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Archive: February, 2023

Army Reserve general visits ROTC cadets at Middle Tennessee State University
February 28, 2023 — In his first visit to a university since assuming command of the 81st Readiness Division, Maj. Gen. Bob D. Harter was welcomed to Middle Tennessee State University last week, where he spoke candidly about leadership and life as a military officer... MORE

485th Engineer Company returns after nine-month deployment
February 28, 2023 — On Feb. 14, more than 130 Soldiers from the 485th Engineer Company, 863rd Battalion, returned to Arlington Heights, Illinois, after a nine-month deployment to Kuwait... MORE

From Law Student to Military Judge: Incoming 150th Legal Operations Detachment Commander Reflects on Career Path
February 28, 2023 — A distinguished military law career spanning more than 24 years of active duty and reserve service across the United States and the world prepared Col. Alyssa S. Adams to assume leadership of the 150th Legal Operations Detachment (LOD) in April 2023. A U.S. Army Reserve Soldier, Adams currently serves her nation as a military judge in the 150th LOD and as a civilian attorney for the Department of the Army... MORE

Practice Makes Perfect
February 24, 2023 — Culinary Specialists from across the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) refined their skillsets during a Field Feeding Summit held in Orlando, Fla... MORE

Field Feeding Summit held in Orlando, Fla.

Kenya-born U.S. Army Soldier returns to his native land at Justified Accord 2023
February 24, 2023 — As nearly 1,000 exercise participants gather in Kenya for this year’s iteration of Justified Accord (JA23), one U.S. Army Reserve Soldier returns to very familiar territory... MORE

4th ESC units participate in mobilization exercise
February 23, 2023 — Two units within the 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command are participating in the validation of a Mobilization Force Generation Installation (MFGI) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB-MDL) in New Jersey. The 801st Human Resources Company (Tulsa, Ok.) is training for deployment overseas, while the 554th Movement Control Team (McAllen, Tx.) is taking part in the 2023 Mobilization Exercise (MOBEX) for its annual training. The MOBEX is the operational component of the MFGI validation. Units from across the country assume different roles and responsibilities in an exercise designed to test force generation capabilities in the event of large-scale mobilization operations. The 2023 MOBEX involves notional and real-world units... MORE

All enlisted team provides Bio-Medical support to JTF MED 374 and other trace down units
February 23, 2023 — The medical field heavily relies on the use of specialized medical equipment in order to assess and treat patients. Without this equipment, healthcare professionals would not have the tools necessary to treat Soldiers properly. These highly sensitive and specialized equipment are related directly to the medical capabilities of a facility to include laboratory services, imaging studies, biomarker monitoring, ventilator assistance, oxygen availability, infusion pumps, as well as storage of vital medication and blood products. To ensure that medical staff can do their job, the biomedical team of JTF MED 374 remains ready to do theirs... MORE

Ready for anything: JTF MED 374 conducts MASCAL training
February 23, 2023 — The journey of every medical deployment is paved with massive amounts standard operating procedures, training, lessons learned, down time, assigned additional duties, and satisfying endless spreadsheets. In the end, the real evaluation that matters is how a hospital performs under pressure when its capabilities, personnel and resources are stretched beyond its known capable limits. The results of a hospital’s report card that really matter is how they respond in a mass casualty event, more commonly known as a MASCAL... MORE

Chaplain Corps: Meeting Soldiers' needs far from home
February 23, 2023 — When a military unit is activated to deploy or even conducting operations within the United States, military chaplains are always a part of the planning process to ensure service members can practice their first amendment right of their freedom of religion. Even during the Revolution War that took place in the 1770’s, George Washington, one of the founding fathers, realized the importance of chaplains and their role in maintaining morale within the Continental Army. In fact, one of Washington’s first requests to congress was to formulate the Chaplain Corps tasking them with the spiritual, emotional and physical wellbeing of his troops... MORE

Adapt and overcome: Joint Task Force MED tackles ACFT
February 23, 2023 — Over the last couple years, the U.S. Army has been trying to adjust the way they test their Soldiers’ physical readiness and make it more realistic to the physical demands required in a combat situation. After completing a three-year independent study conducted by the RAND corporation, the Army is now implementing an updated test called the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT). The updated, test requires Soldiers to perform six event orientated tasks to include: deadlift, power throw, hand-release push-ups, sprint/drag/carry, plank and two-mile run... MORE

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