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Chicago Army Reserve command partners with community resources to prevent suicides
October 16, 2018 — “Due to the nature of the Army Reserve’s mission (and location), our Soldiers rely heavily on community resources,” said Tifini Steif, Victim Advocate, 85th Support Command Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention team. “With Soldiers spread throughout cities and states, it often ‘takes a village’ to help our Soldiers.”... MORE

Army Reserve’s suicide prevention program managers conduct break out session training with local community partners during the command’s Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training workshop, Sep. 27-28, 2018.

Career Soldier rejuvenates his career and life
September 7, 2018 — “My (military) career was over in April of 2016, said Staff Sgt. Joel Rogers, assigned to the 2-346th Training Support Battalion, 85th Support Command. “I put in a retirement packet and then I started feeling my energy come back.”... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Kris A. Belanger, left, commanding general of the 85th Support Command pauses for a photo with Staff Sgt. Joel Rogers, assigned to the 2-346th Training Support Battalion, 85th Support Command, at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, July 22, 2018.

Total Force Partners arrive at Fort McCoy
August 21, 2018 — The 181st Multifunctional Training Brigade, First Army Division West, is testing a pilot program that is aimed at overcoming the barriers between U.S. Army active component and reserve component training relationships, and enhancing the Army Total Force approach by adding active component partner brigades to the reserve component training exercises... MORE

Bridge CSTX expands to gap Reserve readiness
March 27, 2018 — Crawling through the dirt, communicating using hand and arm signals, and rushing three to five seconds across a field is but a few of the basic skill level one tasks that U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers were executing at the Army Reserve’s Bridge Combat Support Training Exercise 78-18-03, Mar. 1 - 29, 2018... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers, assigned to the 327th Quartermaster Battalion, based in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, conduct three-to-five second buddy rushes as part of their reacting to direct fire training, ahead of their lanes training validation, during Combat Support Training Exercise 78-18-03, at Fort Knox, Kentucky, Mar. 19, 2018.

Active duty command teams learn reserve component processes
October 27, 2017 — Army Total Force Policy continues to develop between the Army’s active and reserve component forces working, and training together to execute their missions in a uniformed and seamless manner... MORE

First Army and 85th Support Command senior leaders discuss Army Reserve actions and processes during the 85th Support Command’s New Brigade Command Teams Orientation brief at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, October 22, 2017.

CSTX moves Soldiers out of FOBs and back to basic Soldier skills
August 25, 2017 — Thousands of Army Reserve Soldiers joined service members from each U.S. branch of service, and military service personnel from foreign partner nations to train during the Army Reserve’s Combat Support Training Exercise 86-17-02 from August 5 – 25, 2017... MORE

Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the 693rd Quartermaster Company, Bell, California, treat a casualty after an ambush during Combat Support Training Exercise 86-17-02 at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, from August 5 – 25, 2017.

First Army helps build a more mobile force of ready reserve
July 26, 2017 — First Army observer coach/trainers partnered with reserve-component OC/Ts to train approximately 5,000 Army Reserve and National Guard forces here this month... MORE

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)

Army Reserve command celebrates a century of history
July 13, 2017 — The doughboys marched off of the parade field, with the colors held high, and all in attendance watched until the Soldiers disappeared from sight. The 85th Support Command color guard team, wearing World War I-era uniforms, were one of several components for the 85th Support Command’s centennial celebration reflecting on the unit’s 100-year history... MORE

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Walter Rodgers, Human Resources Sergeant, 85th Support Command, holds the American flag during the centennial anniversary of the 85th Support Command on June 9, 2017 at Arlington Heights, Illinois. The 85th SPT CMD color guard team wore World War I era uniforms in representation of the era the 85th Support Command’s lineage was first formed.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan/Released)

Army Reserve unit holds relinquishment of command ceremony
July 13, 2017 — The air echoed as cannons fired, smoke and sulfur filled the sky, and the outgoing commanding general spoke his final words to his Soldiers... MORE

Command Sgt. Maj. Vernon I. Perry III, Command Sergeant Major, 85th Support Command, walks along his formation, representing the command’s 46 Army Reserve battalions, making adjustments prior to the relinquishment of command ceremony for Brig. Gen. Frederick R. Maiocco Jr., Commanding General, 85th Support Command. Maiocco served as the commanding general for three years, while working full time as a superintendent of a school district in Oregon.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan/Released)

Army Reserve commander bids farewell during unit’s centennial
July 12, 2017 — Soldiers stood statuesque across the parade field as formations of flags flapped in the wind during the 85th Support Command’s Relinquishment of Command ceremony July 9, 2017... MORE

A salute battery assigned to Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard, fires 105mm blank howitzer rounds at the 85th Support Command headquarters in Arlington Heights, Ill., July 9, 2017. Brig. Gen. Frederick R. Maiocco Jr., 85th Support Command commanding general, relinquished the command colors to Maj. Gen. Tracy A. Thompson, Deputy Commanding General for Support, U.S. Army Reserve. The Army Reserve’s 85th Support Command, partnered with First Army, is made up of 46 Army Reserve battalions, nine brigade support elements, and nearly 4,300 Soldiers and Civilians spanning the continental United States and Puerto Rico. The units generate combat-ready units and Soldiers for the Army that are trained, equipped and lethal to win the nation’s wars.
(U.S. Army photo illustration by Master Sgt. Anthony L. Taylor)

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