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Putting people first: Chef Robert Irvine visits Fort Belvoir to champion warfighter wellness

On Thursday, July 10, celebrity Chef Robert Irvine, founder of the Robert Irvine Foundation and longtime advocate for military...

Excellence under pressure: Sgt. 1st Class David D. Farr named ARCG’s NCO of the Year

In a force defined by discipline and dedication, one Soldier stood out among the ranks. Sgt. 1st Class David D. Farr, a career...

PHOTO GALLERY: U.S. Army Reserve part of mass casualty training at African Lion 2025

Showing interoperability and emergency response coordination among Dutch, Senegalese and U.S. forces, a multinational mass...

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PHOTO GALLERY: U.S. Army Reserve part of mass casualty training at African Lion 2025
July 15, 2025 — Showing interoperability and emergency response coordination among Dutch, Senegalese and U.S. forces, a multinational mass casualty training event was conducted at Centre d’Entraînement Tactique 2 (CET2) in Dodji, Senegal, in May during African Lion 2025 (AL25)... MORE

Netherlands, Senegal, U.S. conduct mass casualty training at African Lion 2025

Family ties: Siblings strengthen readiness, relationships during African Lion 2025
July 15, 2025 — For many service members, participating in an international military exercise can feel like joining a larger, multinational family. For U.S. Army Maj. Carolyn Vandeventer and her younger brother, U.S. Army Master Sgt. Stuart Vandevick, that sentiment is literal... MORE

Army Reserve Soldier helps SETAF-AF participants in upcoming E3B
October 18, 2024 — E3B is a grueling test with multiple graded tasks over a one-week period. It is the combination of the Expert Infantryman Badge, Expert Field Medical Badge and Expert Soldier Badge. E3B takes place at Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, on Oct. 21st and will feature participants from SETAF-AF, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, as well as units from Germany and foreign national partners... MORE

U.S., Chad medical readiness exercise begins
June 20, 2024 — Soldiers from the 402nd Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment (FRSD), a part of the 3rd Medical Command Deployment Support, a U.S. Army Reserve unit from Fort Devens, Mass. will join forces with Chadian Armed Forces [Forces Armées Tchadiennes] military medical professionals over the next fourteen days to foster bilateral exchanges of cultural knowledge and medical expertise during the Medical Readiness Exercise (MEDREX)... MORE

Unit's first female African-American commander overseas joins African Lion 2024
May 9, 2024 — The task of running a mayor cell, the headquarters for a military installation, during a training exercise involves many moving parts: keeping track of all movements in and out of the camp; coordinating food, laundry, bathrooms and lodging for exercise participants; resolving any issues with logistics; and much more. Now, imagine leading all of that in a country where you don’t speak the language and where things can change in a moment’s notice... MORE

Spc. Israel Osagie: Serving Africa and America at Justified Accord 2024
March 8, 2024 — "I'm here to give back to my continent," said U.S. Army Spc. Israel Osagie, a practical nursing specialist with the 425th Medical Detachment, 176th Medical Brigade, 807th Medical Command... MORE

SETAF-AF Civil Affairs serves Sunson: strengthening health, harnessing hope
March 8, 2024 — The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) Civil Affairs Team, alongside the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and supported by Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid (OHDACA) funds, recently spearheaded a Medical Civil Action Program (MEDCAP) in Sunson, Ghana... MORE

Strategic partnership and readiness in focus: African Lion 24 final planning event concludes in Ghana
March 8, 2024 — Military planners from the United States, Ghana, and 6 other nations recently wrapped up the final planning event in Accra for the Ghana portion of the upcoming exercise, African Lion 2024 or AL24, set to commence on May 1 and run through May 31st... MORE

From Utah to Kenya, Army Reserve nurse travels to Justified Accord 2023
February 21, 2023 — U.S. Army Col. Erin Merryweather, is a nurse practitioner with the 7306th Medical Exercise Support Battalion, an Army Reserve unit based in San Antonio, Texas. Her hometown is Kanab, Utah, and she was with the Utah National Guard until a few years ago when she transitioned to the Army Reserve, working and living in San Antonio now... MORE

Army Reserve medic visits Kenya during exercise Justified Accord 2023
February 21, 2023 — U.S. Army Sgt. Craig Barrows grew up in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, and now resides in St. Michael, near Minneapolis. He currently serves as a combat medic with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 345th Medical Company Ground Ambulance based in Des Moines, Iowa. The unit was recently formed a little over a year ago and provides combat medical evacuation and care through all phases of military operations... MORE

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