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Archive: April, 2021

Appenzeller emphasizes: Get COVID-19 vaccine, no matter where
April 20, 2021 — Army Major Gen. (Dr.) George "Ned" Appenzeller would love it if the military administered every COVID-19 vaccine to every service member. But the assistant director for combat support at the Defense Health Agency told those in attendance at the third Military Health System and Military OneSource COVID-19 Town Hall that the "where" is not important... MORE

Wheat Ridge, Colo., native serves as member of Fort Bliss Mobilization Brigade
April 20, 2021 — Spc. Draven Gipe, a native of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is a culinary specialist currently serving at Fort Bliss, Texas with the 647th Regional Support Group (Forward), Fort Bliss Mobilization Brigade as a building manager for the Facilities section. Headquartered in El Paso, Texas, Fort Bliss is the second-largest installation in the Army, serves as a Mobilization Force Generation Installation, and supports the Joint Force by deploying and redeploying service members and Department of Defense civilians and contractors to five combatant commands... MORE

Profiles in Space – A passion for everything space: Staff Sgt. Robert Day
April 20, 2021 — Staff Sgt. Robert Day, an Army Reserve Soldier with 2nd Space Battalion, is the outgoing noncommissioned-officer-in-charge of the battalion’s communications cell (S6). An information technology (IT) expert with an unwavering enthusiasm for the expanse that exists beyond Earth and between celestial bodies, Day has been interested in space since he was a young child... MORE

More than winning
April 19, 2021 — No matter who you are, you have likely, at one time or another, been put in a situation where you were expected to be competitive; a situation where someone involved would be designated as the clear winner. When the units throughout the U.S. Army Reserve hold their Best Warrior competitions each spring, the environments are designed this way. This year the competitors at the 2021 U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) Best Warrior Competition got to experience this firsthand... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Jonathon P. Chacon, civil affairs specialist with the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion, Upland, Calif., talks through evaluating “casualty” Staff Sgt. Valery Valtrain, an intelligence analyst with the 151st Theater Information Operations Group, Fort Totten, N.Y., as team member, Spc. Timothy J. Lowitzer, a civil affairs specialist with the 1001st Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Training Company, Trenton, N.J., looks on. The team ran through several drills prior to navigating the Medical Simulation Training Facility (MSFT) training lanes as part of the 2021 U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) Best Warrior Competition at Fort Jackson, S.C., held April 8-11. Competitors navigated the lanes individually, providing immediate combat life-saving measures to a simulated casualty while being evaluated on their medical evacuation techniques and casualty care skills. The USACAPOC(A) BWC enhances basic Soldier skills and individual readiness tasks needed to adapt to the ever changing operational environment. The top Soldier and Non-commissioned Officer who earn the title of "Best Warrior" will go on to represent USACAPOC(A) at the U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition later this summer at Ft. McCoy, Wisconsin.

USACAPOC(A) Best Warriors 2021
April 16, 2021 — The U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) hosted a three-day Best Warrior Competition (BWC), April 8 – 10, for noncommissioned officers and enlisted Soldiers drawn from units throughout the command to demonstrate their Warrior skills and compete for the trophy as the top USACAPOC(A) NCO and Soldier, as well as a spot at the U.S. Army Reserve BWC later this year... MORE

Staff Sgt. Jonathan Chacon, left, a civil affairs specialist with the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), is awarded a plaque from Command Sgt. Maj, Petter Trotter, the senior enlisted leader of United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), for being named NCO of the Year during the 2021 U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) Best Warrior Competition at Fort Jackson, S.C., April 10, 2021. The USACAPOC(A) BWC is an annual competition that brings in competitors from across USACAPOC(A) to earn the title of “Best Warrior.” BWC tests the Soldiers’ individual ability to adapt and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-focused events, testing their technical and tactical skills under stress and extreme fatigue.

Plainfield, Ill., native and 647th Regional Support Group (Forward) Soldier promoted to Sergeant
April 16, 2021 — Plainfield, Illinois, native Michael Muhlig was promoted to the rank of sergeant in the United States Army Reserve during a ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas, April 7, 2021... MORE

Farmington, Mo., native and 647th Regional Support Group (Forward) Soldier promoted to Sergeant
April 16, 2021 — Farmington, Missouri native and Unitec Career Center graduate, was promoted to the rank of sergeant in the United States Army Reserve during a ceremony at Fort Bliss, Texas, March 31, 2021. Sgt. Dalton Skiles currently serves as a demobilization noncommissioned officer in the operations section with the 647th Regional Support Group (Forward), Fort Bliss Mobilization Brigade. ... MORE

Area environmental protection specialists at heart of 88th RD compliance mission
April 16, 2021 — With a mission that spans more than 250 facilities and 12 training areas across 19 states, the 88th Readiness Division’s Environmental Division’s environmental responsibility is large and robust... MORE

311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) change of command
April 16, 2021 — Brig. Gen. Dianne Del Rosso relinquished responsibility of the 311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command to Brig. Gen. John M. Dreska during the change of command ceremony held April 11, 2021... MORE

Army Reserve space battalion takes aim at new Army weapons qualification
April 16, 2021 — Soldiers of the U.S. Army Reserve 2nd Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade, the Army’s only Reserve space battalion, tested the Army’s new rifle marksmanship standards that cuts time to shoot, introduces magazine and shooting position drills, and throws in a barricade to shoot through and lean against... MORE

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