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The Army Reserve is serving an Army at war for a Nation at war. Currently, the Army Reserve has nearly 62,000 Soldiers deployed worldwide. "Boots on the Ground" highlights the contributions and achievements of Army Reserve Soldiers.
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Exercise Bulwark 2004 in Bulgaria Prepares Kaiserslautern-Based Army Reserve Unit for Upcoming Deployment
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany (September 17, 2004) – The 7th Army Reserve Command’s 330th Support Center (Rear Operations Center) returned from Bulgaria on August 21 after more than six weeks supporting exercise Bulwark 2004.
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RTNCO of the Year Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 17, 2004) – Standing toe to toe against top Army Reserve Retention and Transition (RT) NCOs from 12 Army Reserve Regional Readiness Commands (RRC), Sgt 1st Class John K. Dunlap- 89th Regional Readiness Command was awarded the Secretary of the Army, Army Reserve RTNCO of the Year Award.
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"Pappy"
There Are Still Old Soldiers Serving in Army Reserve Units … The Lucky Ones
LOGISTICS SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA, BALAD, Iraq (September 15, 2004) – Jack Cormack graduated from high school in 1969. “In 1971 I was in college in Toledo, Ohio in my fraternity house. We were anxiously awaiting the draft lottery that night. We had a poster on the wall with all our birthdays on it. The second number pulled was Dec. 10 … my birthday,” said Sgt. Jack Cormack, 362nd Military Police Battalion.
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A Future in Firefighting
Two Washington State Army Reserve Soldiers looking to Parlay Today’s Experiences and Duty in Iraq … to Tomorrow’s Job Markets
LOGISTICS SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA, BALAD, Iraq (September 14, 2004) – Two young soldiers here are seeing their futures in today’s service as Army firefighters, and even through the smoke, both futures couldn’t be brighter.
“I always dreamed about being a firefighter but I never actually thought I’d become one,” said Spec. Everad Lewis.
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High-Flying Couple “Above it All” in Skies Over Iraq
Co-Piloting For Each Other Presents No Problems For Two Army Reserve Aviators Who Happen To Be … Married!
LOGISTICS SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA, BALAD, Iraq (September 14, 2004) – To make a marriage work, it’s usually better if both husband and wife have a good grasp of the challenges and pressures facing each other. With Brian and Julia, both chief warrant officers in the Army Reserve, that battle is fought and over, and happy as a storybook ending, since both … are Army Reserve pilots. The Wards are both here in Iraq serving with the 6/52 nd Aviation Regiment from Los Alamitos, California.
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Heidelberg-Based Army Reserve Medical Unit Provides Combat Lifesaver Training
HEIDELBERG, Germany (September 10, 2004) – The Medical Support Unit – Europe (MSU-E), an Army Reserve unit headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, provided combat lifesaver training last week to active and reserve component Soldiers based in Mannheim, Germany.
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Congressional Delegation Visits Civil Affairs Soldiers in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq (September 10, 2004) — Eight months after promising the Soldiers of the Pensacola-based 350th Civil Affairs Command that he would visit them during their deployment to Iraq, U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller of Florida made good on his word Aug. 19 when he and five other House Armed Services Committee members visited U.S. forces here during the first stop on their six-country tour of the Middle East and Central Asia.
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“Better Watch Out …”
Anaconda MPs Conducting Traffic Safety Checks
LOGISTICS SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA, BALAD, Iraq (September 7, 2004) -- If you’re behind the wheel of a vehicle on the streets here, be certain that you’ve dotted all the “i”s and crossed all the “t”s in the phrase “traffic safety.” Since its awareness of the camp’s vehicle operation policies and safety requirements, military police here from the 362 nd MP Company are attempting to instill and enforce traffic safety.
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Fire Outside the Wire!!!
