Recently added articles from Army Reserve Magazine:
TWO NEW HOTLINES HELP SOLDIERS RESOLVE MEDICAL ISSUES
Apr 01, 2007; ... News Briefs ATLANTA - Army Reserve Soldiers with deployment related medical issues now have two more resources to help them resolve problems. The Medical Holdover Ombudsman Program is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to assist any Army Reserve Soldier in a Medical ...
43 ARMY RESERVE SOLDIERS RE-ENLIST AT U.S. CAPITOL
Apr 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Almost 100 years after a group of dedicated Americans volunteered to serve the nation, a group of modern-day patriots gathered near the nation's Capitol to show that the pride and spirit of Army Reserve Soldiers has not diminished after nearly a century of service. More than ...
$2K REFERRAL BONUS PROGRAM HELP CAN HELP UNIT RECRUITING
Apr 01, 2007; ... ATLANTA - Army Reserve Soldiers can help their units and themselves by taking advantage of a new program that pays $2,000 for referring a successful enlistee. "Everybody wins. The new recruit reaps all the benefits of military service. The referring Soldiers get a substantial amount of ...
143RD TRANSCOM MOVING FORWARD WITH TRANSFORMATION
Apr 01, 2007; ... CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - Following its successful five-year tour in Kuwait the 143rd Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) (Forward) is moving ahead with transformation. In September of 2007 the entire 143rd TRANSCOM will re-activate as the 143rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) with it's ...
MEETING THE NEEDS OF ARMY FAMILIES
Apr 01, 2007; ... " ...We recruit a Soldier and retain a Family." The obvious truth of ihese words by LTG Jack C. Stultz, Chief, Army Reserve, has been evident over the past few years. The frequent deployment of Army Reserve Soldiers has brought home the fact that the Army Reserve is no longer a strategic ...
THE CHANGING ARMY RESERVE
Apr 01, 2007; ... COMMANDER'S INTENT GUIDES FORCE TO DESIRED END STATE WASHINGTON - When I joined the Army in 1974, we were a nation that had just come out of a lengthy war and was beginning a major transformation. There was great turbulence in the force, and public opinion of military service was not ...
TRANSFORMATION TO BRING NEW ROLE TO CSTC
Apr 01, 2007; ... FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. - With Army Transformation in full swing, reorganizations and new commands are the norm these days within the Army community. Commanders everywhere are faced with new challenges and opportunities, and the U.S. Army Combat Support Training Center (CSTC) is no ...
SOLDIER'S INTUITION AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS A LIFESAVER IN IRAQ
Apr 01, 2007; ... AL KISIK, Iraq - The improvised explosive device (IED), detonated destroying an Internet café, blowing out nearby vehicles' windshields and launching a portable toilet into a 50-foot flight arc. Thanks to the awareness and quick actions of a 99th Regional Readiness Command (RRC) Soldier, ...
WILDCATS BREAK GROUND FOR NEW 81ST FACILITY
Apr 01, 2007; ... FORT JACKSON, S.C. - On March 10, 2007, members of the 81st Regional Readiness Sustainment Command (RRSC) of Fort Jackson, S.C., and the 81st Regional Readiness Command (RRC) of Birmingham, Ala., joined to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for one of the Army Reserve's newest Armed Forces Reserve ...
94TH RRC BEGINS TRANSFORMATION
Apr 01, 2007; ... DEVENS, Mass. - "By order of the Department of the Army, effective Sept. 16, 2006, the 167th Corps Support Group (CSG) is hereby inactivated," read COL Andrew Barclay, commander of the 167th CSG during the unit's inactivation ceremony held at the Devens Reserve Forces Training Area. As ...
ROUGH RIDERS PROVIDE CONVOY SECURITY
Apr 01, 2007; ... INTERNATIONAL ZONE, Iraq - Get in, sit down, buckle up and hold on! That's what the sign on the motor pool building for the 1st Provisional Motorized Infantry Company here says. And if you're a smart Soldier you'll do exactly as the sign says because you really are in for the ride of your life ...
TRANSFORMATION MEANS FUTURE FORCE RELEVANCE, READINESS
Apr 01, 2007; ... ATLANTA - The Army continues to pursue the most comprehensive transformation of its forces since the early years of World War II. Army Transformation produces evolutionary and revolutionary changes intended to improve Army and joint force capabilities to meet current and future full-spectrum ...
DRIVING AWAY SOLDIERS STRESS IN THE GULF
Apr 01, 2007; ... CAMP VICTORY, Iraq - There are lots of ways to relieve stress in the harsh, austere environment of Iraq. There are movies, video games, e-mail, morale calls and exercise; all things which help relieve stress and bring a piece ofhome to the Soldiers stationed far away. Thanks to an enterprising ...
VET CENTERS HELP SOLDIERS, FAMILIES MAKE HEALTHY TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN LIFE
Apr 01, 2007; ... News Service Department of Veterans Affairs WASHINGTON, D.C. - Coming home from war is a remarkable experience. Many veterans recall the emotion of flying home and the excitement of seeing their Family and friends after being away for so long. This is the beginning of a ...
CA UNIT ASSISTS IN REBUILDING IRAQI INFRASTRUCTURE
Apr 01, 2007; ... CAMP SPEICHER. Iraq - Riding shotgun in an up-armored Humvee as a convoy NCO in charge through the volatile streets of Tikrit, Iraq, and riding in a city fire truck back home in Meadeville, Pa., are two very different experiences. However, they are both experiences that belong to Army ...
REPAIRING UNIFORMS FULFILLS SOLDIER IN IRAQ
Apr 01, 2007; ... CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq - From working as a logistics manager for the Department of the Navy in Crystal City, Va., to serving as a renovation NCO in charge with the Army Reserve at Camp Liberty, Iraq, SSU Gwendolyn Champ has traded cherry blossoms for dusty palm trees. Champ, who lives in ...
99TH RRC SOLDIERS BRIGHTEN HOLIDAYS FOR PITTSBURGH'S HOSPITALIZED VETS
Apr 01, 2007; ... PITTSBURGH - An annual program first established in Pittsburgh several years ago continues to hear traffic on a two-way street. For the veterans hospitalized over the Christmas holidays in one of the city's three Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals, the visits from Army Reserve Soldiers now serving ...
VIETNAM VET HELPS DEPLOYED SOLDIERS WITH COMBAT STRESS
Apr 01, 2007; ... CAMP VICTORY, Iraq - After three deployments-one in Vietnam and two in Iraq-MAJ Ernie Proud has a deep understanding and empathy for what Soldiers go through in combat. His calm voice and demeanor invite Soldiers to express their worries generated by the mundane life of an overseas deployment, ...
ARMY RESERVE MAKES GROUND-BREAKING ENTRANCE INTO CULINARY ARTS COMPETITION
Apr 01, 2007; ... FORT LEE, Va. - The U.S. Army Reserve Command could never muster enough interest to field a team in the U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition. Until now. Thirty-two years and many efforts later, an ad hoc team of citizen-Soldier food service specialists stepped up to the plate for ...
RT NCOS MEET REENLISTMENT NEEDS AROUND BAGHDAD
Apr 01, 2007; ... CAMP VICTORY, Iraq - What the U.S. Army needs is volunteers. That is what makes the force so unique among the world's military forces; the fact that we are an "All Volunteer Force." And Army recruiting and retention will search the world over to find them. Nestled among the labyrinth of ...