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From left, Rick Sewell, the deputy commission for the Homewood Police Department, Col. Edward Merrigan, commander, 308th Civil Affairs Brigade, Congresswoman Robin Kelly from Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District and Tamara Jordan, the veteran’s representative for U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, cut the ceremonial ribbon marking the re-opening of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Army Reserve Center in Homewood, Illinois, October 15.
Ribbon Cutting
From left, Rick Sewell, the deputy commission for the Homewood Police Department, Col. Edward Merrigan, commander, 308th Civil Affairs Brigade, Congresswoman Robin Kelly from Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District and Tamara Jordan, the veteran’s representative for U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, cut the ceremonial ribbon marking the re-opening of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Army Reserve Center in Homewood, Illinois, October 15.
The newly re-opened Vietnam Veterans Memorial Army Reserve Center in Homewood, Illinois, recently completed a $15 million renovation and expansion. Included in the upgrades is a solar array that helps power entire facility.
Ribbon Cutting
The newly re-opened Vietnam Veterans Memorial Army Reserve Center in Homewood, Illinois, recently completed a $15 million renovation and expansion. Included in the upgrades is a solar array that helps power entire facility.
HOMEWOOD, Illinois (October 15, 2016) – The newly re-opened Vietnam Veterans Memorial Army Reserve Center in Homewood, Illinois, recently completed a $15 million renovation and expansion. The facility was officially re-opened during a ribbon cutting ceremony October 15. The new center has geothermal and solar power energy sources; life, health and safety code enhancements; additional parking spaces and enhanced force protection measures. The facility also doubled in square footage as there is now more than 37,000 square feet of space.
Ribbon Cutting
HOMEWOOD, Illinois (October 15, 2016) – The newly re-opened Vietnam Veterans Memorial Army Reserve Center in Homewood, Illinois, recently completed a $15 million renovation and expansion. The facility was officially re-opened during a ribbon cutting ceremony October 15. The new center has geothermal and solar power energy sources; life, health and safety code enhancements; additional parking spaces and enhanced force protection measures. The facility also doubled in square footage as there is now more than 37,000 square feet of space.
HOMEWOOD, Illinois (October 15, 2016) – Col. Kurt Wagner, director of the Directorate of Public Works for 88th Regional Support Command, talks about the improvements made to the newly re-opened Vietnam Veterans Memorial Army Reserve Center in Homewood, Illinois, October 15. Wagner heads up the 88th RSC organization that is tasked with maintaining the more than 275 facilities across the 19-state region from Ohio to Washington state.
Ribbon Cutting
HOMEWOOD, Illinois (October 15, 2016) – Col. Kurt Wagner, director of the Directorate of Public Works for 88th Regional Support Command, talks about the improvements made to the newly re-opened Vietnam Veterans Memorial Army Reserve Center in Homewood, Illinois, October 15. Wagner heads up the 88th RSC organization that is tasked with maintaining the more than 275 facilities across the 19-state region from Ohio to Washington state.
FREMONT, Ohio (October 2, 2016) – Brigadier Gen. Stephen E. Strand, deputy commanding general, 88th Regional Support Command, listens to Christine Weininger, executive director of the Hayes Presidential Library and Museum, during a pre-ceremony tour of the museum. Strand placed a wreath at the President Rutherford B. Hayes burial site to honor the 19th President of the United States, Oct. 2.
Hayes Museum
FREMONT, Ohio (October 2, 2016) – Brigadier Gen. Stephen E. Strand, deputy commanding general, 88th Regional Support Command, listens to Christine Weininger, executive director of the Hayes Presidential Library and Museum, during a pre-ceremony tour of the museum. Strand placed a wreath at the President Rutherford B. Hayes burial site to honor the 19th President of the United States, Oct. 2.
FREMONT, Ohio (October 2, 2016) – Brigadier Gen. Stephen E. Strand, left, deputy commanding general, 88th Regional Support Command, and Chap. (Maj.) Scott Hagen, deputy command chaplain, 88th RSC, salute the wreath they placed at the tomb for President Rutherford B. Hayes during a ceremony honoring the 19th president in Fremont, Ohio, October 2.
Hayes Museum
FREMONT, Ohio (October 2, 2016) – Brigadier Gen. Stephen E. Strand, left, deputy commanding general, 88th Regional Support Command, and Chap. (Maj.) Scott Hagen, deputy command chaplain, 88th RSC, salute the wreath they placed at the tomb for President Rutherford B. Hayes during a ceremony honoring the 19th president in Fremont, Ohio, October 2.
FREMONT, Ohio (October 2, 2016) – Brigadier Gen. Stephen E. Strand, deputy commanding general, 88th Regional Support Command, speaks to the gathered crowd about the legacy and service of Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the president’s burial site in Fremont, Ohio, October 2.
