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Spc. Stephanie Hart, paralegal, 118th Military Police Battalion, Rhode Island National Guard, helps provide perimeter security during medical evacuation training in the field exercise por-tion of the 2013 Paralegal Warrior Training Course at Fort McCoy, Wis., July 21. Hart is a West Warwick, R.I., resident. (US Army photo by Sgt. Darryl L. Montgomery, 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

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FORT McCOY, Wis. - “I just kept talking to him to reach common ground (to let him know I cared), and then offered the Chaplain as a resource, but at the time I was thinking, ‘I need to go find this Chaplain’.”

What Ryan did not realize while he was in-processing for the 2013 Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition, was that he walked into a building staged with well-rehearsed role-players in the middle of a potential simulated suicide. Until Ryan left, he had no idea it wasn't real.

“Looking back at it now, I see where the failure was ... it's not sufficient to just say, ‘I’ll look into this.’ You have to physically take that individual and say ‘we are going here, and its non-optional’,” said Sgt. Daniel Ryan, best warrior competi-tor representing Headquarters, Headquarters Company of the 365th Engineer Battalion.

While the competitors for the 2013 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition in-processed at Fort McCoy, Wis. June 23, they were surprised with the first mystery event, a “go-

no go” station that tested their ability to put suicide awareness training into practice.

Instead of walking into an office for another check-in as they arrived for the competition, they were each greeted with a role-player who was acting out common suicidal behaviors seen among recent trends.

At that point, it was each competitors’ responsibility to put into practice their suicide awareness training and recognize the behavior by taking action.

“I believe that the Soldiers at the Best Warrior Competi-tions are the cream of the crop within our Army Reserve Corps, and if we are to groom up-and-coming leaders, this is the ideal place to start implementing suicide intervention and focus-ing on how important it is that we do it,” said Sgt. Maj. James Stewart, 377th Theater Sustainment Command chief chaplain’s assistant.

Suicide prevention training such as this one, is incorporat-ed as part of the extensive increase of interactive and testimony-based suicide prevention and awareness training targeting the total Army family.

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Providing realism with hands-on training

Sgt. Rikkelle Showalter, a paralegal with the 237th Support Battalion of the Ohio National Guard, and Edgerton, Ohio, resident, helps provide perimeter security during a medical evacuation training exercise in the 2013 Paralegal Warrior Training Course here July 21. Each year, U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers come together and participate in the two-week-long training designed to reinforce both technical and tactical skills required by paralegal Soldiers.

U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Michael Chen, a paralegal with the 78th Legal Operations Detachment, addresses a witness during a mock administra-tive separation board during the 2013 Paralegal Warrior Training Course at Fort McCoy, Wis., July 19. Chen is a Los Angeles resident.

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Story & photos by Sgt. Darryl L. Montgomery319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

FORT McCOY, Wis. – Paralegal Soldiers from throughout the U.S. Army Reserve and Army National Guard came together at Fort McCoy, Wis., to conduct the 2013 Paralegal Warrior Training Course from July 12 to July 26.

The course, which included classroom and tactical training, was designed to help Soldiers refresh the paralegal skills they may not frequently use in their day-to-day military occupation.

“I don’t do anything paralegal related in my unit,” said Spc. Stephanie Hart, paralegal, 118th Military Police Battalion, Rhode Island National Guard. “I do more admin related stuff, so this course has really helped refreshed my memory from when I was in (Advanced Individual Training).”

The annual course, organized by the United States Army Reserve Command Staff Judge Advocate Office, is centered around keeping the students up-to-date on the changes fre-quently happening in the legal field of the military, said Sgt. Maj. David Becker, the command paralegal for the U.S. Army Reserve.

The course, now in its 17th iteration, continues to improve each year.

“Every year, we have built upon it to make it better for the students attending,” said Becker, a Bismarck, N.D., native. “It has traditionally been more classroom training, but over the past few years, we are trying to give them everything they need to be successful not only with the technical skills, but also develop their operational skills as well.”

Staff Sgt. Alex Ushomirsky, paralegal, 153rd Legal Opera-tions Detachment, has attended the course twice and he agrees with Becker on the improvements.

“Before, it was more classroom focused,” he said. “We still went to the field and did some tactical training, but nothing like we did this year. This year, it was way above and beyond my expectations.”

This year, the students spent 36-hours in the field conduct-ing tactical operations, including squad movements, urban operations, and medical evacuation training involving an actual MEDEVAC helicopter flying in to add realism to the training.

“Although the field training was hard this year, it was good. The inclusion of the helicopter for the MEDEVAC training was

great,” Ushomirsky, a Philadelphia resident added.Hart, a West Warwick, R.I., resident, said the training

wasn’t what she was expecting before she arrived. “I thought we were going to do a lot more classroom

learning and less (physical training), hands-on and field train-ing,” she said. “But, I really liked the field portion. I like doing tactical movements and battle drills.”

The students also conducted mock administrative separa-tion boards and Article 15 hearings, allowing the Soldiers to properly conduct proceedings they are likely to see in the legal field, said Master Sgt. Steve Minyard, the director of this year’s PWTC.

Spc. Edward Yi, paralegal, 300th Sustainment Brigade, said he has experience participating in administrative boards from his active duty service and felt the mock boards were accurate training.

“It was awesome,” the Rowlett, Texas, resident, said. “I think given the amount of time we had to prepare for the boards, we did really well and that our case would have won in a real-world situation.”

While Yi has experience with administrative boards, Staff Sgt. Joe Myers, paralegal, 8th LOD said he has little because his job as a paralegal is centered on more administrative areas.

“It was nice to experience the process,” Myers, a Wichita, Kan., resident, said.

“I don’t get much experience on the board portion of the job, so I can definitely see this training being useful. I feel more confident now and feel I have a good starting block for future boards I might have to participate in,” Myers said.

