IN THE NEWS

U.S. Army Reserve celebrates 117th birthday at historic birthplace of the American Revolution

This year, as the Army Reserve marks its 117th birthday, it is honoring its ties to the Army and a legacy of service and sacrifice...

Honoring 250 years, one mile at a time: Fort Hunter Liggett celebrates the Army’s birthday with a...

In honor of the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday and its official theme, “This We’ll Defend,” Fort Hunter Liggett (FHL) is leading a...

Army establishes new fitness test of record to strengthen readiness and lethality

The U.S. Army announced today the establishment of the Army Fitness Test (AFT) as the official physical fitness test of record for...

Army Reserve Soldier graduates newly formed Senior Gunner Course with top honors
February 27, 2020 — After sitting through three-weeks of in-depth classroom instruction, spending long days at weapons ranges, and dedicating countless hours to late-night studying, one Soldier not only graduated the rigorous and mentally challenging Senior Gunner Course here, but he walked away with top honors... MORE

Echoing history, Army Reserve Soldiers play baseball in gas masks
February 27, 2020 — U.S. Army Soldiers with 655th Regional Support Group, 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), 377th Theater Sustainment Command, donned their gas masks and participated in an improvised game of baseball Feb. 12, 2020, at Joint Training Center-Jordan, paying tribute to former service members who used the sport to prepare for chemical warfare during WWI... MORE

A U.S. Army Soldier, with 655 Regional Support Group, 316 Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), 377 Theater Sustainment Command, swings at a ball during a game of gas mask baseball Feb. 12, 2020 at Joint Training Center-Jordan, paying tribute to former service members who used the sport to train for chemical warfare during WWI. We still have the greatest Army in the world. We serve the people of the United States and we are going to protect them with our lives if that is what it comes to. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shaiyla B. Hakeem)

Chicagoland Soldiers and veterans rally around all-female Honor Flight announcement
February 26, 2020 — “What we have found is that there are not a lot of women on the (Honor) Flights and the reason is because they are like my mom. They relinquish their seat for a man,” said Ginny Narsete, U.S. Air Force veteran and the founder of Operation HerStory. “The second (reason) is that a lot of them didn’t know that they were veterans because they didn’t get the same accolades as the men did.”... MORE

Amelia Cunningham, U.S. Air Force veteran, receives a hug from an Army Reserve Master Sgt. Lawanda Nelson during the Operation HerStory all-female Honor Flight news conference at Pritzker Military Library, in Chicago, February 25, 2020.

Soldier with unique Army Reserve career shares his story of service
February 24, 2020 — In the Army Reserve’s Active Guard and Reserve program, there are currently only two Soldiers that hold the primary military occupational specialty of 88 Uniform (railway adviser). One of them is Sgt. 1st Class James Jacobs who currently serves as the training noncommissioned officer for the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command headquarters and headquarters company. The other Soldier is Sgt. 1st Class Becky Cox at the 757th Expeditionary Railway Center, explained Jacobs... MORE

Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class James Jacobs, Training NCO, Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, pauses for a photo at his desk. Jacobs is an 88 Uniform (Railway Specialist) with more than 20 years of experience in Army rail operations.

Demonstrating innovative, rapid mobilization for U.S. Army Reserve forces
February 24, 2020 — The capability of U.S. Army Reserve forces to rapidly mobilize has been a point of strategic discontent. However, that paradigm shift and capability is now a reality with a focused effort in the Pacific theater of operations... MORE

Demonstrating the feasibility of innovative, Rapid Mobilization for USAR Forces

364th ESC command teams, staff collaborate in senior leader workshop
February 22, 2020 — A dining out event capped off a busy yet successful week for the 364th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary). More than 130 senior leaders and key staff members from subordinate units in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah, traveled to the one-star command headquarters in Marysville to attend this year’s Yearly Training Brief and Senior Leader Workshop... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers Master Sgt. To'oa Toilolo, Maj. Maria McDougal, Sgt. 1st Class Sigried Rockwell-Gadsden and Capt. Jerry Duong of SPO, and planning team for this year's Senior Leader Workshop and Dining Out, celebrate the end of a productive week following the conclusion of both events for the 364th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary). More than 130 senior leaders and key staff members from brigades, battalions and companies from the 364th ESC footprint in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah, traveled to the one-star command headquarters in Marysville to attend this year’s YTB and SLW.

First Army trains observers in the Caribbean
February 20, 2020 — The First Army Academy, located at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, trains every soldier assigned to First Army on the basics of being an Observer, Coach, and Trainer. Using the skills and procedures taught by the Academy, First Army Soldiers bridge the gap between the Active and Reserve Components... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers conduct push pull operations for DEFENDER-Europe 20
February 19, 2020 — DEFENDER-Europe 20 will be the largest deployment of U.S.-based forces to Europe for an exercise in more than 25 years. With more than 20,000 U.S. service members participating over the next five months across the theater, they will need thousands of vehicles and equipment moved in conducting the exercise across Europe... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve engineers train for mobile operations
February 19, 2020 — A sunny day lent itself to the U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers of the Headquarters, Headquarters Company (HHC), 420th Engineer Brigade, as they tested their speed and teamwork in setting up a tactical operations center Feb. 8, 2020... MORE

Defender 2020: 418th Civil Affairs Soldiers meet with local leaders in Zagan, Poland
February 18, 2020 — Soldiers with the 418th Civil Affairs Battalion, 308th Civil Affairs Brigade, 353rd Civil Affairs Command, met with local civic leaders to discuss Defender 20 and the impact of the exercise on the local communities in Zagan, Poland on February 6, 2020... MORE

Keyword:

Type:

Sort:

Year

2025 (71)
2024 (395)
2023 (448)
2022 (500)
2021 (522)
2020 (519)
2019 (473)
2018 (417)