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Active Army, Army Reserve build massive causeway
July 28, 2017
U.S. Army watercraft operators and engineers assemble a roll-on/roll-off discharge facility during training at the Port of San Diego on July 16, 2017. The RRDF is a causeway is used to quickly move supplies from ships to shore. U.S. Army Reserve Command Soldiers are participating in Exercise Big LOTS West, a joint military training exercise designed to reinforce the 1394th Transportation Brigade's ability to rapidly deploy vital combat equipment to an operational environment. (Photo by U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. David L. Nye, 301st Public Affairs Detachment)
Combat Support Hospital encourages integration among services
July 27, 2017
U.S. Army Reserve Spc. William S. Abella, a combat medic with the 331st Minimal Care Detachment out of Miami, checks the heartbeat of Spc. Zachary A. Morrill, a military policeman for the 304th Medical Company in Bluefield, West Virginia, during a mass casualty exercise at the 47th Combat Support Hospital on Camp Roberts, California, July 17, 2017. The CSH is part of the 84th Training Command’s Combat Support Training Exercise and the Army Medical Command’s Global Medic Exercise headquartered out of Fort Hunter Liggett, California. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. Miguel Alvarez, 354th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
First Army helps build a more mobile force of ready reserve
July 26, 2017
U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the 718th Engineer Company, based in Fort Benning, Ga., assess a site to improve a berm in order to place a fuel blivets, a collapsible tank, during Combat Support Training Exercise 91-17-03, July 18, 2017 at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif. Approximately 5,000 Army Reserve and National Guard forces participated in the exercise. First Army provided about 65 observer coach/trainers to augment their Army Reserve partners at the 91st Training Division and assist in training the most capable, combat-ready and lethal federal reserve force in the history of the nation. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L. Taylor)
Overseeing Big Lots West-2017
July 26, 2017
The 1394th Transportation Surface Brigade conducted the Big Logistics-Over-the-Shore West 2017 at Camp Pendleton, for joint operations with the United States Navy and U.S Marine Corp, during the month of July. The Navy’s Landing Craft Air Cushion delivers cargo from ships directly to the beach, where the Marines were on scene to give logistical support with transportation once the delivery was made. Big LOTS - West 2017 is a United States Army Reserve functional exercise part of the Army Reserve Training Strategy in order to enhance unit readiness by conducting live and virtual port and bare beach operations with external evaluations.
Army Early Response Force engineers train to shape the battlefield
July 25, 2017
Army Reserve Sgt. John Brownlee, a horizontal construction engineer, removes chains from a Caterpillar D7R bulldozer during Combat Support Training Exercise 91-17-03 at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., on July 19, 2017. Brownlee is with the 718th Engineer Company out of Fort Benning, Ga. Nearly 5,400 service members from the U.S. Army Reserve, U.S. Army, Army National Guard, U.S. Navy, and Canadian Armed Forces are training at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., as part of the 84th Training Command’s CSTX 91-17-03 and ARMEDCOM’s Global Medic; this is a unique training opportunity that allows U.S. Army Reserve units to train alongside their multi-component and joint partners as part of the America’s Army Reserve evolution into the most lethal Federal Reserve force in the history of the nation. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Thomas Crough, 301st Public Affairs Detachment)
Engineers provide training grounds for allies
July 24, 2017
Sgt. Alex Head, 390th Engineer Company, Chattanooga, Tenn., moves concreate slabs during Resolute Castle 17 at Cincu, Romania, July 15, 2017. These slabs will be used as firing positions for tanks at the training facility Head is helping construct. The facility will provide Allied forces the opportunity to prepare for potential conflict. The entire operation is led by U.S. Army Reserve engineers, who moved Soldiers and equipment from the U.S. to Romania over a period of several weeks to complete the training facility. Resolute Castle improves interoperability, enhances confidence and security assurance between partner nations, while improving infrastructure, capability and capacity at select locations throughout Europe. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Felix R. Fimbres)
650th RSG runs RSOI at Big LOTS West 2017
July 24, 2017
Cpt. Jeffrey Olsen, 650th RSG, Reception Staging Onward-Movement Integration commander at Forwarding Operating Base Coronado look over RSOI station responsibilities with Spc. Ondra Caruthers, 650th RSG, FOB Coronado, Calif., July 15, 2017, during Big LOTS West 2017 exercise. The RSOI station is an important function of a military exercise in that it provides accountability and integration of personnel to the mission. The 650th RSG ran the RSOI for Big LOTS West 2017 from 6 July through 16 July.
Liquid logisticians rule at QLLEX 2017
July 21, 2017
U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 728th Quartermaster Company, Fremont, Neb., operate an Inland Pipeline Distribution System during QLLEX 2017, July 21, at Fort Bragg, NC. QLLEX, short for Quartermaster Liquid Logistics Exercise, is the U.S. Army Reserve’s premier readiness exercise for fuel and water distribution. This year’s QLLEX is not only a full demonstration of the capability, combat-readiness, and lethality of America’s Army Reserve to put fuel and water where it is needed most – in the vehicles and hands of the war-fighter and maneuver units – but it also further exercises the interoperability of the U.S. Army Reserve alongside active Army and British Army logisticians. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Timothy L. Hale) (Released)
PROFIS mission provides needed medical support at home and abroad
July 19, 2017
Sgt. 1st Class Jae Kang, the unit supply specialist for the 7452nd Medical Backfill Battalion, helps Maj. Priscilla Valbuena, a critical care nurse, who has been identified to prepare for a Professional Filler System (PROFIS) mission. Soldiers mobilized to support this mission will backfill Medical Command’s active duty slots at medical centers and clinics across their health care organization. Army Medical Department Professional Management Command (APMC) hosted the Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP) level 2 from 7-9 Jul., processing approximately 100 U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 7452nd MBB during the 3-day event. The objective of the process is for Soldiers to be administratively, financially, legally, spiritually, logistically and medically ready to be mobilized after attending an SRP.
295th Ordnance Company trains at Crane Army
July 6, 2017
U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 295th Ordnance Company out of Hastings, Nebraska work with Army Civilians while completing their annual training at Crane Army Ammunition Activity. The Soldiers are receiving valuable experience handling munitions to increase mission readiness.