“There are so many different aspects of being an Army paralegal, so you never truly get to do it all at the same time,” Ushomirsky added. “This course gives you the chance to do all the other stuff you wouldn’t otherwise get to.”

Ushomirsky urges paralegal Soldiers in the Reserve and National Guard to attend the PWTC as soon as possible, saying future students will leave with more knowledge and capability.

“I strongly recommend you come here, it is a great course and the instructors provide great training,” he said. “When you do this training, you will not only be prepared to continue your career as a paralegal, but you will be more prepared for the (Advanced Leader Course) and (Senior Leader Course) allow-ing you to further your career in this field.”

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USARC Staff Judge Advocate hosts annual training event for Army Reserve, National Guard

In November 2012, DebbY WaDsWorth, from Min-neapolis, met a soldier named staff sgt. ricky James from Coral springs, Fla., on the online dating site Countrymatch.com.

James was an army reserve explosive ordnance disposal technician, deployed to baghdad, where he served on a United Nations mission supporting Iraqi counter-IeD teams.

James was handsome, interesting and friendly. he had been emotionally hurt when his fiancée left him, but he was ready to find someone else.

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DOESN’T EXIST.Wadsworth was the target of a “romance scam,” a confidence scheme directed mainly at single women, age 30-55, through social media and online dating sites.

Luckily, she noticed something was wrong within a week, so she started asking questions. James said he was Army Re-serve, but gave Wadsworth an Air Force unit name. He said he was a staff sergeant, but his rank in some of his military pictures was sergeant first class. After a few weeks, Wadsworth called his bluff and found out her “Soldier” was a scammer from Ghana.

“Within the third day, I questioned his unit, because it was an Air Force unit,” Wadsworth said. “It (the unit) was in Singapore and then was disbanded. It just didn’t add up.”

As they attempted with Wadsworth, criminals gain the women’s trust over a period of weeks and create an emotional connection. Then, after a few weeks, there is some crisis that is presented to their target where they are asked for money. In many cases, the scammer says they need money to be “released” to go on leave or claims that the Army has blocked their access to their bank accounts. This was the case with “Staff Sgt. Ricky James.” Wadsworth had mailed a care package to him, but received a message from him that said he needed $100 to get the package released from customs in Ghana. In any case, it’s emotions, patriotism, and respect for Soldiers that the criminals are playing on.

“They (the marks) are middle-aged women who are patri-otic, and looking for relationships,” said Christopher Grey, the spokesperson for the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Divi-sion.

Soldiers are an ideal fake identity to use because of their positive public image. CID has been fighting these “Romance Scams” since 2009, but progress is difficult when public aware-ness is their only effective weapon.

“The Army’s jurisdiction stops because they (the criminals) aren’t in the Army,” said Grey. “A majority of the criminals are in west African countries.”

Wadsworth knew it was a scam, but she kept playing along. The requests for money continued, when “James” claimed to have saved a family hording a cache of valuables that he had reportedly mailed to her.

“It conveniently gets stuck in the customs house in Ghana, and he needed $3,000 to get it out,” she said.

West Africa is a popular origin for these scams because of the difficulty in tracking the perpetrators. Internet cafes in that part of the world are poorly regulated and usually don’t keep re-cords of their patrons and their use, making the criminals who use them extremely hard to find. The persistence of the scams also makes stopping the criminals difficult.

“Once we pull one down, within five minutes, five more pop up,” said Grey.

With millions of Soldiers and veterans and their online ac-counts to choose from, the con artists have millions of sources for material.

Soldiers are not usually aware that their identities have been used in this manner, and since the Soldiers are not finan-cially harmed themselves, they may be completely unaware that their image and persona are the tools of fraud. Publically available photos from nearly every noteworthy Army persona from Medal of Honor winners (both living and deceased) to U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Raymond T. Odierno have been used in these scams.

Numerous Army Reserve Soldiers have also had their im-ages stolen for illicit purposes. Photos are also not only used from public sites, but are also stolen from social media sites from common Soldiers who leave their online profiles open.

Short of the extreme step of going cold turkey from social media, Soldiers can take measures to protect themselves. Soldiers should be careful to use the security settings on their Facebook and other social media accounts and avoid sites that have loose security protocols.

According to a June 2012 study by Consumer Reports, about nine percent of Facebook users are not aware of the security settings on the site, but 28 percent of people leave their accounts open to people beyond their circle of online friends.

Using these security controls enables better control of who has access to your information and images. Soldiers should also monitor their profiles online and continually “Google” them-selves to see if any illicit use of their images appear.

Grey also said if Soldiers find their identity is being used in an online scam, they should report the matter to their chain of command, CID, and the Internet Crime Complaint Center.

People who encounter Soldiers online should also be on the lookout for clues that the person they are dealing with is le-

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gitimate. Misspellings on scam accounts are an easy indicator, but they should also look for facts in their discussions that don’t sound right.

Any Soldier asking for money for “leave papers” or any other reason should raise red flags. The request for money set off the alarm for Debbie. Luckily for her, she had worked with military orga-nizations in the past and detected that something wasn’t right, but other people should request help.

“They need to check with other people with knowledge of the military,” said Grey.

The most important thing is that people retain some suspicion that the person they have never met in person may not be real. Grey said that a major-ity of the women who have lost money in romance scams never even talked to their “Soldier” but believed they were truly helping someone out.

“They want to believe so strongly that it’s not a fraud,” he said.

As for Wadsworth, she has taken action to advise and counsel others about romance scams and actively seeks out scammers on social media sites.

“”I’ll never do online dating again,” she said.

(LEFT) The online scammer, Fofo “Nathaniel” Babington, 26, unemployed from Ac-cra, Ghana, eventually sent this photo of himself to Debby Wadsworth after she pressed him to admit he was not “Staff Sgt. Ricky James.”