Hayes Museum
FREMONT, Ohio (October 2, 2016) – Brigadier Gen. Stephen E. Strand, deputy commanding general, 88th Regional Support Command, speaks to the gathered crowd about the legacy and service of Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the president’s burial site in Fremont, Ohio, October 2.
FREMONT, Ohio (October 2, 2016) – Playing Taps is a tradition at many military memorials. Here, Sgt. Marty Maggart, bugler, 338th Army Band, 88th Regional Support Command, plays the traditional song during the wreath-laying ceremony for President Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States, in Fremont, Ohio, October 2.
Hayes Museum
FREMONT, Ohio (October 2, 2016) – Playing Taps is a tradition at many military memorials. Here, Sgt. Marty Maggart, bugler, 338th Army Band, 88th Regional Support Command, plays the traditional song during the wreath-laying ceremony for President Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States, in Fremont, Ohio, October 2.
Brigadier Gen. Stephen E. Strand, center, deputy commanding general, 88th Regional Support Command, addresses the more than 600 attendees to the Yellow Ribbon pre-, during and post-deployment event at Minneapolis Sept. 10. The event allows Soldiers and their family members a chance to learn more about benefits available, how to cope with deployments and other deployment-related information.
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Brigadier Gen. Stephen E. Strand, center, deputy commanding general, 88th Regional Support Command, addresses the more than 600 attendees to the Yellow Ribbon pre-, during and post-deployment event at Minneapolis Sept. 10. The event allows Soldiers and their family members a chance to learn more about benefits available, how to cope with deployments and other deployment-related information.
Soldiers and family members visit the booths set up at the Yellow Ribbon event in Minneapolis, Sept. 10. The booths provide information on Soldier and family programs as well as financial counseling and education opportunities.
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Soldiers and family members visit the booths set up at the Yellow Ribbon event in Minneapolis, Sept. 10. The booths provide information on Soldier and family programs as well as financial counseling and education opportunities.
Sergeant 1st Class Jolaina Falkenstein, a Yellow Ribbon presenter, 88th Regional Support Command, talks to Soldiers and family members who have recently completed a deployment during the Yellow Ribbon event at Minneapolis, Sept. 10.
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Sergeant 1st Class Jolaina Falkenstein, a Yellow Ribbon presenter, 88th Regional Support Command, talks to Soldiers and family members who have recently completed a deployment during the Yellow Ribbon event at Minneapolis, Sept. 10.
Susan Schroeder, a personal finance counselor with the 88th Regional Support Command-sponsored Yellow Ribbon, speaks to Soldiers and family members during a “Take Control of Your Finances” briefing during the Yellow Ribbon event at Minneapolis, Sept. 10. Schroeder helps family members and Soldiers prepare financially for a deployment as well how to manage personal finances after a deployment.
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Susan Schroeder, a personal finance counselor with the 88th Regional Support Command-sponsored Yellow Ribbon, speaks to Soldiers and family members during a “Take Control of Your Finances” briefing during the Yellow Ribbon event at Minneapolis, Sept. 10. Schroeder helps family members and Soldiers prepare financially for a deployment as well how to manage personal finances after a deployment.
Erik Engel presents a briefing on family reintegration to Soldiers and family members who are more than 180 days past returning from a deployment during a Yellow Ribbon event in Minneapolis, Sept. 10. Engel presents topics basic on family reintegration, stress and other family-related issues with deployments during Yellow Ribbon events.
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Erik Engel presents a briefing on family reintegration to Soldiers and family members who are more than 180 days past returning from a deployment during a Yellow Ribbon event in Minneapolis, Sept. 10. Engel presents topics basic on family reintegration, stress and other family-related issues with deployments during Yellow Ribbon events.
