- + 485th Engineer Company returns after nine-month deployment—ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois — On Feb. 14, more than 130 Soldiers from the 485th Engineer Company, 863rd Battalion, returned to Arlington Heights, Illi...
- + Furlough leads to success in bodybuilding—DARIEN, Illinois — During the COVID-19 pandemic, many encountered life-changing events, including Maj. Timothy Jarvis of the 416th Theater Engineer Co...
- + General’s trunk makes homecoming to 416th TEC—CHICAGO (Nov. 22, 2022) – When the Parkhurst family made the decision to move from Chicago to Florida, they had to consider a home for more than just ...
- + Small business wins Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom award—MADISON, Wisconsin — A local small business was nominated for and won the highest award given to a civilian employer by the Department of Defense duri...
- + 416th TEC paves way to reset mission change—DARIEN, Illinois – Three brigades under the 416th Theater Engineer Command are currently spearheading final reset and recovery missions to bring home ...
- + 416th TEC sweeps logistic excellence awards, named ‘Best of the Best’—DARIEN, Illinois – The 416th Theater Engineer Command continued its winning streak, with two companies adding top-tier logistic excellence awards to i...
- + Passion drives 416th TEC’s equal opportunity specialist—DARIEN, Illinois – Passion is defined as having a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire. Passion for the Army Reserve Equal Opportunit...
- + 416th TEC 'Digging Deep' fourth quarter newsletter—4th quarter newsletter.pdf [PDF - 1.3 MB]
- + Schroeder assumes command of 372nd Engineer Brigade—FORT SNELLING, Minn. — Col. Noel Palmer, the commander of the 372nd Engineer Brigade, relinquished command to Col. Elliot Schroeder on Sept. 17 at For...
- + Sapper Stakes allows company to test knowledge, individual engineer tasks—CAMP DODGE, Iowa – Engineers from the 402nd Company, 389th Battalion, from Des Moines, Iowa, conducted Sapper Stakes at Camp Dodge, Iowa, Aug. 27-28.
- + Take time to thank, celebrate the women in your life —The nation will celebrate the 51st anniversary of Women’s Equality Day, which was designated by Congress in 1971, Aug. 26, with the theme “Thank the w...
- + 416th TEC pulls safety trifecta—DARIEN, Illinois – For the first time ever, the 416th Theater Engineer Command has made a safety history trifecta. The U. S. Army Reserve Command (US...
- + 652nd Engineer Company lays foundation for Wisconsin’s Freedom Park—For the second consecutive year, units from the 416th Theater Engineer Command, which includes the 652nd Engineer Company from Hammond, Wisconsin, wor...
- + Despite heat, dust storms Hood Strike mission continues—FORT HOOD, Texas — Triple digit temperatures and low lake levels at Belton Lake near Temple, Texas, did not deter the 420th Engineer Brigade, 980th En...
- + 416th TEC top enlisted advisor renders first salute to newly commissioned son—Joining the military has become a Dieckman Family business, as the 416th Theater Engineer Command’s top enlisted advisor’s son, Jared Dieckman, joined...
- + Fort Bliss Operational Readiness Mission Training Complex Supports Deploying and Redeploying Mission—A person who would run for mayor wants to use their talents to make a difference in their community. Fort Bliss has a team of “mayors” who enjoy makin...
- + 647th Regional Support Group Assumes Authority of the Fort Bliss Mobilization Brigade—FORT BLISS, TEXAS – The 647th Regional Support Group (RSG) officially relieved the 648th RSG of the Fort Bliss Mobilization Brigade mission on Jan. 25...
- + From an Eagle to a Star, a Soldier Gets Promoted—Gratitude abounds in a ceremony marked by humble speeches, where the help of others is acknowledged and accession is reached.
- + 301st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade welcomes new commander—On Sunday, the 301st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) held a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
- + Innovative Training Supports Blackfeet Nation and Army Reserve—Soldiers from the 317th Engineer Company are taking advantage of a program called Innovative Readiness Training (IRT). They headed to Browning, Mont. ...
- + Engineer Battalion Reaps Reward for Busy Year—This engineer battalion is proving that doing your best has it's rewards.
- + Army Reserve CSM visits Joint Base Lewis-McChord to support soldiers—It's not every day that the U.S. Army Reserve Sergeant Major stops into visit. Check out what he has to say about the latest news for the Reserve.
- + Milwaukee celebrates Armed Forces Day like few others—Milwaukee celebrates the nation's largest Armed Forces Day by turning it into Armed Forces Week and with joint effort of Milwaukee Armed Services comm...
- + Sapper Stakes 2016: Opening Day—A hundred-sixty-two Combat Engineers from all over the country are at Ft. Drum, New York to face off in Sapper States. The three day competition pits ...
