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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.... MORE

77th Quartermaster Group Soldiers push through the Bataan
March 18, 2019 — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 77th Quartermaster Group, based in El Paso, Texas, took part in the 2019 Bataan Memorial Death March.... MORE

"Connection Man" of 88th Readiness Division reflects on importance of black history
February 28, 2019 — Retired U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Maj. Reginald “Reggie” Robinson Sr., from rural East Prairie, Missouri, keeps the 88th Readiness Division connected through the use of phones, internet, stories, and history.... MORE

Army Reserve unit chronicles past to boost future success
February 1, 2019 — The U.S. Army Reserve’s military history detachments highlight the benefits of data collection as an instrumental learning tool to enable military units’ future success.... MORE

Warrior Ohana generations continue legacy at Palm Circle
December 17, 2018 — The Oli is asking permission, to enter and to perform the Ha’a Koa, the Hawaiian bent-knee dance of warriors. Members of the Kanaka Oiwi, a group of traditional Hawaiian cultural practitioners, gave the Oli and stood in the center of the U.S. Army promotion, performing a ceremony of their own, the Ha’a Koa, blessing the place of warriors, known today as Palm Circle, blessing the Army Reserve Soldier about to be promoted, and his ability to gather the chiefs, as a long bloodline of warriors before him had as well. ... MORE

A legacy to emulate
October 18, 2018 — The legacy of those who served in the “war to end all wars” still resonates today for Maj. Gen. A.C. Roper, deputy commander of the U.S. Army Reserve. Their service and sacrifice has guided him since his youth and continues to inspire him today.... MORE

President Hayes honored during wreath-laying ceremony
October 11, 2018 — Rutherford B. Hayes served as the 19th president and, along with his wife Lucy, is buried on the family grounds in this northwest Ohio town. Each year, surrounding the anniversary of his birth, Hayes is honored with a wreath presented on behalf of the current president of the United States during a ceremony hosted by the Hayes Presidential Library and Museum.... MORE

World War II Veterans rededicate monument at Fort Indiantown Gap
October 1, 2018 — Twelve World War II veterans of the 95th Infantry Division, currently serving Soldiers, friends and family gathered Sept. 22 to rededicate the division monument here.... MORE

World War I Centennial Commemoration: Honoring the past to embrace the future
September 27, 2018 — Walking through the fields and trenches where the 80th Division Soldiers trekked during World War I, Maj. Gen. Bruce Hackett, Commanding General of the 80th Training Command (The Army School System) participated in World War I centennial commemoration activities in Verdun, France, September 20-25, 2018. ... MORE

New York City draftee Soldiers made history as the Lost Battalion in October 1918
August 30, 2018 — One of World War I’s most heroic battlefield story features a bookish lawyer, a millionaire who charged up San Juan Hill with Teddy Roosevelt, a carrier pigeon that’s now in the Smithsonian, and draftee Soldiers from New York City who served in the 77th Division.... MORE

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