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Army Reserve creativity and talent management improve Soldier redeployment
November 23, 2021 — Creative talent management efforts led an Army Reserve training support battalion from Fort Meade, Maryland, to deliver impactful and long-lasting improvements to the Demobilization Tactical Operations Center (DTOC) processes... MORE

Observer Coach/Trainers bring out the best at CSTX
August 26, 2021 — More than 4,000 Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve and Army National Guard will participate in Combat Support Training Exercise 78-21-04 here from August 7-21... MORE

Observer coach/trainers back in their element at CSTX
June 21, 2021 — Soldiers no longer working on their warrior tasks and battle drills and only meeting virtually with their units and members of their squad. This scenario seemed far-fetched once, or something only seen in a post-apocalyptic movie. However, when Army training nearly came to a standstill a year ago, Soldiers found themselves staring into the stark realization that this was the new normal, and some began to lose that collective trust many units spend developing during large-scale exercises... MORE

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)

Army Reserve command teams meet to enhance readiness efforts
June 1, 2017 — Conversations came to a quick silence as Col. Robert Cooley, deputy commander of the Army Reserve’s 85th Support Command, walked to the front of the drill hall filled with Army Reserve battalion command teams and brigade staff members under operational control of First Army... MORE

Command Sgt. Maj. Julio Alvarez, command sergeant major of 3rd Battalion, 348th Training Support Regiment, 177th Armored Brigade, takes in remarks shared between briefers and attendees during a New Command Teams Orientation held at 85th Support Command Headquarters in Arlington Heights, Ill., May 19-20, 2017. The orientation gave battalion command teams and Brigade Support Element staffs assigned to 85th Support Command, but operationally controlled by First Army, a better understanding of the practices and procedures that make up the hybrid relationship between First Army and the 85th SPT CMD.
(U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Anthony L. Taylor)

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