Reception exercise welcomes hundreds to Fort Pickett - Feb. 18, 2012

More than 700 Canadian Army Reserve, active duty U. S. Army and Army National Guard personnel were welcomed to Fort Pickett Feb. 18 as the installation conducted a reception exercise for units participating in Exercise Southbound Trooper. Formally known as the Joint Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration, or JRSOI, the process makes sure that proper accountability of personnel and equipment is established when additional forces came into the state, as well as assessing any training and logistical needs for the units.