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Empowering tomorrow’s defense through strategic acquisition expertise
August 31, 2023 — The Army Reserve and the Army National Guard brought together more than 120 Army Reserve, National Guard, and Active-Duty Acquisition Soldiers for the 2023 annual Reserve Component Acquisition Training Summit. Held at Fort Belvoir from July 27 to July 29, the summit was a platform for acquisition professionals, encompassing the 51A and 51C military occupational specialties to exchange ideas, best practices, and strategic insights under the theme of "Acquisition Excellence in Army Modernization."... MORE

PHOTO GALLERY: OCAR hosts Make-A-Wish family's visit to Pentagon
June 12, 2023 — The Make-A-Wish family of Paul, Sergey, Miles and Deb Avery took a tour of the Pentagon hosted by the Office of the Chief of Army Reserve at Arlington, Virginia, on June 8, 2023. (U.S. Army photos by Leroy Council)... MORE

Army Reserve leader visits Fort McCoy; learns more about installation, workforce
May 25, 2022 — Stephen Sullivan, the Chief Financial Officer and Director for Resources, Installations, and Materiel for the Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve, visited Fort McCoy from April 25-27 to learn more about the installation and see facilities throughout the post. ... 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.

Double Eagle 6: Leadership through the lens of a communicator
July 2, 2020 — Watching Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey lead is a master class in the dual nature of leadership: half commander and half service to those he leads... MORE

Army Reserve kicks off Energy Action Month
October 4, 2019 — The U.S. Army Reserve has kicked off participating in Energy Action Month, an Army-wide awareness campaign designed to educate Soldiers, Civilians and Families about energy resiliency and conservation while enhancing their understanding of Army energy initiatives... MORE

Right place, right time: Soldiers deliver heroic response to car accident
September 10, 2019 — During the early evening of Aug. 15, Sgt. Roger Williams had left Fort McCoy to go back to his hotel in Sparta, Wis., after wrapping up a day of training at the installation. Little did he know his drive back to the hotel would play a role in saving the lives of a grandfather and his two granddaughters... MORE

USARC picks up data correctness mantle from OCAR
October 25, 2018 — To ensure that the U.S. Army Reserve Component transitions accurate data into the IPPS-A system, a multitasked, multi-functional team at USARC is continuing the OCAR team’s data correctness campaign. The USARC data correctness effort comprises Troop Program Unit (TPU) officers, warrant officers and noncommissioned officers on Active Duty Operational Support, Reserve Component (ADOS-RC orders), working in one of four teams — Operations, Systems, Staff Assistance Visit (SAV), and Data Correctness — with overall oversight provided by a USAR project lead... MORE

Army Reserve receives National Public Lands Day grants
September 26, 2018 — United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) and the Office of the Chief of Army Reserve (OCAR) have received Department of Defense Legacy Grants to enhance natural habitat at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Fort Belvoir, Virginia, respectively... MORE

Army Reserve command receives third straight energy award
December 23, 2016 — The Army Reserve's 99th Regional Support Command received its third national energy and water management award in as many years as it continues to support readiness by providing the best possible facilities in which Soldiers can work and train... MORE

Christine Ploschke, former Energy Branch manager for the Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command (second from left), receives a 2016 Federal Energy and Water Management Award from the Department of Energy during a ceremony Dec. 7 in Washington, D.C. This is the third national energy and water management award the 99th RSC has won in as many years as it continues to support readiness by providing the best possible facilities in which Soldiers can work and train. This latest recognition follows a DoE Federal Energy and Water Management Award Ploschke and her team earned for accomplishments in fiscal year 2015, as well as the Army “Small Group” Energy and Water Management Award they received for FY14.

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