Command Sgt. Maj. honors father in Guam as 75th Anniversary “Liberation of Guam, 1944” approaches
July 12, 2019 - For Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick McDonald of the 322nd Civil Affairs Brigade based out of Fort Shafter Flats, Honolulu, Hawaii, a routine training mission in Guam is more than just training, it is a chance to personally reconnect with the island’s WWII history in ways few are given the opportunity. Joining the Navy in the late 1940s, McDonald’s father, Senior Navy Corpsman Roy McDonald, was the senior medic on the beach tending to Marines who were with him through Bougainville and Guadalcanal campaigns.
27 Army Reserve Retirees honored in Guam
July 9, 2019 - A Soldier is a Soldier for Life, and Soldiers do not ever leave one another behind. U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers took these words to heart recently, and tracked down 27 U.S. Army Reserve retirees and their families in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, recognizing and honoring each retiree and their family at an official retirement ceremony.
9th Mission Support Command bids farewell to Anderson, welcomes Connelly
July 5, 2019 - The Pride of the Pacific, the 9th Mission Support Command, a geographic command of the U.S. Army Reserve, honored outgoing commanding general Brig. Gen. Douglas F. Anderson and welcomed incoming commanding general Brig. Gen. Timothy D. Connelly at an official change of command and passing of the colors ceremony at Fort Shafter’s historic Palm Circle on June 30.
Army announces Expert Soldier Badge
June 17, 2019 - In conjunction with the U.S. Army's 244th Birthday, the Army announced a new proficiency badge today, called the Expert Soldier Badge.
The ESB is designed to improve lethality, recognize excellence in Solder combat skills and increase individual, unit and overall Army readiness. The ESB is the equivalent of the Expert Infantry Badge and Expert Field Medical Badge but for all other military occupational specialties in the Army. Commanders will soon be able to use the badge to recognize Soldiers who attain excellence in physical fitness and marksmanship and a high standard of expertise in land navigation and performing warfighting tasks.
West Point career Soldiers marry, serve and retire together
June 12, 2019 - Both Col. Bethany L. Lee, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-1, 9th Mission Support Command, and Lt. Col. Carleton A. Lee, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command J6, became a part of Army history with a combined total of 54 years, 4 months and 8 days of service to the nation. Now, from the deck of the USS Missouri, where the treaty ending World War II in the Pacific was officially signed, they completed their Army careers.
Soldiers with 9th Mission Support Command share their Father’s Day love
June 7, 2019 - On June 16, many people will celebrate Father's Day, whether in spirit, together, or some other means. But how did this day come about? According to Live Science, it began in May of 1909 by Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Wash., while sitting in church listening to a Mother's Day sermon. At that moment, she decided she wanted to designate a day for her dad, American Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart.
Why I Serve: U.S. Army Reserve Col. hangs up ice skates to serve his country
June 4, 2019 - Ice hockey in Hawaii? Say it isn’t so. It is though, and U.S. Army Reserve Col. Patrick M. Pascall is living proof of that. Pascall, the 9th Mission Support Command’s operations, plans and training officer is also a center in his spare time for the Honolulu Whalers, an adult league hockey team. The U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers was also an Olympic hockey player at the age of 18 for Team USA from 1979 to 1980.
Increasing readiness in the Pacific
May 1, 2019 - For decades, hundreds of U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers had to fly across the Pacific Ocean to qualify on their individual weapons. But now, Soldiers in American Samoa finally have their own modular small arms range on home soil.
Army Reserve partners with local police force in American Samoa
April 30, 2019 - The U.S. Army Reserve recently opened the very first Modular Small Arms Range in American Samoa. In true partnership form, the local American Samoa Police Force may now also use the MSAR following the signing of a memorandum of understanding, which took place at the Pele U.S. Army Reserve Center, April 29, 2019.
First indoor Army Reserve small arms range opens in American Samoa
April 29, 2019 - American Samoa has a rich history of firsts in a long U.S. Army Reserve lineage, like hosting two companies from the 100th Infantry ‘Go for Broke’ Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, 9th Mission Support Command, which is the Army Reserve’s only infantry battalion. However, now they can also add the honor of the very first Army Reserve modular small arms indoor weapons range residing on the island to their resume, as a grand opening ceremony commemorated the range, April 26, 2019.