Anaconda Firefighters Respond to Tank Fire
LOGISTICS SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA, BALAD, Iraq (September 7, 2004) -- As the first notes of the fire alert sound from the ERC’s (Emergency Response Center) horn, firefighters react – newspapers and magazines about “life back in the other world” are dropped, conversations stop in mid-sentence, soldiers suit-up into firefighting gear and the engine in the fire truck of the 475 th Engineer Detachment … starts. Within sixty seconds after the alarm has sounded, the truck exits the door.
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Army Reserve Broadcaster’s Morale Boosted with Call from Adrian Cronauer
LOS ANGELES (August 31, 2004) --What started out as a routine radio interview in mid-July ended up as a chance-of-a-lifetime meeting for one U.S. Army Reserve broadcast journalist.
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439th Quartermaster Company Returns Home
NEW HAVEN, Conn, (August 20, 2004) — Soldiers from the 439th Quartermaster Company may have driven petroleum in Iraq, but what “fueled” them even more was the 800-plus family and friends greeting them late at night at a welcome home ceremony on Aug. 4 at the New Haven Athletic Center in New Haven, Conn.
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Samoan Army Reserve Soldiers Answer the Call to Duty
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (August 20, 2004) -- With the rugged mountainous terrain and coastline dotted with numerous inlets and bays as a backdrop, approximately 250 soldiers of America’s only Army Reserve ground combat unit, answered the call to duty with a solemn three-and-one-half hour prayer service marking their mobilization Aug. 16 on the Asian-Pacific tropical island of Pago Pago, American Samoa.
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Building Afghanistan’s “West Point”
KABUL, Afghanistan (August 2004) - Col. James Wilhite usually spends his summers getting his classes ready for a new semester at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, but this summer is different. Wilhite, an Army Reserve soldier, is in Afghanistan helping to set up the new National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA), modeled after the US Military Academy at West Point.
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Nurturing Free Enterprise in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Iraq (August 2004) – Maj. Annette Dawson’s job isn’t easy. Today she has to meet with the second wife of a bazaar vendor who was killed in a robbery after he left the Green Zone. She feels badly for the needless loss of his life, but still has to settle what estate the vendor had remaining at the bazaar she oversees and manages.
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Mission Complete for the 372nd MP Company
FORT LEE, Virginia (August 3, 2004) - After three separate unit missions, two deployment extensions and 18-months of “Boots on the Ground” in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom more than 100 members of the 372nd Military Police Company, an Army Reserve unit based in Cresaptown, Md., were reunited with their families and friends Monday at Fort Lee, Va.
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Army Reserve Chief Visits Bagram
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (August 2004) – VIPs pass through Bagram Air Base several times each month. But in the case of a recent three-star’s visit, the soldiers he came to see were the very important people.
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Ophthalmologist Foregoes Retirement for Duty in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq (August 2004) – He retired from the Army in 1977 after serving 20 years of honorable active duty, but when the Army Reserve Personnel Center in St. Louis called him a few months ago and asked if he’d like to volunteer for active duty in Iraq , Lt. Col. Retired John Ritchey was honored to be packing his bags … again.
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Army Reserve Soldiers Support Major Exercise in Baltic Nations
ALUKSNE, Latvia (July 2004) – Soldiers from the 7th Army Reserve Command, headquartered in Schwetzingen , Germany , and five other Army Reserve units are supporting international military exercises in Latvia , Lithuania and Estonia.
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THE MAGIC BUS - Army Reserve Civil Affairs Soldiers Help to Rebuild Iraq and Connect With the Iraqi People
BAGHDAD , Iraq (July 17, 2004) – On a hot and dusty morning, a freshly painted bus rolls through the gate to the Deaf Mute Institute. As the bus comes to a stop, more than a dozen children run to see what’s happening. The bus door opens to reveal its passengers – American soldiers, who have bartered, scraped and scrounged to find parts and repair the bus so the institute can transport children to and from their special school.