Bryan and Rachelle Witherow pose for a family photo with their children in the Fall of 2015. (Photo courtesy of Catherine Threat)
A Family Prepares for Deployment
Bryan and Rachelle Witherow pose for a family photo with their children in the Fall of 2015. (Photo courtesy of Catherine Threat)
Sgt. Rachelle Witherow, 88th Regional Support Command, receives a promotion with the help of her three sons during a ceremony at the 88th RSC Headquarters on Fort McCoy, Wis., April 3, 2015. (U.S. Army Reserve photo courtesy of Sgt. 1st Class Corey Beal)
A Family Prepares for Deployment
Sgt. Rachelle Witherow, 88th Regional Support Command, receives a promotion with the help of her three sons during a ceremony at the 88th RSC Headquarters on Fort McCoy, Wis., April 3, 2015. (U.S. Army Reserve photo courtesy of Sgt. 1st Class Corey Beal)
Sgt. Rachelle Witherow and her family pose for a photo after her promotion ceremony at the 88th RSC Headquarters on Fort McCoy, Wis., April 3, 2015. (U.S. Army Reserve photo courtesy of Sgt. 1st Class Corey Beal)
A Family Prepares for Deployment
Sgt. Rachelle Witherow and her family pose for a photo after her promotion ceremony at the 88th RSC Headquarters on Fort McCoy, Wis., April 3, 2015. (U.S. Army Reserve photo courtesy of Sgt. 1st Class Corey Beal)
Bryan and Rachelle Witherow pose for a family photo with their children in the Fall of 2015. (Photo courtesy of Catherine Threat)
A Family Prepares for Deployment
Bryan and Rachelle Witherow pose for a family photo with their children in the Fall of 2015. (Photo courtesy of Catherine Threat)
David Graham, left, a heavy mobile equipment repair supervisor for Area Maintenance Support Activity (AMSA) 56, shows Maj. Gen. Patrick Reinert, commanding general of 88th Regional Support Command, and David Fyfe, director of logistics, 88th RSC, a new vehicle diagnostic machine at the Whitehall, Ohio, facility Aug. 29.
Supply Room
David Graham, left, a heavy mobile equipment repair supervisor for Area Maintenance Support Activity (AMSA) 56, shows Maj. Gen. Patrick Reinert, commanding general of 88th Regional Support Command, and David Fyfe, director of logistics, 88th RSC, a new vehicle diagnostic machine at the Whitehall, Ohio, facility Aug. 29.
Jordan Lynch, left, unit administrator for the 338th Army Band, shows Maj. Gen. Patrick Reinert, commanding general of 88th Regional Support Command, the practice hall during a tour of the unit’s facilities Aug. 29.
Supply Room
Jordan Lynch, left, unit administrator for the 338th Army Band, shows Maj. Gen. Patrick Reinert, commanding general of 88th Regional Support Command, the practice hall during a tour of the unit’s facilities Aug. 29.
David Graham, center, a heavy mobile equipment repair supervisor for Area Maintenance Support Activity (AMSA) 56, speaks to Maj. Gen. Patrick Reinert, commanding general of 88th Regional Support Command, about the job Sara Swango, left, a maintenance administrative supply technician, does to keep AMSA 56 ready to meet the maintenance needs of the more than 90 units it supports.
Supply Room
David Graham, center, a heavy mobile equipment repair supervisor for Area Maintenance Support Activity (AMSA) 56, speaks to Maj. Gen. Patrick Reinert, commanding general of 88th Regional Support Command, about the job Sara Swango, left, a maintenance administrative supply technician, does to keep AMSA 56 ready to meet the maintenance needs of the more than 90 units it supports.
88th Regional Support Command Featured Stories
October 18, 2016 - Flanked by Soldiers, both past and present, the current facility commander as well as elected officials from the neighboring community and a local fire official cut the ribbon to mark the official opening of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Army Reserve Center in Homewood, Illinois, October 15.
October 3, 2016 - Amid the backdrop of warm Midwestern fall afternoon, a former President of the United States was remembered for his service to the nation with a wreath-laying ceremony October 2.
September 15, 2016 - Deployments are a fact of life for anyone who chooses to live the life of a service member. Since the start of the Global War on Terrorism, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines have been deployed to fight that fight.
September 14, 2016 - Military families have always faced challenges. None quite as demanding as a combat deployment. While combat is the Soldiers’ mission alone, deployment is a family endeavor.
September 7, 2016 - WHITEHALL, Ohio – Regional Support Commands are unique elements to the Army Reserve. The 88th RSC
September 7, 2016 - Success is measured in many ways. For Area Maintenance Support Activity (AMSA) 56 in Whitehall, Ohio, success came in the form of the Army Chief of Staff Supply Excellence Award presented to the staff there by Maj. Gen. Patrick Reinert, commanding general of the 88th Regional Support Command, August 29.
August 26, 2016 - Soldiers learned the depth and breadth of the U.S. Army’s Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) program during a two-week course at the 88th Regional Support Command Headquarters at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, from August 1 to 12.
August 22, 2016 - INDIANAPOLIS (August 20, 2016) – On the 183rd anniversary of his birth, more than 60 people gathered to celebrate the life and presidency of Benjamin Harrison at his memorial site in the Crown Hill Cemetery of Indianapolis, August 20.
August 9, 2016 - As the 88th Regional Support Command’s Operation Platinum Support mission continues, the benefits of this unique program are stacking up for Soldiers, their units, Equipment Concentration Site 67 and the 88th RSC. Operation Platinum Support allows U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers in low-density supply and maintenance specialties to perform and gain proficiency in their technical skills while acting in direct support to the numerous exercises taking place on Fort McCoy.
