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Archive: April, 2016

The 7th MSC planners PAUSE, consider gender roles
April 30, 2016 — The 7th Mission Support Command, of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, is implementing an innovative technique in humanitarian aid and disaster relief mission planning... MORE

Guard, Reserve provide breath of fresh air to USAREUR mission
April 29, 2016 — The Reserve component Soldiers participate in multinational training exercises that range from construction projects to unified land operation exercises in countries throughout Europe as a part of Operation Atlantic Resolve and the State Partnership Program... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Zhabka Aleksey, a California National Guard Soldier from the 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion talks to a group of Ukrainian National Guard Soldiers during situational training exercise lanes at Exercise Rapid Trident in 2014 in Yavoriv, Ukraine. Rapid Trident is an annual U.S. Army Europe conducted, Ukrainian led, multinational exercise designed to enhance interoperability with allied and partner nations while promoting regional stability and security

Law enforcement Soldiers work toward countering assault
April 29, 2016 — Numerous reports of sexual harassment and assault occur yearly in the military, and an even larger number of offenses remain unreported. In response, the Army launched the I.A.M. STRONG campaign to cultivate strength and protection against such incidents before they occur... MORE

80th Training Command Soldier first in Army Reserve to be EIC certified
April 29, 2016 — As the first Army Reserve Soldier to earn the Evaluating Instructors Course certification in the Ordnance branch, Sgt. 1st Class Jessica Choate, 3rd Brigade 94th Training Division is now qualified to train fellow instructors to become “instructor evaluators.” ... MORE

After earning the Evaluating Instructor Course certification, Sgt. 1st Class Jessica Choate, 3rd Brigade 94th Training Division, conducts her first training session at Regional Training Site-Maintenance-Fort Devens, Mass., April 26-27, 2016. Choate is the first Army Reserve Soldier to earn the EIC certification in the Army Reserve and the Ordnance branch.

Northeast Army engineers return from Middle East
April 29, 2016 — The 716th Engineer Company, a U.S. Army Reserve unit headquartered in Somersworth, New Hampshire, with a detachment in Attleboro, Massachusetts, returned stateside April 18 after completing a deployment to the U.S. Central Command area of operations. ... MORE

Soldiers assigned to the 716th Eng. Co. walk the tarmac toward the Silas L. Copeland Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group after arriving stateside April 18.

Army Reserve soldiers and civilians walk for sexual assault awareness
April 28, 2016 — April is the U.S. Army’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month with this year’s theme: “Know Your Part. Do Your Part.” ... MORE

Deborah Plowden, Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, 85th Support Command, gives opening remarks before leading participants in an installation-walk to spread awareness to Sexual Assault Awareness Prevention. The walk, conducted at the Paul G. Schulstad Army Reserve Center, was an interactive event with participants from the 85th Support Command and the Defense Contract Management Agency-Chicago, April 22, 2016. The 85th Support Command’s Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention team planned various training events, throughout the month, to help spread awareness in what one can do to prevent, respond to and reduce sexual assault within the ranks. April is the U.S. Army’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
(U.S. Army photo by Mr. Anthony L. Taylor/Released)

Butler, Martin are U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior “Game Masters”
April 28, 2016 — Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Butler, and Sgt. 1st Class Casey Martin could be considered the “game masters” for the 2016 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Butler, left, and Sgt. 1st Class Casey Martin, are the 2016 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior noncommissioned officers in charge of the competition being held at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 2-6. Butler, the 2009 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior NCO winner, and Martin, an 11-year drill sergeant, bring their previous experiences to make this year's event the most challenging in the nine-year history of the competition

Military Children Rise to the Challenge
April 27, 2016 — From deployments to new schools, military children are faced with unique challenges that ordinary youth their age never experience. Their ability to adapt to present and future changes deserves our respect and admiration. Throughout a parent’s military career, children can move around numerous times, having to adjust to a new school, curriculum, friends and extracurricular activities. ... MORE

Students from Antilles High School, Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico will be representing their school and Puerto Rico at the National Leadership Conference this summer after demonstrating their skills and abilities in business through seven different events at the FBLA 2015-2016 Puerto Rico State Competitive Events on April 1st, 2016.

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Dailey: "We must fight and win."
April 26, 2016 — Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey told a gathering of U.S. Army Reserve senior leaders they must execute the Army’s core mission of fighting and winning. In order to do that, Dailey said leaders must maintain readiness, look to the future of the Army, and take of soldiers and their families. ... MORE

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey, addresses U.S. Army Reserve senior leaders at the Iron Mike Conference, April 25, 2016, Fort Bragg, NC. “At the end of the day, if we fail to do anything else, if we fight and win, we have accomplished our mission for the taxpayers of the United States of America and have done our part for the joint force of the Department of Defense,” Dailey said. (U.S. Army photo by Timothy L. Hale) (Released)

Gen. Milley: “Readiness is my number one priority”
April 26, 2016 — Gen. Mark A. Milley, the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army said the readiness of the Total Army is his number one priority... MORE

Gen. Mark A. Milley, Chief of Staff of the Army, addresses U.S. Army Reserve senior leaders at the Iron Mike Conference, April 25, 2016, Fort Bragg, N.C. With the readiness of the Total Army as his number one priority, Milley said, "It is our job to be ready, to provide options to the President of the United States." (U.S. Army photo by Timothy L. Hale) (Released)

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