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Armed Forces Reserve Center houses FEMA team in Vermont
July 28, 2023 — Rain continued to fall outside the Armed Forces Reserve Center here on July 16, 2023. The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) trucks parked outside of the quintessentially Vermont US Armed Forces Reserve Center were a testament to the amount of rain the state had seen over the previous week. The FEMA Incident Support Team (IST) – now occupying the assembly hall – was activated on July 10 after historic rainfall in Vermont. Within 36 hours the first elements were in White River Junction setting up their command post at the reserve center to assist state and local search and rescue operations... MORE

FEMA, 88th RD work together to assist Minnesota residents
August 1, 2022 — After successive spring storms ravaged parts of west, central and northern Minnesota, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. approved two separate disaster declarations in mid-July to help with the cleanup from the flooding. Once those declarations were approved, members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) were called into action. One question stood out: where would the team be located for the initial set up and response?... MORE

1st Mission Support Command joins other federal and DOD leaders for a hurricane rehearsal of concept drill hosted by ARNORTH
May 27, 2022 — In preparation for the upcoming hurricane season, Lt. Gen. John R. Evans Jr., U.S. Army North commander, hosted more than 100 military and civilian leaders both in person and virtually for its hurricane rehearsal of concept drill here May 25... MORE

Army Reserve leaders attend DSCA training
May 24, 2022 — More than 30 U.S. Army Reserve commanders, senior enlisted advisors and full-time staff members attended a three-day training event about the Defense Support of Civil Authorities process here May 18 to 22, 2022... MORE

COVID-19: How the U.S. Army Reserve adapted to fight a new close-combat foe
April 20, 2020 — Whenever a disaster strikes, the U.S. Army Reserve Headquarters activates a Crisis Action Team (CAT)... MORE

Members of 801st Combat Support Hospital, U.S. Army Reserve, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, arrive on Hanscom Air Force Base

Pacific Reserve Soldiers prepare for the unexpected
June 29, 2018 — Typhoons, earthquakes, and active shooters. These are some of the actual scenarios that Soldiers trained on during the first Army Reserve emergency response exercise. U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from Detachment American Samoa, Detachment Marianas and Detachment Alaska participated in the exercise and was organized by the U.S. Army Reserve Theater Support Group on June 12-15... MORE

Task Force Medical and the great endeavor to heal Puerto Rico
November 21, 2017 — Maria. She reached landfall September 20th over Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane in the early hours of a Wednesday morning. The Lesser Antilles, including the U.S. Virgin Islands, already faced the full strength of Maria as a Category 5 hurricane by that time... MORE

Good Samaritans work with Reserve Soldiers in Puerto Rico
November 16, 2017 — Trucks, contracted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, arrived filled with boxes of groceries in the town at a local church today. Gathered together, volunteers from Samaritan’s Purse, volunteers from local churches, and U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion, 350th Brigade, 1st Mission Support Command, waited outside in the hot sun for the first arrival... MORE

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