October 12, 2016 - RICHMOND, Va. – It’s sad when you lose a family member. That’s how some of the 80th Training Command
October 3, 2016 - Compassion. Hope. Commitment. These are some of the reasons people participated in the Suicide Prevention Awareness 5K Fun Run/Walk at the Defense Supply Center here, on Sep. 28, 2016. The 80th Training Command (TASS) held the event for all Department of Defense employees and their families.
September 23, 2016 - Military life brings with it a unique array of challenges and often stressful conditions that can test the resiliency of Soldiers and their families.
September 21, 2016 - Two years after assuming command of the 100th Training Division, Brig. Gen. Jason L. Walrath addressed the division’s Soldiers family members and friends one last time as the outgoing commander during a Change of Command Ceremony at Brooks Parade Field, Sept. 11, 2016.
August 18, 2016 - Safety can often be perceived as a regulatory requirement rather than an adjustable process designed to meet the unique needs of a unit. For the 80th Training Command, one of these unique needs include a safety accreditation requirement certifying that training facilities across the command can teach Soldiers of all three Army components in accordance with the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command’s One Army School System.
August 2, 2016 - The 94th Training Division (Force Sustainment) has a proud lineage as a World War II infantry division and a Regional Support Command. The division was originally intended to be headquartered in Puerto Rico, so it's fitting that nearly 100 years later, the 94th TD welcomed Brig. Gen. Hector Lopez, a native of the island, as its new commander.
July 25, 2016 - Maj. Gen. A.C. Roper, commanding general of the 80th Training Command, participated in the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives 40th Anniversary Training Conference and Exhibition held in the District of Columbia July 16-20, 2016.
July 13, 2016 - Twenty eight year old Tom Kelly has worked tirelessly for the past 6 years trying to preserve the memory of the 100th Infantry Division, known affectionately as the Century Division. Kelly is motivated by the legacy of his grandfather, Thomas B. Harper III, who served with the100th ID during WWII.
June 23, 2016 - Capt. Tanya Mayes, an Army Reserve attorney assigned to 80th Training Command received the 2015 American Bar Association’s Legal Assistance for Military Personnel Distinguished Service Award during a ceremony at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center June 10, 2016.
June 22, 2016 - During a recent three-day visit to 5th Brigade 94th Training Division in Puerto Rico, Maj. Gen. A.C. Roper, commander of the 80th Training Command, said the brigade has unique qualities that he can't measure in a matrix during a PowerPoint presentation.
June 1, 2016 - Motorcycle engines roared and a bright, spring sun blazed in the sky as hundreds of people poured
May 18, 2016 - Lt. Col. Nicole Spears, commander 11th/100th Military Intelligence Battalion, 100th Training Division, embraced the idea of a unit clothing drive for the less fortunate, after Capt. Andrew Jones, the battalion’s human resources officer, made the suggestion.
May 17, 2016 - The 94th Training Division conducted a ground breaking ceremony for a new training facility here May 12, 2016.
April 29, 2016 - As the first Army Reserve Soldier to earn the Evaluating Instructors Course certification in the Ordnance branch, Sgt. 1st Class Jessica Choate, 3rd Brigade 94th Training Division is now qualified to train fellow instructors to become “instructor evaluators.”
April 21, 2016 - Capt. Gina Thomas, 1st Battalion 311th Regiment Combat Service Support, said while she was a company commander, she saw first-hand how sexual assault damages victims.
April 13, 2016 - Spc. Abraham Keith had never considered himself much of a mechanic before he arrived at Regional Training Site Maintenance-Fort Devens, Mass.
April 5, 2016 - A brisk spring wind whipped through the assembled troops as members of the 102nd Training Division said farewell to Brig. Gen. John Elam and Command Sgt. Maj. John Stumph as they welcomed Brig. Gen. Miyako Schanely and Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Provost during a ceremony at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. March 3, 2016.
March 25, 2016 - With an eye toward the future and the goal of developing the best instructor/facilitators in the Army, the 80th Training Command launched its new historic Staff and Faculty Development Academy at Grand Prairie, Texas, March 7, 2016.
March 22, 2016 - With March being Women’s History Month, Command Sgt. Maj. Sharon Campbell made history by becoming 94th Training Division’s first female senior enlisted advisor. She replaced Command Sgt. Maj. Arlindo Almeida during a change of responsibility ceremony here at the Wylie Hall.
March 15, 2016 - Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Aparicio, and Spc. George Weeks, both representing the 94th Training Division, won the 80th Training Command 2016 Best Warrior Competition in the non-commissioned officer and lower enlisted Soldier categories, respectively, March 9-13, 2016.
March 11, 2016 - Staff Sgt. Hector Marrero credits the training and education he’s received as an information technology specialist in the Army Reserve with helping him land a job in the civilian sector as an IT analyst.
March 11, 2016 - Approximately 20 Reserve Soldiers from across the nation are here to compete in the 80th Training Command annual Best Warrior Competition March 10-13, 2016.
March 8, 2016 - Approximately 27 Reserve Soldiers from across the 80th Training Command participated in a health and fitness training event for individuals with body weight and Army Physical Fitness Test challenges at the command headquarters here, March 4-6, 2016.
