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A Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. noncommissioned officer was recently named I Corps Career Counselor of the Year during an annual awards ceremony.
An Army medic assigned to the 1st Infantry Division wins the Washington area Marine Corps Marathon recently by a wide margin.
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20th Public Affairs Detachment - Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry, 101st Airborne Division, maintain defensive positions during fire phobia training at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 23, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Adeline Witherspoon)
Financial Readiness for Army PersonnelThe purpose of financial readiness for Army personnel is to provide resources for Soldiers and Family members in order to enhance fiscal responsibility and sustain Army readiness.
1st Sustainment Command (Theater) recently participated in the Spring Lake, N. C. Heroes Homecoming and Candlelight Walk.
First Army Unit Ministry Teams recently participated in development training at Rock Island, Ill. to enhance Soldiers, and Families religious support.
The 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, Colorado Army National Guard, recently became part of the 10th Mountain Division during a patching ceremony.
FRONTLINEU.S. Army Forces Command
November 11, 2016 | Volume VI, Issue 45
“As part of the U.S. Army Forces Command team, our veterans and service members represent America’s best. Join me in thanking all veterans whose dedication, perseverance and determination secured our freedoms and way of life.”
– FORSCOM CG, CSM November 7, 2016
Fort Bragg, N.C.
Senior Leaders 2016 Veterans Day Message
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Military Family MonthThe Army observes Military Family Month to recognize and honor military Family members for their unique contributions and daily sacrifices while supporting the Army mission. The month was established in 2003 by the Armed Services YMCA and affirms the Army’s commitment to strengthen the readiness and resilience of the Army Family. Each year the president of the United States signs a proclamation declaring November as Military Family Month. Army Families often endure unique challenges of persistent conflicts, numerous separations and relocations as they support Soldiers in every phase of the Soldier lifecycle. Families ensure Soldiers start strong, serve strong, reintegrate strong and remain strong throughout their careers.
By Paul Boyce, FORSCOM Public Affairs
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Senior Army command-ers, command sergeants major and staff met Nov. 2-3 at the U.S. Army Forces Command Com-mander’s Forum to focus on the readiness of the Total Army Force -- active, Army National Guard and Army Reserve. The theme, “Maximizing Unit Readiness and Total Army Force Policy,” high-lighted ongoing U.S. Army readiness initiatives and future priorities.
“The biggest drivers of Army readiness are in personnel, equipment and training,” said Gen. Robert B. Abrams, commanding general of the U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, N.C., discussing the “three drivers of readiness.” Army efforts are underway along each driver with the goal of improving readiness, Abrams said in his Fort Bragg, N.C., presentation -- similar to his Oct. 3 Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) An-nual Meeting Contemporary Military Forum, “Readiness For Today’s Complex World.” Ongoing
Army initiatives for these three readiness drivers include: decreasing the number of Soldiers who are unable to deploy for various reasons, improv-ing the consistency of Army training across the force, and tackling maintenance issues and ex-cess equipment. “Our biggest challenge is time,” Abrams said.
The two-day event, at the Army command’s Marshall Hall Headquarters, featured senior officers and enlisted leaders from 14 states’ Adjutants General; First Army; Army Corps com-manders; leaders from the Army’s Active Compo-nent Divisions; U.S. Army Reserve units and U.S. Army Reserve Command; Army National Guard divisions and units; other FORSCOM units; and Department of the Army Headquarters represen-tatives. In addition to focusing on Army readiness and training, the event featured presentations on the “art of mastery,” personnel readiness, operationalizing the Army Total Force Policy, and numerous innovative Army home-station training initiatives at Army posts and camps nationwide.
Gen. Robert B. Abrams, U.S. Army Forces Command commanding general, speaks to Army leaders from across the Total Army during the FORCOM Commander’s Conference at Fort Bragg, N.C. Nov. 3, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Lisa Ray)
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Above A rocket is in flight as a second rocket prepares to launch from an AH-64 Apache helicopter assigned to 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, during an aerial gunnery exercise at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Oct. 24, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steven Galimore)
Left Sgt. Maj. William Briggs, 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, support operations sergeant major, helps erect a camouflage system over an operations tent on North Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. 26, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. William Brink)
Right Spc. Bradley Bynum, a paratrooper assigned to 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, carries a simulated casualty during the U.S. Army Best Medic Competition at Camp Bullis, Texas, Oct. 27, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hewitt)
Left Sgt. Christopher Rogers, a military policeman assigned to I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., zeroes his M-4 carbine before the first scored event of the 2nd Annual U.S. Army Forces Command Marksmanship Competition, Nov. 7, 2016, at Fort Bragg, N.C. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Keeler)
Above The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment’s Horse Detachment bears the National and Army Colors as the lead in the Barstow, Calif. Kiwanis Club’s 82nd Annual Mardi Gras Parade down Main Street, Oct. 29, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Austin Anyzeski)