Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond Moran (Ret.), affectionately known as the “Old Soldier,” flips through a book on the Korean War during a portrait session in his home in Odenton, Maryland, while sharing stories about his military commitment to the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Reserve during 65 years of service both as an enlisted Soldier and as a Department of the Army civilian. Moran served in Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Cambodia and during Desert Storm. He was instrumental in standing up the 220th Military Police Brigade, which has since become the 200th Military Police Command and is the largest military police organization in the U.S. Department of Defense.
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jennifer Pace poses for a portrait in Baltimore, Maryland, June 15, where she used to work as a police officer before committing her career full time to the U.S. Army Reserve. Pace is among this year’s recipients of the General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award, which she won as a property book officer while working for the 290th Military Police Brigade, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. In her leadership journey and professional growth, Pace overcame the loss of her brother, Danny Gamez, who passed away in 2011. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
Cpl. Cala Reardon, a U.S. Army Reserve mechanic with the 377th Military Police Company (Combat Support), out of Cincinnati, Ohio, poses for a portrait in front of an M117 Armored Security Vehicle (ASV) engine during a maintenance course hosted by the 99th Readiness Division in Schenectady, New York, March 14, 2018. This is the first maintenance course in the U.S. Army Reserve designed specifically for the ASV, which has hydraulic components and maintenance procedures that are unlike most other Army vehicles. The ASV is designed to resist the impact of roadside bombs while operating in urban environments. Its mounting systems allow the ASV to hold an M2 .50-caliber machine gun, a MK-19 grenade launcher and an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon at the same time. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
Pfc. Alexis Jones, a U.S. Army Reserve horizontal construction engineer with the 160th Military Police Battalion, headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, from Winter Garden, Florida, looks into the camera for a sun-lit portrait during the 200th Military Police Command’s Best Warrior Competition held at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, April 19, 2018. Jones’s personal interests include martial arts, horseback riding and art. “I want to compete because not only is it an opportunity to show my best, but also learn what the best is. With every challenge there is triumph, so I am taking the challenge to triumph over it,” Jones said about the competition. During the competition, Soldiers were tested both physically and mentally in events that include the Army Physical Fitness Test, land navigation, obstacle course, ruck marching, weapon qualification, Army Warrior Tasks, reflexive fire, written exams and the Army appearance board. Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command also participated in the competition. The winning Soldiers will move on to compete in the U.S. Army Reserve Command competition later this year.
Sgt. Ian Rivera-Aponte, a U.S. Army Reserve sniper and infantryman with the 100th Infantry Battalion, Honolulu, Hawaii, poses for a promotional photo shoot for Army Reserve recruiting at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, July 26, 2017. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret) (This image was digitally manipulated to remove an object from the frame)
Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Moeller, U.S. Army Reserve drill instructor and the 2016 U.S. Army Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, jokes around by biting into a donut during a marketing photo shoot organized by the Office of the Chief of Army Reserve at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Feb. 14, to promote the U.S. Army Reserve. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
Spc. Ethan Moe, a U.S. Army Reserve Soldier with the 800th Military Police Company, of Little Rock, Arkansas, poses with the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS), at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, Jan. 26. The CROWS is a remote-controlled system compatible with four major crew-serve weapons, and it was developed to keep gunners safe within the vehicle while engaging enemy targets. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
(U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
Staff Sgt. Sheree Blanchard, a U.S. Army Reserve military police Soldier with the 160th Military Police Battalion, of Tallahassee, Florida, poses for a portrait during the Active Shooter Threat Response Training taught at an Army Reserve installation in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sept. 29. This image was digitally manipulated in post-production. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
Chief Warrant Officer Officer 5 Mary Hostetler, command chief for the 200th Military Police Command, poses for a portrait at the command’s headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland, Oct. 16. Hostetler worked with the U.S. Army Reserve Command and the Military Police School the to launch an Army-Reserve-specific course for military police warrant officers, which helped graduate 35 additional reserve students in the last two years. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
Staff Sgt. Orval Emery, from Johnstown, Colo., with 75th Training Division, stands for a portrait after finishing a 10-kilometer foot march in the North Carolina heat May 5 during the 2015 Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition at Fort Bragg. This year’s Best Warrior Competition will determine the top noncommissioned officer and junior enlisted Soldier who will represent the Army Reserve in the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition later this year at Fort Lee, Va. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Michel Sauret)
Master Sgt. Steven Lotz, geospatial analyst for the 416th Theater Engineer Command (TEC), is the first member of the newly formed geospatial cell added to the TEC as part of the command’s redesign process. The geospatial cell is looking for officers, warrant officers and senior noncommissioned officers to bring onto the team. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
Bill Scott, member of the 40th Division Korean War Veterans, jokes around with the crowd while riding along Constitution Avenue in the 2016 National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C., May 30. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
(U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
A U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 223rd Maintenance Company, of Grand Prairie, Texas, prepares for convoy operations during a counter-IED training lane at Fort Hunter-Liggett, California, May 3. Approximately 80 units from across the U.S. Army Reserve, Army National Guard and active Army are participating in the 84th Training Command’s second Warrior Exercise this year, WAREX 91-16-02, hosted by the 91st Training Division at Fort Hunter-Liggett, California. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
Pfc. Cory Weatherby, a U.S. Army Soldier with the 22nd Engineer Clearance Company, of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, poses with a chemical mask in front of a field tent during Guardian Response 17 at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana, April 26, 2017. Guardian Response is a multi-component training exercise run by the U.S. Army Reserve designed to validate nearly 6,000 service members in Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) in the event of a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) catastrophe. This year’s exercise simulated an improvised nuclear device explosion with a source region electromagnetic pulse (SREMP) out to more than 4 miles. The 84th Training Command is the hosting organization for this exercise, with the training operations run by the 78th Training Division, headquartered in Fort Dix, New Jersey. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
Spc. Dylan Nice, a U.S. Army Reserve watercraft engineer Soldier from the 949th Transportation Company, a unit which specializes in watercraft operations, cargo and watercraft engineering, poses for a series of portraits on board a Logistics Support Vessel in Baltimore, Md., on April 7-8, 2017. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
Spc. Charles Cherry, U.S. Army Reserve paralegal Soldier with the 79th Sustainment Support Command, of Long Beach, California, participates in a promotional photo shoot for Army Reserve recruiting at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, July 25, 2017. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
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(Copyright: Michel Sauret)
Sgt. Brooke Grether, a U.S. Army Reserve military police Soldier and gunnery crew truck commander with the 603rd MP Company, out of Belton, Missouri, poses for a potrait after finishing a gunnery lane at Fort Riley, Kansas, May 18, 2018. As the truck commander, Grether is responsible for the lives of her team in the vehicle and is in charge of navigating a gunnery crew that includes a driver and gunner to engage targets from 300 to 1000 meters away. Grether is a newly-promoted sergeant. She said she is proud of being a noncommissioned officer because she wants to follow in the footsteps of her brother, Joshua, who is a staff sergeant and a cavalry scout stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado. On the civilian side, Grether is an emergency medical technician in Kansas City, Missouri, and is working to become a firefighter paramedic. This gunnery range was hosted by the 346th MP Company for approximately 30 vehicle crews to qualify day and night on crew serve weapons that included the M2 .50-Caliber Machine Gun, the M240B Machine Gun, the MK19 Grenade Launcher and the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) at Fort Riley, Kansas, May 3-22, 2018. Each crew was assigned to one specific weapon system and a vehicle for qualification. Vehicles included both the up-armored Humvee and the Armored Security Vehicle (ASV), which was equipped with both the M2 and the MK19.
