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Archive: January, 2016

77th CSSB Conducts Best Warrior Competition
January 26, 2016 — AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – Each year, Army Reserve units from different levels compete in Best Warrior Competitions (BWC) with the ultimate goal of making it to the Department of the Army level. The 77th Combat Sustainment Battalion (CSSB) is no exception as they executed their BWC 22-24 January at Ramey Base, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico... MORE

Competitors input grid coordinates into their DAGRs before beginning the land navigation event of the 77th CSSB Best Warrior Competition held 22-24 January at Ramey Base, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

Application deadline nears for children scholarships
January 25, 2016 — The time remaining to apply for one of the 2016 Scholarships for Military Children, each worth $2,000, is rapidly dwindling as this year’s Feb. 12 deadline approaches... MORE

88th Military Police Company comes home
January 23, 2016 — With back-to-back flights arriving at the Silas L. Copeland Arrival/Departure Air Control Group, the flight operations personnel worked fast to process Soldiers assigned to 88th Military Police Company, Army Reserve, Dec. 18, 2015. The unit completed a nine-month deployment at Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba, providing external security... MORE

Soldiers assigned to 88th Military Police Company, U.S. Army Reserve, listen to a welcome briefing at the Silas L. Copeland Arrival/Departure Air Control Group terminal here Dec. 18, 2015. The unit provided external security at Guantanamo Naval Base, Cuba.

Winning is not everything
January 21, 2016 — SLOAN, Nev. – Vince Lombardi, legendary Green Bay Packer coach, notwithstanding, for the Army Reserve Culinary Arts Team winning is NOT everything or the only thing – it’s not even the most important thing. The most important thing for this team is improving the overall quality of Army food service and Soldier training. Making sure they are set up to accomplish this drives how Chief Warrant Officer 2 Danny Wolf has developed training for not only the team, but for cooks in Army Reserve units across the country... MORE

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Danny Wolf, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) gives a thumbs up to Staff Sgt. Joseph Parker, 451st Quartermaster Company, as they observe training. The Soldiers, both members of the Army Reserve Culinary Arts Team, were in Sloan, Nevada practicing for the 41st Annual Military Culinary Arts Competition and training local Army Reserve cooks.

Leaders Course Activity creates biases awareness
January 21, 2016 — Eight people are in a “sinking raft in shark-infested waters.” In order to make it to a nearby island, six of the occupants have to go overboard, the raft is getting smaller by the minute... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Lionel P. Brown, 314th Military Police Company, 11th Military Police Brigade, 200th Military Police Command, center, seems to determine "how close a shark is to his sinking lifeboat" during the Life Raft Exercise of the Equal Opportunity Leaders Course 16-01 hosted by the 84th Training Command at the 11th Theater Aviation Command's Headquarters on Fort Knox, Ky., Nov. 18, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Clinton Wood/Released).

Go West: ARET-J, JGSDF Reserve Component share best practices
January 21, 2016 — When the Army Reserve Engagement Team-Japan’s (ARET-J) director and senior enlisted adviser first set foot in Kumamoto prefecture on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, they expected a cordial meet and greet session conducted primarily inside an conference room with their Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Reserve Component counterparts. Reality surpassed these usual expectations with elaborate social, cultural and military training engagements culminating into a 24-hour journey that demonstrated a steadfast partnership between the two armies... MORE

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Bennie B. Nunnally (right), an Atlanta native serving as the senior enlisted adviser, ARET-J, listens to a briefing conducted by senior leaders from the 8th Artillery Regiment, Western Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). Nunnally and ARET-J's director, Army Col. Luis Pomales, traveled to Kumamoto to meet their JGSDF Western Army counterparts and discuss ideas on how to enhance the effectiveness of their respective organizations through frequent and extensive bilateral engagements. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, U.S. Army Japan)

Deployed Digital Training Campus enhances Soldiers’ training and readiness
January 21, 2016 — Saipan-based Army Reserve Soldiers with the 9th Mission Support Command, Fort Shafter Flats, Hawaii, tested the recently installed Deployed Digital Training Campus (DDTC) during their weekend battle assembly at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Saipan, Jan. 9 and 10, 2016... MORE

Saipan-based Soldiers with the 302nd Quartermaster Company – Detachment 1, 9th Mission Support Command, U.S. Army Reserve, go online to check their military emails, as well as to conduct mandatory Web-based training during battle assembly at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Saipan, Jan. 10. The Deployed Digital Training Campus (DDTC), which comes with laptops and video teleconferencing capabilities, enhances these Soldiers’ training and readiness by allowing them access to military websites, typically not accessible from home.

Current Soldiers, veterans share meal at Colorado Veterans Home
January 21, 2016 — Breaking bread is an age-old custom in many cultures that is used to bridge the gap between two groups. For Soldiers from the 207th Public Affairs Detachment, that bread came in the form of pizza and the group they were sharing it with were veterans living at the Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimmons in Denver, Jan. 9... MORE

Sgt. Zach Mott, public affairs specialist with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 207th Public Affairs Detachment, swaps stories with a U.S. Army veteran during a visit to the Colorado State Veterans Home at Fitzsimmons, Jan. 9. Mott and the other Soldiers of the 207th PAD ate lunch and visited with the veterans who reside in the Veterans Home.

US Army Reserve chief of staff honored in military/civilian retirement ceremony
January 20, 2016 — In a retirement ceremony held Jan. 16, 2016, co-hosted by the U.S. Army Reserve and the University of South Florida, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley, Chief of the Army Reserve and commander of U.S. Army Reserve Command, recognized Maj. Gen. Luis Visot for his more than 37 years of service to the U.S. Army and the nation. ... MORE

In a retirement ceremony held on Jan. 16, 2016, co-hosted by the U.S. Army Reserve and the University of South Florida, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley, chief of the Army Reserve, recognized Maj. Gen. Luis Visot for his more than 37 years of service to the U.S. Army and the Nation. Maj. Gen. Visot and his wife, Dr. Cindy Visot, were both honored for their extensive time and contributions to their community, to their civilian occupations and to the Soldiers, civilians and families of the U.S. Army Reserve.

Memorandum of Agreement increases training opportunities for 1st MSC
January 19, 2016 — Army Reserve Soldiers possess unique skills and capabilities that often times are skills that organizations are seeking. The 1st Mission Support Command (MSC) understands that it is sometimes difficult for Soldiers to get real world, hands on training that will help them stay proficient in their skills and prepare them for future deployments. ... MORE

A memorandum between the 1st MSC and Department of Veteran Affairs was signed
on January 14, 2016 by Brig. Gen. Jose R. Burgos, 1st MSC Commanding General and Mr. Dewayne Hamlin, Veteran Affairs Director.

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