A medic assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, has been accepted into the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Doctor program.

A combat engineer team from the 82nd Airborne Division recently won the 2016 U.S. Army ‘Best Sapper’ Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

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5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment - Spc. Nathan Mowday, an infantryman assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, practices restoring breathing to a simulated casualty before being tested on the task for the Expert Infantryman Badge at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Apr. 5, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Steven Schneider)

Army Posture Statement The 2016 Army Posture Statement is the annual written testimonial of the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army submitted to Congress. The 2016 Army Posture Statement describes the Army’s vision for providing ready forces.

The Honorable Patrick J. Murphy, Acting Secretary of the U. S. Army, spoke during the recent U.S. Army Reserve Senior Leader Conference on Fort Bragg, N.C.

The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, recently cased its colors during an inactivation ceremony on Kelley Hill at Fort Benning, Ga.

This summer, for the first time, a Pacific Pathways rotation will involve bringing nations from the Pacific region to the U. S. to engage in exercises.

FRONTLINEU.S. Army Forces Command

Apr. 29, 2016 | Volume VI, Issue 17

“Having a ‘fight-tonight mindset’ is at the heart of what Army readiness is about. Our whole warfighting concept across the U.S. Army is about rapid deployment, expeditionary operations in a very austere environment.”

– Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend Commanding General,

XVIII Airborne Corps Apr. 19, 2016, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Senior Leaders A ‘fight-tonight mindset’

On Point Changing Management Behavior: Every Dollar CountsArmy Directive 2016-16, Changing Management Behavior: Every Dollar Counts is the foundational start of a bold campaign to shape a culture that consistently practices good management behavior to ensure that every dollar the U.S. Army spends counts towards fielding a trained and ready force. The purpose of this campaign is two-fold: adapt best financial management practices and improve outcomes to support the Army’s #1 priority of readiness. The Army has adapted many elements including the size of the force to account for a future with reduced projected funding levels. Many elements of the Army have already modified their management behaviors; this campaign seeks to complete that transformation.

By Paul Boyce, FORSCOM Public Affairs

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (April 24, 2016) -- “We have codified in writing a partnership program between the U.S. Army Reserve and the active-duty Army,” Gen. Robert B. “Abe” Abrams, the commanding general of U.S. Army Forces Com-mand said to a Fort Bragg, N.C., summit meeting attended by more than 200 Army Reserve senior leaders.

“The whole point of partnerships is that it’s got to be mutually beneficial. This is what it’s about,” said Gen. Abrahms. “This is how we can make partnership a reality so we can build readi-ness in both forces simultaneously.”

The Total Force training partnerships permit commanders to establish relationships where commanders seek out multi-component, mutu-ally beneficial training opportunities that are scheduled well in advance, so that exercise di-rectors and senior trainers may coordinate multi-component aspects with the assistance of First Army.

As part of the Total Army Force, training to-gether increases readiness in all units and en-hances the partner relationship between the Army’s three components: active, National Guard and Army Reserve.

Gen. Abrams cited successful ongoing exam-ples between the active-duty Army and the Army Reserve Components, including Military Police brigades, medical brigades, Signal brigades, Army engineer and chemical units.

“We can do better,” Gen. Abrams said. “Our logisticians are doing a good job. For at least 10 years in the sustainment community, they’ve created a community of practice and purpose to leverage each others’ exercises.”

Given the pace of military operations and the world’s uncertainty, Gen. Abrams said: “It will take all 980,000 of us in the U.S. Army to execute the Defense Strategic Guidance. That means all of you and your forces are really im-portant. Thank you for your leadership. It’s really important what we have in our Army.”

General Robert B. “Abe” Abrams, commanding general, U.S. Army Forces Command, takes a question from an attendee at the Total Force Partnership summit, Apr. 24, 2016, at Fort Bragg, N.C. (U.S. Army photo by Paul Boyce)

General Abrams highlights Total Force partnership successes, opportunities

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Above Soldiers and civilians assigned to the U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarters at Fort Bragg, N.C., honor the 108th anniversary of the of the U.S. Army Reserve, Apr. 21, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Timothy L. Hale)

Left Sgt. Christina Tuck, a signal systems support specialist assigned to C Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, performs push ups during the Army Physical Fitness Test portion of the 82nd Abn. Div. Paratrooper and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year competition on Fort Bragg, N.C., Apr. 25, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Alexander Burnett)

Right Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, march to the parade grounds to take part in the opening ceremonies for Exercise Strike Back at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Apr. 11, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Donald Brown)

Left Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, drag a weighted litter during a physical training competition at Fort Stewart, Ga., Apr. 7, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Payton Wilson)

Above 1st Sgt. Jose Casillas, a paratrooper assigned to the 307th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conducts a dynamic thermal breach during the U.S. Army ‘Best Sapper’ Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Apr. 19, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hewitt)