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Archive: 2021

Exercise Global Medic kicks off at Fort Hunter Liggett
June 16, 2021 — Exercise Global Medic provides robust opportunities for military medical personnel to improve their proficiencies in realistic training environments, while combining forces with sister service branches and international military participants. The exercise provides an opportunity to test, evaluate, and ultimately validate military medical personnel in an austere environment. This is a vital requirement that is particularly important as Soldiers and Sailors are returning to the field after months of scheduled training activities postponed or limited by the global pandemic... MORE

Army Reserve Soldier challenges self with Norwegian and Bataan marches
June 16, 2021 — A noncommissioned officer challenged himself with two tests of hiking endurance, the Norwegian Foot March and the Bataan Memorial Death March. "The reason I did the Norwegian Foot March was to test my abilities," said Army Reserve Sgt. Jonathan Windborne, with the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, based 1185th Deployment Distribution Support Battalion, under the 595th Transportation Brigade, a surface deployment and distribution capabilities brigade with its headquarters here... MORE

1st Theater Sustainment Command major promotes resiliency while deployed
June 16, 2021 — Army Reserve Maj. Anthony Simms-Hall, theater mortuary officer for the 1st Theater Sustainment Command’s Operational Command Post, dedicates much of his free time to assisting Soldiers with resiliency efforts, by sharing his personal passions and hobbies with deployed Soldiers... MORE

Maj. Anthony Sims-Hall, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, theater mortuary affairs officer, plans resiliency events for Soldiers while they are deployed. Sims-Hall takes his passion for fitness and creativity and tailors it to the needs of Soldiers. “My excitement comes from seeing others increase their morale spirit and know they have an option to do something that’s different, says Sims-Hall.

Flag Day rises beyond coronavirus, bringing local community together
June 16, 2021 — More than a year after the Coronavirus affected the world, one Illinois village has risen from the despair. The Village of Buffalo Grove celebrated Flag Day, on June 14th, at Veterans Park. Flag Day can be traced back to The Second Continental Congress’ declaration on June 14th, 1777... MORE

Lt. Col. Keith A. Cowan, 3rd Battalion, 335 Infantry Regiment, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, delivers remarks during the Village of Buffalo Grove Flag Day commemoration, June 14, 2021.

Munitions transportation training a win-win for reserve Soldiers; Crane Army Civilians
June 15, 2021 — Each summer, roads through Naval Support Activity, Crane are bustling as Army Reserve and National Guard convoys of military vehicles rumble across the installation to rendezvous points with Crane Army Ammunition Activity workers. Like clockwork, the vehicles get loaded or unloaded with shipments of munitions as part of Operation Patriot Press, a nationwide training event for Army transportation units conducted by Army Materiel Command to improve readiness and total force integration... MORE

Saving lives on and off duty: U.S. Army Reserve Soldier prevents suicide attempt
June 15, 2021 — U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Joseph Strehl, a police officer in the St. Louis Police Department and operational law paralegal non-commissioned officer in the 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, was returning home early on the night of Nov. 9, 2020, after patrolling the streets when a call for a destruction of property was dispatched. Despite not being on duty, Strehl reacted to the call and arrived at the scene... MORE

Army Reserve liaison Soldiers connect Nations
June 14, 2021 — BUCHAREST, Romania/CAPUA, Italy - Approximately two dozen Army Reserve liaison Soldiers of the 209th and 2500th Digital Liaison Detachments, 7th Mission Support Command, recently deployed to Italy and Romania to provide allied partner interoperability support of the U.S. Army´s V Corps and Joint Force Land Component Command during a command post evaluation at the close of exercise DEFENDER-Europe 21 from June 10-15, 2021. ... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Allen Rust, an air and missile defense chief with the 209th Digital Liaison Detachment, 7th Mission Support Command, left, shakes hands with Romanian Army Col. Adrian Petrica of the Multi-National Command Southeast, at the close of a DEFENDER-Europe 21 command post exercise in Bucharest, Romania, June 14, 2021. The 209th DLD provided liaison capability between the U.S. Army´s V Corps, Joint Force Land Component Command and the Romanian MNC-SE.

Army Reserve instructors teach Soldiers about ammunition and explosives
June 11, 2021 — One of the most crucial elements of keeping our troops safe is being trained and educated on the proper use and handling of equipment used to execute missions. An element of 94th Training Division – Force Sustainment (TD-FS) instructors is responsible for teaching soldiers about things that go boom in the world of ordnance. ... MORE

Army Reserve and National Guard exercise real-world missions at Operation Patriot Press
June 11, 2021 — Operation Patriot Press 2021 is an Army Materiel Command initiative joining Army Reserve and National Guard units to real-world missions for annual training in order to facilitate strategic positioning objectives... MORE

Army Reserve, National Guard exercise real-world missions

Blood, beds, logistics – a medical collaboration
June 11, 2021 — “We have not done anything like this since the Cold War,” Col. Alexandre F. Migala said, Medical Support Unit Europe commander, Kaiserslautern, Germany and deputy commanding officer of the 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support) located at Fort Gillem Enclave, GA... MORE

Col. Alexandre F. Migala, commander of Medical Support Unit Europe and deputy commanding officer of the 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support) explains the mission of standing up a Theater Medical Command during Defender Europe 21 at Daenner Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany June 11, 2021. Defender Europe 21 is an annual large-scale U.S. Army Europe and Africa-led joint, multinational exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between U.S., NATO and partner militaries. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Stelter)

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