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Army Reserve leaders remember fallen heroes during the Memorial Day weekend throughout Chicago
May 31, 2019 — U.S. Army Reserve Brig. Gen. Kris Belanger, Commanding General, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, and Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Theodore Dewitt, Command Sergeant Major, 85th USARSC, attended Memorial Day ceremonies in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs to honor the service of fallen military heroes, May 25-27, 2019. Rain was in the forecast all weekend but held off until the final ceremony concluded Monday afternoon... MORE

A Gold Star Family takes a moment in front of the Gold Star Family float following the City of Chicago Memorial Day parade, Mar. 25, 2019.

Career ‘Citizen Soldier’ reflects on Omaha missing person case 13 years later
May 17, 2019 — On May 10, 2006 in the mid-western city of Omaha, Nebraska, a teenager named Jessica O’Grady went to her boyfriend’s home. The University of Nebraska student and waitress intended to tell him that she was pregnant, according to, then, Detective Eric Nordby, who is currently the Command Chief Warrant Officer for the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command. The following day she failed to show up for work... MORE

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Nordby currently serves as an Internal Affairs Investigator with the Omaha, Nebraska Police Department and serves as the command chief warrant officer for the 85th U. S. Army Reserve Support Command.

Army Reserve established Pacific stronghold in American Samoa
April 29, 2019 — American Samoa has historically played a pivotal role in the security of the Pacific. In 1878 the U.S. signed a treaty for the establishment of a naval station in Pago Pago Harbor, United States Naval Station Tutuila. Under the administration of the U.S. Navy (1900–51), American Samoa became a strategic naval base... MORE

Army Reserve establishes Pacific stronghold in American Samoa

Combined Best Warrior Competition Proves “Best of the Best”
April 19, 2019 — “I didn’t realize anything could be so exhilarating and exhausting at the same time.” This is how Sgt. 1st Class Mario Quintero, an instructor at the U.S. Army NCO Academy Parks, under the 100th Training Division, described how he felt about competing in the 2019 Combined Best Warrior Competition held here April 7-12... MORE

84th TC conducts Combined Best Warrior Competition
April 19, 2019 — The 84th Training Command conducted a Combined Best Warrior Competition at Fort Knox, Kentucky April 8-11, that included Soldiers from eight different commands... MORE

Army Reserve Soldier awarded for life-saving actions during deadly mass shooting
April 19, 2019 — Army Reserve Sgt. James P. Lawson never imagined a country concert would end with not only fighting for his life but also saving the life of someone else. ... MORE

Members of the 481st Transportation (Heavy Boat) Company, 3rd Transportation Command (Expeditionary), stand at attention on Port Hueneme, Calif.

Breaking the barrier into higher education
April 18, 2019 — What does a career look like that embodies two very seemingly different callings into a beautiful composition? Potentially a conflicting disaster? However, students from Berklee College of Music are challenging their skills from their part-time jobs and pushing the limits of their higher education to see what the results will yield. ... MORE

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Laura Crespo, a bandsman for the 78th Army Band, performs “Time after time” with Spc. Luis Gastaliturris, a bandsman with the 78th Army Band, for the West End House Boys and Girls Club in Allston, Massachusetts, April 12. Crespo is a senior at Berklee School of Music. The U.S. Army Reserve provided Crespo with opportunities away from her hometown in Puerto Rico. “My mom always said take the first opportunity to leave Puerto Rico, and make a life out there,” said Crespo.

4th Cav. MFTB embodies partnership during Operation Gauntlet
April 12, 2019 — Six days. Ninety-nine crews. Approximately 300 personnel. These elements and a partnership between the 4th Cavalry Multi-Functional Training Brigade and 76th Operational Response Command seamlessly integrated during Operation Gauntlet, a gunnery exercise and a turnkey event March to April 2019 at Fort Riley, Kansas... MORE

4th Cavalry Multi-Functional Training Brigade embodies partnership during Operation Gauntlet

Hands-on training at Operation Cold Steel III
April 11, 2019 — Operation Cold Steel began in early 2017 as the U.S. Army Reserve’s largest gunnery operation. Since it kicked off, thousands of America’s Army Reserve Soldiers have qualified on individual and vehicle crew-served weapons. ... MORE

Heading to the field for battle assembly
April 9, 2019 — The U.S. Army Reserve 383rd Quartermaster Battalion, headquartered in El Paso, Texas, conducted a readiness focused field training exercise April 4 - 7, 2019, here... MORE

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