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The 4th ESC held their 2016 Best Warrior Competition
February 22, 2016 — On Feb. 19-21, Soldiers of the 4th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) participated in their annual Best Warrior Competition, here. Each year, the unit receives the best warriors from their subordinate brigades with the goal to identify who will represent the unit at the 79th Sustainment Support Command Best Warrior Competition... MORE

Soldiers with the 4th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) receive refresher map reading training to prepare for the land navigation course during the 2016 4th ESC Best Warrior Competition at Joint Base San Antonio, Feb. 19, 2016. (U.S. Army Photo by Capt. Jose L. Caballero Jr./Released)

New readiness synchronization system to come down the pipeline for Reserve units
February 22, 2016 — A new way to manage Army readiness is in the works and coming to operations planners across the Army... MORE

Capt. Gabrila Benitezlara, the Collective Training Officer in Charge for the 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, tests out the new Mission Analysis, Readiness & Resource Synchronization (MARRS) system during an information brief for Army Reserve Soldiers in leadership roles. The MARRS system will help to de-conflict scheduling of units as well as leveraging the remainder of Soldiers within those Reserve units. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Bethany L. Huff)

Reserve MPs find new opportunities with The Old Guard
February 19, 2016 — The Old Guard isn’t teaching new tricks, but they are providing new opportunities to the Army Reserve, especially to the military police community... MORE

Pfc. Michael Fletcher, military police Soldier with the 289th MP Company, waits outside of a morning meeting with Cessy, a military K9 police dog, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Feb. 17. The 289th MP Co., belonging to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), is currently running a partnership pilot program with the U.S. Army Reserve's 200th MP Command, which began in early February, placing Army Reserve Soldiers on active duty orders for three weeks while working at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Fort Lesley J. McNair and the Arlington National Cemetery. Army Reserve Soldiers will also support the Military District of Washington with additional duty days throughout the year. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)

200th MPs join first line of defense at JBM-HH, Arlington National Cemetery
February 19, 2016 — U.S. Army Reserve military police have joined the ranks of police and security officers at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall for the first time since Sept. 11, 2001, according to Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Police Chief William R. Johnson II... MORE

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Macedonio R. Molina, director of Emergency Services and provost marshal for Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, center left, shakes hands with the newest U.S. Army Reserve military police from the 200th MP Command of Fort Meade, Md., on Feb. 10 at Joe Rosenthal Theater on the Henderson Hall portion of the joint base. Members of the 200th MP Command, following a two-week law enforcement training course, will boost JBM-HH’s law enforcement manpower and force protection posture for the first time since Sept. 11, 2001, according to JBM-HH Police Chief William Johnson (second from left). (Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall PAO photo by Arthur Mondale)

Victory Forge tests Soldiers' resiliency
February 19, 2016 — Facing a wind chill below freezing, Soldiers in basic combat training with C Company, 1st Battalion, 61st Infantry Regiment at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, had their skills and resiliency challenged at Victory Forge, Feb. 9-12, 2016... MORE

Facing a wind chill below freezing, a Soldier in basic combat training with C Company, 1st Battalion, 61st Infantry Regiment at Fort Jackson, S.C., struggles to evacuate a casualty by using a firemen's carry at Victory Forge, Feb. 10, 2016. During Victory Forge, Soldiers’ mental and physical abilities are tested to the limits. They are evaluated on everything they’ve learned in the prior eight weeks of training; from basic first aid to security and reconnaissance patrols. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton)

Learning from the past to ensure victory in the future
February 19, 2016 — As one looks upon the site of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, the first impression on the senses is how quiet and peaceful the park is. For the Soldiers of the 108th Training Command (Initial Entry Training), the entrance to the park on the cold, brisk morning of Feb. 6, 2016, gave little indication that it was once the site of one of the most bloody and pivotal battles of the Revolutionary War. ... MORE

H. Allen Skinner, the command historian for the 81st Regional Support Command (RSC), explains the tactical lessons to be learned from the mistakes that were made during the Battle of Guilford County Courthouse, whose site is now a National Park located in Greensboro, N.C., during a staff ride taken by the staff sections and Soldiers of the 108th Training Command (IET) on Feb 6. The staff rides are training events used by staff members of the unit to learn important lessons from the past in order to ensure success in future conflicts. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Javier Amador)

Operation Love Letter: Gold Star Families celebrate the fallen
February 18, 2016 — The survivors of fallen service members deserve our nation’s love and remembrance. The close relatives of fallen service members are known as the American Gold Star Families. On Feb. 13, 2016, several of these families, who have already given more than anyone should ever have to, joined together to connect with each other, and to write personal Valentine’s Day letters to their fallen family member and to other American Gold Star Families... MORE

Lt. Col. Bettina Avent, 79th Sustainment Support Command, shares her feelings about losing a close friend in combat and shows her gratitude to the families at a Valentine's Day event for American Gold Star Families in Long Beach, Calif., Feb. 13, 2016.

103rd Quartermaster Company verifies and assists 70 Gorgas citizens
February 18, 2016 — The Soldiers of the 103rd Quartermaster Company performed evacuee operations during the Joint Readiness Training Center exercise at the Intermediate Staging Base, Feb. 18, 2016... MORE

Evacuees from Dara Lam, the provincial capital of Atropia located within the Joint Readiness Training Center exercise, move to the Intermediate Stage Base on Feb. 18, as part of a role play exercise for the 103rd Quartermaster Company to verify and identify local citizens. This evacuee operation exercise helps Soldiers to partner with consulates from the State Department and simulate real world situations that Soldiers may have to encounter in the future. (U.S. Army Reserve Photo by Sgt. Bethany L. Huff)

103rd Quartermaster Company verifies and assists 70 Gorgas citizens
February 18, 2016 — FORT POLK, La. - The Soldiers of the 103rd Quartermaster Company performed evacuee operations during the Joint Readiness Training Center exercise at the Intermediate Staging Base, Feb. 18, 2016... MORE

Spc. Kouadio Nguessan, an automated logistical specialist with the 103rd Quartermaster Company, verifies evacuee documents to ensure they have the necessary paperwork to reenter the country during a role play exercise, at the Intermediate Staging base on Feb. 18. This particular evacuee exercise is the first of its kind working directly with the Consulate out of Frankfurt Germany, while being the third iteration of similar training during the JRTC rotations. (U.S. Army Reserve Photo by Sgt. Bethany L. Huff)

Fueling with food for the fight
February 18, 2016 — FORT POLK, La.– In the early morning hours, when most Soldiers are snuggled deep in their beds, there are those who are wide-awake and busy firing up the stoves, inspecting and preparing food, and making sure breakfast is served when the rest of the Soldiers wake up, hours later... MORE

A food services specialist with the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, an active duty unit based in Fort Richardson, Alaska, is part of the operation that supplies food for Soldiers at the intermediate staging base in Alexandria, Louisiana for rotation 16-04 at the Joint Readiness Training Center Fort Polk, Louisiana. The active-duty unit is augmenting for their Reserve Component counterparts for the exercise. The Army and Army Reserve continuously make preparations to deliberately and purposefully integrate training among and between components as part of the Army Total Force Policy. The policy ensures that there is continuity within the different components and promotes interoperability.

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