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“ON THE ROAD … AGAIN …” - “Iraqi Express" Convoy Security Keeps MPs Busy
NAVSTAR CONVOY SUPPORT CENTER, (at the northern edge of the Kuwait/Iraq border) Kuwait (July 2004) – The ragged sound of tapping valves beneath the dusty hoods of several HUMVEEs fills the air, which smells strongly of diesel fuel. The vehicles have just been “topped-off” for the trip north. It’s just after daybreak -- about 5 a.m., and already hot.
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CITY IN THE SAND - Kansas Unit Manages Largest Coalition Camp in Northern Kuwait – and Last Stop Before Iraq
CAMP BUEHRING, UDAIRI, Kuwait (July 2004) – It’s somewhere in the middle of nowhere. With a horizon so far off it’s difficult to discern, sandwiched between the hazy turquoise sky and the hot shifting sands, it can be hard to locate, even if you’re looking. But here in the vast, flat expanse of northern Kuwait, it’s a place a lot of soldiers are calling ‘home” for now, and many more soldiers will remember it as their last stop before moving north into Iraq.
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Tour of Duty: The 220th MP Brigade in Iraq & Kuwait
WASHINGTON DC (June 2004) – To date, about 500 Army Reserve units and nearly 103,000 Army Reserve Soldiers have been called up for Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, Noble Eagle and other War on Terrorism worldwide missions.
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Reserve History Detachment Records OEF Events
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (June 2004) –– The 317th Military History Detachment is here to document the Coalition’s mission and make sure that the history made during Operation Enduring Freedom is not forgotten.
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Golden Medic 2004 Helps Medics 'train as they would fight'
FT McCOY (June 2004) — Golden Medic 2004 (GM04) links a pre-scripted scenario with a Master Scenario Events List-driven Casualty Exercise as a means to train medical units, Combat Support Service units and their staffs in conducting the Military Decision Making Process, staff planning, and coordinating of medical operations.
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"Boss Lift" Transports Employers Visit to Deployed Soldiers
WASHINGTON (June 2004) — To honor his Soldiers’ employers for their support, Col. Sandy Sanders, commander, 1192nd Transportation Terminal Brigade, New Orleans, decided to invite employers and family members to see their employees at work.
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88th RRC Soldier has "Tigers by Their Tails"
FT. SNELLING, MN (June 2004) — It takes a lot of skill to motivate a 500-pound carnivorous tiger to do what you want. Now try motivating four of them. This is Christine DeCapite's daily job. No wonder motivating her soldiers comes natural.
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Maryland Unit Honors Former Commander-in-Chief
FORT MEADE, MD (June 2004) — The 5115th Theater Support Unit, headquartered at Fort Meade, Maryland, and composed of Reserve Soldiers from the greater D.C. metro area and surrounding states, was selected for the honor of representing the U.S Army Reserve in the state funeral procession for President Ronald Reagan who died on June 5.
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Reserve Soldiers Help Preserve Archeological Sites
KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq (June 7, 2004) — Four and five thousand-year old artifacts from Iraq's multi-cultured past were discovered here when soldiers of Company B, 65th Engineer Battalion dug into a hill while gathering dirt for Hesco defense barriers in April.
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Engineers Complete Well in Djibouti
ASSAMO, Djibouti (June 2004) - Residents in this isolated area near the Ethiopian border have a reliable source of water thanks to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa service members, who finished construction of a community well recently.
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Top Junior Army Reserve Leaders Get MacArthur Awards
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 2004) -- With a focus on Army values and the warrior ethos, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker honored the Army’s top 25 company-grade officers during a Pentagon ceremony May 26th.
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Retention-Transition Teams Now Based in Iraq and Kuwait
CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT (June 2004) -- In an effort to retain Army Reserve Soldiers, the Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, Retention and Transition Division and Third U.S. Army have deployed the first ever seven-person Active Guard/Reserve Retention and Transition NCO (RTNCO) team directly to the theater.
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Medics Teach First Aid to Afghan Students, Teachers
HERAT, Afghanistan (May 2004) –– With the help of the Soldiers at the Herat Provincial Reconstruction Team, students and teachers of a few Herat schools are learning first aid.
