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Army Reserve's 81st Wildcats honor Vietnam veterans for 50th anniversary
April 6, 2023 — Friends, family, service members, and more than 50 Vietnam veterans gathered at the Army Reserve's 81st Readiness Division headquarters in honor of National Vietnam War Veterans Day... MORE

General’s trunk makes homecoming to 416th Theater Engineer Command
December 1, 2022 — When the Parkhurst family made the decision to move from Chicago to Florida, they had to consider a home for more than just themselves. A World War II trunk was one of the last relics of their late father, Brig. Gen. Don A. Parkhurst, which also needed a new home prior to their move. The best place they could think was his namesake, the Parkhurst Army Reserve Center and home of the 416th Theater Engineer Command headquartered in Darien, Illinois... MORE

88th Readiness Division historian presents “History Brown Bag”
November 3, 2022 — The 88th Readiness Division Historian presented a “History Brown Bag” on the Invalid Corps and the 88th Division peacekeeping mission in Italy following World War II here Oct. 28, 2022... MORE

Army Reserve leader pays homage to Battle of Princeton on nation's birthday
July 6, 2022 — In April 1775, the Battle of Lexington and Concord was fought between Colonial militia and British regulars, inaugurating the American Revolutionary War. Approximately 60 days later, the Continental Congress authorized the formation of the Continental Army... MORE

84th Infantry Division, WWII Soldier landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day
June 7, 2022 — Today, June 6, 2022, marks the 78th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied Forces launched the largest military invasion by land, air and sea in history to retake Northwest Europe from Nazi forces. More than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily-fortified French coastline in what Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called a crusade in which, "we will accept nothing less than full victory." The cost in lives was high, with more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers killed or wounded... MORE

Army Reserve division remembers service in Battle of the Bulge
December 20, 2021 — The U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division paid tribute to its forbearers Dec. 16 by hosting a Battle of the Bulge Remembrance and Commemoration Ceremony at division headquarters here... MORE

311th Signal Command (Theater); 25 Years of Signal-Cyber Excellence in the Indo-Pacific
July 1, 2021 — June 16 marked the 25th anniversary of the 311th Signal Command (Theater). The command’s rich history and its diverse people have a storied past. From the unit’s days of providing signal support during World War II to their current role of enabling joint forces continuous access to an ever-modernizing cyber domain, the people of the command are now ever-postured to help maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific... MORE

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... MORE

Legacy of service: Army Reserve officer carries family’s warfighting torch
June 12, 2020 — For the Anderson family, military service is in their blood, and last month that bloodline continued on with its latest addition, roughly a month before the Army’s 245th birthday. “We’ve been in the military since the American Revolution,” said 2nd Lt. Anna-Elise Anderson, an Army Reserve intelligence officer at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, regarding her family’s history. “And throughout those generations, we’ve also been in nearly every conflict our military has been in.”... MORE

Legacy of service: Army officer carries family’s warfighting torch

Army historians document actionable history during COVID-19 operations
June 11, 2020 — In 245 years, the U.S. Army has fought wars and conducted stability and support operations overseas and on home soil, often while fighting deadly diseases at the same time. Continental soldiers faced smallpox outbreaks during the Revolutionary War; their descendants had to contend with a massive influenza pandemic during World War I. Now, as U.S. forces continue to carry out their various missions worldwide, U.S. Army historians are documenting stories from the front line of the COVID-19 battle across the United States, in an effort to preserve the lessons of current events for future generations... MORE

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