 Additionally, the 490th earned the Army Reserve Superior Unit Certificate [a defunct award] during this mobilization; this would be the first of many of these awards bestowed upon the 490th while the award was still actively issued within the Army Reserve.During the next three decades of the 490th's service in the Army Reserve, the unit trained rigorously each year, heavily involved itself in supporting Abilene and the surrounding communities, and supported Civil Affairs operations in Vietnam, Panama, and Desert Storm with food and clothing drives to support humanitarian aid.Although the 490th was never activated as a unit for these conflicts, many individual soldiers from the 490th did serve overseas with other units.