Oct. 18, 2018 - Life on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico changed forever on September 20, 2017. With a barrage of devastating wind and water, Hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico’s natural resources and crippled the island’s energy and water systems. One year later, Puerto Rico is still reeling from the unprecedented tragedy, but much of the United States territory and its 3 million residents are finally on the road to recovery.

Oct. 18, 2018 - The legacy of those who served in the “war to end all wars” still resonates today for Maj. Gen. A.C. Roper, deputy commander of the U.S. Army Reserve. Their service and sacrifice has guided him since his youth and continues to inspire him today.

Oct. 18, 2018 - When Chaplain (Maj.) Philip McBroom isn’t busy serving the Fairbanks, Alaska Police Department as an officer of the law, he works in the U.S. Army Reserve as an officer of God, serving as the Officer in Charge,127th Chaplain Detachment, 303rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Oct. 17, 2018 - U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 211th Regional Support Group and 812th Quartermaster Company spent the weekend conducting activities that ensure they are prepared to deploy in support future operations. Soldier and unit readiness are critical to keep today’s Army Reserve capable, combat ready and lethal.

Oct. 17, 2018 - Soldiers and Army Civilians from U.S. Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) and the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence (CCoE) participated in Cyber Blitz 2018 (CB18) to exercise new concepts, capabilities and techniques for everything from offensive cyberspace operations (OCO) and defensive cyberspace operations (DCO), to electronic warfare (EW) and information operations (IO).

Oct. 16, 2018 - “Due to the nature of the Army Reserve’s mission (and location), our Soldiers rely heavily on community resources,” said Tifini Steif, Victim Advocate, 85th Support Command Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention team. “With Soldiers spread throughout cities and states, it often ‘takes a village’ to help our Soldiers.”

Oct. 15, 2018 - Just days after the invasion of Normandy, France, Walter Pruiksma volunteered to escort an elderly French woman to the hospital, who was injured nearly a week earlier when a German threw a grenade into her home. In the middle of the night, Pruiksma, along with a fellow military police, and the family set out on a 12-mile journey through the war-torn land to Carentan — the town with the nearest hospital. Across from the hospital was a church with two piles of dead American and German Soldiers that stood nearly five feet high. The French woman was admitted to the hospital and received help. Pruiksma calls this his Mission of Mercy, because amid the death and war, it was love and human kindness that prevailed that night.

Oct. 11, 2018 - “We’ve been fighting a certain type of way for the last 17 years and the next fight may look very different,” said Chief of the Army Reserve Lt. Gen. Charles D. Luckey during a panel, Oct. 9.

Oct. 11, 2018 - As a recent Texas transplant, you’d think the biggest challenge I’d face in my move to Puerto Rico would be learning a new language. Instead, after three hurricanes in less than a month, I came away with a new appreciation for Family, community and hard work. The best part is I made friends—and a difference—helping to deliver water, fuel, and food all across the island.

Oct. 11, 2018 - Rutherford B. Hayes served as the 19th president and, along with his wife Lucy, is buried on the family grounds in this northwest Ohio town. Each year, surrounding the anniversary of his birth, Hayes is honored with a wreath presented on behalf of the current president of the United States during a ceremony hosted by the Hayes Presidential Library and Museum.

Oct. 11, 2018 - For first time in more than a decade, the Defense Department entered the fiscal year with a budget, and United States Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) budget analysts are asking units to input orders for Soldiers as soon as possible.

Oct. 10, 2018 - U.S. and French service members and civilians joined together throughout northern France in late September to honor the bravery and sacrifices of the American Expeditionary Forces who liberated the area a century ago.

Oct. 10, 2018 - Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve Element European Command participated in the Army Ten Miler October 7 as part of Team Military Friends Foundation.

Oct. 9, 2018 - A 95-year-old U.S. Army veteran of World War II will receive the Order of the Marechaussee medallion at the Manasquan Presbyterian Church, on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, for his service to the Army as a military police Soldier and the “Mission of Mercy” he performed just a few days after D-Day.

Oct. 9, 2018 - Army Reserve Soldiers from the 7th Mission Support Command got a taste of what a different generation of Soldiers faced 100 years ago, helping mark the centennial of the American Expeditionary Force’s campaigns in France during World War I.