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88th Readiness Division Soldiers earn Air Assault Badge
December 22, 2023 — Col. Benjamin Owen and Sgt. 1st Class Angel Olivo of the U.S. Army Reserve's 88th Readiness Division earned the coveted Air Assault Badge after their successful completion of the Air Assault Course at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on Dec. 13, 2023... MORE

Two of 88th Readiness Division’s former top engineers honored by Army Engineer Association
July 28, 2023 — The Army Engineer Association recently recognized two of their finest. Retired Col. James Lewis and Lt. Col. Marc Jeter were awarded the Silver Order of the de Fleury medal, an award given to the best of the best within the Army’s Corps of Engineers, for their contributions to the field of engineering within the U.S. Army. The ceremony was fairly intimate, held during this year’s Army Reserve Mission Resilience and Sustainability, or ARMRS training at Fort Snelling Minnesota. Surrounded by family members, some fellow engineers, and a few past winners, the two men were recognized for their years of service and support to the world of Army engineering... MORE

Army Reserve Soldier is engineering his career
June 27, 2023 — Sgt. 1st Class David Halstead is the Operations Noncommissioned Officer in charge at the U.S. Army Reserve’s 88th Mission Command Support Group, located at Fort Snelling, Minnesota... MORE

88th Mission Command Support Group celebrates two careers, a family’s retirement
April 28, 2023 — First Sgt. Eric Jerauld and Sgt. 1st Class Brandy Jerauld both celebrated their retirement from the U.S. Army Reserve on April 19, 2023, at the headquarters of 88th Mission Command Support Group, 88th Readiness Division, on Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Col. Stacy Goodman and Command Sgt. Maj. Sara Buhr hosted the event. Among the attendees were their children, Owen and Haley, Brandy’s mother Debra Strickland, and Eric’s parents Marijane and retired Col. Gary Jerauld... MORE

New orientation session for U.S. Army Reserve Sergeants Major Academy Course candidates
March 23, 2023 — Staff and recent graduates from the Sergeants Major Academy (SGM-A) Course gathered here to teach senior enlisted candidates how to prepare for the next two years by attending distance learning courses and juggling family and civilian career obligations. Realizing these expectations, the U.S. Army Reserve Command (USARC) designed a two-day seminar titled the Senior Leader Preparation Orientation (SLPO) Course, exclusively tailored for the Army Reserve component... MORE

Military band tradition continues for family
February 1, 2023 — “I’ve wanted to do this for so long,” said 17-year-old Spc. Moriah Miller, a newly enlisted musician with the 204th Army Band at Ft. Snelling, Minn. On Dec. 8, 2022, Miller raised her right hand and took the oath of enlistment into the U.S. Army Reserve. Upon completion of 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 10 weeks of Advanced Individual Training this summer, Miller will return home to Minnesota and the 204th Army Band, where her mother, Staff Sgt. Becky Meyer, also a musician with the 204th, currently serves... 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

88th Readiness Division historian duties come full circle
July 21, 2022 — When Ward Zischke assumed duties as the 88th Readiness Division historian in 2009, the unit's headquarters was moving from Fort Snelling, Minnesota, to Building 60 at Fort McCoy. This relocation meant Zischke had to move items from the Blue Devil Museum at Fort Snelling to a smaller area in Buildings 60 and 1101 on Fort McCoy. In 2018, the headquarters moved back to Fort Snelling... MORE

88th Readiness Division hosts open house at Roeder Circle
May 5, 2022 — The 88th Readiness Division celebrated the Army Reserve’s 114th birthday combined with an open house at the division headquarters here April 29, 2022. Roeder Circle named in honor of the 88th Infantry Division’s Capt. Robert E. Roeder, who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his heroic defense of Mount Battaglia, Italy in World War II, also was rededicated. The circle encircles the U.S. Army Reserve Center or Building 506, which was built in 1982 and dedicated Aug. 27, 1983... MORE

372nd Engineer Brigade studies basic Army Warrior tasks
April 28, 2022 — Keeping up on the basics in the Army, whether you are in the active Army or in the Army Reserve, can be challenging. For many Soldiers the first and only time they have learned how to do hand and arm signals or how to triage an "injured" Soldier was in basic training. For the U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the 372nd Engineer Brigade, 416th Theater Engineer Command, Fort Snelling, Minn., they spent some of their time in January, 2022 between training events here brushing up on the often-forgotten minor details of being in the Army... MORE

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