(ABOVE) The online profile of “Staff Sgt. Ricky James” to which Debbie Wadsworth originally responded. It wasn’t until James started asking for money that Wadsworth realized she was the target of a romance scam.

WHERE TO GO FOR HELPLinks areinteractive.Click eachlink for moreinformation

• Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) (FBI-NW3C Partnership)Online: www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

• Federal Trade Commission - Your report helpslaw enforcement officials across the U.S. intheir investigations.Online: www.ftc.gov/idtheftPhone: 1-877-ID-THEFT (438-4338) or TTY 1-866-653-4261Mail: Identity Theft Clearinghouse Federal Trade Commission Washington, D.C. 20580

• Federal Trade Commission on Nigerian scamsEmail: spam@uce.gov

U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division Online: www.cid.army.mil

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By Christopher TaylorUSARC Antiterrorism Operations Analyst

As the Army Reserve enters its 12th year of conflict against a global terrorist threat that endangers our nation and the free-dom and values it stands for, the Commanding General of the United States Army Reserve Command has declared the month of August 2013 as Antiterrorism Awareness Month.

The Army Reserve is proud of its achievements, contribu-tions and sacrifices over the course of the Global War on Ter-rorism, however much remains to be accomplished.

The terrorism threat spectrum is inclusive and ever expand-ing representing clear and present dangers to our Army Reserve community.

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley made this declaration in support and coordination with the Department of the Army initiative to achieve an Army-wide heightened antiterrorism awareness and vigilance and to reinforce the importance of command level involvement in the execution of the Antiterrorism pro-gram. This marks USARC’s third annual observance of Antiter-rorism Awareness Month.

This year’s Army Reserve Antiterrorism Awareness Month focuses on four themes:

• Recognizing and Reporting Suspicious Activity• Use of social media to support Antiterrorism Aware-

ness and Community Outreach• Building relationships with local law enforcement as

critical enablers to protect our personnel, property and capabili-ties

• Community awareness: Enhancing awareness through command information programs to educate our Army Family on the dangers associated with terrorism.

Antiterrorism Awareness is the first step in building a for-midable antiterrorism program for the Army Reserve.

Army Reserve personnel and their families must be aware of the threat, learn to detect terrorist activities, and know how to report what they have seen. This is our first line of defense against the full range of terrorist tactics. By understanding individual roles and responsibilities, to include procedures for

reporting suspicious activity, everyone has the potential to deny a terrorist the opportunity to assail Army Reserve equities.

See Something, Say Something!Antiterrorism is the defensive element in our fight against ter-rorism.

Effective antiterrorism measures integrate multiple security programs to ensure the protection of our Army Reserve Com-munity and ensures our military readiness.

This includes the integration of local and state law enforce-ment as well as threat fusion centers. The operational environ-ment of the Army Reserve makes the role of local law enforce-ment all the more important. The protection of our personnel and critical mission capabilities requires vigilance and commit-ment that are the bedrock of any effective antiterrorism plan.

In conjunction with Department of the Army events, the Army Reserve will conduct Antiterrorism Awareness training and educational events during our August battle assemblies.

The commander’s goal is to increase terrorism awareness as well as our Soldiers proficiencies in reporting suspicious activity and vigilance across the Army Reserve. Embedding antiter-rorism principles and concepts in our operational and training plans potentially interrupts terrorist planning cycles and denies them access to our Army Reserve community.

Speaking up about suspicious activity is always the first-line of defense against terrorism, harking back to “Every Solider is a Sensor.”

"Antiterrorism is about people saying something,” said Maj. Gen. David Quantock, Provost Marshal General of the Army. “I think in this time, in this day and age, where there are people out there that mean us harm, it requires all of us to be part of this antiterrorism effort and keep our vigilance and our focus up," Quantock said.

The Army Reserve has always stood tall against our nation’s toughest challenges. This one is no different. Awareness and preparation are our focus.

Through constant awareness and vigilance, effective ap-plication of our antiterrorism plans, and proven protection pro-grams, the Army Reserve will succeed in our goal of preventing a terrorist attack.

“See Something, Say Something!”

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Story by Amy PhillipsArmy Reserve Command Public Affairs

FORT BRAGG, NC – After 30 years in the Army and three assignments at Fort Bragg, Brig. Gen. Scott F. “Rock” Donahue departs with many fond memories.

“I can’t think of a better place to finish [my career] than at USARC,” said Donahue during his last staff “Rally Point” – a venue aligned with Chief of Army Reserve Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Tal-ley’s Rally Point 32.

As the U.S. Army Reserve Command Deputy Chief of Staff G-3/5/7 and Readiness Core Enterprise Lead from Febru-ary 2012 to June 2013, Donahue initiated major organizational changes such as streamlining the Army Reserve Plans and Operations Decision Execution Cycle, Army Reserve Force Generation, Readiness Reporting system, and the Army Reserve Update Assessment.

According to Bill Hamilton, the civilian deputy G-3/5/7, Donahue provided “very clear and firm guidance on processes and procedures” which enabled the organization to run more effectively and efficiently; a critical component to the director-ate’s broad and complex mission.

One of Donahue’s major accomplishments during his USARC assignment was being able to put his ideas on the future of the Army Reserve Campaign Plan into action.

After Maj. Gen. James Young, the Army Reserve Chief of Staff gave him the green light, Donahue and his team spent the last 12 months validating, institutionalizing, and advancing the ARCP.

It is one thing to have a great plan, but Donahue explains that there needs to be the mechanics and processes to imple-ment and validate the plan.

“Everything we do needs to be traced back to the campaign plan,” said Donahue. “If not, why are you doing it?”

Donahue also increased leadership engagements through such venues as the ARFORGEN Synchronization and Resourc-ing Conference, and the Enterprise Overview Brief.

Quoting leadership author John C. Maxwell, Donahue firmly believes that “Everything rises and falls on leadership.”