March 2, 2016 - With more than three decades of knowledge as a petroleum supply specialist, Russell Datts brings an extraordinary level of experience and enthusiasm to the classroom as a civilian contractor who teaches the Petroleum Specialist Reclassification Course at The Army School System Training Center Fort Lee, Virginia.
February 24, 2016 - RICHMOND, Va. - Leaders representing subordinate units from across the Army Reserve’s 80th Training Command met here to participate in three days of Chain of Command training facilitated by the 80th TC’s Family Programs office.
COC training is designed to teach each unit’s command team how to implement and oversee a Family Readiness Group.
February 24, 2016 - If a sexual assaulted victim ends up at the emergency room of a Richmond area hospital, chances are the hospital will call a victim advocate affiliated with The Regional Hospital Accompaniment Response Team to help that victim.
Thanks to William Downey, the 80th Training Command Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Program manager, RHART advocates now know that they have the option to refer sexual assault victims who are service members to their unit SHARP offices.
December 10, 2015 - FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. (Dec. 1, 2015) -- Army Reserve engineers provide critical support to the Total Army mission during deployments and save the Army thousands of dollars through troop projects on installations like Fort Hunter Liggett, or FHL.
The 80th Total Army School System, or TASS, Training Center , or 80th TTC, conducts 30 percent of engineer training. Maj. Fernando Lavana, 80th TTC commandant, said its training load will increase in the near future with their new school house, which is expected to be completed in 2016.
November 25, 2015 - Sgt. 1st Class Marion Fox stands in front of his class explaining the finer points of master data elements in the Defense Travel System and the Army's General Fund Enterprise Business System during phase one of the 94th Training Division's Finance Senior Leaders Course at Fort Dix, N.J.
The FSLC is designed to improve students’ practical skills in the field of Army finance, so learning to navigate between DTS and GFEBS is an essential component of ensuring that soldiers get the money they're owed.
November 24, 2015 - Two weeks after Staff Sgt. Jadrian Whitfield won the 80th Training Command Instructor of the Year competition in the enlisted category, the human intelligence collector instructor has captured the IOY title at the Army Reserve Command level.
She said, while winning the competition is rewarding, being an instructor allows her as a leader to help fellow Soldiers learn and grow into confident and competent professionals.
November 19, 2015 - A 58-year-old Vietnam veteran, who prefers to be called Wolf, fell on some hard times after a terminal cancer diagnosis caused him to lose his job as an open road truck driver. Wolf wasn't sure where to turn.
"No job, no insurance. I suddenly remembered, hey I'm a veteran."
November 13, 2015 - Staff Sgt. Katie Govoni was at a food truck on 4th and Liberty with friends, when at approximately 2 a.m., she heard two women screaming for help.
Govoni looked up to see one of the women running across the street narrowly avoiding an oncoming car. She realized that the woman was Melissa Snader whom she’d met briefly for the first time earlier at a popular hot spot called “Fourth Street Live.”
November 7, 2015 - Maj. David Porter and Staff Sgt. Jadrian Whitfield won the 80th Training Command Instructor of the Year competition in the officer and enlisted categories, respectively, at Fort Knox, Ky., Nov. 7, 2015.
October 30, 2015 - Though it’s not unusual for Sgt. Julius Anderson to be away from his family during training, the active Army Soldier stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, appreciated being home at night while he attended the Wheeled Vehicle Recovery Course.
Anderson, the 546th Area Support Medical Company motor sergeant, was a student at Regional Training Site Maintenance-Fort Hood in October 2015, where Army Reserve instructors teach the same course as their active duty counterparts at Fort Lee, Virginia.
October 6, 2015 - TUSKEGEE, Ala. - When Maj. Gen. A.C. Roper graduated from high school at age 17, he wrote in his memory book that he wanted to be a police officer, he wanted to join the Army and he wanted to marry a sweet pretty woman who understood him.
Today, the 51-year-old Reserve Soldier is the leader of approximately 7,000 Soldiers assigned to the 80th Training Command, and in his civilian capacity he’s the Birmingham, Alabama, police chief.
October 6, 2015 - ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Ten members of the 80th Training Command Teen Council participated in a joint meeting with members of the 412th Theater Engineer Command and the 75th Training Command teen councils in Alexandria, Virginia, July 27-31, 2015.
The meeting afforded the 80th TC teens an opportunity to share their ideas, challenges, and best practices with members of the 75th TC and the 412th TEC councils.
October 6, 2015 - Sgt. 1st Class John Reyes’ passion for teaching was evident during the two weeks he spent at the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering in New Brunswick, Canada.
July 3, 2015 - MUSTANG Okla. - Soldiers and civilians of the 800th Logistics Support Brigade said farewell to Col. Howard C. W. Geck and welcomed Col. Bradly M. Boganowski as the new commander during a change of command ceremony here at the headquarters June 28, 2015.
June 23, 2015 - FORT KNOX, Ky. - Sgt. 1st Class Raymundo Soto, an All Source Intelligence Analyst senior instructor assigned to 6th Military Intelligence Battalion/95th Regiment, 1st Brigade, 100th Training Division, beat out seven other competitors to win the 80th Training Command (TASS) Instructor of the Year Competition here Oct. 20 and 21.