April 2015 episode of the Army Reserve's quarterly video news magazine. In this edition of Army Reserve Today Balancing the force.the challenges of reducing manpower in a changing defense environment while helping those affected. Full court press..focusing army reserve leaders on the issues impacting personnel retention: it truly is everyone's business. Promoting army reserve capabilities...keeping an operational edge by engaging army service component commands...and showing them what we bring to the table.. Army reserve soldiers come together from across america to transform desert terrain into a airfield for a major army training center. USARPAC Army Reserve engagement cell: a new way to ensure army reserve operational readiness is maintained in the pacific while providing regional support to the active component... CSTX: one combat support training exercise trains army reserve soldiers, units and commands in their war time missions, while working with active army components, national guard soldiers, and other services elements... Doing it old school: when modern technology fails, employees at an army reserve pay center roll up their sleeves and process soldiers pay manually...taking care of their troops. An airfield blooms in the desert: twelve army reserve engineer units build an airfield at the national training center. Keep on trucking: an army reserve unit from Maine heads north of the border to help the Canadian army transport equipment across a continent. Building relationships: an army reserve soldier finds some new friends in exotic Thailand while participating in a major multinational exercise. Learning from the past: soldiers from one army reserve command spend time learning about their military heritage on a historic American battlefield.