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Command briefs new leaders on the way ahead for readiness requirements
June 1, 2017
Brig. Gen. Frederick R. Maiocco Jr., Commanding General, 85th Support Command, explains during a New Command Teams Orientation brief on May 20, 2017 in Arlington Heights, Ill. why it is so important to understand the unique partnership between the 85th SPT CMD and First Army. He shared that First Army is an “executive agent for training and training validation” in the Army. And the 85th Support Command is embedded as an operationally controlled element of First Army, and it is critical that we are synchronized to support that mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan/Released)
Breaking a sweat to keep the Army whole
May 25, 2017
Spc. Jasmine Kearse, a U.S. Army Reserve Soldier from the 200th Military Police Command, bench-presses with the help of a spotter during a Performance Triad program organized by the command and hosted on Fort Meade, Maryland, May 9, 2017. The three-week fitness program took place from May 5-25 to help Soldiers who had either failed the Army Physical Fitness Test or had been on the Army Body Fat Composition program. The camp focused on the triad of overall health: physical fitness, nutrition and sleep, by providing education and personalized coaching to Soldiers in all three of those phases of life and more. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
Army Reserve Soldier signals for readiness
May 24, 2017
Pfc. Ismael Torres, a cable system installer maintainer, left, and Spc. Cody Gomez, a microwave system operator maintainer, assemble a transmission antenna during Exercise Maple Resolve 17 at Camp Wainwright, Alberta, May 16, 2017. Torres and Gomez, both California natives, belong to the 306th Psychological Operations Company. Exercise Maple Resolve is an annual collective training event designed for any contigency operation. Approximately 4,000 Canadian and 1,000 U.S. troops are participating in Exercise Maple Resolve 17.
Army Reserve leader honors newest military enlistees
May 23, 2017
Maj. Gen. Troy D. Kok, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command (left), and Larance Kirby, executive director for the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs (right), recognize Raelyn Blevins, high-school student and future member of the Delaware Air National Guard, during the sixth-annual Our Community Salutes recognition ceremony May 16 at the Cavaliers County Club in Newark, Delaware. Kok and Kirby joined Wilmington University and the Delaware Chapter, Association of the United States Army in honoring more than 100 high-school students who have volunteered to enlist in all branches of the U.S. military following graduation.
College student earns A in gunnery
May 22, 2017
Spc. Allison Clevenger, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 300th Chemical Company from Morgantown, West Virginia, watches a monitor in the back of a Stryker M1135 Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle May 19 during .50 caliber live-fire qualifications at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Clevenger serves as the crew’s assistant surveyor.
Army Reserve commanding general visits Soldiers in Canada
May 22, 2017
Lt. Gen. Charles Luckey, chief of Army Reserve and commanding general of United States Army Reserve Command, discusses troop movements with Canadian Lt. Col. Will Graydon, commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, on May 18, 2017, in Camp Wainwright, Alberta, Canada, during Maple Resolve 17. More than 650 U.S. Army Soldiers are supporting Maple Resolve 17, the Canadian Army’s premiere brigade-level validation exercise running May 14-29 at Camp Wainwright. As part of the exercise, the U.S. Army is providing a wide array of combat and support elements. These include sustainment, psychological operations, public affairs, aviation and medical units. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Crawford)
Army Reserve general helps honor high school seniors
May 19, 2017
Our Community Salutes, a not-for-profit organization, hosted it's yearly induction ceremony in Patchogue, N.Y. to honor high school seniors who have recently enlisted into the military. Maj. Gen. Troy D. Kok, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve's 99th Regional Support Command, presents Samantha Braband, who has enlisted in the Navy, a challenge coin. In the background stands event organizer Bob Vecchio. Vecchio is chairman of Our Community Salutes Brookhaven Town Chapter and is also the president of the Board of Education for the William Floyd school district of Suffolk County, N.Y.
Fort Devens puts money where Soldiers’ mouths are
May 17, 2017
U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua D. Meyer climbs over a wall during the obstacle course portion of the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s combined Best Warrior Competition April 5, 2017.
Army Reserve’s 99th RSC honors veterans past, present
May 17, 2017
Maj. Gen. Troy. D. Kok, commanding general for the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command, greets a veteran May 12 during the 99th RSC’s dining out on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The theme of the event was “Veterans: Then and Now.” More than 100 veterans from area veteran homes were invited to attend.
A man of two uniforms: Army Reserve soldier honored into National Police Memorial
May 16, 2017
William and Michele McNaughton, from Centereach, New York, remember their son, Staff Sgt. James D. McNaughton, during the 29th Annual Candlelight Vigil, who is honored among other fallen police officers from around the country on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., May 13, 2017. McNaughton was a U.S. Army Reserve military police who was the first New York City police officer killed in action while deployed to Iraq, Aug. 2, 2005. Approximately 300 police officers' names were read, engraved into the National Police Memorial. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Audrey Hayes)