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Chemical Unit Creates the "Fog of War"
YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Washington (May 2004) - Bellowing engines, roaring smoke generators, and skilled soldiers combined recently at the Yakima Training Center (YTC) to practice their craft of covering an entire valley in dense, life-preserving smoke.
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Decompression Briefing Helps RC Soldiers Readjust After Deployment Return
FT McCOY (May 2004) More than 1,000 demobilizing Soldiers have gone through decompression briefings at the Fort McCoy Chapel Center in April after their return from deployment.
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Last Europe-based Army Reserve Unit Returns From First Iraq Rotation
SCHWETZINGEN, Germany (May 2004) - After serving more than a year on active duty supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Army Reserve’s 1st Armored Division Detachment (Rear Operations Center) based at Wiesbaden Army Airfield, Germany, has returned home and was welcomed by friends and family members in a small ceremony yesterday.
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Food Service Professionals from 89th and 90th RRCs Recognized
DENVER, Co. (Fort Lee PAO, May, 2004) - Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, Coastguardsmen and civilian mariners gathered April 26 in Denver for the 2004 Joint Services Excellence in Food Service Awards Ceremony.
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Germany-based Unit on Duty in Iraq: Follows Stint in Kosovo
BAMBERG, Germany (May 2004) – The 1st Infantry Division Detachment (Rear Operations Center), a U.S. Army Reserve unit based in Bamberg, Germany, recently deployed with the 1st ID to Iraq and is currently on mission at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Speicher, near Tikrit.
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Tip of the Spear: 75th Training Iraqi Armed Forces
TALLAFAR, Iraq (April 2004) - Amid the backdrop of mortar attacks, fire fights, and Improvised Explosive Devices, the first of a number of 75th Division (Training Support) Advisory Support Teams are training hundreds of Iraqi soldiers as part of the Coalition Military Assistance Training Team (CMATT). The 75th Division's assigned mission is to advise, train, and organize the Iraqi Armed Forces in leadership, soldier skills, and unit tactics.
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Congressional Staffers Participate in Army Reserve Awareness
FORT RILEY, Kansas (April 2004) - 22 congressional staffers participated in the third annual Army Reserve Awareness weekend at Fort Riley, Kan. hosted by the 89th Regional Readiness Command.
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Soldiers Returning to Reserve Component Status, Resume Civilian Life
FORT McCOY (April 2004) - Reserve Component Soldiers returning to Fort McCoy to demobilize from an assignment supporting the Global War on Terrorism spend five to eight days getting their records updated and beginning the process to readjust to civilian life.
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From Engineer to Medic to Linguist and Physician
MOSUL, Iraq (Army News Service, April 16, 2004) -- To many, Capt. (Dr.) Dan Godbee, 351st Military Intelligence Company, is the image of the typical country doctor, mild mannered, quick with a handshake and a kind word.
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Army Reserve Soldiers Training Iraqi Armed Forces
TAL AFAR, Iraq (April 5, 2004) -- Iraqi Armed Forces soldiers are quickly learning, with the assistance of coalition forces, what type of training is required to become an effective fighting force.
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Reserve Soldiers Hauling 1AD Equipment
BAGHDAD, Iraq (April 2004) -- Transportation Soldiers never know where they will be or what they will be hauling from one mission to the next. A load could be from several hundred pounds or to several hundred tons depending upon who wants what where.
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Army Reserve Spouse Honored as Military Spouse of the Year
BEVERLY HILLS, CA (April 2004) - Heroes come in all different shapes, sizes, titles and, positions. So, in a year when Time magazine named its Person of the Year as The American Soldier, it only seems fitting that Leane Palmer, wife of Army Reserve Capt. Noel Palmer, be recognized as a hero too.
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221st Ordnance Company Participates in Entry Control Point Training
FORT MCCOY, WIS (April 2004) - Members of the 221st Ordnance Company, an Army Reserve unit from Fort Wayne, Ind., is undergoing mobilization training at Fort McCoy to support Operation Enduring Freedom. Entry control point training was among the types of training accomplished by unit members recently.
