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Medical units battle-tested in preparation to save lives abroad
July 25, 2019
Medical units battle-tested in preparation to save lives abroad
Bridge CSTX expands to gap Reserve readiness
March 27, 2018
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.
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 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)
Command briefs new leaders on the way ahead for readiness requirements
June 1, 2017
Brig. Gen. Frederick R. Maiocco Jr., Commanding General, 85th Support Command, explains during a New Command Teams Orientation brief on May 20, 2017 in Arlington Heights, Ill. why it is so important to understand the unique partnership between the 85th SPT CMD and First Army. He shared that First Army is an “executive agent for training and training validation” in the Army. And the 85th Support Command is embedded as an operationally controlled element of First Army, and it is critical that we are synchronized to support that mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan/Released)
First-ever Operation Cold Steel heats up Army Reserve readiness
March 29, 2017
Pvt. Sean Bourque, Petroleum Supply Specialist assigned to the 786th Quartermaster Company, Provo, Utah, views the firing range through a thermal weapon sight ahead of a night live-fire gunnery qualification during the Operation Cold Steel exercise conducted at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Mar. 20, 2017. Operation Cold Steel is the U.S. Army Reserve’s first large-scale live-fire training and crew-served weapons qualification and validation exercise. Cold Steel plays a critical role in ensuring that America’s Army Reserve units and Soldiers are trained and ready to deploy on short-notice and bring combat-ready and lethal firepower in support of the Total Army and Joint Force partners anywhere in the world. In support of the Total Army Force, First Army Master Gunners participated in Cold Steel to provide expertise in crew level gunnery qualifications, and to develop Vehicle Crew Evaluator training, preparing units here and when they return to their home stations to conduct crew served weapons training and vehicle crew gunnery at the unit-level. 475 crews with an estimated 1,600 Army Reserve Soldiers will certify in M2, M19 and M240 Bravo gunner platforms across 12-day rotations through the seven-week exercise. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L. Taylor)