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Parks Reserve Forces Training Area Focuses on Resilient Energy
July 31, 2023 — Exciting energy-focused initiatives continue at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (PRFTA) in Dublin, CA. On 14 July, the installation held an official ribbon cutting ceremony for two Level 3 and five Level 2 new electric vehicle dual port charging stations. This makes PRFTA the first military installation to install the chargers under a pilot program partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). Both government and personal vehicles are authorized to utilize the charging stations with personal vehicles paying a fee for the service... MORE

Parks Reserve Forces Training Area leadership and personnel, staff from Army Reserve Installation Management Directorate, and technical partners cut a ribbon to commemorate the installation of seven electric vehicle dual port charging stations on the installation.

Army Reserve Leads Way: Electric Vehicle Pilot Program with The Defense Innovation Unit
July 7, 2023 — The Army Reserve continues to implement clean energy solutions to increase sustainability, enhance mission readiness, and maintain the pace with the evolving ground transportation landscape. The Army Reserve is on-track to be the first military organization, under a pilot program partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), to install electric vehicle charging stations at two locations – Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (RFTA) in Dublin, CA and at the 63rd Readiness Division (RD) Headquarters in Mountain View, CA... MORE

Seniors leaders from across the Army Reserve get hands-on with government and personal electric vehicles at the recent 2023 Senior Commander / Garrison Commander Conference at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area. Conference attendees were able to test drive electric vehicles and learn about the vehicle chargers slated for installation in the summer of 2023. Army Reserve photo taken by Mr. James O’Donnell, Parks Reserve Forces Training Area Public Affairs.

Parks Reserve Forces Training Area Increases Renewable Energy: Solar Array Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
May 27, 2022 — Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (PRFTA) is celebrating another step closer to uninterrupted access to electricity. On May 24, the Army Reserve-funded installation held a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the addition of two megawatts of renewable energy through a newly activated solar array. The project supports PRFTA’s microgrid development plan which, upon completion, will supply the installation’s critical facilities with required energy resilience during times of disruption... MORE

Col. Serena D. Johnson, Parks Reserve Forces Training Area Garrison Commander and Mr. Jarrod Ross, Fort Hunter Liggett’s Resource Efficiency Manager cut a ceremonial ribbon for PRFTA’s 2MW Solar Array, May 24, 2022.

Landmark partnership provides child care relief to military families
November 17, 2021 — Parks Reserve Forces Training Area’s (PRFTA) sustained community relations efforts has yielded with a child care subsidy program for those living and working in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Military and Department of Defense (DoD) civilians can now tap into a child care subsidy program which helps alleviate high cost of child care. Through these two nonprofit organizations, families also have access to a wealth of resources: Hively.org for Alameda County residents, and Cocokids.org for Contra Costa County residents... MORE

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Groundbreaking ceremony on modernization
September 2, 2021 — Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (PRFTA) conducted a groundbreaking ceremony on Aug. 19, 2021, for a modular micro-grid system. This would be the first of this kind of modular micro-grid within the U.S. and on a Department of Defense site. As a result of the microgrid system, PRFTA would become a net-zero installation and surpass the 14-day resilience requirement for critical operations... MORE

Spc. Jameson L. Lindskog Army Reserve Center memorialized in honor of fallen Soldier’s service and sacrifice
July 1, 2021 — The Army Reserve memorialized a fallen warrior today at the dedication ceremony of the Spc. Jameson L. Lindskog U.S. Army Reserve Center at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area in Dublin, Calif... MORE

Sustaining community relations amid COVID pandemic
December 21, 2020 — Sustaining strong bonds between military and civilian leaders is very important to Col. Charles Bell, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett/Parks Reserve Forces Training Area Commander. Bell hosts quarterly Community Relations Working Group meetings with leaders from state to city level, FHL, Camp Roberts and Presidio of Monterey... MORE

Strategic focus to strengthen garrison capabilities
December 18, 2020 — It takes a village - every garrison directorate at both installations, tenants and other stakeholders - to coordinate and work out the myriad processes, funding and logistics to meet short and long-term garrison objectives. IMCOM-Readiness Director Brenda McCullough and Maj. Gen. Alberto Rosende, 63rd Readiness Division Commanding General and the garrison’s senior commander, commended the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett/Parks Reserve Forces Training Area’s strategic planning and accomplishments during the December 8, 2020 Installation Planning Board’s annual brief... MORE

Short stature with big personality
November 5, 2020 — “Before I started working here, I suffered from low self-esteem and lack of self-confidence because people tended to look at my disability and not me as a person,” said Charquilla McGaffeny, Training Support Specialist at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (PRFTA). “This job has helped to rebuild me as a person and I have accomplished many of my goals since being here.”... MORE

Charquilla McGaffeny, Training Support Specialist at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area

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