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Army Reserve Soldier Responds to In-Flight Emergency - Saves Life
SCHWETZINGEN, Germany (April 2004) – Sometimes your soldier skills are put to the test when you least expect it. Those very skills were called into play recently when an Army Reserve soldier assigned to the 7th Army Reserve Command’s Medical Support Unit-Europe based in Heidelberg, Germany, came to a former soldier’s aid on a flight to the states.
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415th CA - School Reconstruction
FORWARD OPERATING BASE BRASSFIELD MORA, SAMARRA, Iraq (April 2004) -- Since landing here in mid-February, Army Reserve Soldiers from the Kalamazoo, Mich.-based 415th Civil Affairs Battalion have diligently worked on projects aimed at improving living conditions for locals and gaining residents’ trust.
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Predeployment Convoy Ops Training
Fort McCoy (April 2004) - Soldiers from C Company of the 367th Engineer Battalion of Duluth, Minn., who will be deploying to support Operation Enduring Freedom, spent three days learning the basics of convoy operations during training at Fort McCoy.
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Unit Offers Traveling Postal Service to Remote Bases in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (April 2004) — The U.S. Postal Service’s unofficial motto reads that it’s not stopped by rain, snow, heat or gloom of night.
Add on the possibility of mortar or rocket attacks and it’s a more fitting version for the 1st Platoon, 303rd Adjutant General Company (Postal).
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Training Afghan Women Police Officers
KABUL, Afghanistan (March 2004) — Afghan women police officers in Kabul recently prepared for their role in Afghanistan’s upcoming elections with extra training from female U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers.
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Employers Named 'Citizen of Year' by Foundation
WASHINGTON (March 26, 2004) -- The Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation named Reserve and Guard forces and their employers as the "Citizen of the Year" earlier this week during its annual Circle of Honor dinner at the New York Stock Exchange.
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Combined Team Provides Support to a Jordanian Field Hospital in Afghanistan
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait (March 2004)—The 3rd Personnel Command passed responsibility for providing the military’s personnel service support for operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom to the 348th Personnel Group in a ceremony recently.
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Media Covers 367th Training
FORT MCCOY, WIS (March 2004) - Newspaper and television crews were at Fort McCoy recently to cover the training of the Army Reserve's 367th Engineer Battalion.
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Base Camp Defense Challenges Training
FORT McCOY (March 2004) — Weapon awareness and reaction under fire.
These are just a couple of things Army Reserve Soldiers need to be concerned about at Logistic Support Area (LSA) Spruce, a simulated base camp at Fort McCoy for units mobilized for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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3rd PERSCOM Hands Over Personnel Ops to 348th Per Gp in OIF
MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan (March 25, 2004) – A small team of 20 soldiers -- many of them from the Army Reserve -- works relentlessly behind the scenes to maintain a firm foundation of around-the- clock logistical support to the Jordanian Medical Field Hospital.
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Unit Begins Fort Campbell Mission Wrap Up
WASHINGTON (March 24, 2004) — For Soldiers of the Army Reserve's 3397th Garrison Support Unit, the war on terror begins about 150 miles from their unit headquarters in Chattanooga, Tenn. — at the front gates of Fort Campbell, Ky.
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Base Camp Defense Challenges Training
CAMP CEDAR II, Iraq (March 2004) — They don’t wash windshields, check oil or put air in tires.
But members of the 439th Quartermaster Company put most gas stations to shame when it comes to moving fuel.
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Reserve Soldiers Fuel Over 170 Thousand Vehicles
WASHINGTON (March 24, 2004) — For Soldiers of the Army Reserve's 3397th Garrison Support Unit, the war on terror begins about 150 miles from their unit headquarters in Chattanooga, Tenn. — at the front gates of Fort Campbell, Ky.