“So if you believe that everything rises and falls on leader-ship, then you’ve got to take every opportunity to ... grow your

leaders,” said Donahue.During his leadership engagements, Donahue references

the movie “Rocky” often due to his strong association to Rocky Balboa’s philosophy – ‘Life isn’t about how hard you can hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward ... because that’s how winning is done.’

There have been many mentors during his long career, such as retired Gen. Dan McNeill and the U.S. Army Forces Command commanding general, Gen. Dan Allyn, who both attended Donahue’s retirement ceremony on June 28.

However, Donahue said he could not single out only one person who played the role of “Mickey” (Rocky Balboa’s coach) in his career. He said that the coaches throughout his career were the noncommissioned officers

“They’re the ones who can close the door with you, and talk to you like a coach ... who can look you in the eye and say, ‘You gotta do better, you gotta push harder ... this is what your troops expect from you, Sir, and you need to do this.’”

On a personal level, Donahue’s “Mickey” throughout his adult life has been his wife, Nancy, who for the past 30 years, endured 19 moves and countless deployments with him.

During his retirement ceremony speech, Donahue referred to her as “the true ‘rock’ in the Donahue household.”

While time apart during deployments was tough, the Donahue’s have grown strong together and embraced the Army life wholeheartedly. He has a son and a daughter following his footsteps in the Army.

“What a journey it has been,” said Donahue. “If I had to do it again, I’d do it all the same way and the same way and in the same order: Faith, Family, and the Force.”

Donahue credits his passion for soldiering and leadership as the driving force of a military career spanning three decades. “I love leading Soldiers and growing leaders.”

Another favorite quote Donahue often uses is, “The test of a first rate work is that you finish it.”

As he closes the book as a Soldier, Donahue hopes that he was able to uphold his directorate’s operating philosophy – Inspired Leadership, Disciplined Execution, and Superior Performance.

“I would like to be remembered for what I tried to do to grow leaders,” said Donahue.

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Brig. Gen. “Rock” Donahue leaves an operational legacy at USARC

Donahue was commissioned into the Army Corps of En-gineers in 1983 from the Virginia Military Institute as a distin-guished academic and military graduate.

His senior staff assignments include joint duty as Chief of Studies and Analysis Branch, Plans Division; Assistant Chief of Staff, Engineer, Combined Forces Command, Seoul, Korea; and Operations Research Systems Analyst, Directorate of Military Personnel Management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington D.C.

Donahue holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engi-neering from the Virginia Military Institute, a Master of Science degree in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate School, and a Master of Strategic Studies degree from the U.S. Army War College. He is also a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Virginia.

Brig. Gen. Scott “Rock” Donahue, gives his final remarks during his retirement ceremony held at Fort Bragg, N.C., June 28, 2013. Donahue served in the U.S. Army for 30 years, retiring as the U.S. Army Reserve Command Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7. Dona-hue praised the many mentors and coaches he had during his career to include noncommissioned officers. “They’re the ones who can close the door with you, and talk to you like a coach ... who can look you in the eye and say, ‘You gotta do better, you gotta push harder ... this is what your troops expect from you, Sir, and you need to do this,’” Donahue said.

Gen. Dan Allyn, left, U.S. Army Forces Command commanding general, presents Brig. Gen. Scott “Rock” Donahue, center, and his wife, Nancy, a certificate of appreciation signed by Presi-dent Barack Obama, during Donahue’s retirement ceremony held at Fort Bragg, N.C., June 28, 2013. Donahue served in the U.S. Army for 30 years, retiring as the U.S. Army Reserve Com-mand Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7.

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FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Evolving from their role as techni-cal advisors to being today’s engaged leaders, warrant officers have provided expert knowledge to the Army since July 9, 1918.

The U.S. Army Reserve Command held a celebration July 12 in the Marshall Hall atrium with more than 100 warrant officers and guests in attendance.

“You are a professional within a professional organiza-tion,” said guest speaker Maj. Gen. Luis Visot, the Army Reserve deputy commanding general for operations to the warrant officers gathered from across the nation.

In 2004, the Army Warrant Officers Corps merged with the Army Officers Corps. Warrant officers are considered officers, wearing branch insignias instead of the eagle insignia that represented the WOC since 1921.

“We lovingly referred to it as a “squashed bug,” said Chief Warrant Officer 5 Phyllis J. Wilson, the Army Reserve command chief warrant officer.

The original WOC insignia consisted of an eagle with its wings spread, which was adapted of the Great Seal of the United States. The eagle stands on two arrows, which symbolize the military arts and sciences. The eagle is also enclosed within a wreath. Warrant officers of the Tank Corps were the first to wear this insignia.

Wilson said the Warrant Officers Corps is now re-ferred to as the “Warrant Officer Cohort,” and they provide branch-specific skills to the operational force.

The Army Reserve is authorized 4,000 warrant officers out of the 205,000 Soldiers it is currently allowed. However, there is a shortage of more than 20 percent across the range of warrant officer military occupation specialities, she said.

Wilson said there aren’t enough people from the existing enlisted ranks to recruit from.

“As the active component is forced to draw down, we will be looking to bring over the NCOs that are in those

career fields that we desperately need ... to encourage them to go into the Army Reserve,” said Wilson.

The small group of 40 original warrant officers in 1918 served as masters, mates, chief engineers, and assistant engi-neers in the Army Mine Planter Service of the Coast Artillery Corps. Their skills were used specifically on mine planting vessels.

The Army opened its first school to train mariners at Fort Monroe, Va. in 1918. Today, the Warrant Officer Ca-reer College is at Fort Rucker, Ala., and manages the Warrant Officer Candidates School and warrant officer training.

“It’s not about the 95 years already past, it’s the next 95 that we should be looking forward to,” said Visot.

Those interested in joining the ranks of the tactical and technical experts should go to the Army’s Careers & Jobs website to find more information.

It’s not about the 95 years already past, it’s the next 95 that we should be looking forward to.

