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Archive: 2020

335th Signal Command (Theater) Officers win MacArthur Leadership Award
October 23, 2020 — Two Army Reserve officers from the 335th Signal Command (Theater), Maj. Erika Alvarado and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kenya Rice received the Gen. Douglas MacArthur leadership award during a ceremony Wednesday at the Pentagon. Alvarado is a cyber officer with the Army Reserve Cyber Protection Brigade. Rice is a property book officer with the 335th Signal Command (Theater) (Provisional). ... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Erika Alvarado who received the Gen. Douglas MacArthur leadership award poses for a photograph during a ceremony Oct. 21, 2020, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

Environmental team performs lead dust sampling at excess Army Reserve Center
October 23, 2020 — Indoor firing ranges may pose a setback in the disposal process of multiple U.S. Army Reserve properties nationwide. Some 50 Army Reserve properties are slated for lead dust sampling. The Louisville District Environmental Branch team recently collected samples at the former Trembley-White Army Reserve Center in Kansas City, Kansas, which has been vacant since 2017 and was previously used for administrative and training purposes... MORE

Army Reserve Soldiers support city of Vallejo in restoration of historic West Coast naval cemetery
October 23, 2020 — The Mare Island Naval Cemetery had been neglected for nearly 30 years when retired Capt. Ralph Parrott, Supply Corps, U.S. Navy, and his wife visited in 2017 after becoming stranded in California on their way to Malaysia... MORE

Army Reserve civil affairs unit conducts battlefield staff ride
October 23, 2020 — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers and Civilians from the 457th Civil Affairs Battalion and 361st Civil Affairs Brigade, 7th Mission Support Command, received hands-on WWII learning experiences during a battlefield staff ride, here, September 25-27... MORE

Chaplain detachments move to 81st Readiness Division, enhance readiness
October 22, 2020 — More than half of all chaplain detachments in the U.S. Army Reserve moved under the 81st Readiness Division on Oct. 16. Of the 40 total units in the USAR, 22 now align under the Wildcat Nation. The realignment comes with the added push to ensure all chaplain personnel are ready to deploy at a moment’s notice to better meet requirements to support both Army Reserve and active-duty units either as a supplement or to fill a capabilities gap. ... MORE

Chaplain dets move to RD, enhance readiness

MILTECHs play critical role to ensure unit readiness
October 22, 2020 — Here’s an Army acronym you may have heard of, but might not have a great understanding of: MILTECH, or military technician. In the 88th Readiness Division, MILTECHs play an important role helping to ensure Army Reserve units in the 19-state region are ready for deployment overseas and can achieve important missions. The job of the Army Reserve could not be accomplished without military technicians... MORE

Command of second-largest Army Reserve unit changes hands in COVID-conscious ceremony
October 22, 2020 — Masked and minimally attended in keeping with the current COVID-19 public health precautions, command of the 79th Theater Sustainment Command exchanged hands in a ceremony here on Sept. 26, 2020... MORE

773rd Civil Support Team suits up to support U.S. Navy
October 22, 2020 — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 773rd Civil Support Team, 7th Mission Support Command, supported a four-man U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal team during a small exercise designed to evaluate the EOD team’s response to a potential chemical hazard on U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder in early October... MORE

Bubbles to the rescue: Army Reserve adapts training and education to COVID-19
October 21, 2020 — Across the training landscape of the Army Reserve, the seemingly distant memory of pre COVID-19 exercises is now but a wistful reminder of just how much has changed. The once-complex process of unit training before the pandemic is now simplistic by comparison to the requirements of the new age. Complex, immersive and cutting-edge safety measures have become the standard as the force seeks to maintain its fighting edge. ... MORE

Lt. Col. Samuel Bates (right), a G-7 officer at the 377th Theater Sustainment Command, discusses training with Master Sgt. Richard Broussard at the headquarters building in Belle Chasse, La., Oct. 20, 2020.

Army Reserve combat medic gets frontline experience
October 20, 2020 — An Army Reserve combat medic from Semmes, Alabama, has added a list of accomplishments to his resume this past year, including participation in a federal COVID-19 response mission in Texas... MORE

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