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81st Readiness Division welcomes new commanding general

The 81st Readiness Division welcomed its newest commanding general as Maj. Gen. Karen S. Monday Gresham relieved Maj. Gen...

World away, ready to respond: U.S. Army Reserve Soldier’s path to Angolan emergency room

A medical exchange designed to share military practices became something more when U.S. and Angolan medical professionals found...

U.S., Angolan forces conduct trauma activation simulation during medical readiness exercise

Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and U.S. Army Reserve medical professionals with the 915th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment,...

Archive: 2021

Soldier Represents Army Reserve at Florida Championship Event
January 27, 2021 — Lt. Col. Thomas Koh (National Capital Region Cyber Protection Center, 335th Signal Command) represented the Army Reserve at his own expense by competing in the Florida Sectional Championship...

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assist U.S. Navy in logistics support of Ukraine medical supply mission
January 26, 2021 — “We were looking at more than 200 commercial pallets with a variety of complicated problems standing between the supplies at Joint Consolidation Point Mechanicsburg, PA, and our partners in Ukraine,” said Colleen Distel-Smith, logistics management supervisor, NAVSUP WSS. To get this accomplished efficiently and accurately, medical logistics specialists from the U.S. Army Reserve were called in...

Joint Medical Training on Pre-Hospital Trauma Lifesaving Course
January 25, 2021 — Five Soldiers from the 847th FRST (332nd MED BDE) attended and assisted in a National Association of Emergency Medical Technician Prehospital Life Support Course January 5 and 6. The training was hosted by the South Carolina Army National Guard Medical Training Team with assistance from the 847th’s, Staff Sgt. Andrew DiBenedetto. Students incorporated skills associated with the Civilian Tactical Medicine approach to help Soldiers better understand the practicing difference between civilian and military healthcare providers. ...

Religious Support Team helps those who help others during COVID-19
January 25, 2021 — Who cares for those who care for us? For the military medical providers responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the answer to that question is, in part, religious support teams. In Eau Claire, Wisconsin, a team of two Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve’s 785th Medical Detachment – Combat Operational Stress Control Unit, 330th Medical Brigade, 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), are providing support to the nurses and respiratory therapists augmenting the civilian hospital here...

‘Balance’ key for military couple as they serve, sacrifice, retire together
January 22, 2021 — Retired Maj. Alvin Lopez and retired Sgt. 1st Class Yara Lopez have worked together as both Soldiers and civilians for more than 20 years while managing a 17-year marriage with two children. They both officially retired together on Dec. 31, 2020. The pair currently works for the 99th Readiness Division headquartered on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey...

Member of Personnel Force Innovation program recognized by Sgt. Maj. of the Army
January 21, 2021 — In November, Sgt. 1st Class LaTara Smith was recognized by the Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston during an Indiana AUSA event. Smith was recognized for her efforts with Personnel Force Innovation at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Indianapolis, Indiana...

Railroading, military service a family tradition within the 757th Expeditionary Railway Center
January 21, 2021 — Sgt. 1st Class Jason Elm made a career of his love of railroads in his civilian life and in the military. His son would follow in his footsteps, and both currently work with the 757th Expeditionary Railway Center and serve as railroaders for the Canadian National Railroad...

41-year-old MP trainee to graduate from One Station Unit Training
January 21, 2021 — Growing up, Spc. Joseph Cannon, a 41-year-old Reserve trainee assigned to Company D, 787th Military Police Battalion, always wanted to serve in the military — it just took him a little longer than most...

Task Force Oceania Supports Operation Christmas Drop 2020 in the Republic of Palau
January 21, 2021 — The 9th Mission Support Command’s Task Force Oceania Team Palau helped the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Embassy at Koror carry out Operation Christmas Drop 2020. The success of OCD 20 was the result of months of planning and coordination between the U.S. military, the State Department, and several Pacific island countries. ...

Employing innovation to teach innovative leadership: First virtual Regional Leader Development Program teaches forward thinking
January 21, 2021 — Six officers of Pacific Team Signal-Cyber recently completed the first-ever virtual iteration of the Regional Leader Development Program, a 12-week course that began in early September and culminated with a four-hour simulated exercise, Dec. 3...

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