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Tag: 88th Readiness Division

Schematics/electrical class taught at Fort McCoy Draw Yard
February 11, 2022 — For the first time, a schematics/electrical class was taught here Jan. 24-27, 2022. Gary Leamons, the logistic sustainment training coordinator/instructor for the Fort McCoy Draw Yard, taught the class three times before at the Fort Riley, Kansas, Equipment Concentration Site 33 and outlining Area Maintenance Support Activity (AMSA) shops. The class was among the LST curriculum... MORE

88th RD educator helps develop new Basic Skills Education Program course
February 4, 2022 — Last year more than 75 Soldiers in the 88th Readiness Division’s 19-state region geared up to raise their GT score by taking the AFCT, or Armed Forces Classification Test. Improving the General Technical number can lead the way to additional career opportunities... MORE

Fast-forwarding event nudges priest to chaplaincy
January 28, 2022 — His friends and family members use words such as joyous, humorous, goofy, warm, spiritual and approachable to describe him. Add planner, organizer, administrator and dependable to that list. Those are the adjectives that Lt. Col. Paul Weberg hopes those who know him best use to define him. Weberg is the new 88th Readiness Division command chaplain... MORE

Open the door to more military career options
January 24, 2022 — Before you retake the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, think about taking the Basic Skills Education Program course first. The course is designed to help Soldiers improve their math, vocabulary and reading comprehension skills and ultimately raise their General Technical score... MORE

Career comes full circle for Army Reserve chaplain
December 22, 2021 — This U.S. Army Reserve chaplain’s storied career will come full circle at Fort Snelling, Minn., Col. Joseph Burton will retire as the command chaplain of the 88th Readiness Division based at Fort Snelling on Feb. 28, 2022. His first Reserve assignment was in 1999 as the chaplain for the 114th Combat Support Hospital based at Fort Snelling after he transferred to the Reserve from the Arizona Air National Guard... MORE

Colonel Joseph Burton, the command chaplain for the 88th Readiness Division, provides the invocation during the wreath laying ceremony honoring former President James A. Garfield, in Cleveland, Ohio, November 13, 2021. Each year, near the anniversary of Garfield's birth, Lake View Cemetery hosts a ceremony honoring the life and legacy of the man who served as president from March to September 1881.

Practical hydraulics course held at Fort McCoy for first time
December 17, 2021 — For the first time, a four-day practical hydraulics course was taught here from Nov. 15-18, 2021. Students trained on a MF102H hydraulic circuit simulator, which gives students the ability to build different types of hydraulic circuits to understand hydraulic components and their applications... MORE

Army Reserve officer coordinates DoD fire response
November 8, 2021 — Across the bustling campus there is one man clad in a camouflage military uniform. He is the sole service member working directly with the National Interagency Fire Center here and is responsible for coordinating the military response to wild land fires... MORE

A soldier dressed in firefighting gear uses a tool to help stop the spread of a fire.

Army Reserve Soldier reflects on service in observance of Hispanic Heritage Month
October 5, 2021 — First Lieutenant Lucia Mejia, aide-de-camp to the 88th Readiness Division deputy commanding general for support, reflected on her military service in observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from mid-September to mid-October... MORE

Global Medic tests new field hospital structure
August 30, 2021 — The first Global Medic exercise since conversion of the combat support hospital to a field hospital was conducted here the first three weeks of August 2021... MORE

Walking Shield benefits community and Army Reserve
August 19, 2021 — IRT is an acronym that may not be known by many people, especially if you’ve never participated in the program. It stands for Innovative Readiness Training, and Army Reserve Soldiers from various medical units commanded by the 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support) came here the first two weeks of August 2021 for the mission... MORE

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