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Unit Takes on Community Missions in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq (March 17, 2004) — The 478th Civil Affairs Battalion from Miami, Fla. arrived in Baghdad Feb. 4 to replace the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion from Greensboro, N.C. The newly arrived Army Reserve unit has not wasted any time in getting out into the community and continuing the projects established by the 422nd and establishing new projects with the local advisory councils.
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Role Players Add Battlefield Realism
FORT McCOY (March 2004) – Personnel who role play civilians on the battlefield (COBs) at Fort McCoy are helping to prepare mobilized Soldiers for the conditions they will face during deployment.
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75th Prepares Reserve Soldiers for Iraq Duty
FORT RILEY, Kan. (March 8, 2004) – A blinding snowstorm and bitterly cold temperatures did not stop a task force of trainers from performing their mission of mobilizing and validating Army Reserve Soldiers for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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PSYOP Teams Making Connections with Iraqi Communities
BAGHDAD, Iraq (March, 2004) — U.S. Army psychological operations teams are hitting Baghdad’s streets with information to combat fear and misinformation being spread by the enemies.
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Heidelberg-Based Med Unit Provides Care to Returning Soldiers
HEIDELBERG, Germany (March 2004) -- The 7th Army Reserve Command’s Medical Support Unit-Europe (MSU-E) conducted its primary mission supporting the United States Army Europe Regional Medical Command (ERMC) during a recent period of annual training (AT).
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CA Team Assists Rural Djibouti
ALI SABIEH DISTRICT, Djibouti (March 2004) - A convoy of vehicles passes over countless miles of mountainous lava rock terrain in eastern Djibouti with one mission in mind, to improve the health of the people in the region.
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Postal Unit Soldier Awarded for Valor
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait (March 2004) — Sgt. Travis Duarte, a soldier and personnel administration specialist with the 342nd Postal Company, an Army Reserve unit from Rome, Ga., was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for valor in a ceremony at Camp Arifjan. He received the award with "V" device his actions during an ambush of his convoy in Iraq.
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Convoy Live Fire: A Good Mix of Realism & Training
FORT DIX, NJ (Feb. 2004) Daily news media reports clearly highlight the danger associated with moving soldiers and material throughout portions of Iraq. Convoys have encountered snipers, improvised explosive devices and ambushes.
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Army Reserve Painting Unveiled – Part of Historical Series
WASHINGTON (February 25, 2004) - Lt. Gen. James R. Helmly, Chief of the Army Reserve, and U.S. Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.) unveiled the latest addition to the Army Reserve’s historic eight-painting series at the Reserve Officers Association in Washington, D.C.
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Army Reserve Fire Fighters in Iraq
LOGISTICAL SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA, Iraq (Feb 2004) - Imagine the grim reaper standing by your side hoping you aren't skilled enough with the Jaws of Life to cut away the mangled wreckage of a HUMVEE that has one of your comrades in its grip.
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Texas Unit Operates 24/7 in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (Feb. 12, 2004) - Cargo; it’s as constant as the North Star. Everything from bullets and beans, to troops, trucks, and tools, is transported to those who need it.
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Reserve MPs Protecting Supply Convoys
LOGISTICAL SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA, Iraq (Feb. 2004) - "We're not your typical MPs," said U.S. Army Sgt. Mark Estes with the Army Reserve's 341st Military Police Company from San Jose , Calif. "We like to call ourselves 'Combat MPs.'"
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Parachute Riggers Drop into Training
FORT VALLEY, Ga. (Feb. 2004) — All Army Reserve units perform on a “train as we fight” level, but some specialties have added challenges. Few training sessions are as intense as those conducted by the 421st Quartermaster Company, located in Fort Valley, Ga.
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Advanced Leadership Training Strengthens Army's "Backbone"
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (Feb. 2004) – Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) have been the backbone of the Army since they came into existence n 1775. Since that time, the missions and responsibilities shouldered by NCOs have changed with time.
