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Spc. Sarah Cloutier describes her Initial IRT Experience
August 9, 2021 — We often read about the high-level and strategic benefits to readiness Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) provide from Army leaders. The story below, from Spc. Sarah Cloutier, describes the experience of a Soldier six-months out of Advanced Individual Training (AIT). Here is Spc. Cloutier’s experience, in her words... MORE

The ability to engage with the community has been phenomenal. Several of us are fresh out of AIT and this is our first military mission; helping real people with real needs. It makes you feel like you deserve the status of soldier/airman/seaman.

351 CACOM FxSP Team Recognized with Prestigious IRT Award For Building Partnership With Community Of Unalaska
September 23, 2020 — The IRT 2020 Civil-Military Partnership of the Year Award is a select honor presented to those who have performed the IRT mission, embodying the values of the program, including improved readiness and building strong civil-military partnerships. The award was presented this year in a virtual event during the Joint Workshop for Operational Mission Planners to the City of Unalaska and the Qawalangin Tribe of Alaska, and the 351st Civil Affairs Command Functional Specialty Team, as recognition of the foundational civil-military relationship built under the IRT program... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 351st Civil Affairs Command Functional Specialty Team (FxSP) pose for a photo with Unalaska, Alaska community stakeholders during the Innovative Readiness Training Civil-Military Partnership Subject Matter Expert Assessment, Unalaska, Alasks, Aug. 27, 2020. IRT is a joint training concept that the Department of Defense (DOD) implemented to increase unit deployment readiness, leveraging the military contributions of U.S. Armed Forces capabilities, combined with local resources to build strong civil-military partnerships for communities in the contiguous United States and its territories.

Medical logistics team behind IRT secures efficiency savings
March 9, 2020 — Innovative readiness training (IRT) events are Department of Defense military training opportunities, exclusive to the United States and its territories, that deliver joint training opportunities to increase deployment readiness. IRTs bring together active, reserve and National Guard service members of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines to provide key services (health care, construction, transportation and cybersecurity) with lasting benefits for our American communities... MORE

The MCS Team conducted Logistics MOS sustainment training directly contributing to the timely delivery of Class VIII to the IRT Program and prompt submission of required MEDLOG reports.

Army Reserve Medical Command Soldiers provide care in local community
July 25, 2019 — Training is a primary focus for Army Reserve Medical Units during their weekend duty, known as battle assemblies, and during annual training. Leaders look for creative ways to provide meaningful training that meets objectives while resonating with their Soldiers, and for the medical professionals assigned to 7207th Medical Support Unit, based out of Webster, New York, that is the opportunity they were given while supporting the Healthy Cortland and Greater Chenango Cares Innovative Readiness Training mission in Cortland, July 9-22, 2019... MORE

Military medical might: Healthy Cortland IRT in full swing
July 17, 2019 — After only a day-and-a-half of care, members of the Healthy Cortland Innovative Readiness Training saw 292 patients and even more smiles thanks to their efforts in Homer, NY, July 11. The 9-day event is part of the larger Healthy Cortland and Greater Chenango Cares Innovative Readiness Training, which is a Department of Defense military training mission, exclusive to the United States and its territories, that delivers joint training opportunities to increase deployment and emergency readiness. ... MORE

Dentists provide no-cost care while operating in field conditions
July 15, 2019 — Dental personnel from U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard units, U.S. Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units, and U.S. Navy Reserve units are providing no-cost medical care to community members of rural New York during the Greater Chenango Cares Innovative Readiness Training July 11 - July 20, 2019... MORE

Soldiers provide needed medical services at Fort Belknap
August 21, 2017 — In an agricultural community less than 50 miles south of the Canadian border lies a town filled with history, culture and a small group of medical professionals from the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve who are determined to make a difference... MORE

Soldiers provide needed medical services for Fort Belknap community

Building roads to stronger communities
August 8, 2017 — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 317th Engineer Construction Company (ECC) and U.S. Navy Sailors from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14 wake up early to build a road in a place far from home... MORE

A childhood ambition come true
August 7, 2017 — Some will greet you joyfully, others will cower and try to hide. Scratches and bites that draw blood are an accepted hazard... MORE

Bringing smiles to Wolf Point
July 25, 2017 — Spc. Cleopatra Matthews joins more than 25 other Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the Army Reserve Medical Command’s 7239th Medical Support Unit, who partnered with Fort Peck Indian Health Service to provide health care services to an estimated population of over 8,000 local residents... MORE

Spc. Cleopatra Matthews, a dental specialist with the 7239th Medical Support Unit, Chattanooga, Tennessee, assists Lt. Col. Joseph Largeman, a general dentist with the 7236th Medical Support Unit, Fort Benning, Georgia, with a lower molar filling and upper tooth extraction at the Chief Redstone Health Clinic at Wolf Point, Montana, July 17, 2017. During the two-week-long mission Fort Peck Innovative Readiness Training, Army Reserve Soldiers will collaborate with the Indian Health Service to provide medical and dental care to an estimated population of over 8,000 residents. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. Claudia Rocha 345th Public Affairs Detachment)

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