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Archive: May, 2017

Army Reserve Soldier signals for readiness
May 24, 2017
Pfc. Ismael Torres, a cable system installer maintainer, left, and Spc. Cody Gomez, a microwave system operator maintainer, assemble a transmission antenna during Exercise Maple Resolve 17 at Camp Wainwright, Alberta, May 16, 2017. Torres and Gomez, both California natives, belong to the 306th Psychological Operations Company. Exercise Maple Resolve is an annual collective training event designed for any contigency operation. Approximately 4,000 Canadian and 1,000 U.S. troops are participating in Exercise Maple Resolve 17.
“In it to win it”: 7th MSC staff adapts and learns through friction
May 24, 2017
Master Sgt. Pierre Brudnicki, right, speaks to the battle staff Friday, May 12, 2017 during the 7th Mission Support Command's Command Post Exercise at Panzer Kaserne in Kaiserslautern.
Army Reserve military police unit receives national culinary award
May 23, 2017
Brig. Gen. Kelly Wakefield (far left), U.S. Army Reserve deputy commanding general of the 200th Military Police Command, and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Kim R. Shiner (far right), U.S. Army Reserve food service leader, stand with Soldiers from the 391st Military Police Battalion, of Columbus, Ohio, who attend a dinner ceremony for The Philip A. Connelly Awards in Chicago, Illinois on May 19, 2017. The Department of the Army’s Connelly Awards is an annual military competition, which uses military and civilian evaluators from the National Restaurant Association to recognize military units for excellence in Army food service. This year’s winner was the 391st MP Bn., under the 200th MP Command, representing the U.S. Army Reserve. Winning teams from the active components and National Guard also attended the dinner. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Maj. Saphira Ocasio)
Army Reserve leader honors newest military enlistees
May 23, 2017
Maj. Gen. Troy D. Kok, commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command (left), and Larance Kirby, executive director for the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs (right), recognize Raelyn Blevins, high-school student and future member of the Delaware Air National Guard, during the sixth-annual Our Community Salutes recognition ceremony May 16 at the Cavaliers County Club in Newark, Delaware. Kok and Kirby joined Wilmington University and the Delaware Chapter, Association of the United States Army in honoring more than 100 high-school students who have volunteered to enlist in all branches of the U.S. military following graduation.
88th RSC community salutes future service members on Armed Forces Day
May 22, 2017
Fort McCoy Senior Commander and 88th Regional Support Command Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Patrick Reinert stands at attention while the American Legion Post 288 out of Cedarburg, Wis., provides color guard support during an “Our Community Salutes” event at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin on Armed Forces Day, May 20, 2017.
Army Reserve Soldier earns top paralegal award
May 22, 2017
Lori Jenkins, President of JAG Legal Paraprofessionals Association presents a sword to Staff Sgt. Sarah Hawley. Hawley was presented with the Sgt. Eric L. Coggins Award for Excellence at a ceremony on May 16, 2017, at The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, in Charlottesville, VA. (Photo by Lt. Col. Arthur L. Rabin, U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command )
College student earns A in gunnery
May 22, 2017
Spc. Allison Clevenger, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 300th Chemical Company from Morgantown, West Virginia, watches a monitor in the back of a Stryker M1135 Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle May 19 during .50 caliber live-fire qualifications at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Clevenger serves as the crew’s assistant surveyor.
Army Reserve commanding general visits Soldiers in Canada
May 22, 2017
Lt. Gen. Charles Luckey, chief of Army Reserve and commanding general of United States Army Reserve Command, discusses troop movements with Canadian Lt. Col. Will Graydon, commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, on May 18, 2017, in Camp Wainwright, Alberta, Canada, during Maple Resolve 17. More than 650 U.S. Army Soldiers are supporting Maple Resolve 17, the Canadian Army’s premiere brigade-level validation exercise running May 14-29 at Camp Wainwright. As part of the exercise, the U.S. Army is providing a wide array of combat and support elements. These include sustainment, psychological operations, public affairs, aviation and medical units. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Crawford)
Simulated Guts Yield Glory at Maple Resolve 17
May 20, 2017
Special effects team members Jenni MacDonald and Stacy Wegner apply prosthetic wounds to a role player who will act as a simulated casualty on a training mission as part of Maple Resolve 17, the Canadian Army's premiere brigade-level validation exercise running May 14-29 at Camp Wainwright, Alberta, Canada. The role players fulfill an integral part for the training, allowing the Soldiers to react to life-like, real-time situations ranging from medevac, hostile enemies and media engagements. As a part of the exercise, the U.S. Army is providing a wide array of combat and support elements. These elements include sustainment, psychological operations, public affairs, aviation and medical units. Readiness is the U.S. Army Reserve's number one priority. Reserve units participating in Maple Resolve 17 will sharpen individual skill sets while enhancing overall unit readiness.
Army Reserve Soldiers own the beach at Big Lots East 2017
May 19, 2017
Spc. Donald Dinsmore, attached to the 338th Transportation Detachment (Harbormaster) , makes an adjustment on a sensor atop Harbormaster Command and Control Center at Joint Expeditionary Base Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Va., May 14, 2017. Dinsmore was among nearly 450 U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers participating in Big Logistics Over the Shore (Big LOTS) East 2017, a U.S. Army Reserve exercise that provides hands-on training for boat units, terminal battalions, and deployment support command units to sharpen critical tasks that support bare beach operations. (U.S. Army Reserve Photo by 1st Sgt. Angele Ringo)