Photo Essay: Army Reserve's 110th birthday observed at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Spc. Kimberly Huerta, a student in the Staff Sgt. Todd R. Cornell Noncommissioned Officer Academy Basic Leader Course from the 649th Regional Support Group at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Master Sgt. Lewis Young, a student in the academy’s Battle Staff Noncommissioned Officer Course with the 84th Training Command’s Atlantic Training Division at Newport, R.I., cut a cake celebrating the 110th birthday of the Army Reserve on April 23, 2018, at the academy at Fort McCoy, Wis. Dozens of people attended the event. The Army Reserve was founded on April 23, 1908, when Congress authorized the Army to establish a Medical Reserve Corps, the official predecessor of the Army Reserve. Today, approximately 200,000 Army Reserve Soldiers serve around the globe. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

04.26.2018

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                 

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Dozens of Soldiers and personnel were on hand to celebrate during the installation observance of the Army Reserve’s 110th birthday April 23, 2018, at the Staff Sgt. Todd R. Cornell Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The Army Reserve was founded on April 23, 1908, when Congress authorized the Army to establish a Medical Reserve Corps, the official predecessor of the Army Reserve.

Today, approximately 200,000 Army Reserve Soldiers serve around the globe.

Sgt. Maj. Michael D. Sprague with the 88th Readiness Division served as the guest speaker for the event.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at www.mccoy.army.mil, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”

• Date Taken: 04.26.2018
• Date Posted: 04.26.2018 12:15
• Story ID: 274632
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US