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Yellow Ribbon Program ensures Soldiers know they are taken care of
September 29, 2022 — One way the Army Reserve puts people first is by promoting quality of life programs that improve the Reserve experience while making it easier to combine family, work, and military life. We all know Families who support and sustain Reserve Soldiers are also a big part of Reserve units being ready for deployments as part of the Total Force... MORE

Significance of the Military Funeral Honors Team
September 21, 2022 — The military funeral honors entitlement in the United States is a memorial or burial rite conducted by the United States Armed Forces for Service Members of all branches and former U.S. Presidents. A military funeral may feature guards of honor, volleys of fire as a salute, drumming or other military elements. The tradition of military funeral honors renders the highest honor to those who have sacrificed their lives in defending the United States, its people and the constitution it upholds... MORE

Medical Soldiers Tackle Litter Obstacle Course
September 21, 2022 — Medical Soldiers from various units came together to tackle the litter obstacle course on Sept. 16, 2022, during annual training here... MORE

JBLM Army Reserve Center memorialized
September 13, 2022 — A memorialization ceremony was held to honor a fallen Soldier with the renaming of an Army Reserve Center here Aug. 19, 2022... MORE

CIOR competition tests 88th Readiness Division officer’s grit
September 6, 2022 — An 88th Readiness Division officer vied for the first time as part of a three-person team in the Interallied Federation of Reserve Officers Military Competition, commonly referred to by its French acronym CIOR (the Confédération Interalliée des Officiers de Réserve) in Athens, Aug. 3 to 5, 2022... MORE

Suicide prevention hinges on sensing, listening, trust
September 6, 2022 — An Army Reserve officer has helped more than 100 Soldiers and veterans struggling with suicidal thoughts during the past decade by listening and providing the right resources... MORE

Operation Platinum Wrench key to retaining mechanics
September 2, 2022 — Operation Platinum Wrench, held at the 88th Readiness Division-operated Draw Yard here in the spring and summer, is the tool to retain Soldiers who are in the mechanics occupational specialties. OPW which trained 239 service members this fiscal year provides mechanics in the division’s footprint which spans 19 states the chance to be trained by senior civilian contractors on their skills. These Soldiers could repair anything from vehicles which broke down en route to Fort McCoy to vehicles that break down in the field during the unit’s AT... MORE

Eagle Brigade, 88th Readiness Division lead success of Paralegal Warrior Training Course
August 26, 2022 — More than 35 Soldiers from over 30 Army commands participated in the annual Paralegal Warrior Training Course July 14-29, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. The PWTC allows paralegal Soldiers the opportunity to achieve unit training readiness requirements by demonstrating individual and collective task proficiency across peace and wartime missions... MORE

88th Readiness Division mechanics gain in-depth knowledge during course
August 12, 2022 — Mechanics from Equipment Concentration Site 67 here are attending a week-long field level maintenance certification course to learn more about the family of medium tactical vehicles, Aug. 10, 2022... MORE

Casualty operations branch adapts to mission needs
August 9, 2022 — The role of a casualty notification or assistance officer is a solemn duty performed by the men and women of the armed services. For the 88th Readiness Division, that mission flows through the casualty operations branch and requires participation by all Soldiers sergeant first class, captain, chief warrant officer 2 and above to be trained and ready to assume those duties... MORE

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