KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Under the bright lights of a Friday night football game last fall, cheers from the stands suddenly gave way to shock. During an away matchup against Stuttgart High School, Kaiserslautern player Aiden collapsed on the field without warning. What began as an ordinary game quickly became a fight for his life.
In those critical moments, Staff Sgt. Stephen Burkham, an Army medic, and Lt. Col. Juanita Dubon, an Army nurse practitioner, rushed to his side. Both were already familiar faces on the sidelines — not just as spectators, but as volunteers who traveled with the team, serving as coaches and providing medical support for the school’s athletic programs. Drawing on years of military and medical...
U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the support operations section of the 83rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 510th Regional Support Brigade, 7th Mission Support Command, pose with a soldier from the Transportation Company, 15th Air Assault Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, British Army, during Exercise Saber Junction 2025 at Camp Albertshof in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 11, 2025. The team worked together to coordinate logistics and sustainment, keeping training operations moving forward. Saber Junction is an annual training exercise conducted by 7th Army Training Command at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. The 83rd CSSB, in addition to preparing and training for their upcoming mobilization, is serving as the command and control headquarters for sustainment and resupply missions during SJ 25. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. Kirsti Anne Beckett)
A 10-person team from the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) recently completed an assessment of the Georgia Defense Forceā€™s Joint Training and Evaluation Center (JTEC) and Combat Training Center (CTC) during Exercise Agile Spirit 25. The visit marked a key step in a long-standing partnership aimed at bolstering Georgiaā€™s military capabilities and strengthen regional security.