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Germany-Based Reserve Unit Returns From Iraq
SCHWETZINGEN, Germany, (Feb. 8, 2004) – After serving more than a year on active duty supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Army Reserve's 280 th Rear Operations Center based in Mannheim, Germany has returned home and demobilized in a ceremony held yesterday. Soldiers will be taking leave until their official demobilization later this month.
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Army Reserve Soldiers Help Establish Animal Welfare Society
BAGHDAD, Iraq (Feb 2004) – The Coalition forces’ contributions to the nation of Iraq are focused toward improving the lives of its citizens. In some cases, however, the benefits are not limited only to humans.
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"River Rats" Complete Last Mission for 101st
CAMP ANACONDA, IRAQ (Feb. 4, 2004) The 459th Multi Role Bridge Company has lived up to its’ "multi role" name during Operation Iraqi Freedom. From the fight north to Baghdad with the Marines, to the thousands convoy operations miles since then, from Nasiriyah to Al Kut -- this Army Reserve unit has been at the forefront.
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Army Reserve Soldiers Earn Valor Awards in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq (Feb. 2004) — “I told the two Iraqi males to get in the back of the truck,” said Army Reserve Capt. Juan David Pena, displaying concern for the property of two innocent strangers while in the midst of commandeering their truck at gunpoint during an anti-Coalition ambush of Pena’s small reconnaissance convoy.
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Unit Gearing up for Troop Rotation at Kuwait Port
SHU’AIBAH PORT, Kuwait (Feb. 2004) — Cargo ships are lining up around the world to get into Kuwait as 65 ships carrying more than 3 million tons of U.S. military equipment will make their way to this port over the next two months.
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Army Reserve MPs in Uzbekistan
KARSHI-KHANABAD, Uzbekistan, (Jan. 26, 2004) – Soldiers can't take peace and quiet for granted.
"Nobody ever thought 9/11 would happen, but here we are (in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Iraq) nearly three years later as a result of it, so every day you have to be ready for anything.
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Give Soldiers Truth, Army Reserve Chief Tells Officers
WASHINGTON (Jan. 28, 2004) – Stemming any possible exodus of Army Reserve Soldiers returning from deployments starts with improving communication, the head of the reserve force said this week.
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Training the Afghan National Army
KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan. 8, 2004) - Soldiers of the 75th Division (Training Support), an Active component/Reserve component training support division headquartered in Houston, Texas, normally are Observer Controller/Trainers who train and mobilize reserve component soldiers in the Southwest and Midwest part of the United States.
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Streets of Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Iraq (Jan. 2, 2004) – The 1210th Tactical Psychological Operations Detachment assigned to 1st Armored Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team hit the streets of Baghdad to help combat anti-coalition attacks with Operation Bulldog Speak Up.
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Germany-based Reserve Medics Provide Combat Lifesaver Training
HEIDELBERG , Germany (Jan. 2, 2004) – The Medical Support Unit – Europe (MSU-E) an Army Reserve unit based in Heidelberg, Germany, provided combat lifesaver training last week to an active component unit preparing to deploy to Iraq.
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100 Photos from 2003
(Dec. 31, 2003) A 100-photo wrap-up photo essay from 2003. From medicine to transportation; from engineering to civil affairs; from logistics to training, the photos cover Army Reserve soldiers and activities worldwide.
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Chief, Army Reserve Visits Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 22, 2003) – How do you find out how soldiers in the U.S. Army Reserve are doing? You do this by going straight to the source. By listening to soldier’s concerns and talking to commanders, one can see how the Army Reserve is helping fight the war on terrorism.
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Making a Difference One Project at a Time
BAHGDAD, Iraq (Dec. 22, 2003) – He’s opened the canals that supply water to farmers across southern Baghdad, provided a medical clinic to an isolated community, and given new schoolbooks to young Iraqi children, but more importantly he is giving his soldiers the chance to make a difference for the Iraqi people.
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CJCS: Person of The Year Selection 'Fitting Tribute'
WASHINGTON, (Dec. 21, 2003) – The American soldier, Time magazine's choice for Person of the Year, is "exactly right," the nation's top military officer told Sunday news shows audiences here today.
