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Army Reserve captain brings a lifetime of service and culture to the force

Capt. Cynthia Ammerman grew up on farmland in rural Missouri, just south of Kansas City. Her family’s roots in the area go back...

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Army Reserve chief warrant officer circles the globe in C-12 Huron

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Teaching kids how the Army Reserve treats 'boo-boos and owies'
April 6, 2023 — Soldiers with the 874th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment (FRSD) kicked off their annual training last week with a community engagement at a local elementary school where they showed kids how the Army Reserve medically treats Soldiers who are injured... MORE

Combat medic specialists maintain skills with recertification training
March 25, 2023 — Combat medic specialists (68W) from various Army Reserve and National Guard units reported to the Tass Training Center (TTC) Lee for the 80th Training Command’s 94th Training Division’s 68W recertification training Feb. 13-26, 2023... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Caiazzo uses a tracheostomy to keep the TC3X airway open.
Combat Medic Specialists (68W) from various Reserve and National Guard units reported to the Tass Training Center (TTC) Lee for the 80th Training Command’s 94th Training Division’s 68W recertification training.

505th Signal Brigade conducts combat lifesaver training
March 23, 2023 — Soldiers from the 505th Signal Brigade participated in a Combat Lifesaver Course class given by the 7243rd Medical Support Unit at the U.S. Army Reserve Center on the Nellis Air Force Base from March 9 thru 12... MORE

505th Signal Brigade conducts CLS training

Always ready: Soldiers participate in Combat Lifesavers Class
March 20, 2023 — As the U.S. military’s role changes and adapts so must its servicemen and woman. Some of that change comes from shifting missions, new equipment, new Soldiers, but whatever the source, it means more training. One of the goals is to revamp the way the Army deals with traumatic medical incidents with a new Combat Lifesavers Class. As of February 2023, the 63rd Readiness Division in Mountain View, California, is gathering resources and teaching more Soldiers those skills... MORE

Kenya-born U.S. Army Soldier returns to his native land at Justified Accord 2023
February 24, 2023 — As nearly 1,000 exercise participants gather in Kenya for this year’s iteration of Justified Accord (JA23), one U.S. Army Reserve Soldier returns to very familiar territory... MORE

Ready for anything: JTF MED 374 conducts MASCAL training
February 23, 2023 — The journey of every medical deployment is paved with massive amounts standard operating procedures, training, lessons learned, down time, assigned additional duties, and satisfying endless spreadsheets. In the end, the real evaluation that matters is how a hospital performs under pressure when its capabilities, personnel and resources are stretched beyond its known capable limits. The results of a hospital’s report card that really matter is how they respond in a mass casualty event, more commonly known as a MASCAL... MORE

From Utah to Kenya, Army Reserve nurse travels to Justified Accord 2023
February 21, 2023 — U.S. Army Col. Erin Merryweather, is a nurse practitioner with the 7306th Medical Exercise Support Battalion, an Army Reserve unit based in San Antonio, Texas. Her hometown is Kanab, Utah, and she was with the Utah National Guard until a few years ago when she transitioned to the Army Reserve, working and living in San Antonio now... MORE

Army Reserve medic visits Kenya during exercise Justified Accord 2023
February 21, 2023 — U.S. Army Sgt. Craig Barrows grew up in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, and now resides in St. Michael, near Minneapolis. He currently serves as a combat medic with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 345th Medical Company Ground Ambulance based in Des Moines, Iowa. The unit was recently formed a little over a year ago and provides combat medical evacuation and care through all phases of military operations... MORE

Army Reserve Soldiers help 'Stop the Bleed'
January 24, 2023 — Pop quiz – you’re driving in to work and come upon an accident with a victim bleeding profusely from their leg. What do you do? More than 230 medical students at A.T. Still University in Mesa, Arizona, have the answer now thanks to their participation in a “Stop the Bleed” event and a follow-on mass casualty exercise Jan. 11 and 12, 2023, at the university. Six Soldiers from the 7453 Medical Operational Readiness Unit assisted with the events, providing training on how to properly apply tourniquets and stop bleeding, and participating in the mass casualty exercise as role players/evaluators... MORE

Protecting the force health: JTF MED 374 preventative medicine
January 13, 2023 — Combined Task Force Med 374 — made up of one community health nurse, a community health nurse/environmental science officer and a preventive medicine NCO, as well a fully licensed veterinarian — confronts the elusive foe of disease... MORE

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