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I Corps recently hosted the Junior Leaders Army Profession Symposium at Joint Base Lewis- McChord, Wash. to encourage character development in the Army.
A former member of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, was recently awarded a Purple Heart Medal during a ceremony in Massena, N.Y.
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FRONTLINEU.S. Army Forces Command
Apr. 22, 2016 | Volume VI, Issue 16
“And that’s what we’re here for, to get everybody on the same target regarding unit readiness. Our role is to provide training, advice, and assistance to the Reserve Component in order to reduce the time required for mobilization.”
– Lt. Gen. Michael S. Tucker Commanding General, First Army
Apr. 16, 2016, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill.
Senior Leaders Promoting Army Reserve readiness
On Point The Army Reserve celebrates 108th AnniversaryThe U.S. Army Reserve was founded Apr. 23, 1908, when Congress authorized the Army to establish a Medical Reserve Corps, the official predecessor of the Army Reserve. The Army Reserve has provided trained and ready Soldiers and units for World Wars I and II, Vietnam, Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait. Consistently engaged since Sept. 11, 2001, more than 310,000 Army Reserve Soldiers have mobilized and deployed in support of the Total Army and Joint Force.
By Johnathon Orrell Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 15, 2016) -- The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command’s 832nd Transportation Battalion re-cently began participating in a Sealift Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (SEDRE) at the Jacksonville Port Authority’s newly christened In-termodal Container Transfer Facility.
Designed to train units for deployment readi-ness, a SEDRE includes the deployment of unit personnel and equipment, as well as an upload and offload of a brigade-sized task force, using real port facilities and ships. This is the first SE-DRE that SDDC has participated in since 2000.
As surface warriors are being utilized through-out the world, Capt. David Wallace, the 832nd’s Operations Officer, considers SEDRE’s to be one
of the events that ensure such operations are be-ing done expeditiously and safely.
“With an organization being able to pick-up…get ready to go to war – or any type of contingen-cy where equipment and personnel are needed – readiness is key. That is why exercises like the SEDRE are so important to the warfight and the warfighter,” he said.
Adding, that when the 832nd is called upon for contingencies in the real-world, it is impera-tive that everyone understand their purpose and the roles they play.
“During the war on terror, the military has got-ten used to falling in on assets that were already pre-staged at a certain locations, he said. “But now that the forces are being utilized in newer areas, it is more cost effective and advantageous for a unit to move itself to a location – using their own equipment.”
Equipment-laden storage containers belonging to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) await embarkation on the Bob Hope-class roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel, U.S. Naval Ship Benavidez, Apr. 19, 2016, in Jacksonville, Fla., during a Sealift Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise. The cargo is destined for Port Arthur, Texas and onward movement to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La., where the brigade will undergo a training rotation. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Salgado)
SDDC, ‘Rakkasans’ team up for Sealift Readiness Exercise
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Above Staff Sgt. Gustavo Medrano, 1st Infantry Division, negotiates an obstacle at the Malvesti Obstacle Course during the Best Ranger Competition, Ft. Benning, Ga., Apr. 15, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tracy McKithern)
Left Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, fire an M252 81mm mortar during multi-national training at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, Apr. 7, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Loren Keely)
Left OH-58D Kiowa Warriors from the 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, fly in formation over the City of Fayetteville and Fort Bragg, N.C., Apr. 15, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Kenneth Kassens)
Right Pvt. Meosha Morris, a female combat engineer with the 3rd Combat Engineer Company, Regimental Engineer Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, trains with a handheld mine detector Apr. 7, 2016, at Fort Hood, Texas’s Phantom Run Range. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tomora Clark)
Above Soldiers and aircraft assigned to 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, and Soldiers and equipment from 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, conduct a combined arms live-fire exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Apr. 4, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Brian Harris)