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Army Reserve MPs Train Iraqi Police
BAGHDAD, Iraq (Dec. 8, 2003) - Iraqi Police Service officers had the chance to hone their skills on a live-fire weapons range for the first time with the help of soldiers of the Army Reserve's 382nd Military Police Detachment.
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Reserve Chief Says Army's Future Depends on Innovative Ideas
FORT LEAVENWORTH, KS, Lamp (Dec. 5, 2003) - An audience of hundreds gathered in Bell Hall's Eisenhower Auditorium, Fort Leavenworth, for the graduation of 40 students from the 2004 academic year Intermediate Level Education Common Core Course Friday.
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Reserve Engineers Work to Keep Clean Water Flowing
MOSUL, Iraq (Dec. 4, 2003) – Army Reserve engineers in northern Iraq are using their skills to keep the water flowing into the people's houses in Mosul -- and to keep the oil out.
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Reserve Component Soldiers Receive Unlimited Commissary Benefits
WASHINGTON (Dec. 3, 2003) -- The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 granted Army Reserve members, along with their families, unlimited access to commissaries.
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Army Reserve Medical Officer Awarded Soldier’s Medal
WASHINGTON (Dec. 2, 2003) -- Army Reserve Capt. John Chovanes ditched a fishing trip after terrorists flew two commercial airplanes into the New York City World Trade Center the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
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Army Reserve Engineers Busy in Djibouti
KONTALI, Djibouti (Nov. 24, 2003) - A ribbon-cutting ceremony held here Nov. 24, marked the grand opening of a newly renovated school and teachers’ living quarters by Army Reserve engineers and civil affairs personnel from the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa.
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Reserve Soldiers Aid in Rescue Attempt in Iraq
(Nov. 30, 2003) - Early November was to be a happy time for Army Reserve Sgts Charles Elliott, from Neodesha, Kan., and Kenny Miller, a Ponca City native, and soldiers in the 323rd Engineer Detachment (Fire Fighters), El Dorado, Kan. Both Reserve soldiers were aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter bound for Qatar for their mid-tour Rest and Recuperation Leave.
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Getting Messages to the Iraqis
BAGHDAD, Iraq (Nov. 30, 2003) — Hearts may beat true for the red, white, and blue. But not necessarily in Baghdad.
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Civil Affairs Goes to the Frontlines
NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Nov. 25, 2003) — Army civil affairs units in Afghanistan are most commonly known for their roles in the distribution of humanitarian aid and helping facilitate various rebuilding projects throughout the country, but for some civil affairs soldiers, their calling takes them to the front lines of the War on Terrorism, working on combat operations with the infantrymen.
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Army Reserve Unit Integral to Kuwait Stryker Offload
PORT OF KUWAIT, Kuwait (Nov. 12, 2003) — For the first time since World War I, the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division has deployed overseas.
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Army Reserve Civil Affairs Team Helps Open Clinic
BAGHDAD, Iraq (October 2003) — People living in any community need medicine and medical treatment, but, for thousands of Iraqis living in Baghdad, medical care is unavailable, often because the people have no transportation or means to pay for treatment.
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Army Reserve's 812th MPs Help Break 100 Billion Dinar Counterfeit Ring
BAGHDAD, Iraq (October 2003) - Agents from the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) and the Army Reserve's 812th Military Police Company from Orangeburg, NY, assisted by Iraqi police and the Ministry of Finance have broken a counterfeit printing operation in Baghdad and seized counterfeit currency worth 100 billion dinars. Full Story »
Soldier, Signed Up after 9/11, Now Serving in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Iraq (October 2003) -- He seems like he would be more at home on the seat of a Harley in a leather jacket and American flag bandana than in a cushioned palace chair in a U.S. Army desert camouflage uniform.
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Reserve NCO Leads Way in Udari
CAMP DOHA, Kuwait (October 2003) -- Soldiers deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom strive every day to improve the lives of the oppressed Iraqi people. Full Story »
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