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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...

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U.S. Army Reserve celebrates 117th birthday at historic birthplace of the American Revolution
April 23, 2025 — 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 dating back to the “Minutemen” of Lexington and Concord — just a few dozen colonists against 700 seasoned British redcoats... MORE

Ties that bind: A 250-year legacy of American service
April 4, 2025 — The history of the Mace family is steeped in military service, going back 250 years—as old as the U.S. Army itself... MORE

Army Reserve division commemorates 80th anniversary of Battle of the Bulge
February 11, 2025 — Soldiers and civilian employees of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division gathered for a Battle of the Bulge 80th anniversary commemoration Jan. 10 at division headquarters here... MORE

Army Reserve historian documents 100-year-old WWII veteran
November 12, 2024 — “The most enjoyable part of conducting oral history interviews is the ‘ah-ha’ moment, discovering a generational connection between myself and the subject,” shared Stephen Harlan, command historian of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division... MORE

The performance of a lifetime: Army Reserve band plays at WWII site
November 5, 2024 — The 100th Army Band, a U.S. Army Reserve band stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and nicknamed the “Band of the Century,” performed in a series of concerts in France earlier this year to commemorate the 80th anniversary of U.S. forces landing on D-Day, June 6, 1944, in Normandy. U.S. Soldiers stormed the beaches against intense German fire. The performances also marked the first time the 100th AB has traveled overseas since World War II, when the band was the band for the 100th Infantry Division... MORE

Army Reserve division hosts annual Holocaust Remembrance
May 9, 2024 — The U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division hosted its annual Holocaust Remembrance and Liberation Observation on May 7 at division headquarters here. The Department of Defense theme for this year’s observance of the Days of Remembrance is, “Behind Every Name a Story: The Courageous.”... MORE

Never-before-seen Army artifacts on exhibit in Fayetteville, N.C.
March 18, 2024 — For the first time, rare and never-before-seen artifacts from the U.S. Army Reserve, Airborne and Special Operations Museum, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Museum, 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum, and 503D Military Police Battalion (Airborne) are on display in a temporary exhibit open to the public called “Opening the Vaults: Treasures of the Fort Liberty Museums."... MORE

Army Reserve medic inspired by grandfathers' WWII service
September 18, 2023 — Some people join the Army for the benefits, some for the experience. For U.S. Army Cpl. John Allen, assigned to the 444th Medical Company Ground Ambulance, 424th Medical Battalion, 338th Medical Brigade, 3rd Division Deployment Support, U.S. Army Reserve, based in West Virginia, he wanted to follow in his grandfathers’ footsteps... MORE

Army Reserve leaders celebrate Army’s 248th birthday at nation’s birthplace
June 16, 2023 — The U.S. Army Reserve helped celebrate the U.S. Army’s 248th birthday and Flag Day June 14 in the city where the Army, the Flag and the nation were created... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve unveils new logo
June 7, 2023 — Born from the Medical Reserve Corps, the United States Army Reserve continues to grow into a force that covers 20 time zones and has over 190,000 Soldiers in its formation. During 115 years of service, one part of the Army Reserve has been around for over 100 of those years—the symbology... MORE

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