July 19, 2016 - Army Reserve Ambassadors, ARA’s, tell the Soldier’s story at the federal, state and local government levels. It is important the Army Reserve helps them understand the story they tell. The 88th Regional Support Command provided an opportunity for ARA’s to gain first hand insight into what it takes for Soldiers and military leaders to achieve the readiness required to meet the challenges of an evolving military environment.
July 18, 2016 - Celebrating the legacy of President Warren G. Harding brought Soldiers, local leaders, family members, historians and local residents to this small, central Ohio town as a wreath was placed at the Harding Memorial, July 16, in the town he called home from the time he was 18.
June 29, 2016 - Retired Col. Gerald W. Meyer, an ambassador for Wisconsin, was one of the selections for his more
May 16, 2016 - Key leaders of the 88th Regional Support Command, including 88th RSC Commanding General Maj. Gen. Patrick Reinert and newly appointed Deputy Commanding General Col. (P) Steven Strand, along with representatives of their supported commands throughout the 19 state region conducted a two day Strategic Planning Session on Fort McCoy, Wis., May 11-12.
May 9, 2016 - 88th Regional Support Command Equipment Concentration Site - 67 personnel train Soldiers from the
April 13, 2016 - The strength of the Army Reserve is only as strong as the relationships that support the Soldiers within it. The Army Reserve works to improve the resiliency of those relationships with a chaplain-led program called Strong Bonds.
April 8, 2016 - Being designated a facility coordinator as an additional duty for an Army Reserve Center can be a daunting task. To help make it easier, the 88th Regional Support Command conducted a Facility Coordinators Workshop at its headquarters on Fort McCoy, Wis., April 5-6.
March 24, 2016 - The 88th Regional Support Command hosted Army Reserve Soldiers and their family members at a Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program Event held in downtown Minneapolis, March 18-20, 2016. The event reached an outstanding 92 percent participation rate.
March 16, 2016 - The Army Reserve's 88th Regional Support Command is working to conserve the Northern Long-Eared Bat in order to protect biologically critical species and mission essential training lands.
March 5, 2016 - The 88th Regional Support Command manages a small, but crucial part in The Army Memorial Program which honors fallen Soldiers by memorializing facilities in their name. It also has a responsibility to Soldiers, families, units and communities to stay true to the purpose of the program.
February 16, 2016 - The 88th Regional Support Command hosted more than 400 Army Reserve Soldiers representing 13 Army Reserve Units from 17 States, one Air National Guard Unit, and their Family members at a Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program Event held in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, Feb. 5-7, 2016.
February 9, 2016 - The life and legacy of President William McKinley was remembered during an annual wreath laying ceremony at his Presidential Library and Museum in Canton, Ohio, Jan. 30, 2016.
February 5, 2016 - The 88th Regional Support Command conducted an Army Communities of Excellence Organizational Assessment Course based on the Baldrige Excellence Framework at RSC headquarters, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Feb. 1-5. Dr. James Foot, senior analyst/strategic planner, Army National Guard Business Transformation Office, instructed more than twenty-five 88th RSC personnel from the headquarters, RPACs, AMSA and ECS shops.
December 4, 2015 - Army Reserve Soldiers and civilians of the 88th Regional Support Command bid farewell to Maj. Gen. Karen Ledoux and welcomed in Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Reinert as their new commanding general during a change of command ceremony on Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Dec. 4.
October 21, 2015 - The 88th Regional Support Command provides a vast array of services and support to more than 55,000 Army Reserve service members and civilians across its 19-state area of responsibility.
June 12, 2015 - Army Maintenance Support Activity 38 was awarded the Army’s supply excellence award during the 11th Annual Chief of Staff of the Army’s Combined Logistics Excellence Awards ceremony, hosted at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, June 10.
May 12, 2015 - The 88th Regional Support Command currently has the distinction of hosting the first Stryker Field Level Maintenance New Equipment Training (FLMNET) to take place in the Army Reserve, at Equipment Concentration Site 10, April 24-May 12.
April 22, 2015 - Every year, Earth Day is recognized worldwide in an effort to increase awareness and concern for the environment. Although Earth Day is celebrated on April 22, environmental stewardship is an ongoing effort throughout the Army Reserve. The 88th Regional Support Command honors that responsibility with numerous ongoing projects, initiatives and adherence to prescribed environmental guidelines and strict regulations. In total, the 88th RSC oversees more than 10,000 acres at 312 different locations in the command’s 19-state region, which spans the northern U.S. from the Ohio River to the Pacific Coast.

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