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Category: Operation News Day

Who makes sure bullets meet the standard?
March 5, 2016 — A Soldier’s relationship with munitions is often a short one: a pull of a pin, a squeeze of a trigger, an explosive result, then on to the next. For some, the relationship is more intimate... MORE

Spc. Miguel Toro, an ammunition specialist for the 266th Ordnance Company based in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, bands a pallet of ammunition crates during Transmariner 2016 in Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, N.C., March 1. During Transmariner, Army Reserve Soldiers receive, inspect, repackage and ready munitions for loading aboard vessels from Feb. 13 to May 21. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael T. Crawford/RELEASED)

Reserving a path to a lifelong dream
March 5, 2016 — For most, a military occupational specialty isn’t an Army Reserve Soldier’s day in, day out. Many tap into this extra skill just one weekend a month, two weeks a year... MORE

Pvt. Showan Isaacs, a cargo specialist with the 1174th Deployment and Distribution Battalion at Fort Totten, N.Y., inspects straps used to secure cargo during the Transmariner 2016 exercise in Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, N.C. During Transmariner, Army Reserve Soldiers receive, inspect, repackage and ready munitions for loading aboard vessels from Feb. 13 to May 21, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gregory Lydick/Released)

US Army: Going to MARRS
February 27, 2016 — SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Are you looking for fuelers to fulfill vehicle readiness? Do you need a company of military police to conduct convoy security?... MORE

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Are you looking for fuelers to fulfill vehicle readiness? Do you need a company of military police to conduct convoy security?
In a partnership with the National Guard Bureau, the U.S. Army Reserve is now in the initial stages of adopting the Mission Analysis, Readiness & Resource Synchronization (MARRS) system as a source to assess overall unit readiness.

Meshing mechanics: Reserve mechanics repair vehicles alongside active duty components at JRTC 16-04
February 26, 2016 — FORT POLK, La. -- A gentle breeze pushes aside the thick dingy white plastic flaps as it enters the area, muddling with the lingering smell of motor oil and fluids and traverses through the makeshift space. Figures in worn greenish black suits, drenched in grease buzz about fervently tinkering with their vast array of tools engineering a mechanical melody... MORE

Army mechanics work on the underbelly of a Humvee in the maintenance tent of the 542nd Sustainment Maintenance Company Feb. 18 at Fort Polk, La. The maintenance bay has been home to mechanics from several different units and components during the Joint Readiness Training Center's rotation 16-04 operation. The Soldiers have come together during the exercise to provide maintenance support for the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne). (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Aaron Ellerman 204th Public Affairs Detachment/Released)

First Exercise News Day field tests Army Reserve public affairs units
February 26, 2016 — FORT POLK, La. - Army Reserve public affairs has a new gauntlet to test its skills... MORE

Sgt. Elizabeth Raney, a U.S. Army Reserve Soldier assigned to the 343rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment in Camp Parks, Ark., frames a fellow Reserve Soldier on Feb. 18 for the first Exercise News Day in Fort Polk, La. The exercise tested Army Reserve public affairs Soldiers on their skills in the field at Joint Readiness Training Center. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Hubbard, 204th Public Affairs Detachment/Released)

New readiness synchronization system to come down the pipeline for Reserve units
February 22, 2016 — A new way to manage Army readiness is in the works and coming to operations planners across the Army... MORE

Capt. Gabrila Benitezlara, the Collective Training Officer in Charge for the 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, tests out the new Mission Analysis, Readiness & Resource Synchronization (MARRS) system during an information brief for Army Reserve Soldiers in leadership roles. The MARRS system will help to de-conflict scheduling of units as well as leveraging the remainder of Soldiers within those Reserve units. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Bethany L. Huff)

103rd Quartermaster Company verifies and assists 70 Gorgas citizens
February 18, 2016 — FORT POLK, La. - The Soldiers of the 103rd Quartermaster Company performed evacuee operations during the Joint Readiness Training Center exercise at the Intermediate Staging Base, Feb. 18, 2016... MORE

Spc. Kouadio Nguessan, an automated logistical specialist with the 103rd Quartermaster Company, verifies evacuee documents to ensure they have the necessary paperwork to reenter the country during a role play exercise, at the Intermediate Staging base on Feb. 18. This particular evacuee exercise is the first of its kind working directly with the Consulate out of Frankfurt Germany, while being the third iteration of similar training during the JRTC rotations. (U.S. Army Reserve Photo by Sgt. Bethany L. Huff)

Fueling with food for the fight
February 18, 2016 — FORT POLK, La.– In the early morning hours, when most Soldiers are snuggled deep in their beds, there are those who are wide-awake and busy firing up the stoves, inspecting and preparing food, and making sure breakfast is served when the rest of the Soldiers wake up, hours later... MORE

A food services specialist with the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, an active duty unit based in Fort Richardson, Alaska, is part of the operation that supplies food for Soldiers at the intermediate staging base in Alexandria, Louisiana for rotation 16-04 at the Joint Readiness Training Center Fort Polk, Louisiana. The active-duty unit is augmenting for their Reserve Component counterparts for the exercise. The Army and Army Reserve continuously make preparations to deliberately and purposefully integrate training among and between components as part of the Army Total Force Policy. The policy ensures that there is continuity within the different components and promotes interoperability.

Fueling the mission
February 18, 2016 — FORT POLK, La. – Active-duty Soldiers from the 574th Quartermaster Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, conducted fueling operations in support of an Army Reserve exercise at Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) in Fort Polk, Louisiana, Feb. 17... MORE

Spc. Matt Giroud, a petroleum supply specialist with the 574th Quartermaster Company, is part of the detail that supplies fuel to all of the ground vehicles in the Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 16-04 at Fort Polk, La. The active-duty unit out of Alaska is augmenting for their Reserve Component counterparts for the exercise. The Army and Army Reserve continuously make preparations to deliberately and purposefully integrate training among and between components as part of the Army Total Force Policy. The policy ensures that there is continuity within the different components and promotes interoperability.

Logging a day's work: Reserve logisticians integrate, excel at JRTC 16-04
February 17, 2016 — FORT POLK, La. - The clang of metal tines against pine planked pallets pierces through the exhaust and hum of bustling cargo trucks loading and unloading their goods. Content customers clad in camouflage order and receive supplies amidst the crisp cool air... MORE

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