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Bringing a Brother Home
July 27, 2022 — Serving as a Casualty Assistance Officer (CAO) is not an additional duty many volunteer to perform, as it comes with long hours and lengthy paperwork, but helping families bring fallen loved ones home is also one of the most rewarding things a Soldier can experience... MORE

70th Anniversary of 94th Infantry Division Historical Society reunion brings veterans, families together
August 13, 2019 — COLUMBUS, Ga. - This year marked the 70th anniversary of the 94th Infantry Division Historical Society by bringing together World War II veterans, their families, and current members of the 94th Training Division-Force Sustainment at their annual reunion held here June 14-15... MORE

Brig. Gen. Stephen Iacovelli, 94th Training Division-Force Sustainment commanding general, speaks at the 70th anniversary of the 94th Infantry Division Historical Society reunion held at Columbus, Georgia, June 14-15, 2019.

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

Last surviving medic from World War II ‘Band of Brothers’ Battalion honored during funeral service
June 18, 2019 — Legendary World War II Soldier Al Mampre, one of the featured Soldiers in the 2001 HBO series ‘Band of Brothers’ was honored during funeral services Saturday, June 15th, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston... MORE

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division fold the flag during a graveside service for Staff Sgt. Al Mampre. Mampre served as a medic with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during World War II.

7th MSC and 21st TSC Soldiers visit Dachau to gain understanding of significance of 75th D-Day anniversary
June 6, 2019 — DACHAU, Germany—On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied D-Day invasion to end National Socialist Fascism in Europe, eight Reserve Soldiers from various units within the 7th Mission Support Command joined four active duty Soldiers from the senior leadership team of the 21st Theater Support Command´s Equal Opportunity Staff to visit the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial on June 5, 2019... MORE

DACHAU, Germany—On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied D-Day invasion to end National Socialist Fascism in Europe, eight Reserve Soldiers from various units within the 7th Mission Support Command joined four active duty Soldiers from the senior leadership team of the 21st Theater Support Command´s Equal Opportunity Staff to visit the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial on June 5, 2019.

MEDIA ADVISORY: World War II veteran to receive military police medallion for ‘Mission of Mercy,’ service
October 9, 2018 — A 95-year-old U.S. Army veteran of World War II will receive the Order of the Marechaussee medallion at the Manasquan Presbyterian Church, on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, for his service to the Army as a military police Soldier and the “Mission of Mercy” he performed just a few days after D-Day... MORE

Army Reserve leader speaks on celebrating our veterans
November 14, 2017 — The auditorium filled with silence as the audience stood up from their seats at Buffalo Grove High School on Nov. 11, 2017. The first notes of the national anthem played as hundreds watched the nation’s colors marched into the room during a Veteran’s Day ceremony... MORE

Army Reserve Lt. Col. Priscilla Van Zanten, Transportation Officer, 85th Support Command, spoke to nearly 200 members of her community during a Veteran’s Day Ceremony in Buffalo Gove, Illinois on Nov. 11, 2017.

The 80th Training Command: Celebrating a centennial legacy
September 16, 2017 — Transitioning from the 80th Infantry Division to the 80th Airborne Division to the 80th Division (Institutional Training), the 80th Training Command (The Army School System) commemorates its 100th anniversary in 2017. Evolving in more than just its name, the 80th TC continues to be a lethal, capable and combat ready Army Reserve unit that stands on the foundation of 100 years of dedication and service, starting with World War I... MORE

Burt Marsh, a World War II Veteran assigned to Company M, 319th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division, was one of five WWII Veterans that attended the 80th Training Command (TASS) and the 80th Division Veterans Association centennial anniversary dinner in Richmond, Va., September 16, 2017. He was drafted into the Amy in 1944. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Emily D. Anderson, 80th Training Command)

Chicago hosts a ‘Band of Brothers’ weekend
September 28, 2016 — “Color Guard, post the colors.” A deafening silence filled the room; then the whisper of a cadence flowed out between the flag bearers... MORE

Army Reserve soldiers, assigned to the 85th Support Command, present the colors during the 70th reunion of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division at the Union League Club of Chicago, September 24, 2016. The famed Easy Company became widely known in part due to an HBO mini series called Band of Brothers. The 506th PIR was an experimental airborne regiment created in 1942 in Toccoa, Georgia that served in World War II.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan/Released)

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