Friday night the Army Reserves Hoops Hysteria

Friday night the Army Reserves Hoops Hysteria tour will visit the Wichita North vs Wichita East game. Visit the Army booth and register to win “beats by dre” and in the 4th quarter Hoops Hysteria will announce the “beats by dre” winner. For registration and event information contact SFC Smith at 316-729-2630 or search US Army Wichita Career Center on Facebook.

Meet Army Olympian CPT Chris Fogt

CPT Chris Fogt finished 10th in the two-man bobsled event at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, where his four-man sled, driven by U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program SGT John Napier, crashed in the four-man event. This time around, Fogt is expected to be aboard USA-1, driven by defending Olympic champion Steven Holcomb, who spent seven years in WCAP. He likely will compete in the two-man event, perhaps again with Holcomb. After competing in 2010 Winter Olympics, Fogt deployed to Iraq for one year in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn. He returned to America on July 4, 2011, and resumed training for the Olympics.

 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

 

2013      Gold in four-man and two-man, World Cup, Park City, Utah

2013      Gold in four-man and two-man, World Cup, Lake Placid, N.Y.

2013      Gold in four-man, World Cup, Calgary, Canada

2013      U.S. national push champion, Lake Placid, N.Y.

2013      Ninth in two-man, World Championships, St. Moritz, Switzerland

2012      Bronze in four-man, World Cup, Lake Placid, N.Y.

2012      Ninth in two-man, World Cup, Whistler, Canada

2011      Seventh in two-man, World Cup, Igls, Austria

2010      10th in two-man, Olympic Winter Games, Whistler, Canada

http://www.thearmywcap.com/sochi#!__sochi

 

Nine Soldiers named to 2014 U.S. Olympic Team

Nine Soldiers in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program are members of the U.S. Olympic Team that will compete at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, scheduled for Feb. 7-24 in Sochi, Russia. The United States Olympic Committee officially announced the team today.
The Soldier-athletes named to Team USA are 2010 Olympic gold medalist in four-man bobsled Sgt. Justin Olsen, 26, of San Antonio; 2010 Olympic bobsledder Capt. Christopher Fogt, 30, of Alpine, Utah; 2010 Olympic bobsledder Sgt. Nick Cunningham, 27, of Monterey, Calif.; bobsledder Sgt. Dallas Robinson, 31, of Georgetown, Ky.; 2006 Olympic luger Sgt. Preston Griffall, 29, of Salt Lake City; and luger Sgt. Matt Mortensen, 28, of Huntington Station, N.Y.
Three World Class Athlete Program, or WCAP, coaches also will represent the U.S. Army in Russia. Team USA luge coach Staff Sgt. Bill Tavares, 50, of Lake Placid, N.Y., will be making his sixth appearance in the Olympics, including once as an athlete and five times as a coach. Team USA skeleton coach Sgt. 1st Class Tuffield "Tuffy" Latour, 45, of Saranac Lake, N.Y., will make his fourth trip to the Olympics. He has coached U.S. and Canadian men's and women's bobsledders to Olympic medals. Team USA assistant bobsled coach 1st Lt. Michael Kohn, 41, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., is a two-time Olympic competitor who will make his Olympic coaching debut at the Sochi Games. He won a bronze medal in four-man bobsled as a WCAP athlete at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Read the rest of the story on the link below.

Retrieved 7 Feb 2014

Written by Tim Hipps

http://www.army.mil/article/118889/Nine_Soldiers_named_to_2014_U_S__Olympic_Team/?from=sochi&page=index

What is the Army's World Class Athlete Program?

A program that provides outstanding Soldier-athletes the support and training to compete and succeed in national and international competitions leading to Olympic and Paralympic Games, while maintaining a professional military career and promoting the U.S. Army to the world.

http://www.thearmywcap.com/

First African American Female Major General

Major General Marcia M. Anderson is the current deputy chief of the Army Reserve. She has commanded at the Company level through General Officer. She has also served in a variety of staff positions at Battalion, Brigade, and Division level to include S-1, S-3, S-4, and G-1, as well as an Assistant Division G-3. In July 2005, she assumed Command of the 6th Brigade, 95th Division (Institutional Training), where she was responsible for the 95th Division (Institutional Training) Drill Sergeant School located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as well as the conduct of Intermediate Level Education (ILE) and Combined Arms Exercise courses for officer professional development over an eight state area. In June 2006, General Anderson was appointed acting Assistant Division Commander-Operations for the 95th Division (Institutional Training) in Oklahoma City, Okla. In April 2007, she was confirmed for promotion to Brigadier General and in October 2007, assumed command of the 85th Support Command (Regional Support Group West), Arlington Heights, Ill., which supports the collective training efforts of First Army. General Anderson was later named Deputy Commanding General-Support of First Army West. She assumed responsibility as Deputy Commander of the U.S. Army Human Resources Command 1 October 2010. Effective 1 October 2011, Major General Anderson was assigned as the Deputy Chief, Army Reserve (IMA) with duty at the Pentagon. Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) positions perform special missions and projects and may also be ordered to active duty.

Her military education includes the Adjutant General Basic and Advance courses, Basic and Intermediate Government Auditing, Command and General Staff College Course, Advanced Joint Professional Military Education, Capstone, and the United States Army War College, where she was awarded a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies. General Anderson has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Creighton University and a Juris Doctorate degree from Rutgers University School of Law. Her military awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Parachutist Badge, and Physical Fitness Badge.

As a citizen-Soldier, General Anderson is employed by the United States Courts, where she serves as the Clerk of Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Wisconsin, located in Madison, WI. She is married to Amos Anderson.  

Retrieved from http://www.army.mil/africanamericans/profiles/anderson.html on 6 Feb 2014.

See Major General Anderson's profile on usar.army.mil

 

Sochi 2014 U.S. Army Olympians and Paralympians

Excellence, dedication and professionalism have made U.S. Army Soldiers strong for more than 239 years. These qualities have allowed Soldiers to compete at both summer and winter Olympic Games, since 1896. This year, 9 Soldiers will compete or coach in the Olympic Games, and one Soldier will compete in the Paralympic games, in Sochi, Russia. The Soldiers competing in these games represent the best of the Army, and the best of the nation.

http://www.army.mil/olympics/2014/?from=hp_spotlight

Top Performer Award to Leavenworth’s Christopher Allison

Friday, Sergeant Cogdill from the Kansas City Kansas Army Career Center presented the Kansas City Recruiting Battalion Top Performer Award to Leavenworth’s Christopher Allison. Christopher earned the award by demonstrating the Army Values; loyalty, duty, respect, self-less service, honor, integrity, and personal courage.  Congratulations Christopher, Hoooaaah!