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Local Competition Heightens Soldier Readiness, Retention
January 28, 2020 — Army Reserve Soldiers continue to find that participation in local events are an ideal and inexpensive way to improve skills and interest, bolstering readiness and retention... MORE

Match Officials (left) at the Southport Gun Club brief Sgt. 1st Class Rosendorn, Maj. Zizkovsky, Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Fall, and Master Sgt. Brunet during their Open Sectional Indoor Pistol Championship. Events like this are open to the public and held around the country. All Army Reserve Soldiers can benefit by attending.

Enduring priorities drive First Army
January 28, 2020 — During the first World War, General of the Armies John J. Pershing noted that the United States Army no longer differentiated between its active and reserve component forces. He famously said, “Our purpose is to think only of the American citizen and to prepare him for the duties of war.”... MORE

Serious about sanitation, preventative medicine
December 18, 2019 — Without regard to the form of threat posed, Soldiers must be ready and capable to conduct the full range of military operations to defeat all enemies. Such readiness includes maintaining health... MORE

Serious about sanitation, disease prevention

Readiness of American Samoan Army Reserve Soldiers vital in the Pacific
December 11, 2019 — Tutuila, the largest and the main island of American Samoa, measures only about 21 miles across and about three miles from north to south. Yet this island is home to more than 200 U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the 9th Mission Support Command, headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii... MORE

Army Reserve, California Guard come together for Yellow Ribbon event
November 26, 2019 — The battle might be over when the mission is accomplished, but the war isn't won until the Soldiers are home safe and reintegrated with their families and communities... MORE

STAFFEX Highlights Military Decision Making Process
November 22, 2019 — No one works alone in the U.S. Army Reserve. This was especially true for the key leaders of the 94th Training Division – Force Sustainment headquarters when they focused on improving full-time staff and Troop Program Unit Soldiers engagement for the one-star command and its subordinate units as well as exploring the military decision-making process to solve complex requirements during a staff exercise here September 9-11, 2019... MORE

The 94th Training Division – Force Sustainment headquarters key leaders conducted a staff exercise on Fort Lee, Virginia, Sept. 9-11, 2019. Main topics of discussion centered on improving full-time staff and Troop Program Unit Soldiers' engagement for the one-star command and its subordinate units as well as exploring the military decision-making process to solve complex requirements.

Army Reserve Soldiers reach out through Chicagoland communities to share the story of veterans
November 14, 2019 — Amid record-breaking snowfall and cold temperatures, leaders from the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command set out to honor and tell the story of Veterans, past and present, by participating in Veterans’ Day observances across the Chicagoland area, November 11, 2019... MORE

Brig. Gen. Kris A. Belanger, Commanding General, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, speaks to an audience of veterans, community leaders and local citizens at Soldier Field during the City of Chicago’s Veteran’s Day commemoration, November 11, 2019.

414th Civil Affairs Battalion Soldiers conduct Soldier readiness exercises
November 12, 2019 — Soldiers with the 414th Civil Affairs Battalion conducted Soldier readiness exercises this weekend at the Robert L. Poxon Army Reserve Center. These exercises included weapon maintenance, an Army Physical Fitness Test, and mandatory briefings... MORE

Army Reserve officer’s passion for Jiu-Jitsu keeps him ready to serve
October 24, 2019 — Lt. Col. Peter Caragher, Deputy G-3, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, is a devoted practitioner of the ‘gentle art’ of Brazilian Jujitsu. And he is good at it too. He currently holds a brown belt with sights on receiving his black belt... MORE

Lt. Col. Pete Caragher, Deputy G-3, 85th U.S. Army Support Command, pauses for a photo with his first place belt in the expert category from the 2012 New England Championships in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Chicago’s 2019 Columbus Day Parade honors U.S. Army Reserve general officer
October 16, 2019 — Brig. Gen. Kris A. Belanger, Commanding General, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, participated in the Chicago’s 67th Annual Columbus Day Parade, as the Honorary Parade Grand Marshall, October 14, 2019... MORE

Chicago’s 67th Annual Columbus Day Parade honors Brig. Gen. Kris A. Belanger, Commanding General, 85th U.S. Army Support Command and parade honorary Grand Marshall, and Capt. Michael J. Ariola, Public Affairs Officer, 85th USARSC, both of Italian-American heritage, during Sunday’s parade in downtown Chicago, October 14, 2019.

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