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Army Reserve Soldiers honor African-American history pioneer
February 28, 2020 — Soldiers of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division celebrated African-American History Month by honoring a trailblazer Feb. 22 at the Maj. John P. Pryor U.S. Army Reserve Center here... MORE

Army Reserve Soldiers honor black history pioneer

First Army knowledge manager facilitates effective communication
February 28, 2020 — Lt. Col. Dale Coparanis is an Army Reserve Soldier and the First Army Headquarters knowledge manager. As he describes his position, Coparanis is an “internal consultant” to the command, reducing the “noise” from communication between the command team and the staff, transforming communication processes between senior leaders and staff into a more effective information-sharing system that focuses on “people, processes and tools.”... MORE

First Army Knowledge manage Facilitates Effective Communication

Oath of enlistment becomes out-of-this-world experience
February 28, 2020 — Every Soldier has a story or two. Their stories range from the beginning to the end of their military careers regardless of the length of time they spent in uniform. Approximately 1,000 new Army recruits will have the extremely unusual story of their oath of enlistment having been conducted from space by an Army astronaut... MORE

Calling all Army Reserve noncommissioned officers: Warrant officer program offers challenges, technical skills
February 27, 2020 — Many people talk about the Army Corps of Noncommissioned Officers and the Commissioned Officer Corps, but there’s also a group of officers in between – the Warrant Officer Cohort... MORE

17 students graduate from Cold-Weather Operations Course at Fort McCoy
February 27, 2020 — Seventeen Army Reserve Soldiers and Marines completed 14 days of training that included improvised shelter building, skiing, snowshoeing and more in Fort McCoy Cold-Weather Operations Course (CWOC) Class 20-03 from late January to early February... MORE

Army Reserve Soldier graduates newly formed Senior Gunner Course with top honors
February 27, 2020 — After sitting through three-weeks of in-depth classroom instruction, spending long days at weapons ranges, and dedicating countless hours to late-night studying, one Soldier not only graduated the rigorous and mentally challenging Senior Gunner Course here, but he walked away with top honors... MORE

Echoing history, Army Reserve Soldiers play baseball in gas masks
February 27, 2020 — U.S. Army Soldiers with 655th Regional Support Group, 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), 377th Theater Sustainment Command, donned their gas masks and participated in an improvised game of baseball Feb. 12, 2020, at Joint Training Center-Jordan, paying tribute to former service members who used the sport to prepare for chemical warfare during WWI... MORE

A U.S. Army Soldier, with 655 Regional Support Group, 316 Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), 377 Theater Sustainment Command, swings at a ball during a game of gas mask baseball Feb. 12, 2020 at Joint Training Center-Jordan, paying tribute to former service members who used the sport to train for chemical warfare during WWI. We still have the greatest Army in the world. We serve the people of the United States and we are going to protect them with our lives if that is what it comes to. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shaiyla B. Hakeem)

Chicagoland Soldiers and veterans rally around all-female Honor Flight announcement
February 26, 2020 — “What we have found is that there are not a lot of women on the (Honor) Flights and the reason is because they are like my mom. They relinquish their seat for a man,” said Ginny Narsete, U.S. Air Force veteran and the founder of Operation HerStory. “The second (reason) is that a lot of them didn’t know that they were veterans because they didn’t get the same accolades as the men did.”... MORE

Amelia Cunningham, U.S. Air Force veteran, receives a hug from an Army Reserve Master Sgt. Lawanda Nelson during the Operation HerStory all-female Honor Flight news conference at Pritzker Military Library, in Chicago, February 25, 2020.

Soldier with unique Army Reserve career shares his story of service
February 24, 2020 — In the Army Reserve’s Active Guard and Reserve program, there are currently only two Soldiers that hold the primary military occupational specialty of 88 Uniform (railway adviser). One of them is Sgt. 1st Class James Jacobs who currently serves as the training noncommissioned officer for the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command headquarters and headquarters company. The other Soldier is Sgt. 1st Class Becky Cox at the 757th Expeditionary Railway Center, explained Jacobs... MORE

Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class James Jacobs, Training NCO, Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, pauses for a photo at his desk. Jacobs is an 88 Uniform (Railway Specialist) with more than 20 years of experience in Army rail operations.

Demonstrating innovative, rapid mobilization for U.S. Army Reserve forces
February 24, 2020 — The capability of U.S. Army Reserve forces to rapidly mobilize has been a point of strategic discontent. However, that paradigm shift and capability is now a reality with a focused effort in the Pacific theater of operations... MORE

Demonstrating the feasibility of innovative, Rapid Mobilization for USAR Forces

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