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Army Reserve general officer receives a hero’s welcome at Chicago White Sox game
May 29, 2025 — Major League Baseball’s Chicago White Sox honored Brig. Gen. Michael Shanley, Commanding General, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, as the ‘Hero of the Game’ during the third inning of their home game versus the Texas Rangers, May 24, 2025... MORE

Chicago White Sox, Major League Baseball team, honors Brig. Gen. Michael Shanley, Commanding General, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, on-field during a ‘Hero of the Game’ service recognition during a home game versus the Texas Rangers, May 24, 2025.

Students receive an Army experience during a local “Touch a truck” event
May 28, 2025 — Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah Fogle, Force Protection NCO and Spc. Kevin Silva, G3, assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, visited Parkland Preparatory Academy, located in Lake in the Hills, Illinois, to meet with local students and participate in a Touch a Truck community event, May 23, 2025... MORE

Local students meet Spc. Kevin Silva, G3, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, during a Touch a Truck community event, May 23, 2025.

Local Soldiers push their endurance, for four days, throughout the Memorial Day weekend
May 28, 2025 — “During the ruck march, you think about your journey as a Soldier, and you think about individuals that are no longer here and made the ultimate sacrifice,” said Master Sgt. Laroy Warren, G1 Non-commissioned Officer-In-Charge, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command... MORE

Participants at the 11th annual Chicago Veterans Ruck March move along the 20-mile course, into Chicago, that started in Dawes Park in Evanston, Illinois, May 23, 2025.

Suicide prevention training serves as a force multiplier towards Army Reserve readiness
May 19, 2025 — “One thing we work on in terms of force readiness is teaching the suicide prevention liaisons how to support the Soldiers in a way that addresses their needs,” said Tifini Steif, Suicide Prevention Program Manager, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command. “We’re trying to encourage and educate our SPLs to be our first line of defense at the unit level in support of their commander.”... MORE

Soldiers from across the country traveled to the Paul G. Schulstad Army Reserve Center in Arlington Heights, Illinois to participate in Tier 2 Ask Care Escort Suicide Prevention liaison training, May 13-15, 2025.

Vietnam veteran reflects on war time service, more than 50 years later
March 19, 2025 — “I don’t want the interview today to be about me. I was a combat engineer, but I was not in the infantry,” explained Wayne Kern, a retired special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation who now volunteers at a military retiree office, co-located with the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command. “There’s a difference. I give more credit to the guys that were at the tip of the spear. We were behind them. I’d like to give you the names of some other people I thought were worth knowing in Vietnam.”... MORE

Spc. 4 Wayne Kern, U.S. Army Soldier, left, pauses for a photo with a fellow Soldier during the Vietnam War, 1969.

Soldier reflects on Army journalism career, following Chicago Wolves recognition
March 11, 2025 — The Chicago Wolves honored Staff Sgt. David Lietz, assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, in a Hometown Hero military recognition before the Chicago Wolves’ game against the Grand Rapid Griffins, March 8, 2025... MORE

Staff Sgt. David Lietz, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, public affairs noncommissioned officer, salutes the American flag while Wayne Messmer, professional singer, broadcaster, sings the National Anthem at All-State Arena, March 8, 2025.

Command teams training event builds leaders to enhance Soldier readiness
March 5, 2025 — “This weekend is a chance for battalion command teams to come together and network. It’s also an opportunity to meet the 85th (U.S. Army Reserve Support Command) staff,” said Col. David Neary, Deputy Commanding Officer, 85th USARSC. “All of our units are direct reporting units to First Army. We are here to teach the command teams how to be successful.”... MORE

Command team members from the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command and First Army Division West formations pause for a photo during the 85th USARSC’s annual Battalion Command Teams Training event, February 28 - March 2, 2025, at the 85th USARSC’s headquarters, in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Soldier serves his country twice as firefighter and Army Reserve officer
February 4, 2025 — As a kid growing up in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood on the south side, Lt. Col. Brandon Singleton, Finance Officer, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, would hear fire engines racing through the city going to a fire but he did not have the typical childhood dream of wanting to become a firefighter... MORE

Francisco Velez, left, Deputy District Chief, Chicago Fire Department, discusses an upcoming project with Lt. Col. Brandon Singleton who serves as Commander and Coordinator of Community Service in the Public Education Office for the Chicago Fire Department.

Army Reserve Soldiers lay wreaths for veterans dating back to the Revolutionary War
December 17, 2024 — History came alive at a Wreaths Across America event held Saturday, December 14th, 2024, at Elk Grove Cemetery, a small cemetery nestled between the I-90 expressway and Arlington Heights Road in the northwest suburb... MORE

Sgt. Amrit Sandhu, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command color guard, places a wreath at a gravestone during Wreaths Across America Day at Elk Grove Cemetery on Saturday, December14th, 2024.

Army Reserve general officer celebrates Veterans Day program with local high school
November 13, 2024 — Veterans from each branch of the U.S. military gathered in the gymnasium of Waller High School to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Veterans Day. The holiday originated to pay tribute to the end of World War I and was first called Armistice Day. It was not until 1954 that Congress changed the name to recognize all those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Michael Shanley, Commanding General, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, gives remarks to the audience at Waller High School during their 41st Annual Veterans program, November 11, 2024.

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