- + 412th, 416th TECs name Best Warrior winners—JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 412th and 416th Theater Engineer Commands competed in a combined Best Warrior Co...
- + Knot a Big Deal—Five Soldiers from the U.S. Army 41st Engineer Battalion stand below the midday sun wearing combat helmets, productive eyewear, flack vests, and tacti...
- + Sapper Stakes: Army multi-components compete in challenging engineer competition—Soldiers from the 382nd Engineer Company, 365th Engineer Battalion, 411th Engineer Brigade of the 412th Theater Engineer Command from Harrisburg, Pa.,...
- + Soldier receives Ohio Military Medal of Distinction—Sgt. Gary A. Eckert Jr., a four-year Army Reserve veteran, with two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and recipient of the Bronze Star...
- + 416th TEC family programs survivor outreach services help with closure for families of the fallen—Closure is the hardest emotion to endure when a loved one has passed, especially when the loved one is a Soldier. The Soldiers of the 416th Theater En...
- + MEDIA ADVISORY: Ohio-based engineer battalion receives major Army unit award—A U.S. Army Reserve engineer battalion from Monclova, Ohio, has been selected to receive the General Walter T. Kerwin Award.
- + Army Reserve Soldier, state police trooper vows to suppress gang violence, receives award—Lt. Col. Timothy Tyler, 416th Theater Engineer Command, Chief Finance Officer, received an award for Extraordinary Leaders Impacting Today's Environme...
- + Army Reserve band brings music to veterans, community—The 85th Army Band commemorates Veterans Day by bringing their community, veterans and previous band members together for night of music and patriotic...
- + Chicago service members help Survivor Outreach Program with Snowball Express send off—On an unusually warm day for a holiday celebration, no one wore snow boots and short-sleeved shirts replaced the down-filled coats; jingling bells cou...
- + I hear you calling: U.S. Soldiers mentor Chicago youths on march toward manhood—Approximately 20 U.S. Army Soldiers served as mentors to 100 youths from the Chicago area during the Steve Harvey Mentoring Weekend hosted on the Chic...
- + The computer that saved the Soldier's back, the helmet that saved his life—By the time Nicolas slammed on his motorcycle brakes, it was already too late. The Honda CBR 600 wobbled hard, fell over and he skidded across the roa...
- + Blowing down barriers: Female first sergeant takes charge of sapper company—First Sgt. Raquel Steckman is the first woman in the Army appointed to a combat engineer company as a first sergeant.
- + Running and gunning championship brings nations to Canada—As he grabbed the ammo can, he hoisted it with ease. "Oh, it's not that heavy," said Staff Sgt. Jason Godel with relief. His rifle slung across his ba...
- + Engineer command holds readiness huddle to shape success across the force—The biggest emphasis in the Army Reserve today is readiness. Readiness is the Army's buzzword used to cover a multitude of measurements. At the core, ...
- + Pain can't stop a Sapper: Teams from around the nation test mettle in Sapper Stakes 2015—FORT CHAFFEE, Ark. - A fresh-legged cadre member stepped out into the dark, setting the pace for 134 Soldiers whose legs were torn from two days of c...
- + Sprint for the win: Engineer team from Des Moines wins Sapper Stakes Competition—Orange cones and white tape marked the finish line for the culminating race of Sapper Stakes 2015, a gauntlet of events referred to only as the X-Mile...
- + Army Reserve, National Guard Soldiers survive Sapper Stakes, turn a challenge into friendship—"It's a rough, tough competition ... Three days of tough-guy stuff. Only the best engineers will win."
- + Sapper Stakes 2015 team winners announced—A U.S. Army Reserve team from the 680th Engineer Company, from Webster, N.Y., took third place at Sapper Stakes 2015 at Fort Chaffee, Ark., Sept. 2. F...
- + Sapper Stakes 2015 team winners announced—A U.S. Army Reserve team from the 402nd Engineer Company (Sapper), from Des Moines, Iowa, took first place at Sapper Stakes 2015 at Fort Chaffee, Ark....
- + Sapper Stakes 2015 team winners announced—A U.S. Army Reserve team from the 309th Engineer Company (Mobility Augmentation), from Brainerd, Minn., took second place at Sapper Stakes 2015 at For...
- + Sapper teams rush for the win during X-Mile event—U.S. Army Reserve combat engineers from the 420th Engineer Company, of Indiana, Pa., smile after finishing the X-Mile event, a final race stretching a...
- + Sapper teams rush for the win during X-Mile event—U.S. Army Reserve combat engineers from the 391st Engineer Company, of Boise, Idaho, run toward the finish line of the X-Mile event, a final race stre...
- + Sapper teams rush for the win during X-Mile event—U.S. Army Reserve combat engineers from the 391st Engineer Company, of Boise, Idaho, run toward the finish line of the X-Mile event, a final race stre...
