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Archive: 2019

Two units, two missions, one command
December 30, 2019 — It takes years of planning and efforts to build and develop a U.S. Army base camp with equitable support for the U.S. Army Soldiers. This job in Poland was given to the 652nd Regional Support Group, a unit from Helena Montana, the first U.S. Army Reserve unit to be responsible for base operations support in Poland... MORE

Coordination and continuity key to military assistance program
December 30, 2019 — Building relationships in Southwest Asia require in-person meetings, growing knowledge, continued partnerships and security cooperation... MORE

The Making of a Drill Sergeant: Episode 3 - Transforming Civilians into Soldiers
December 27, 2019 — Watching the Army recruits run to their designated location, the drill sergeant could feel the tension, the excitement, the anticipation. The only question now was, who was more excited—her or the trainees?... MORE

The Making of a Drill Sergeant: Transforming Civilians into Soldiers

Responding expediently: Soldiers provide support at Khurais oil field
December 27, 2019 — Staff Sgt. Fatima Strong, petroleum laboratory specialist, 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, and Staff Sgt. Nathan Ponausuia, petroleum supply specialist, 1st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC), conducted a three-day subject matter expert visit at Khurais oil field in Saudi Arabia from Nov. 27 - 30, 2019 – teaching the young Soldiers proper fueling techniques and testing... MORE

Civil affairs team hosts first-ever dental hygiene course in Tsakatalam Village
December 26, 2019 — For the youth in the Agadez region of Niger, good dental hygiene habits are unknown practices. To combat this, Soldiers and Airmen partnered with local health professionals and dignitaries to teach Nigerien children the importance of oral health... MORE

Patient Admin Supports World-Wide Soldier Mobility
December 23, 2019 — The U.S. Military’s ability to provide world-class, immediate life-saving care and transportation for Service Members across the globe is preeminent and always improving. Col. Richard Bailey, 3D Medical Command (Deployment Support) (FWD) Commander stated, “We are here to fulfill the promise given to every Soldier, Sailor, Marine and Airman that if they deploy in the service of our great nation and become injured or ill they will receive world-class medical care.” Maintaining patient records and administrative data across multiple military hospitals, countries and Services is a complex yet critical component to care that prior to now was without standardized processes for patient administration or movement in the CENTCOM area... MORE

Capt. Felicia Gilliand worked with liaisons from Canada, Romania, and Australia who wrote their own SOP's explaining how the US can facilitate moving their Service Members. “This SOP also covers troop movement to a US Role IV facility and steps to get service members to their home country, said Gilliland, adding, “These small intricacies of PAD downrange can be the difference between life and death of a patient.”

‘Old-school way’ in a high-tech environment: Junior Army Reserve Soldiers train on analog systems
December 19, 2019 — Staff members of the 301st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade war-gamed a command post exercise-functional (CPX-F) this December. In a simulated tactical operations center, Soldiers briefed elaborate graphics on PowerPoint slides, and shared mission products through email and cloud-based services. Lengths of network cables and cords draped their workstations. Multiple monitors stacked each desktop... MORE

652nd Regional Support Group building things in Karliki
December 19, 2019 — “It’s been about building things.” That’s how Chief Warrant Officer 2 Matthew Anderson, an information services technician warrant officer from Bellingham, Washington, serving with the 652nd Regional Support Group as mayor of the Karliki base camp, described his mission in Poland... MORE

U.S. and Canadian military police conduct weapons training in Romania
December 18, 2019 — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers participated in a weapons training range run by Canadian Armed Forces stationed at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, on Dec. 18, 2019. The Soldiers trained on the M-4 rifle and M-9 pistol while simultaneously performing complex movements... MORE

Dorchester students visit Army Reserve maintenance facility
December 18, 2019 — The Army Reserve’s 81st Readiness Division out of Fort Jackson, South Carolina, hosted diesel mechanic students from the Dorchester County Career and Technology Center to showcase military vocations and opportunities at a maintenance facility at Joint Base Charleston on Dec. 11, 2019... MORE

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