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U.S. Army Reserve celebrates 117th birthday at historic birthplace of the American Revolution

This year, as the Army Reserve marks its 117th birthday, it is honoring its ties to the Army and a legacy of service and sacrifice...

Honoring 250 years, one mile at a time: Fort Hunter Liggett celebrates the Army’s birthday with a...

In honor of the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday and its official theme, “This We’ll Defend,” Fort Hunter Liggett (FHL) is leading a...

Army establishes new fitness test of record to strengthen readiness and lethality

The U.S. Army announced today the establishment of the Army Fitness Test (AFT) as the official physical fitness test of record for...

Archive: 2021

San Antonio Army Reserve Nurse assists with Federal COVID response in Arizona
March 15, 2021 — Although more and more Americans are receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, there are a number of military medical professionals are still being mobilized to augmenting hospitals across the nation that continue to have a high number of COVID-19 patients... MORE

Army Reserve Soldiers recall their First Gulf War service 30 years ago as U.S., Kuwaiti military leaders celebrate First Gulf War victory at Camp Arifjan ceremony
March 15, 2021 — Six Army Reserve Soldiers deployed here with the 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) shared their memories of the First Gulf War as U.S. and Kuwaiti leaders celebrate Kuwait's liberation 30 years ago... MORE

Busy training year planned for Fort McCoy’s MSTC, RTS-Medical
March 15, 2021 — Fort McCoy’s medical training facilities have a busy training season ahead teaching the Soldiers who help their teammates recover from illness or injury. Fort McCoy has two medical training facilities: the Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) and Regional Training Site (RTS)-Medical. The MSTC focuses on combat medical skills, while RTS-Medical primarily helps Soldiers who set up field hospitals and keep them running... MORE

Camp Arifjan senior leaders show confidence during one-shot COVID-19 vaccine rollout
March 13, 2021 — Senior military leaders here joined the March 13 rollout of Operation Med Spear, which is the expansion of COVID-19 vaccination for all civilian and military personnel in the U.S. Central Command footprint. "Operation Med Spear is something we have been working towards in this theater for many, many months," said Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Justin Swanson, who was vaccinated at the event, and is the deputy commanding general of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command... MORE

Maj. Gen. Patrick Hamilton, the commanding general of Texas National Guard's 36th Infantry, deployed to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, as the commanding general of Task Force Spartan braces for his one-dose Janssen Biotech COVID-19 vaccine during the camp's March 13, 2021 rollout of Operation Med Spear. Unlike other COVID-19 vaccines, the Janssen vaccine does not have to be frozen in transit, which makes it easier to distribute to Soldiers deployed overseas. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Neil W. McCabe)

First Lean Six Sigma training course held at installation with 19 students
March 12, 2021 — A first-of-its-kind Lean Six Sigma (LSS) course is taking place at Fort McCoy, said Michael Modawell with the Directorate of Human Resources. Nineteen students completed the first week of LSS training with the support of Army Reserve instructors, Modawell said. A second week of training for the same students takes place later in March. This training is part of a broader garrison initiative to develop its workforce by educating and training them with tools and techniques to improve their project management, process improvement, and problem solving skills... MORE

Army Reserve ACFT track construction begins
March 12, 2021 — The 758th Engineer Company began construction of the first Army Reserve (AR) Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) track this week in Miramar, Fla... MORE

1st TSC and Marines airdrop medical supplies, food to forward personnel
March 11, 2021 — Soldiers with the 1st Theater Sustainment Command's operational command post, or 1st TSC-OCP, headquartered here, successfully executed joint airdrop missions with a Marine C-130J Hercules aircrew and Army riggers in the U.S. Central Command's area of operations... MORE

Marine crewmembers in partnering with 1st Theater Sustainment Support-Operations Command Post, headquarters at Camp Arijan, Kuwait, watch the last of nine airdrop pallets deploy from back of their C-130J Heracles during Feb. 23, 2021 mission. The crew dropped pallets to three different sites inside the U.S. Central Command area of operations with medical supplies, food and other materiel. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Neil McCabe)

Trailblazing women honored for storied Army careers
March 11, 2021 — Pioneering female Army leaders, in addition to the 4,000 women of the Office of Strategic Services, were inducted into the Army Women’s Foundation’s hall of fame during a virtual ceremony Monday. Members of the OSS served in World War II as spies, saboteurs, analysts and experts in communications, among other skill sets... MORE

Task Force Oceania visits school career day
March 10, 2021 — U.S. Army Sgt. Ratukalivati Volavola, cultural noncommissioned officer for the Pacific Augmentation Team-Fiji, Task Force Oceania, 9th Mission Support Command, spoke at his alma mater, LDS Church College, in Suva. Volavola, a native of Fiji who was raised in Nabitu Village in Tailevu, attended LDS Church College from 1998-2004 and returned as a guest speaker on March 4... MORE

Fort Polk’s Emergent Threat, Training and Readiness Capability Home Station Training prepares engineer teams for Joint Readiness Training Center Rotation 21-06
March 9, 2021 — Instructors for Fort Polk’s Emergent Threat, Training and Readiness Capability — ET2RC — Home Station Training team began training combat engineers in preparation for Joint Readiness Training Center Rotation 21-06 on March 3... MORE

Home Station Training team preps engineers for JRTC rotation 21-06

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