— Maj. Gen. Luis R. Visot USARC Deputy Commanding General (Operations)

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Phyllis J. Wilson, the U.S. Army Re-serve Command Chief Warrant Officer, speaks with special guests retired Chief Warrant Officer 5 Bill Flanagan and his wife Gloria during the July 12, 2013 celebrations of warrant officers’ 95 years of service in the Army. Also pictured are Wilson’s sons, Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy Kuryla, center, and Staff Sgt. Joseph Kuryla.

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By Timothy L. HaleEditor, USARC Double Eagle

On Aug. 16, 2012, the everyday routine that my wife, Natalie, and I had come to know, came to a grinding halt.

That day, she was diagnosed with Stage 3b melanoma. Stage 4 is the worst.

A mole located on her right side near her upper ribcage had gone rogue and developed into cancer. What we didn’t realize at the time was how deep into the underlying tissue it had pen-etrated.

It was so serious she was referred to the University of Chapel Hill Cancer Center that same day. Nat and I both had so many questions but the staff at UNC handled them with sen-sitivity and care, alleviating many but not all of our fears.

They outlined a treatment plan of one to two surgeries and possibly chemotherapy and radiation.

The first surgery was Sept. 4 to remove more tissue from the original biopsy site and to remove one lymph node. All went as planned and Nat went home the same day.

But then something strange happened – to me!Two days later, I woke up feeling terrible. For the record, I

rarely get sick. I don’t run fevers and hardly ever feel nauseated. That morning and throughout the day, I felt both. By din-ner, I had a fever of 100.5 and thought I was going to lose my stomach!

Long story short, I was diagnosed in the emergency room that night with an acute appendicitis and had emergency sur-gery early the next morning.

All of sudden the caregiver – me – became the care receiver! It wasn’t exactly how I planned to take care of Nat after her cancer surgery.

On Sept. 21, Nat had her second, more invasive cancer surgery – removing 23 lymph nodes under her right arm.

Through all of this, it seemed like our house was turn-ing into combat surgical hospital with all of the assorted items needed to take care of her.

I am happy to report that during her two-month checkup, her surgical team told Nat that she was cancer-free.

Then came physical therapy to ensure she didn’t lose the use of her right arm due to Lymphedema – or swelling in the arm often associated with these types of surgeries.

Through those two and half months, we both learned a few valuable lessons.

First, the true meaning of “in sickness and in health” is much more than taking care of each other when they have the sniffles or a cough.

Second, it is difficult not to cry in front of a sick loved one, especially when they are heavily bandaged and you can see what is supposed to be inside of them coming out in drain tubes.

Finally, spouses should really listen to each other, especially when it comes to their health.

You see, I noticed the offending mole in 2011 but she kept putting off getting it checked because I was in North Carolina and she was still living in Georgia.

Perhaps, if I had persisted, we could have saved her from the surgeries.

On the other hand, I didn’t want to believe that my ap-pendix was acting up and almost didn’t go to the emergency room. It is a good thing I listened to her that night because my surgeon said I was 24-48 hours from a rupture.

While the human body is an amazing vessel, it astonishes me that our bodies just don’t explode. I hadn’t really thought about it much until all of this happened.

You see we have this shell of skin, bone, and muscle to hold everything in. But underneath, the rest of our body is under pressure – literally – and when there is an opening, well, you know what happens.

So, the moral of this story is quite simple – listen to your spouse. When they tell you to go see a doctor, just go and do it. It just might save you.

Whoever said that “growing old isn’t for sissies” was right.

Timothy L. Hale, a U.S. Air Force veteran, is an award-winning photojournalist and editor of the USARC Double Eagle. A member of a number of professional organizations to include Nikon Professional Services, he also owns a photojournalism and graphic design service and freelances for an international photo wire service. The views expressed in this column are expressly his own and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, the Department of the Army, and/or the Department of Defense.

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Story & graphics by Jennifer FriendNational Museum of the Army Reserve

Many of you may have seen the monitor located near the U.S. Army Reserve Command VIP entrance, prompting you to “touch.”

Although many have tried, there are still a number of indi-viduals who are not quite sure what to make of this interacting screen.

Well, I am here to tell you, please … TOUCH IT! This monitor is the first ever, interactive touchscreen lo-

cated in the USARC headquarters.Its primary purpose is to engage the user into an intel-

lectual fact finding mission in an entertaining, yet educational fashion.

The familiarity of the museum exhibits that are seen throughout the building are just one of the many layers of history brought to you by the National Museum of the Army

Reserve, whose mission is to “collect, preserve and interpret the history of the US Army Reserve and the Federal Citizen Soldier.”

Interactive technology is by no way “new.” We see it all around us in everything we do. It has become integrated in our daily lives, from smartphones, GPS navigation systems, the ticketing machines used in airport terminals, to ATMs, video games, and the digital signage we view everyday throughout the USARC headquarters.

Utilizing multimedia technology provides visitors with a greater access to information and according to the article, Interactive Museum: Learning Through Experience, interactive programs and exhibits, whether online or stand alone, “works on the premise that the act of participating in activities that exercise not only our listening and reading skills, but our motor skills, critical analysis, and physical skills, enhance the brain’s power in understanding and interpreting information.”

There are currently three programs available on the touch-

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screen pertaining to Army and Army Reserve history.For instance, anyone who is unfamiliar with or new to the

Department of Defense, whether as a new recruit, civilian, or military dependent spends much of the first six months trying to acclimate to this new culture.

Aside from learning the daily routines, drills, and functions associated with living or working on a military installation, communication is key to one’s survival.

As with any society or culture, learning the jargon is para-mount to your acceptance and integration into this strange and wonderful new world. In order to help things along, individu-als can browse through 100 acronyms and slang associated with Army language from World War I up through the present using the program, Term Viewer.