- + Army Reserve firefighters blaze through CSTX—Approximately 40 Army Reserve firefighters from numerous engineer detachments have converged here to participate in hands-on training exercises as par...
- + Reserve combat engineers dig deep for success on international stage—When Team Breacher deployed to Hohenfels, Germany, to play the role of enemy forces, they didn't fight against international foes, but their own natio...
- + Army Reserve, active Army engineers bridge the gap on training—U.S. Army Reserve and active Army engineer units cooperated in constructing a movable bridge across the Arkansas River to create a path for units to c...
- + River masters piece it together like a puzzle—Bridges serve a straight path for troops and vehicles to go from point A to B. But how do they cross a river, from shore to shore, without a bridge to...
- + Combat 'multi-tool' unit trains to send engineers to Sapper School—The 374th Engineer Company (Sapper) spent two weeks in the field training - 12 to 18 hours each day - to prepare their leaders for the elite Sapper Le...
- + Army Reserve Soldier hits bull's-eye during Interservice Rifle Championship—A Soldier with the Army Reserve took top honors at the 54th annual Interservice Rifle Team Championship. Capt. Samuel Freeman, who earned the title of...
- + Map expert seeks to help engineer command reach its destination—He's a self-proclaimed "map geek," and he's the first Soldier to join the newest geospatial cell at an engineer command in Illinois. And right now, he...
- + The 'damnit' that saved the day—The Army Reserve Soldiers stood at the gate, waiting to carry the American flag and U.S. Army colors forward. This would be their first time presentin...
- + Army Reserve must think resourcefully in fiscally stringent times—After World War II, Winston Churchill is credited with saying, "Gentlemen, we have run out of money. Now we have to think."
- + From doctrine to joint command—What happens when half of a unit deploys from a command headquarters responsible for more than 12,000 Soldiers?
- + What the TEC? Redesigning Theater Engineer Commands in the Army Reserve—The Army Reserve has the only two Theater Engineer Commands (TECs) across the entire Department of Defense, and they're currently undergoing a major c...
- + Chicago ruck march held in honor of struggling veterans—Approximately 450 people gathered for a 22-mile ruck march on May 22, just days before Memorial Day to bring awareness to veteran suicides and the str...
- + From beasts of burden to Best Warrior—After a full day of driving around central Idaho to repair and install heating and cooling systems, Dee McMurdo comes home to his ranch to raise the l...
- + Help from on high—Aviation soldiers from various units around the Army have come here under the umbrella of Task Force Northstar to provide casualty evacuation (CASEVAC...
- + Best Warrior winners advance to compete at Army Reserve competition—After four days of physically and mentally grueling events, winners from the 412th and 416th Theater Engineer Commands (TEC) were selected to advance ...
- + COMMENTARY: Celebrating Easter while deployed overseas—An Army Reserve chaplain discusses a sunrise Easter service he helped conduct in Iraq in 2011, and the importance of keeping deployed Soldiers in pray...
- + Engineer Company paves, succeeds through solid leadership, training—There is a special emphasis in the Army Reserve right now to identify units that promote positive practices and encourage Soldiers to stay. This effor...
- + Stepping into women's combat boots—A story highlighting the commitment and personal challenges women face today to serve in uniform as U.S. Soldiers.
- + Chevrons for coach: How a first sergeant uses his military experience as a wrestling coach—When he first applied for the wrestling coaching job at his former high school, 1st Sgt. Joshua Engel thought he had a mat win in his hands.
- + 416th TEC officially welcomes commanding general, promotes deputy commander—The 416th Theater Engineer Command (TEC) officially saluted its two newest highest-ranking leaders in March with an assumption of command of their new...
- + Drinking coffee with former enemies, building partnerships with current allies—Capt. Nicholas Niedenthal was one of the officers selected for the Military Reserve Exchange Program last year and spent two weeks in Germany learning...
- + The Army's 911: Opening the hose on Army fire truck maintenance—The Army Reserve is now working to service, repair and re-certify its firefighting trucks to meet National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standard...
- + Trauma junkies: Army medics going beyond the battlefield—The Sapper Advanced Tactical Medical Course is 18 days long and goes far beyond the standard Army medics training. It combines five different medical ...
- + Why I Serve: A choice you don't have to make—A few years back, I read a story about a woman who spat in the face of a soldier at the airport. I don't know the reason why. Maybe she hated war and ...
- + Chicagoland military members salute the Snowball Express—They marched in unison through the airport corridor, keeping in step, not to a military cadence, but to the joyful music of Christmas carolers. Army...
- + Families bond during Soldiers deployment through the Yellow Ribbon Program—It's been four months into a year-long deployment since the 304th Engineer Company's Soldiers departed to Afghanistan and Kuwait. The separation often...
- + Army Reserve participates in community event promoting safety—Local county police, fire and other rescue and community organizations whose responsibility it is to provide a safe and secure environment took part i...
