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81st Readiness Division welcomes new commanding general

The 81st Readiness Division welcomed its newest commanding general as Maj. Gen. Karen S. Monday Gresham relieved Maj. Gen...

World away, ready to respond: U.S. Army Reserve Soldier’s path to Angolan emergency room

A medical exchange designed to share military practices became something more when U.S. and Angolan medical professionals found...

U.S., Angolan forces conduct trauma activation simulation during medical readiness exercise

Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and U.S. Army Reserve medical professionals with the 915th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment,...

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AR-MEDCOM nurse integral in consulting on new Army Parenthood, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Directive
April 22, 2022 — Leaving a lasting mark on the organization they serve is a dream for many, but for one nurse, through her career in the Army Reserve, she’s been able to do just that. Lt. Col. Kelly Bell, commander of the 7203rd Medical Support Unit in Hobart, Indiana, successfully advocated for accommodations of pregnant Soldiers and new parents, resulting in Army policy change at the highest level...

Women’s Equality Day – Leading from the front.
August 27, 2021 — On Aug. 26, the 84th Training Command celebrates Women’s Equality Day. The Women’s Suffrage Movement began back in 1848 with the first women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York. Since then, the long road towards those civil liberties were paved by the sacrifices and contributions of many extraordinary women...

Army Reserve chief blazing trail for women
March 26, 2021 — Women have broken many barriers throughout the Army’s history, most recently from joining the combat arms to filling its most senior-level roles. Lt. Gen. Jody Daniels is just one example. As the chief of Army Reserve and commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, history may remember her as the first woman to lead the nearly 200,000-strong force since its inception in 1908. But the Army leader hopes to be remembered as a torchbearer for future leaders to fill the Army ranks at its highest levels, she said...

Soldier takes her shot at military life at 27
March 24, 2021 — Albert Einstein once said: “Billiards is the well-developed art of thinking ahead.” A pool player’s every move must set up the next. Spc. Leigha Skadsem was beginning to think she had made all the wrong moves in her life when she found herself at a bar called the Hideaway Lounge in Cresco, Iowa on Christmas night 2015...

Trailblazing women honored for storied Army careers
March 11, 2021 — Pioneering female Army leaders, in addition to the 4,000 women of the Office of Strategic Services, were inducted into the Army Women’s Foundation’s hall of fame during a virtual ceremony Monday. Members of the OSS served in World War II as spies, saboteurs, analysts and experts in communications, among other skill sets...

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