Next, the user can test their knowledge of Army Reserve history playing True Identity. True Identity involves using clues to determine the correct answer. There are three categories with ten terms each. Each term has four hints or clues and two pho-tos the player can use to figure out whom or what is the answer. The categories to choose from are: Famous Army Reservists; Army Reserve Symbols, Flags, and Medals; and Firearms.

Finally, exercise your brain using the Word Find program. If you fancy yourself a word search puzzle wizard, then you may like the challenge of this game. Choosing from three cat-egories, players are able to discover interesting facts on: Uni-forms, Army Reserve Humanitarian Involvement, and Women of the American Revolution.

So, if you have ever wondered where khakis originated; whatever happened to ALICE (and I’m not talking about your neighbor down the street); what famous Army Reserve Soldier participated in the Normandy invasion before appearing in over 200 movies, television shows and plays; or what the Army Reserve was doing in Tutuila in 2009; then head on over to the

touch screen and discover a little unknown history. Additional Army Reserve history can be found on the Of-

fice of Army Reserve History website.General program information is located on the main page

as well as links to specific data, such as Army Reserve symbols, History News and Events, and the Roll of Honor Database, which contains the names and information of all Army Reserve Soldiers that have fallen while in service since 9/11.

New projects are underway…stay tuned!For more information, visit http://www.usar.army.mil/

ourstory/History/Pages/default.aspx.

(PREVIOUS PAGE) - The welcome screen on the interactive monitor highlighting interesting facts and historical infor-mation about the U.S. Army Reserve. The kiosk is located in the USARC VIP entrance foyer.

(LEFT) - The background screen greets visitors to the True Identity Game.

(BELOW) - A screen shot from the Word Find game.

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By Maj. Tami L. MitchellMilitary Law AttorneyFORSCOM Office of the Staff Judge Advocate

The Sequestration will affect not only civilian personnel, but also retirees who were recalled to active duty, and those who are serving on Contingency Operation for Active Duty Opera-tional Support orders, or CO-ADOS.

Military personnel in either of these situations face the prospect that they will be released from active duty prematurely due to sequestra-tion.

Military personnel who entered into a residential lease, based on the term in their orders, may believe that the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act will allow them to terminate their leases early without finan-cial penalty, due to premature REFRAD.

Unfortunately, while the SCRA provides many protections to Service members, early lease termination due to a premature REFRAD is not one of them.

The good news is that North Carolina law does provide these Service members some relief. Active duty Service members who are facing a premature REFRAD can terminate their residential leases early, with little, if any, financial penalty.

Under North Carolina General Annotated Statute § 42-45, any member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is prematurely released from active duty may terminate his/her lease by giving a written notice. The notice must identify the

effective date of termination, which must be at least 30 days after the date the landlord receives the written notice. The Service member must also attach a copy of his/her orders, or a letter from the commanding officer verifying the premature REFRAD.

Any financial penalty is based on the number of months the Service member has completed tenancy. If the Service member has completed at least nine months of tenancy, there is no financial penalty. If the Service member has completed at least six months but less than nine months, then the penalty is half of one month’s rent. If the Service member has completed less than six months, then the penalty is one month’s rent.

Example: Capt. Snuffy receives CO-ADOS orders for one year, effective Aug. 1, 2012. He signs a lease for an apart-ment that starts Aug. 1, 2012 and ends July 31, 2013, for $1,200 per month. On March 15, 2013, he receives orders for REFRAD effective April 15, 2013.

Can Snuffy terminate his lease early? Yes, with an effective date of April 15, 2013.

What is the deadline for Snuffy’s landlord to receive the notice? March 16, 2013.

In this case, it’s in Snuffy’s best interests to hand-deliver or e-mail the

notice, since receipt will occur on the same day as delivery. If he mails it, he would need to add three more days.

Will Snuffy have to pay a financial penalty? Yes, because he will have served less than nine months of the lease. He would owe rent of $600 through April 15, and a financial penalty of $600 for terminating the lease early.

If you have any questions, you are encouraged to contact your servicing Office of the Staff Judge Advocate.

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By Chaplain (Maj.) Rebekah Montgomery USARC Chaplain’s Office

As a chaplain, one of my favorite honors is to support ceremo-nies celebrating major milestones in a Soldier’s life.

Each ceremony is unique to the Soldier being honored and often I gain a great deal by attending it.

One day a few years ago, the general officer hosting the promotion ceremony admonished everyone present to always have a goal – to always be working towards something – which was an azimuth check for me.

In that moment, God touched my heart and I knew that I needed to make PT my goal.

Isaiah 40:29-31 came to mind: “He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might He increases strength. Even youths shall fail and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”

At the time, I spent a lot of time in my head and my physical regimen suffered. So at the age of 37, I decided that my first physical goal was the Army Ten Miler, just 4 months later.

Daily, I worked towards this goal. Weekly, I saw glim-mers of improvement and small gains in strength and stamina. Some days were great and I felt strong and confident that I could finish ten miles. Other days, my belief in myself waiv-ered and seeds of doubt crept in.

I knew I would be tremendously ashamed if I quit and I’d feel even worse if I didn’t finish.

“But they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength.” I put my trust in God to heal my broken places and make me whole, in both body and mind.

That year, I ran with a team of two other chaplains and a senior chaplain assistant. We made shirts and dedicated our run in honor of our beloved Fallen: Chaplain (Capt.) Dale A. Goetz and Staff Sgt. Christopher Stout.

“They shall run and not be weary.”

With the names of Goetz and Stout emblazoned on our backs, we ran the Army Ten Miler with thousands of others and with the support of hundreds of volunteers.

There were men and women of all shapes, sizes, ages, and ability levels – and even many Wounded Warriors and blind runners who ran with assistants. It was inspiring to behold the spirit and kinetic energy of that day and I knew that I wanted to forever join that self-proclaimed crazy group of people called “runners.”

