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New partnership benefits Soldiers seeking a law enforcement career with Chicago Police

Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling and U.S. Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Michael Shanley, Commanding General, 85th...

Army Reserve warrant officer profile: The inspiring journey of CW4 Andy T. Knote

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Andy T. Knote, a warrant officer career management officer at Fort Knox, Kentucky, exemplifies the...

7th ILE provides education, interoperability for U.S. Army officers and NATO allies

The United States Army’s Intermediate Level Education (ILE), part of the Command and General Staff Officers Course, is a...

Archive: June, 2020

Three Packs to 30 Miles: Sgt. 1st Class Robert Reeves
June 17, 2020 — Sgt. 1st Class Robert Reeves smoked his first cigarette at age six and didn't put them down until he was 38. By the time he quit, the Alabamian was smoking three packs a day and couldn't walk to his mailbox without getting winded. Then a recruiter knocked on his door... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Robert Reeves, a telecommunications chief with the 335th Signal Command (Theater), poses for a portrait at East Point, Georgia, May 28, 2020.

Childhood tumor leads hockey player to health care career, the Army and COVID-19 battle
June 17, 2020 — He had taken hits on the ice before. But not like this. During a hockey game in 2001, an opponent knocked 13-year-old Jimmy Ennis to the floor and swiped him briskly on the chin. The incident led to the discovery of a brain tumor, and his treatment inspired his future work in health care, which now includes serving as part of an Army Reserve Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force in response to COVID-19... MORE

1Lt. James Ennis, resident of Salem, N.H. just completed a deployment to combat COVID-19 at Elmhurst Hospital-Queens, as part of an Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force with the US Army Reserve.

Black Hawk, blackout and a dunk tank: 2 Army Reserve Soldiers complete flight nurse training
June 16, 2020 — It’s hard to get a Soldier into flight nurse training in any given year, especially hard if you’re in the Army Reserve. The U.S. Army School of Aviation Medicine (USASAM), Fort Rucker, Ala., is the Army’s center for training flight surgeons, aeromedical physician assistants, flight medics, flight nurses, and aeromedical evacuation officers, out of Fort Rucker, Alabama. The flight nurse course is offered four times a year, but generally only one slot is available for an Army Reserve Soldier to attend... MORE

Black Hawk, black out and dunk tank: 2 Army Reserve Soldiers complete flight nurse training

Army Reserve Soldiers from Minnesota and Wisconsin rapidly deploy to fight COVID-19
June 16, 2020 — Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force 452-1, with 85 Soldiers mostly from Wisconsin and Minnesota, rapidly deployed to Field Medical Station (FMS) Edison on April 8, 2020. ... MORE

Army Reserve unit improves quality of life for NATO troops
June 12, 2020 — Of the 11 Polish base camps the 652nd Regional Support Group supports, Bemowo Piskie Training Area is perhaps the most unique. BPTA is the allied Soldier’s eastern most base, and furthest away from the other Soldiers stationed in Poland. It is different from the others because it houses over 1,200 NATO forces from seven different countries. A cross-cultural, diverse base like that requires a talented mayor cell team to provide base operations support... MORE

Get to know new 9th Mission Support Command chief of staff
June 12, 2020 — During a brief ceremony held last week at Fort Shafter Flats, Col. Kenneth Tafao officially took over the duties as 9th Mission Support Command (MSC) chief of staff from Col. Mark Schoenfeld... MORE

Getting to know new chief of staff of 9th Mission Support Command

9th MSC Theater Support Group conducts Change of Command while complying with COVID-19 guidelines
June 12, 2020 — The 9th Mission Support Command’s Theater Support Group welcomed its sixth brigade commander during a Change of Command Ceremony June 6, 2020, at the Daniel K. Inouye Complex at Fort Shafter Flats, Hawaii... MORE

Legacy of service: Army Reserve officer carries family’s warfighting torch
June 12, 2020 — For the Anderson family, military service is in their blood, and last month that bloodline continued on with its latest addition, roughly a month before the Army’s 245th birthday. “We’ve been in the military since the American Revolution,” said 2nd Lt. Anna-Elise Anderson, an Army Reserve intelligence officer at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, regarding her family’s history. “And throughout those generations, we’ve also been in nearly every conflict our military has been in.”... MORE

Legacy of service: Army officer carries family’s warfighting torch

773rd CST commander relinquishes command while celebrating diversity
June 12, 2020 — The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the U.S. Army to alter traditions, including change-of-command ceremonies. Instead of standing in formation, Lt. Col. Eric Samaritoni's last request as commander of the 773rd Civil Support Team, 7th Mission Support Command, was to celebrate diversity here, June 12... MORE

The 773rd Civil Support Team, 7th Mission Support Command out of Kaiserslautern, Germany, is filled with Soldiers from 16 different cultures. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Capt. Lorenzo Llorente, 773rd CST UPAR)

Army Reserve unit combines technology with tradition during virtual change of command ceremony
June 11, 2020 — Soldiers, friends and family members of the 361st Civil Affairs Brigade gathered, virtually, to recognize two leaders’ formal transfer of authority and responsibility of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 361st Civil Affairs Brigade, 7th Mission Support Command here, June 7... MORE

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