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Archive: October, 2018

Military Police command to host competition for Sergeant Audie Murphy Award
October 31, 2018 — Military Police Soldiers across the Army Reserve will have a shot to compete for one of the most prestigious leadership awards in the Army, beginning next year... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve engineers experiment with remote-controlled bulldozer
October 31, 2018 — For years the heavy equipment industry has been using remote control technology to operate massive pieces of equipment from a safe location. This allows the machines to be operated in very dangerous environments without putting any lives in unnecessary risks... MORE

Army Reserve Marksman Newsletter
October 31, 2018 — AR 140-1 directs a quarterly newsletter called Army Reserve Marksman covering small arms training to be published. The Army Reserve Marksmanship Team is again publishing this and making available for download now... MORE

Publication of Army Reserve Marksman is directed by Army Regulation 140-1.

New technologies provide unimaginable training
October 30, 2018 — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 1st Mission Support Command conducted a Train the Trainer course on Oct. 16-18, 2018, at the installation's training facility... MORE

80th Training Command instructors compete for top honors
October 26, 2018 — The 80th Training Command’s best instructors proved themselves at the command’s 2018 Instructor of the Year Competition here Oct. 18-20, 2018. Twenty-one Army Reserve instructors from across the command’s three training divisions and the 4960th Multifunctional Training Brigade contended for the top prize in three categories: enlisted, officer, and civilian... MORE

The 80th Training Command’s best instructors proved themselves at the command’s 2018 Instructor of the Year Competition here Oct. 18-20, 2018. Twenty-one Army Reserve instructors from across the command’s three training divisions and the 4960th Multifunctional Training Brigade contended for the top prize in three categories: enlisted, officer, and civilian.

U.S. Army Reserve Music Sergeants Major Conduct Change of Responsibility
October 25, 2018 — Command Sgt. Maj. Sara E. Noskowiak passed her 1840 U.S. noncommissioned officer musicians sword and the title of U.S. Army Reserve Music Sergeant Major to Master Sgt. Keith Barlow during a change of responsibility ceremony Saturday, Oct. 20, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin... MORE

Sgt. Benjamin Moran, 338th Army Band, 88th Readiness Division, sheaths the sword used to pass responsibility for U.S. Army Reserve Bands from Command Sgt. Maj. Sara E. Noskowiak to Master Sgt. Keith M. Barlow during a change of responsibility ceremony at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Oct. 20, 2018. Noskowiak owns the 1840 U.S. noncommissioned officer musicians sword. She displays it on a stand, made by her father, with four of her favorite U.S. Army challenge coins.

88th RD Stands Up Mission Command Support Group
October 25, 2018 — Col. Jeffrey D. Pugh took command of the newly formed Mission Command Support Group (MSCG), 88th Readiness Division, when he uncased the colors during an activation and assumption of command ceremony at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Oct. 20, 2018... MORE

Staff Sgt. Robert D. Clark, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 88th Readiness Division, religious affairs noncommissioned officer, cuts a red, white, and blue cake with dental floss after an assumption of command ceremony for the Mission Command Support Group, 88th Readiness Division, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Oct. 20, 2018. He cleans the floss between every cut, keeping the cake looking pristine.

USARC picks up data correctness mantle from OCAR
October 25, 2018 — To ensure that the U.S. Army Reserve Component transitions accurate data into the IPPS-A system, a multitasked, multi-functional team at USARC is continuing the OCAR team’s data correctness campaign. The USARC data correctness effort comprises Troop Program Unit (TPU) officers, warrant officers and noncommissioned officers on Active Duty Operational Support, Reserve Component (ADOS-RC orders), working in one of four teams — Operations, Systems, Staff Assistance Visit (SAV), and Data Correctness — with overall oversight provided by a USAR project lead... MORE

Army Reserve-PR leader shares experiences in Perú
October 24, 2018 — Brig. Gen. Dustin A. Shultz, Commanding General of the 1st Mission Support Command, and senior federal Army officer in the Caribbean, participated in the 20th Congress of the Pan American Association of Reserve Officers of the Armed Forces, 16-20 Oct., at Lima, Peru, along with Armed Forces officers from Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Canada, Peru and the United States... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve pilots Deployment Assistance Teams for RFX units
October 24, 2018 — The U.S. Army Reserve recently launched Ready Force X units to allow Soldiers to deploy under shorter time constraints. While the units prepared for their new roles as RFX units, a stop-gap emerged and presented the Army with an opportunity to do what it does best, adapt and overcome to its surroundings... MORE

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