God breathed new life into my flesh and with deep grati-tude, I run and find peace. Since then I’ve run a couple dozen races, mostly half marathons and just one full marathon – the preeminent Marine Corps Marathon.

With each race, funds go to various charities and often the races benefit Wounded Warriors and their Families. “He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might He increases strength.”

For me, running melds together a mental, physical and spiritual discipline. I’m not great at it, but I run because I enjoy challenging my endurance and strength and quieting my “monkey mind” – focusing solely on my breath and posture.

Nothing brought this into focus more sharply than the events in Boston a few months back. I wrote this reflection shortly after: “The people responsible for the attack at the Boston Marathon chose very poorly. Runners by and large are fierce. Runners look physical and mental adversity in the eye and say, ‘Bring It.’”

As we mourn those lost and injured, as we comfort those who grieve, as we pick up the pieces of shattered lives and spaces, we are also resolved to not be afraid. Terror will not stop us. We respond with love and peace – and the gentle foot-falls of another “good run.”

The prayer of my heart is that God touches your spirit this day and you find a way to celebrate the gifts you have been given to honor your faith and to benefit those around you.

May you be encouraged.May you be strengthened.May you run and not be weary!

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Maj. Christopher Curley incoming com-mander of Headquarters and Headquar-ters Co., U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command, receives the guidon from Lt. Col. George Ross, FORSCOM/USARC Special Troops Battalion commander, during a change of command ceremony, July 19, 2013 at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Photo by Amy Phillips, U.S. Army Reserve Command)

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(ABOVE) Noncommissioned officers from the U.S. Army Reserve Com-mand headquarters run through a training lane at the Medical Simula-tion Training Center at Fort Bragg, N.C., during NCO Professional Devel-opment, July 26, 2013. The NCOs had to negotiate various obstacles under fire from Operational Forces, or OPFOR, and then move simulated casualties out of the kill zone. The event was designed to give USARC NCOs a refresher in combat lifesaver skills.

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Photos by Master Sgt. Steve Opet,

U.S. Army Reserve Command

(RIGHT) Noncommissioned officers from the U.S. Army Reserve Com-mand headquarters pull a “wounded” NCO on a Sked during lane train-ing at the Medical Simulation Training Center at Fort Bragg, N.C., during

NCO Professional Development, July 26, 2013. The Sked is designed to provide an easier way to evacuate a casualty over rough terrain.

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Story & photo by Sgt. Michael Crawford354th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

FORT CHAFFEE, Ark., - Arkansas is known for its razorbacks, snakes and intense heat, but for the next week it’s become a home to “River Rats.”

The 671st Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge), based in Clackamas, Ore., formally went by the nickname River Rats.

After all, they’re in the business of not only crossing rivers, but getting oth-ers across as well.

These engineers had the opportunity to prepare for Operation River Assault with a boat familiarization exercise, July 18.

Members of the 671st lowered Bridge Erection Boats, MK2 into En-gineer Lake here to perform stress tests, ensuring the boats could handle the hard dives and power turns needed to build a full-enclosure bridge across the Arkansas River.

“We want to identify any problems early before we get to the main build,” said Staff Sgt. Sean Thompson, a senior boat operator with the 671st. “It’s a bit of a refresher. When we’ve got a five-ton bridge base sitting on the front of (the boat), it’s hard to get them to turn some-times.

“It’s delicate work dealing with bridge bases coming up onto the … bridge that you’re building,” said Thomp-son, a native of Seattle. “Any little movement has to be counteracted, so it’s really easy to lose control and do dam-age.”

Mechanical issues can arise from lack of use from long-term storage. While Soldiers have plenty of opportunity to care for their own gear, here they’re at the mercy of what they draw.

Fortunately, Soldiers of the 671st have more than bridge builders with them.

Sgt. Scott Jakielski, a wrecker op-erator from Arlington, Wash., with the

671st, was just one of a team of recovery and maintenance support, ready for the worst.

“If we have something stuck, we can’t continue mission,” Jakielski said. “Main-tenance assets fix minor problems before they turn into major problems.”

Staff Sgt. Timothy Dorris, a crew chief for the 671st, said the training is critical leading up to the Operation River Assault exercise. Over the next three days, Soldiers will construct a floating bridge across the Arkansas River.

“The big picture is the bridge,” said Dorris, a combat bridge engineer from Kalama, Wash. “We can cross divisions across our bridge and that’s a lot of peo-ple. When we’re doing the maneuver, and there’s a water obstacle in our way, we need to get past it real fast. We need the speed … for the rest of the Army.

“All this little stuff adds together,” Dorris said. “Soon as that bridge comes together … morale’s really high. That’s the best reward.”

Members of the 671st Engineer Company (Multi Role Bridge), from Clackamas, Ore., pilot an Army boat on Engineer Lake at Ft.

Chaffee, Ark., during a boat operating exer-cise as part of Operation River Assault, July 18.

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Making waves, bridges in Arkansas

By Claudette RouloAmerican Forces Press Service

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — In an uncertain and dangerous world, American service members are helping to build a better future for all mankind, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said July 15 during a town hall meeting here.

“We are truly defining a future for our country and help-ing others define their futures around the world,” Hagel told troops, civilians and family members at the event.

Service members do more than just put on a uniform, and civilians do more than just show up to work, the secretary said. Everyone connected to the Defense Department is part of something bigger than themselves — bigger than even the nation, Hagel added.

“I think occasionally we all can drift a bit and define ourselves, define our work, and define our missions in a more narrow channel,” the defense secretary said. “But we are helping build a new world, a better world, a fairer world, a freer world, (and) we can't do it alone.”

The world looks to the United States not because it’s bigger, better or prosperous, Hagel said, but because of what the na-tion represents.

“That's a heavy burden to carry,” he said, one that can’t be carried alone. Over the years, through many difficult lessons, the United States has learned it must rely on partnerships and relationships to solve some of the world’s biggest problems, Hagel said.

