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Archive: February, 2017

Soldiers from the 77th Sustainment Brigade compete to become the brigade’s “Best Warrior”
February 27, 2017 — The brigade level competition is a major step in the process to claim the ultimate title, USARC Best Warrior. The winner and runner up representing the NCOs and junior enlisted will move to the next phase. In March, all the brigades under the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) will compete for top honors which will determine who will move on to the 377th Theater Sustainment Command level... MORE

Military Funeral Honors demonstrates units ready to serve
February 27, 2017 — Several Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve’s 412th Theater Engineer Command (TEC) based in Vicksburg, Miss., and the 365th Combat Support Sustainment Battalion (CSSB), Jackson, Miss., demonstrated that the Reserve is ready to serve... MORE

The lessons squirrels teach
February 26, 2017 — It is a sight so common that the human eye barely registers it anymore. Though the exact form may vary – charred black beneath an exposed power line, smashed flat amid overgrown grass or helplessly dangling from the maw of an overeager house cat – the cause remains constant: that squirrel didn’t have a battle buddy... MORE

Soldiers deploy in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
February 24, 2017 — Trading the Caribbean Sea for the Persian Gulf, Puerto Rican Soldiers with the 215th Vertical Engineer Company, Army National Guard, departed from the Silas L. Copeland Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group here Feb. 2 in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel... MORE

Operation Cold Steel begins in March at Fort McCoy
February 24, 2017 — Fort McCoy’s role as the “Total Force Training Center” continues to hold true as the installation prepares to support Operation Cold Steel — a new Army Reserve live-fire exercise taking place March 4 to April 29... MORE

If you stay ready, you won’t have to get ready
February 24, 2017 — A call for readiness in the Army is nothing new. It’s as old as the Soldier’s Creed... MORE

“Rise Above”: The New Army Reserve Aviation
February 24, 2017 — The current geopolitical reality makes a U.S. engagement in a major conflict with a near peer enemy a definite possibility. Army reserve aviation has embraced this reality by executing the mass restructuring that is the Aviation Restructuring Initiative (ARI), all while revolutionizing the way that we train our crews, battalions and brigades... MORE

ARMEDCOM unit prepared to deliver vital medical capabilities
February 22, 2017 — In recent guidance to the field, Lt. Gen. Charles Luckey, Commanding General of U.S. Army Reserve Command, told Soldiers that he needed them to prepare for an unpredictable future... MORE

HRC expands Call to Active Duty
February 22, 2017 — The most recent Regular Army Call to Active Duty program is expanded for commissioned officers and warrant officers this year. The program allows Army Reserve and National Guard members in select grades and specialties to go on active duty. ... MORE

Military equipment helping injured Soldiers get back into the fight
February 21, 2017 — The training ran for three main purposes: to train soldiers in the equipment operation, for Soldier advancement, and to help a soldier with an injury sustained during a previous training exercise... MORE

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