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The Ready Brigade Hosts 30th ABCT for XCTC
July 7, 2023 — National Guardsmen of the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team executed an eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise, or XCTC, while receiving evaluations from 188th Infantry Brigade’s Observer Coach/Trainers on Fort Stewart, June 13-28, 2023.An XCTC exercise is a realistic training program designed to enhance Soldiers abilities by providing... MORE

Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Platoon, 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT), target a Bradley Fighting Vehicle during a company attack lane during the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise at Fort Stewart, June 19, 2023.

Austin Thanks France for Assisting in Ukraine's Defense
November 30, 2022 — The United States is grateful for France's contribution to Ukraine's fight to defend itself, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said during a meeting with French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu at the Pentagon... MORE

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Army Reserve logisticians prepare for deployment to Middle East
November 7, 2022 — In preparation for their upcoming deployment to the Middle East, subject matter experts and trainers from the 1st Theater Sustainment Command assisted the Soldiers from the Army Reserve’s 143rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command to successfully complete their 10-day culminating training exercise here... MORE

Soldiers receive education benefits in addition to cash signing bonuses
September 19, 2022 — In addition to the current enlistment bonuses available, the Army also offers opportunities for Soldiers to attend college for free... MORE

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McConville: ‘We Can’t do What we do as an Army Without the National Guard’
August 28, 2022 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Army is transforming, modernizing, boosting readiness, improving fitness across the force, and investing in potential recruits, the chief of staff of the Army said in wide-ranging remarks here Saturday.But, first, Army Gen. James McConville heaped praise on a National Guard he said is essential to the Army, overseas and in the... MORE

“Every time we have asked, the National Guard has been ‘Always Ready, Always There’," Army Gen. James McConville, chief of staff of the Army, told National Guard leaders meeting in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 27, 2022.

Eagle Brigade, 88th Readiness Division lead success of Paralegal Warrior Training Course
August 26, 2022 — More than 35 Soldiers from over 30 Army commands participated in the annual Paralegal Warrior Training Course July 14-29, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. The PWTC allows paralegal Soldiers the opportunity to achieve unit training readiness requirements by demonstrating individual and collective task proficiency across peace and wartime missions... MORE

Soldiers with First Army’s 181st Infantry Brigade provide OC/T support during CSTX
August 22, 2022 — Soldiers from First Army Division West’s 181st Infantry Brigade provided observer coach/trainer support to Reserve Component units during a Combat Support Training Exercise conducted here the first three weeks of August. The exercise put the units through the planning, preparation, supervising, and execution of pre-mobilization collective training, through scenarios that mimicked real-world conditions. The exercise further prepared and validated the units to deploy quickly and to meet and engage adversaries worldwide. ... MORE

Observer, Coach/ Trainers partner with Joint Fires Observers during Northern Strike 22-2
August 16, 2022 — Observer, Coach/ Trainers from the Army National Guard’s Operations Group Wolf recently partnered with joint fires observers (JFO) from the Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio Army National Guards, the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, and U.S. Army Special Forces during Northern Strike 22-2.These exercises, and the partnerships within, give reserve... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Ron Hesson, Army National Group Operations Group Wolf Fire Support Team senior observer, coach/trainer, observes Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, during a call for fire mission at Northern Strike 2022 on August 9, 2022, at Camp Grayling, Michigan.

Pershing Strike tests total Army mobilization capabilities
August 9, 2022 — Pershing Strike kicked off in July as the most sizable, large scale mobilization exercise to date at the historic Camp Shelby in Mississippi... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers, assigned to the 344th Engineer Company based in Tallahassee, Florida, take cover behind a blast blanket while detonating a linear det charge placed on a door hinge to create an entry point during the Pershing Strike mobilization exercise.

First Army, Virginia National Guard complete support of XCTC at Fort Drum
August 9, 2022 — Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 3647th Maintenance Company and the 1033rd Engineer Company successfully completed their support of a New Jersey National Guard brigade’s XCTC rotation July 30, 2022, at Fort Drum, New York. ... MORE

1033rd Engineer Co. conducts obstacle breaching during XCTC at Fort Drum

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