Tolerance, respect and dignity still anchor the human con-dition, the secretary said. “That's what we try to address every day and what we try to protect every day, and hopefully give

people opportunities to live that kind of life.”This effort is not without its challenges, the defense secre-

tary said.The nation is unwinding from the longest war it has ever

been in, but it still has responsibilities and commitments around the world, Hagel said. The question — not for the first time in the nation’s history — is how to balance these compet-ing needs with the department’s more direct responsibilities for the nation’s fiscal health, he said.

“This time is probably more dramatic for some of the reasons I've already mentioned, but also if these dramatic [defense spending] reductions continue on the course they're on through the current budget cap sequestration,” Hagel said. “This is forcing us to take deeper, steeper, and more abrupt reductions than we've ever had to do.”

Hagel said his role as defense secretary is to prepare the department for the future based on today’s realities, and that includes the possibility that sequestration will continue. “I could not stand back as secretary of defense and try to lead this institution based on — ‘Well, I hope we'll get a change’ (or) ‘Well, I think maybe something will change,’” he said.

“You can't lead based on hope and thinking and maybes,” the secretary continued. “You have a responsibility of leading ... with the reality of what's in front of you, and you do the best you can to repair your institution. In the end, that's the defini-tion of each of our lives.”

That reality forced the department to prioritize, Hagel said, adding that he had to make some difficult choices.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks to U.S. Army soldiers, families, and civilians during a town hall at Green Ramp located at Pope Army Airfield on Fort Bragg, N.C., July 15, 2013. Hagel visited Fort Bragg and Pope Army Airfield to speak with soldiers, families, and civil-ians about the effects of sequestration and furloughs on the Army. Many of the uniformed service members represented units assigned to Fort Bragg and Pope to include U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command headquar-ters. (Photo by Timothy Hale, U.S. Army Reserve Command)

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In the month of April 2013, the U.S. Army G-1 reported that 23 of the 68 confirmed suicides this year have been members of the Army Reserve. Reports also show that there are more suicides than combat deaths since last year despite the millions of dollars invested in suicide prevention efforts.

Lt. Gen. Jeffery W. Talley, Chief, Army Reserve, said that “Suicide is a Soldier, Family and institutional tragedy that all of us must work to defeat.”

The Army has now employed a holistic approach to suicide prevention and risk reduction alongside the theme, “Shoulder to Shoulder – I Will Never Quit on Life.”

The Army continues to develop and explore new training and confidential programs to support its health promotion/risk reduction (suicide prevention) objectives.

Among that training, all Soldiers, leaders and Department of the Army Civilians are required to receive the Ask, Care and Escort, ACE, Suicide Prevention and Awareness training on an annual basis. Ryan says that outside of Powerpoint presenta-tions about suicide prevention discussing ACE followed by short discussions, he has never been exposed to the topic.

The interactive training scenario at Best Warrior, put his training into prospective and taught him how to have that conversation.

“It was definitely a challenge,” Ryan said. After leaving the office, still not aware that it was a scenario, he was asked to come back into the same room where the role-player acted as a simulated casualty laying down with a weapon in his hand, sur-rounded by bloody rags representing what the end result could have been like.

“Since I left that scenario, all I can think about are ways to recreate those conditions and bring similar training scenarios back to my unit,” Ryan said. “I want to put them in a place where someone is confiding in them and allow them to figure out how to respond. I learned that, how you respond is crucial.”

While physical wounds are easily identifiable, the largest cause of suicide are the invisible wounds such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. They are the hardest to identify, because they are internal.

As Stewart crossed his chest with his hand, he explained that people do not walk with the word “suicide” written across their chest.

“I believe that the ACE card helps if applied properly,” Stewart said. “We have to care about our warriors (and total Army Family), and they have to know that our care is genuine. Then, we must have the physical courage to talk to someone if we notice something is wrong.”

Stewart gathered data and notes on each competitor during the scenarios and will present that information to his command as input for the U.S. Army G-1’s Suicide Awareness Program.

“One suicide is one too many, so if we can just make an impact on even one life — if one Soldier raises his or her hand and says, ‘this training helped me save one of my battle buddy’s life, then we were successful,” said Stewart.

For immediate help or suicide intervention, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-TALK (8255) and Military Crisis Line, 1-800-273-8255, Press 1, which provide free, 24 hours/day, confidential services are promoted for use.

Cpl. Martin Norment, a Combat Engineer assigned to the 479th Engineer Battalion, 366th Engineer Company, talks with a Soldier as part of in-processing during the 2013 Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition, June 24., at Fort McCoy, Wis. What many of the competitors did not know is they were being tested on their ability to recognize Soldiers and civilians who were possibly at risk for committing suicide. It was the first time the “go, no-go” scenario was used at the Best Warrior competition. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Amanda Smolinski/USACAPOC(A) Public Affairs)

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.(ABOVE) Two-year-old Isaiah, a son of a family friend of Sgt. Calvin Moore, salutes during the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner during the deployment cere-mony for the 310th HRSC at Fort Jackson, S.C., June 19, 2013. The 310th will deploy to Kuwait sometime in July. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joel Quebec/81st RSC Public Affairs)

(ABOVE) Reserve Marines of India Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment crosses a creek during their six-kilometer ruck march here at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif. The Marines trained with the 304th Psychologi-cal Operations Company from Sacramento, Calif., for three weeks in high-altitude ranging from 7,000 to 10,000 feet. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andy Yoshimura/USACAPOC(A) Public Affairs)

(LEFT) U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers of the 351st Psycholog-ical Operations Company practice a recovery mission in the woods at Camp Smith, N.Y., June 22, 2013. (Photo by Sgt. Emilie Lenglain/2nd POG Public Affairs)

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Images from June 2013

A monthly showcase of the U.S. Army Reserve in action

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