Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley, commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve Command, addresses soldiers during ceremonies commemorating the 105th birthday of the U.S. Army Reserve at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, April 25, 2013. The U.S. Army Reserve Command team visited troops deployed throughout Afghanistan. The Army Reserve, founded in 1908 as a reserve corps of medical personnel, includes 148 different military occupation specialties and accounts for almost 20 percent of the Army’s total force. There are currently more than 6,000 Army Reserve citizen-soldiers deployed abroad.