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Puerto Rico native retires as Army Reserve general after 39 years

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Archive: 2022

Pershing Strike 22: First Army partners with reserve component units for mobilization exercise
August 4, 2022 — In the event of a full-scale war, the United States will need multiple installations up and running to get Reserve Component units into the fight. With that in mind, First Army has joined its enterprise partners and reserve component units for Pershing Strike 22, an exercise which tests the ability to stand up a mobilization force generation installation. The Level III mobilization readiness exercise is being conducted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, with coinciding command post exercises at Fort Bliss, Texas, and at First Army headquarters on Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois...

Aviation support battalion runs first U.S. Army Reserve Expert Soldier Badge ‘pure’ test
August 4, 2022 — U.S. Soldiers mobilized with 90th Aviation Support Battalion, 11th Combat Aviation Brigade, hosted an Expert Soldier Badge test at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 2022...

Army Reserve’s 390th Combat Engineers help with ongoing troop project at Fort McCoy
August 4, 2022 — Combat engineers with the Army Reserve’s 390th Engineer Company (Vertical) became the latest Army engineer unit to work on an ongoing troop construction project just outside the cantonment area fence at Fort McCoy...

Driving the lanes to Army readiness
August 3, 2022 — The training supports Army Strategic Readiness, which is the ability to mobilize and project power into contested environments, and the ability to sustain forces in large-scale combat operations...

New commander takes charge of 88th Readiness Division
August 3, 2022 — Maj. Gen. Matthew V. Baker became the new commander of the 88th Readiness Division during a time-honored change of command ceremony on July 30, 2022, at Veterans Memorial Plaza here...

Leaving a legacy: Maj. Gen. Guthrie retires after 37 years of service
August 3, 2022 — What began for him with a commissioning ceremony as the distinguished military graduate from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1985 culminated in a sun-soaked afternoon ceremony here July 30, 2022...

Soldiers share experiences with WAREX 78-22-02
August 3, 2022 — Blue skies dotted with fluffy clouds. Fields of green surrounded by groves of trees. Gentle breezes and the swaying of branches from time to time. A typical tranquil setting, suddenly interrupted by the cracks of unexpected gunfire in the distance...

Dubuque Army Reserve Center memorialized
August 3, 2022 — The public outpouring of support is not unique in this Mississippi River town, which boasts robust veterans organizations and agencies. The attendees came for the memorialization of the Dubuque Army Reserve Center, which is now named after Spc. Ronald D. Rennison. The ceremony was held July 10, 2022, just a week after what would have been Ronald’s 53rd birthday...

Community and 9th MSC build road to hope
August 1, 2022 — Every summer Cynthia Berns charters a 30-minute flight to her childhood home, a place tucked away only to be reached by plane or boat. On a sunny summer morning she walks on the fishing docks toward her father’s boat. The dock is surrounded by the same mountains and sea embedded in her family’s memories. For the past 10,000 years her family has worked in these lands and today she sees the faces of fishermen she’s known her whole life fixing nets and working on their skiffs, preparing for the next catch. However, every summer fewer skiffs remain, familiar faces become aged and the hands of seasoned fishermen find small relief with many of their children away from home...

FEMA, 88th RD work together to assist Minnesota residents
August 1, 2022 — After successive spring storms ravaged parts of west, central and northern Minnesota, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. approved two separate disaster declarations in mid-July to help with the cleanup from the flooding. Once those declarations were approved, members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) were called into action. One question stood out: where would the team be located for the initial set up and response?...

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