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Army Reserve command recognized for Superstorm Sandy relief efforts
April 21, 2017
Maj. Gen. Troy D. Kok, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command (right), and Command Sgt. Maj. Al Almeida, 99th RSC command sergeant major, affix the Army Superior Unit Award streamer to the 99th RSC Colors during a ceremony April 21 at the command’s headquarters on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The 99th RSC received the award for providing aid and assistance from October 2012 to April 2013 to communities in New York City that were devastated by Superstorm Sandy.
Army Reserve technicians help keep WAREX on ‘The Road to Awesome’
April 20, 2017
Paul Bettit, a heavy mobile equipment repairman at the U.S. Army Reserve's equipment concentration site 27 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, works on a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle. Mechanics at ECS 27 are busy preparing vehicles and equipment for the 78th Training Division's Warrior Exercise, happening later this month.
Retired Army chief spends decades on the water
April 18, 2017
James Howell, a marine surveyor at the 99th Regional Support Command’s Area Maintenance Support Activity 83 at Curtis Bay, Maryland, check reports April 17 aboard the Major General Robert Smalls (LSV-8). AMSA 83 is one of two locations in the 99th Regional Support Command’s footprint that maintain watercraft. The AMSA provides technical assistance and maintenance support to the 949th Transportation Company along with the 203rd Transportation Detachment.
Army Reserve joins JBMDL leadership at community support event
April 7, 2017
Army Col. Martin F. Klein, deputy commander of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and commander of Army Support Activity, Fort Dix, delivers remarks during the Ocean County Military Support Committee’s community support event for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst April 5 at the Laurita Winery in New Egypt, New Jersey. The Ocean County Military Support Committee consists of business leaders, community partners and local government officials who share a common goal to provide a broad spectrum of support to military neighbors and JBMDL.
Headquarters staff hits marksmanship with high qualification rate
April 6, 2017
Col. Robert Cooley, Deputy Commander, 85th Support Command, engages his targets on the M9 qualification range during the headquarters individual weapons qualification at Joliet Training Area, Apr. 1, 2017. The headquarters staff spent one battle assembly day at the range to qualify on the M16 rifle and M9 pistol achieving a 100 percent qualification rate on the M-16 and an 88 percent qualification rate on the M9. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan)
Army Reserve Soldiers mobilize to train and equip a ready force
April 4, 2017
Army Reserve Sgt. Mindy Baptist, observer coach/trainer assigned to the 3/335th Training Support Battalion, based out of Fort Sheridan, Illinois, stretches out after morning battalion physical training exercise. Baptist is on her first mobilization in 11 years of service. The 3/335th TSBn, operationally controlled by First Army, recently began a one-year mobilization to train and equip Army Reserve and National Guard units ahead of overseas deployments to remain effective as the most capable, combat ready and lethal Federal Reserve force in the history of the nation. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan)
First-ever Operation Cold Steel heats up Army Reserve readiness
March 29, 2017
Pvt. Sean Bourque, Petroleum Supply Specialist assigned to the 786th Quartermaster Company, Provo, Utah, views the firing range through a thermal weapon sight ahead of a night live-fire gunnery qualification during the Operation Cold Steel exercise conducted at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Mar. 20, 2017. Operation Cold Steel is the U.S. Army Reserve’s first large-scale live-fire training and crew-served weapons qualification and validation exercise. Cold Steel plays a critical role in ensuring that America’s Army Reserve units and Soldiers are trained and ready to deploy on short-notice and bring combat-ready and lethal firepower in support of the Total Army and Joint Force partners anywhere in the world. In support of the Total Army Force, First Army Master Gunners participated in Cold Steel to provide expertise in crew level gunnery qualifications, and to develop Vehicle Crew Evaluator training, preparing units here and when they return to their home stations to conduct crew served weapons training and vehicle crew gunnery at the unit-level. 475 crews with an estimated 1,600 Army Reserve Soldiers will certify in M2, M19 and M240 Bravo gunner platforms across 12-day rotations through the seven-week exercise. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L. Taylor)
Reserve Soldier strives for academic excellence
March 27, 2017
U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Kristin Welch, with the 303rd Psychological Operations Company, pulls rear security Saturday, March 25, 2017, during a unit field exercise in Pennsylvania. She is a full time student pursuing a graduate degree in Art History.
Retired Army Reserve Soldier is “Thrice the Citizen”
March 23, 2017
Nick Taylor, supervisory facility operations specialist with the U.S. Army Reserve's 99th Regional Support Command at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, narrates a groundbreaking ceremony March 18 for a new Army Reserve Center on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
Congressional staff members visit Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
March 19, 2017
Sophia Lalani (middle), Defense and Foreign Policy advisor to U.S. Senator Cory Booker, participates in an aerial tour March 17 of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The day was designed to show the various ranges and training sites of the joint base. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is home to more than 80 mission partners who provide a wide range of combat capability.