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Changes at DEERS/RAPIDS ID card sites

As of 15 April 2025, 32 Army Reserve DEERS/RAPIDS sites have temporarily ceased operations due to a change in contracting. This...

Falcon Nation Unites: 2025 79th TSC Best Warrior and Best Squad Showdown

From April 6-10, 2025, Soldiers from across the Army Reserve converged at Fort Hunter-Liggett for the 79th Theater Sustainment...

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Army Reserve division wins Best Squad Competition

The U.S. Army Reserve's 99th Readiness Division won the 2025 Combined Major Support Command Best Squad Competition held here April...

Tag: World War II

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 officer and local residents honor fallen heroes at Memorial Day service
May 29, 2024 — U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Brian Dunn, Public Affairs Officer, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, participated as the keynote speaker for the Village of Norridge’s Memorial Day ceremony, May 26, 2024... MORE

From left to right, Jack Bielak, Village of Norridge trustee; U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Brian Dunn, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command public affairs officer; Daniel Tannhauser, Village of Norridge president and Dennis Sass, U.S. Navy retired, pause for a photo outside the Village of Norridge Veterans Memorial.

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

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

Wisconsin World War II veteran receives special Army Reserve visitors
August 31, 2023 — World War II and U.S. Army veteran retired Lt. Col. Harry Baker received some very special visitors on Aug. 8, 2023, at his home in Pewaukee, Wisconsin... 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

Army Reserve Soldiers provide repatriation funeral honors to long-missing World War II hero
November 23, 2022 — Army Reserve Soldiers stationed in New York lent a hand to honor a long-missing casualty of World War II Nov. 19 at St. John Catholic Cemetery here... 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

Fort McCoy helps World War II Army vet celebrate 102nd birthday
October 27, 2022 — When retired Army Lt. Col. Harry Baker of Pewaukee, Wis., turned 102 years old on Oct. 9, he did so with the well wishes of many people serving at Fort McCoy... MORE

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