the 561st RSG from Omaha, Nebraska, during a ceremony on Sadowski Field, Nov. 18... MORE

Ammunition platoon trains on land navigation
October 28, 2022 — This U.S. Army Reserve Ordnance Company platoon did something here Oct. 21, 2022, that would make several of the Army’s top enlisted leaders, including Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston proud... MORE

Supporting our theaters across the globe: 79th Theater Sustainment Command conducts early entry command post exercise
July 20, 2022 — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 79th Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) walked a mile in the boots of their partners overseas by participating in an early entry command post (EECP) exercise to practice providing sustainment and logistical support to a theater during their annual training, June 18 to July 2, 2022. The EECP is a rapid response element of the 79th TSC’s theater logistics and sustainment planning that prepares Soldiers to provide sustainment and logistic support in a theater environment... MORE

319th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion trains in simulated remains transportation ceremony
June 23, 2022 — Army Reserve Soldiers of the 319th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion train to carry fallen comrades in a simulated remains transportation ceremony during Combat Support Training Exercise 91-22-01, June 14, 2022, on Fort Hunter Liggett, California... MORE

Army Reserve unit simulate honors transportation ceremony for the deceased

Transportation Soldiers qualify with .50 caliber machine guns
April 14, 2022 — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from several companies in the 470th Movement Control Battalion, 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 79th Theater Sustainment Command, Elwood, Illinois, trained on something not every Soldier is able to do at a range here April 9, 2022. They were able to engage targets from as far away as 1,300 yards behind the new Browning M2A1 50-caliber machine gun. Enhancements to the M2 include, a quick-change barrel, a fixed headspace and timing configuration, and flash hider... 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

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

Army Reserve daughter of mariachi singer reflects on her Afghanistan, Qatar service
October 7, 2021 — A Mexican American Army Reserve Soldier deployed here with the 155th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade reflected on her remarkable experiences in Afghanistan and Qatar for this year’s Hispanic Heritage observance... MORE

Army Reserve Spc. Luz Hernandez, who is currently deployed to Camp Buehring, Kuwait, with the South El Monte, California, based 155th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, shares a moment with her parents, Angel Hernandez Mendoza and Maria Guadalupe Lopez- Hernandez. Hernandez said she draws strength from her parents’ legacy. “I am sure there are Mexican heroes, but for me, it was just hearing my dad's and my mom's stories—how they came from nothing in Mexico.” (Photo courtesy of Spc. Luz Hernandez)

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

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