- + 416th TEC presents ceremony honoring lost service members—An audience gathers slowly taking their seats in front of 18 candles representing the lives of Soldiers who died while in service of their country. Fa...
- + Army Reserve engineer command chief encourages JROTC cadets to shoot for the top—This was the fourth time this year a senior leader from the 416th TEC visited a Chicago high school to promote science, technology, engineering and ma...
- + Army Reserve lays down the hammer, striking through mine fields with a force—It looks like a giant rototiller, except the Army doesn't intend on planting gardens with it. Instead, the M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle is designed to ...
- + The method behind the machine: Surgeon, shooter, Soldier—Between surgeries, his Army obligations, and shooting rifle competitions, it's hard to tell where one role begins and another ends.
- + Soldiers take first shot at Army Reserve Small Arms Championship—"One more push up might not save your life, but one shot might defeat the enemy." The Army Reserve hosted its first small arms competition to let S...
- + Refining shooters' instincts in the Army Reserve—There's nothing natural about shooting a rifle. Marksmanship goes against every instinct a Soldier has. That's why the Army Reserve has a mobile marks...
- + 2014 US Army Reserve Best Warrior takes only the best—Only the best can hack it. Only 42 of the best made it to here for the 2014 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition.
- + Chemical Soldiers slay Green Dragon during decontamination exercise—Soldiers from the 323rd Chemical Biological Nuclear Radiation (CBRN) Company performed a decontamination training exercise known as Green Dragon on Au...
- + Army Reserve delivers solutions to the STEM problem—Imagine having to order a pizza five or six times before finally finding a restaurant that can promise delivery.
- + Vibrant Response trains chemical Soldiers to respond to potential disaster—Vibrant Response is an annual exercise hosted around the Indianapolis area designed to simulate a nuclear catastrophe. Approximately 5,500 individuals...
- + Joliet Training Area receives first major facelift using Soldier muscle—This was the first time in 14 years the Joliet Training Area (JTA) received a major facelift.
- + Dog days of summer for Army, Navy engineers: Soldiers and Sailors partner with Search Dog Foundation—U.S. Army Reserve engineer Soldiers had a unique opportunity this summer to get quality training while providing a service truly in line with the Army...
- + The threat beneath the ground: Geologist competes in Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition—Unlike the buried bombs he faced in Iraq, the danger beneath the earth's shifting layers is quiet. Not explosive or sudden, but gradual.
- + Soldier learns being biggest, strongest has its limits in Best Warrior Competition—When he steps up to the mat in a hand-to-hand combat tournament, Spc. Rahmad Gholston goes by his warrior name: Ghost.
- + Soldier calms inner storm as he braves through Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition—Months ago, Sgt. Juan Jackson sat on a bus full of Soldiers staring out the window. That moment. He remembers it still.
- + Chief change: 416th TEC receives new command chief warrant officer—There was a change of the guard at the command chief position for the 416th Theater Engineer Command (TEC) this weekend. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Th...
- + Children toot Army Reserve's horn at Touch a Truck—Children crawled through a humvee, trying on combat helmets and beeped the horn while pretending to drive. Parents took photos and asked questions abo...
- + Training drives the future of Sapper Stakes—"Training is always great. The spirit of competition with lives high in engineers and sappers, so when you raise the level of training and make it com...
- + Reserve engineer command Soldiers test their mettle in Best Warrior Competition—The 2014 412th and 416th Theater Engineer Commands' Combined Best Warrior Competition kicked off in near-freezing weather conditions adding an extra c...
- + Military children learn from nutrition education class—April is the Month of the Military Child, and this month celebrates the 27th year since the military child has been seen as a key component to sustain...
- + Wisconsin governor recognizes Army Reserve soldier—Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker presented a state certificate of achievement to an Army Reserve soldier in Madison, Feb. 10, for his accomplishment in the...
- + Two-star general visits Chicago-based JROTC academy—An Army Reserve two-star general officer visited a Chicago-based JROTC academy to promote good citizenship and education to a group of cadets, March 3...
- + Military engineers helps build homes for Navajo Nation—Soldiers from the 389th Engineer Company, stationed in Middletown, Iowa, along with Navy Seabees and Air Force engineers, worked with the Southwest In...
- + Soldier versus winter in the 372nd Engineer Brigade Best Warrior Competition—Competitors overcame the winter climate conditions to claim the 372nd Engineer Brigade's Best Warrior title at Fort McCoy on March 10-14, 2013. Soldi...
- + Families gather to light candles in memory of lost service members—One at a time, families walked up the aisle of St. John Lutheran Church to light a candle in honor of loved ones Nov. 2.
- + Taking it back—Cpl. Lance Clifford, intelligence analyst, 301st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, 416th Theater Engineer Command, McCord, Wash., is competing in the 2013...
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