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Army Reserve Soldiers support supply requirements in Texas as part of federal COVID-19 response
September 14, 2020 — Beginning in March, more than 1,000 skilled Army Reserve medical Soldiers have deployed as part of the Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the specialized personnel currently serving on UATMF-7452, assigned to assist DHR Health in Edinburg, Texas, is Maj. Ward Wagenseller. ... MORE

Stand for Life connects suicide prevention skills in a virtual world
September 11, 2020 — “If there is any time where we need suicide prevention training, it is now,” said Army Reserve Capt. Devin Richter, assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command’s 3rd battalion, 383rd Regiment, based in St. Louis, Missouri. “It’s during COVID that people are not able to interact with their friends and loved ones like they used to. We are not a people of isolation. We are a people of interaction. We thrive off of others. We get energy from others. Others lift us up.”... MORE

Army Reserve suicide prevention program managers begin their first virtual Stand for Life suicide prevention training event with 79 suicide prevention liaisons across Army Reserve units throughout the continental U.S.

Army Reserve welcomes incoming Soldiers amid COVID-19 restrictions
September 11, 2020 — Hundreds of unaccompanied Soldiers spend roughly two weeks at Task Force Willkommen – German for “Welcome” – upon their arrival to Germany. Most are junior enlisted troops heading to their first assignment and have never been overseas before. Marable is one of roughly 60 Reserve Soldiers from the 7th Mission Support Command, a U.S. Army Reserve unit headquartered at Kaiserslautern’s Daenner Kaserne, who spent this summer caring for new arrivals during a 14 day lockdown, designed to reduce the spread of the virus... MORE

Inbound Soldiers from the United States to Europe, march to lunch at the Deployment Processing Center, Rhine Ordnance Barracks in Kaiserslautern, Germany September 11, 2020. The DPC currently houses incoming personnel from the United States undergoing quarantine and in-processing to the European theater. Task Force Willkommen is a group of organizations facilitating this process during the COVID-19 pandemic. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. 1st Class Rick Scavetta/Released)

Colorado Springs, Colo., nurse adjusts wedding plans as she joins federal COVID response
September 8, 2020 — Most brides spend the final week leading up to their wedding day making sure that all the last minute details are in place. U.S. Army Reserve 1st Lt. Tina M. Simpson spent the 10 days prior to her wedding readjusting plans to allow her to get married before departing to answer the nation’s call for her skills as an Army Reserve medical-surgical nurse... MORE

Army Reserve nurse from Columbus, Ga., supports federal response to COVID-19 in Texas
September 8, 2020 — “We are caring for patients and all they can see are our eyes,” said U.S. Army Reserve 1st Lt. Ariel Walker. “That is the hardest part because being human with a patient means a smile when they are doing well, or a hug when they really need it.”... MORE

Army Reserve dietitian from Florida serves on front lines of federal COVID response
September 8, 2020 — “When you don’t live it day to day, it just seems like this ‘thing’ that’s out there,” said U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Ginger M. Sandifer. “Once you start working in the environment, you realize how real the virus actually is. It has definitely been eye opening for me.”... MORE

Arizona Army Reserve nurse part of federal COVID-19 response
August 27, 2020 — In her civilian career, Jennifer Blocker is employed as a nurse who enjoys spending her free time with her mustang mare, Zipporah. In her military career, she is one of more than 200,000 Citizen-Soldiers serving in America’s Army Reserve. Currently assigned to CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Shoreline in Corpus Christi, Texas, Maj. Jennifer Blocker is one of more than 250 Army Reserve medical Soldiers currently mobilized in support of an Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force as part of the Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to COVID-19 in South Texas. ... MORE

Operation Ready Warrior teaches Soldiers adaptability, leadership
August 27, 2020 — Army Reserve Soldiers are learning how to adapt when integrating COVID-19 safety guidelines into training during Operation Ready Warrior underway here... MORE

Army multi-component effort pushes through training exercise in the face of COVID-19
August 25, 2020 — In approaching the entrance gates of Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Soldiers are quickly refocused to COVID-19 as they drive by the posted mitigation efforts required to enter the installation. A continuation of reminders surrounds the post with mobile hand-wash stations that are placed alongside buildings and busy streets, temperature checks are conducted, and training units are broken down into smaller groups called “Cohorts”... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Eric Monson, observer coach/trainer assigned to the 1st Battalion, 383rd Regiment in Des Moines, Iowa, conducts a demonstration during Table 3 of the new Army Individual Weapons Qualification standards that will take effect on October 1, 2020.

Wisconsin family nurse practitioner speaks about experience mobilized in COVID-19 response
August 24, 2020 — Maj. Laura Davis, a family nurse practitioner and 21-year Army veteran, spent several months fighting the novel coronavirus in the U.S. as part of an Army Reserve Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force (UAMTF)... MORE

Wisconsin family nurse practitioner speaks about her experience mobilized in support of the military COVID-19 response

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