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Archive: July, 2017

Rigging the sustainment game
July 6, 2017
Spc. Alexander Triska and Spc. Keith Manning of the 824th Quartermaster Company, secure a parachute to a container for aerial delivery at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar on April 25, 2017. Aerial delivery operations are essential for getting supplies to troops in the Middle East when conventional means of transportation are not feasible. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremy Bratt)

Army Reserve Civil Affairs soldiers support Saber Guardian 17
July 5, 2017
From left to right, 1st Lt. Mark Vadasz, Hungarian Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC), Capt. Philip Hristov, Bulgarian CIMIC, 1st Lt. Musat Cosmin, Romanian CIMIC, with Capt. Anthony W. Smith, lead exercise planner from 361st Civil Affairs Brigade, sit together to plan future civil engagements for Saber Guardian 17 (SG17) in Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria on July 4, 2017. 361st CA BDE is responsible for conducting civil engagements and activities to promote transparency and the relationship between U.S. forces, civilian authorities and civilian populations during SG17 (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Charity Boedeker, 361st CA BDE Public Affairs).

Army Signal teams keep Saber Guardian supplies, personnel rolling along
July 5, 2017
U.S. Army Spc. Isaiah Myles, a Command Post Node team chief assigned to Charlie Company, 44th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 2nd Theater Signal Brigade, and Spc. Justin Pelzer, a CPN operator, check the settings on a Satellite Transportable Terminal July 3, 2017 in Cincu, Romania. Myles’ CPN team is providing communications support to the 497th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 55th Sustainment Brigade, a U.S. Army Reserve unit, during exercise Saber Guardian 17, a U.S. Army Europe-led, multinational exercise, taking place in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania July 11-20, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by William B. King)

21st TSC, 7th MSC set stage for Saber Guardian 17
July 5, 2017
Brig. Gen. Steven Ainsworth, 7th Mission Support Command commanding general and 21st Theater Sustainment Command deputy commanding general, addresses Soldiers in the command post, Monday July 3, 2017, at Novo Selo Training Area during a promotion ceremony for Col. Timothy Sumovich and Staff Sgt. Mark Medina. The 7th MSC recently set up the command post in support of Saber Guardian 17. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class John Freese)

ARMEDCOM: changing lives; building readiness
July 5, 2017
Local resident Benita Alvarado receives much-needed optometry care from Army Reserve medical professionals providing support at Larga Vista Community Center in Laredo, Texas.  Alvarado is one of nearly 5,000 patients who received medical support during the two week mission supporting Webb County’s under-served Colonias population. Services provided by Army Reserve personnel are done through the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training, a civil-military program that builds mutually beneficial partnerships between U.S. communities and the DoD. The missions selected meet training and readiness requirements for Army Reserve service members while integrating them as a joint and whole-of-society team to serve our American citizens.

Army Reserve Soldier continues lifetime of learning
July 5, 2017
Capt. Eric Moton (right), chief, Finance Division for the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Regional Support Command, hands an award to Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Moore Nov. 5, 2016 during a retirement ceremony for Moore.  Moton earned his Ph.D. in business administration in 2016, joining a select group of Army Reserve Soldiers who have pursued higher education. Of all doctorates in the U.S. Army, 75 percent reside in the U.S. Army Reserve. Of all master’s degrees in the U.S. Army, 50 percent reside in the U.S. Army Reserve. Having such a highly educated force helps America’s Army Reserve remain the most capable, combat-ready and lethal federal reserve force in the history of the nation.