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"Her smile is my mission": One Army Reserve Soldier’s story of motherhood, military life and advo...

When U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Khadijah Holmes reports for duty, she brings more than a rucksack—she brings resilience.As the officer...

Army Reserve general swears in 40 New Yorkers at enlistment ceremony

A total of 40 new Army recruits from the Long Island area were sworn-in by Brig. Gen. Daniel Hershkowitz at the Suffolk County...

463rd Engineer Battalion powers emergency response at Fort Hunter Liggett

Before Staff Sgt. Jack Kuhn even settled in with the Wheeling, West Virginia-based 463rd Engineer Battalion, his unique skillset...

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Boss Lift: Employers of reserve component Soldiers get a glimpse of Army training
June 16, 2021 — Twenty employers from the San Francisco area participating in Boss Lift got a rare opportunity to fly from the Bay Area’s Moffett Field to Fort Hunter Liggett in military aircrafts, and observe Army training up close and personal, June 12, 2021. The event was hosted by the California Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve and FHL, and enhanced employers’ knowledge of the Army Reserve and National Guard missions... MORE

Exercise Global Medic kicks off at Fort Hunter Liggett
June 16, 2021 — Exercise Global Medic provides robust opportunities for military medical personnel to improve their proficiencies in realistic training environments, while combining forces with sister service branches and international military participants. The exercise provides an opportunity to test, evaluate, and ultimately validate military medical personnel in an austere environment. This is a vital requirement that is particularly important as Soldiers and Sailors are returning to the field after months of scheduled training activities postponed or limited by the global pandemic... MORE

Microgrid to Generate Net Zero for Fort Hunter Liggett
June 1, 2021 — Fort Hunter Liggett conducted a groundbreaking ceremony May 27, 2021 to build a $21.6 million electrical microgrid, which will make it the first Army installation to achieve Net Zero for critical operations. That means it will be capable of generating and distributing electricity for 14-days of energy resiliency. It is an important first step in scaling this type of energy self-sufficiency throughout the Department of Defense... MORE

Fort Hunter Liggett administers its first COVID-19 vaccines
March 31, 2021 — U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett in Monterey County administered its first round of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to the workforce and tenants at the post medical clinic, March 23-25, 2021. The first wave of Soldiers and Civilian employees arriving from Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (PRFTA), FHL’s sub-installation in the Bay Area, also rolled up their sleeves for the jab... MORE

Equipment concentration site keeps Army Reserve rolling along
February 16, 2021 — When the Army Reserve Soldiers come to train at Fort Hunter Liggett, they don’t always bring their own equipment. The 63rd Readiness Division Equipment Concentration Site 170 (ECS) has the unique task of storing and maintaining equipment of all sorts for around 200 units across the U.S. that train here. Units who store their equipment with ECS 170 know it can be used by any other Reserve unit if needed, saving the Army the cost of shipping rolling stock and other equipment... MORE

PSYOP students combat propaganda in village market exercise
February 4, 2021 — Soldiers attending the 80th Training Command’s TASS Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Reclassification Course at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, went to the village market as part of their field training, Feb. 1, 2021. Soldiers and Marines in the course are reclassifying their military occupational specialties (MOS) to Psychological Operations Specialist 37F, and undergo classroom training and field scenarios with role players in the fictional village of Pine Branch... 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

Military police trains in bubble
October 7, 2020 — Soldiers from the 11th Military Police Brigade, spent 2 weeks in Central California training on their Warrior Tasks. This has been the first time for these Soldiers to finally train in the field after spending months at home training virtually because of COVID-19... MORE

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