IN THE NEWS

Archive: September, 2019

Resilience expo scores a touchdown with Soldiers, families
September 30, 2019 — A smell of freshly-popped popcorn filled the building. Soldiers and their families gathered for a Touchdown to Resilience Expo at the Oveta Cult Hobby Soldier and Family Readiness Center. The expo is designed to teach Soldiers and families useful and practical resilience skills – or skills that help Soldiers and families deal with military and civilian stressors - but with a twist. Each quarter the expo features a unique theme, from football parties to spring cleaning. This quarter focused on a tailgate party. ... MORE

Strengthening the Backbone of the Army Reserve
September 30, 2019 — The Non Commissioned Officer is the backbone of the Army, and to maintain the overall success and knowledge base of the senior NCO corps, the 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command held a Senior NCO Leadership Huddle Sept. 18-20, in Whitehall, Ohio... MORE

Civil Affairs Soldiers conduct M240B training
September 26, 2019 — Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 414th Civil Affairs Battalion conduct training with the M240B machine gun, Sept. 14, 2019, at Fort Custer, Michigan... MORE

“Airborne!” 2019 JCSE Mustang Challenge
September 25, 2019 — Execution, readiness and teamwork were on full display as the Joint Communications Support Element hosted its 2nd annual JCSE Mustang Challenge at MacDill Air Force Base, Sept. 6-8... MORE

Reserve brigade marks historic first with unique multi-state field training exercise
September 25, 2019 — More than 2000 Army Reserve Soldiers recently spent four-days conducting a variety of training simultaneously at locations across the nation as part of an ambitious brigade level field training exercise (FTX) hosted by the 209th Regional Support Group, 76th Operational Response Command. This was the first time a brigade sized unit has conducted a FTX of this type with its four battalions and 15 companies located in multiple states and numerous locations from California to Wisconsin conducting field training at the same time... MORE

Army active component and Army Reserve command teams train and integrate to support readiness within multi-component partnership
September 25, 2019 — The 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command hosted their New Command Teams training briefing during their battle assembly weekend with newly assigned active component brigade and Army Reserve battalion commanders, September 21-22, 2019... MORE

Brig. Gen. Kris A Belanger, Commanding General, 85th U.S. Army Support Command talks with Col. David Woodruff, 181st Infantry Brigade (MFTB) Commander, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, during the New Brigade Command Teams training, September 21-22, 2019.

Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen train to save lives at Camp Parks
September 23, 2019 — Sailors from Camp Pendleton came here to train with Army Reserve Soldiers and medevac crews from the Navy and California Air Guard last weekend. Western Sky, a joint exercise simulating a mass casualty disaster, tested medical staff from the Expeditionary Medical Facility out of Pendleton in their abilities to effectively process a large number of patients... MORE

Division hosts Sabot Academy; prepares Soldiers for new Senior Gunner Course
September 23, 2019 — As the Army Reserve moves away from large platform gunnery exercises like Cold Steel, and moves closer towards units hosting their own platform gunnery exercises, the need for highly-trained Soldiers who are skilled experts in all things gunnery increases. To meet that growing need and increase battlefield lethality for units and Soldiers, the 76th Operational Response Command hosted a five-day gunnery training course here Sept. 9-13, called a Sabot Academy... MORE

Lt. Col. Lisa Jaster continues to lead the way after historic Ranger School accomplishment
September 19, 2019 — U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Lisa Jaster was 37 years old when she attended Ranger school. While the average age of attendees in the course ranges in the early 20s, that didn’t deter her, and in October of 2015 she graduated from the course. She was the first woman in the U.S. Army Reserve to do so. Four years later, her advice to others is simple... MORE

Sharpened Steel Improves Leadership, Training
September 19, 2019 — Events held by the Hatchet Battalion leads to multiple Soldier training successes, Excellence In Competition, and the Army Reserve's national-level marksmanship program... MORE

Keyword:

Type:

Sort:

Year

IN THE NEWS

An Army reserve Soldier marches to a variety of tunes

Intensive care and international collaboration: Army Reserve nurse plays...

Aloha from Africa: Hawaii native celebrates Asian American, Pacific Isla...