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Army Reserve leader speaks on celebrating our veterans
November 14, 2017
Army Reserve Lt. Col. Priscilla Van Zanten, Transportation Officer, 85th Support Command, spoke to nearly 200 members of her community during a Veteran’s Day Ceremony in Buffalo Gove, Illinois on Nov. 11, 2017.
Active duty command teams learn reserve component processes
October 27, 2017
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.
Training the trainers on suicide prevention
October 27, 2017
Trainers and training participants pause for a group photo after a five-day Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (Training for Trainers) workshop, October 20, 2017.
Army Reserve Chicago-based command receives new leadership
October 25, 2017
Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Kris A. Belanger, left, Commanding General, 85th Support Command, takes the command Colors from Maj. Gen. Scottie D. Carpenter, Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command in an Assumption of Command ceremony at the 85th SPT CMD headquarters, October 21, 2017.
CSTX moves Soldiers out of FOBs and back to basic Soldier skills
August 25, 2017
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
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
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
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
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)
Army Reserve general meets with Gold Star Families in Memorial Day ceremonies
June 5, 2017
Command Sgt. Maj. Vernon Perry III, Command Sergeant Major, 85th Support Command shakes the hand of Shelby Iubel, wife of Pfc. Tyler Iubelt, thanking her for the sacrifice her husband made. Iubelt, who served with the First Cavalry Sustainment Brigade, was killed in Afghanistan on November 12, 2016. S. Iubelt said she was honored to see so many people reach out to show her and her mother-in-law so much love and support. Iubelt and her mother-in-law were recognized for their sacrifice during the Wreath Laying ceremony at the Richard J. Daley Plaza on May 27, 2017 in Chicago. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan/Released)