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Army Reserve OC/T battalion trains their own for upcoming mobilization
August 15, 2024 — Observer coach trainers assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command’s 1-338th Training Support Battalion, conducted range training operations in preparation for a stateside mobilization where they will train rotational units, ahead of overseas deployments... MORE

Observer coach/ trainers assigned to 1-338th Training Support Battalion, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, shout out their unit motto ‘Badgers Marchons’ during range qualification in preparation for a stateside mobilization, August 7, 2024.

Transportation Soldiers qualify with .50 caliber machine guns
April 14, 2022 — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from several companies in the 470th Movement Control Battalion, 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 79th Theater Sustainment Command, Elwood, Illinois, trained on something not every Soldier is able to do at a range here April 9, 2022. They were able to engage targets from as far away as 1,300 yards behind the new Browning M2A1 50-caliber machine gun. Enhancements to the M2 include, a quick-change barrel, a fixed headspace and timing configuration, and flash hider... MORE

Soldiers have their sights on readiness
November 9, 2021 — Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 304th Regiment (USMA), 104th Training Division (Leader Training), conducted an annual Engagement Skills Trainer (EST) weapons qualification table on Oct. 21-22 at Devens Reserve Forces Training Area (DRFTA), Massachusetts... MORE

U.S. and Canadian military police conduct weapons training in Romania
December 18, 2019 — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers participated in a weapons training range run by Canadian Armed Forces stationed at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, on Dec. 18, 2019. The Soldiers trained on the M-4 rifle and M-9 pistol while simultaneously performing complex movements... MORE

Increasing readiness in the Pacific
May 1, 2019 — For decades, hundreds of U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers had to fly across the Pacific Ocean to qualify on their individual weapons. But now, Soldiers in American Samoa finally have their own modular small arms range on home soil. ... MORE

Army Reserve partners with local police force in American Samoa
April 30, 2019 — The U.S. Army Reserve recently opened the very first Modular Small Arms Range in American Samoa. In true partnership form, the local American Samoa Police Force may now also use the MSAR following the signing of a memorandum of understanding, which took place at the Pele U.S. Army Reserve Center, April 29, 2019. ... MORE

Army Reserve signs MOU with local police force in American Samoa

First Army Reserve indoor rifle range to open in American Samoa
April 12, 2019 — Army Reserve Soldiers of American Samoa will soon train at the first indoor rifle range in the Army Reserve, a Modular Small Arms Range scheduled for a grand opening the end of April. ... MORE

First Army Reserve indoor rifle range operators selected for training

Army Reserve Soldier Secures National Championship
April 10, 2019 — Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Horner of the U.S. Army Reserve won his 11th U.S. Practical Shooting Association Tactical Division championship at the 2019 USPSA Multi-Gun Nationals held at the Universal Shooting Academy... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Horner Earns 11th National Championship

316th ESC Soldiers learn what it takes to be lethal
December 6, 2018 — The thunderous sounds of large caliber automatic weapons, stern commands from the tower and assertive responses from the truck crew flew through the air nearly as quickly as the rounds headed downrange during Operation Cold Steel III at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. this November... MORE

Soldiers from “Phantom Battalion” train with their commanding general during battle assembly
November 19, 2018 — Brig. Gen. Kris A. Belanger, commanding general of the 85th United States Army Reserve Support Command, visited with her Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the 2-360th Training Support “Phantom Battalion” during a four-day battle assembly weekend training, November 15 -18, 2018... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Kris A. Belanger, left, commanding general of the 85th United States Army Reserve Support Command, prepares for driver’s training during the 2-360th Training Support Battalion’s weekend battle assembly training at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, Nov. 16, 2018.

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