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Archive: May, 2021

U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command Soldiers conduct Army Combat Fitness Test
May 17, 2021 — Soldiers serving in the United States Army Reserve conducted the Army Combat Fitness to gain an understanding of the test’s challenges and perspective on their physical fitness... MORE

Arlington Heights park honoring the service and sacrifice of veterans and their families
May 17, 2021 — On a rainy Armed Forces Day, Walt Sterrenberg stands in silence honoring his father, World War II veteran William P. Sterrenberg, at the recently renovated park built to commemorate Arlington Heights fallen war veterans. Memorial Park is the only park in Arlington Heights solely devoted to the area’s veterans... MORE

Camp Arifjan Sgt. Audie Murphy Club inducts combat medic
May 17, 2021 — The Sgt. Audie Murphy Club of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command and U.S. Army Central inducted a new member at a May 10 ceremony held at the Area Support Group-Kuwait headquarters here. Staff Sgt. Kenji Motonaga, a combat medic and noncommissioned officer in charge of the Troop Medical Clinic, was selected to join based on his performance during the SAMC board... MORE

Adopting America: Former British Soldier embraces Army challenge
May 17, 2021 — Spc. Omid A. Skinner isn’t from the United States, but that hasn’t stopped him from racking up achievements as an American Soldier. Skinner, a former member of the British Territorial Army, joined the U.S. Army in 2018 and since then has mainly served as a truck driver for the 441st Transportation Company based in New Orleans. Yet in January, his training became focused on preparing for, competing in, and winning increasingly higher levels of Best Warrior competitions... MORE

Army Reserve team Competes in Best Sapper Competition
May 17, 2021 — Over 90 enlisted, officer, and cadet competitors representing 20 active Army installations, National Guard and Army Reserve teams participated in the Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri earlier this month... MORE

Surviving cancer: A Soldier's story of resilience, perseverance and taking on a new leadership role
May 17, 2021 — Serving as a commander for any service member is one of the most challenging aspects of a Soldier's military career. It takes an exceptional caliber of Soldier to step up to the plate to embark upon such a significant quest to command the men and women who make up our nation's military force. For one captain from the 94th Training Division-Force Sustainment, his command would be relinquished while the other would overcome a life-changing event upon her first company command at the largest training division in the Army Reserve... MORE

Col. Cliffton Cornell, 94th Training Division-Force Sustainment Chief of Staff (right), passes the unit guidon to Capt. Theang Sterns, incoming commander (left). Sterns assumed command of the the 94th TD-FS Headquarters and Headquarters Company during the unit's change of command ceremony. The ceremony was held at Fort Lee's Combined Arms Support Command Headquarters to bid farewell to Capt. Alex Singh and welcomed Sterns as the 94th TD-FS HHC commander on April 9, 2021. (Photo by Maj. Ebony Gay, 94th TD-FS Public Affairs Office)

Keeping morale up amid COVID-19
May 13, 2021 — Being in a deployed environment can cause stress but luckily Soldiers can depend on the MWR and USO for time to relax and decompress with things such as video games, musical instruments and a place to hang out with friends. Due to the coronavirus, using USO and MWR facilities became very limited. Sometimes they were completely closed... MORE

'Desert Medics' restart COVID-19 vaccinations in CENTCOM footprint
May 13, 2021 — After a roughly one-month pause, the "Desert Medics" of the 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support) relaunched the COVID-19 vaccination effort for personnel deployed across U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility... MORE

Chemical Soldiers Build Readiness Through Gunnery
May 12, 2021 — Working in teams of three, Soldiers from within the 468th Chemical Battalion umbrella attacked the ranges here to complete crew-served weapon gunner Table VI, May 11, 2021. Soldiers from the Army Reserve’s 354th, 379th and 392nd Chemical Companies fired .50-caliber and M-240B machine guns aiming for a score of at least 700 points in 10 separate engagements. The table was broken up into day and night fire at both stationary and moving targets to reach the qualification standards... MORE

Soldier “blessed, honored and proud” to serve country as Pacific Islander
May 11, 2021 — An Army Reserve Soldier assigned to the 88th Readiness Division continues his rich family legacy of service to the nation as an Asian American Pacific Islander... MORE

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