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Teams support resilience training at Operation Cold Steel II
November 20, 2017 — Resiliency is a skill Soldiers are encouraged to develop, but they’re not expected to go it alone. During Operation Cold Steel II at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., leaders from U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command requested two teams of Master Resilience Trainer and Performance Experts from the Ready and Resilient Performance Training Center to assist in helping their Soldiers develop resiliency skills and hopefully contribute to higher qualification scores... MORE

MRT team brings resilience training to reality

Battle to the Best, 353rd CACOM Best Warrior Competition
November 8, 2017 — The fierce and unforgiving wilderness of Fort McCoy was the proving ground of the latest round of competitions for civil affairs Soldiers from across the Nation. The 353rd Civil Affairs Command Best Warrior Competition made its way to the Total Force Training Center Oct. 30 thru Nov. 5 to battle their way to the next level of completion and earn the title of 353rd CACOM 2017 Soldier and Non-Commissioned Officer of the year. ... MORE

Private Second Class Yanni Tsiranides, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, assembles a weapon during the Army Warrior Task lanes at the 353rd Civil Affairs Command Best Warrior Competition at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, November 3, 2017. Tsiranides went on to win the title of 353rd CACOM 2017 Soldier of the Year.
(U.S. Army Reserve photo by Catherine Lowrey, 88th Regional Support Command Public Affairs Office)

Operation Cold Steel II: More vehicles, weapons, firepower
October 18, 2017 — Operation Cold Steel II kicked off Oct. 12, 2017 at Fort Hunter Liggett, California... MORE

Army Reserve Civil Affairs soldiers support Saber Guardian 17
July 5, 2017 — U.S. Army Reserve soldiers from 361st Civil Affairs Brigade are supporting Saber Guardian 17 and other Black Sea Region exercises as part of annual training in July across Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria... MORE

From left to right, 1st Lt. Mark Vadasz, Hungarian Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC), Capt. Philip Hristov, Bulgarian CIMIC, 1st Lt. Musat Cosmin, Romanian CIMIC, with Capt. Anthony W. Smith, lead exercise planner from 361st Civil Affairs Brigade, sit together to plan future civil engagements for Saber Guardian 17 (SG17) in Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria on July 4, 2017. 361st CA BDE is responsible for conducting civil engagements and activities to promote transparency and the relationship between U.S. forces, civilian authorities and civilian populations during SG17 (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Charity Boedeker, 361st CA BDE Public Affairs).

Building partnership, community relations through innovative training
June 30, 2017 — Training is an essential part of the Department of Defense’s mission, especially when the mission builds long-lasting community relationships and helps the American populace. And, that’s exactly what the Texas A&M Colonias Joint Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) mission is geared toward – building a better America through partnership... MORE

Maj. Jennifer Meadows (2nd from right), an optometrist and an Army Reserve Soldier, explains how local residents receive eye care to several distinguished visitors at the El Cenizo Community Center in Laredo, Texas June 27 during the Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) Mission. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Tomora Nance, U.S. Army North Public Affairs)

Airborne testers ensure Army equipment survivability when dropped from above
June 2, 2017 — A new parachute system designed to deliver light supplies and heavy equipment to ground troops is at its half-way point in operational testing here by Tennessee Army Reserve parachute riggers... MORE

The Advanced Low Velocity Airdrop System - Light/Heavy (ALVADS-L/H) delivers the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to ground troops and is nearly at its half-way point in operational testing with the Fort Hood, Texas-based U.S. Army Operational Test Command's Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate (ABNSOTD) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army file photo)

Law Enforcement, Navy, Air Force take part in Army Reserve K9 Casualty Training
May 15, 2017 — “Bang” - The sound of a rifle shot rings in the air. Your training kicks in; you quickly take cover and frantically assess yourself for any possible wounds despite the sudden rush of adrenaline. The next sound you hear is the grimace of pain, but it is not from yourself. It is your partner, your "battle buddy". However, unlike most partners she is one that needs you more than most. She is always loyal and always pleased to see you each and every day. She is a service dog... MORE

Capt. James Corrigan (left), an Army veterinarian, shows Pensacola Police Officer James Parsons how to check working dogs for signs of distress or trauma with the aid of Melissa Harris, a Pensacola Police K9-team handler and Kojo, a Pensacola Police working dog during a K9 Tactical Emergency Casualty Care course held May 6 at N.A.S. Corry Station in Pensacola, Fla.

US Soldiers provide veterinarian assistance
May 2, 2017 — U.S. Army personnel assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s (CJTF-HOA) Military Information Support Operations (MISO), 411th Civil Affairs Battalion and 418th Civil Affairs Battalion Function Specialty Unit (FxSP) treated local livestock during a veterinarian assistance mission in rural areas of southern Djibouti, March 28 and April 4... MORE

U.S. Army Major Gary Brown, 418th Civil Affairs Battalion (FxSP) senior veterinarian, treats a camel’s infected eye in a rural area outside of Ali Sabieh, Djibouti, March 28, 2017. FxSP members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa administered anti-parasitic medication and provided basic treatment of upper repertory infections as part of their veterinarian assistance mission. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Christian Jadot)

Soldiers form bond with Djiboutian caretakers
January 12, 2017 — A cool breeze sets under the blistering sun as kids play in the streets of Elimo neighborhood. Days can be filled with fun and excitement for children living at the SOS Village D’ Enfants compound, but for the caretakers they can be stressful and exhausting... MORE

Sgt. Sarah DeArcy, a civil affairs team medic with C/Co 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, coaches SOS Village D’ Enfants - Tadjoura caretakers on how to perform the abdominal thrust technique during a first aid discussion group here on January 3, 2017. The discussion group covered various medical topics and gave Djiboutians the opportunity to receive hands on training.

Fuel for Training: Food Service Personnel Play Key Role in Toy Drop Operations
December 20, 2016 — No mission in the military can succeed without the behinds the scenes support that many people forget about. There are multiple moving parts that go along with a training operation, especially one as big as Operation Toy Drop... MORE

Spc. Savannah Yerdon (right), a culinary specialist assigned to 1018th Quartermaster Company in Schenectady, N.Y., and Sgt. Leroy McKinley (left), a heavy vehicle operator and culinary specialist assigned to 942nd Transportation Company in West Hartford, Conn., unload meal containers into the DFAC tent from their van in preparation for breakfast at Fort Bragg, N.C., Luzon Drop Zone on 12 Dec., 2016. Yerdon and McKinley was part of a six person food service crew who provided meal rations for hundreds of Soldiers during Operation Toy Drop XIX. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Ebony Malloy)

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