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Army Reserve captain brings a lifetime of service and culture to the force

Capt. Cynthia Ammerman grew up on farmland in rural Missouri, just south of Kansas City. Her family’s roots in the area go back...

Designing the future of battlefield medicine: Inside Global Medic 25-01 and Mojave Falcon

As the U.S. Army Reserve refocuses its training efforts on preparing for large-scale combat operations (LSCO), exercises like...

Army Reserve chief warrant officer circles the globe in C-12 Huron

As an Army Reserve aviator, Demas was on a mission—flying halfway around the world to support Exercise Balikatan 2025, the 40th...

Archive: 2021

Civil Affairs East Africa team teaches oral hygiene, preventative care
March 30, 2021 — U.S. Army Reserve personnel assigned to Civil Affairs East Africa Southern European Task Force Africa (CA-EA SETAF-AF) functional specialty team, in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducted multiple preventative oral hygiene demonstrations at the International School of Africa, Arta, Djibouti on March 23, 2021... MORE

U.S. Army Civil Affairs East Africa Southern European Task Force Africa (CA-EA SETAF-AF) functional specialty team members and students pose for a group photo at the International School of Africa, Arta, Djibouti, March 23, 2021. Members of the CA-EA FXSP team collectively spoke to more than 70 children at the school, reinforcing the focus on preventative oral health care.

New human-resources system to roll out in December
March 29, 2021 — The Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army (IPPS-A) is being rolled out throughout the National Guard, and the Army is scheduled to transition to it in December. IPPS-A is a web-based human-resources system, integrating the Army’s personnel, pay, and talent management functions into one secure web-based application, said Col. Gregory Johnson, director of IPPS-A’s functional management division... MORE

Army Reserve Soldier: Actor and public affairs NCO
March 26, 2021 — "You shouldn't limit yourself to what you can experience and learn," said Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Rodney Roldan, training and operations noncommissioned officer (NCO) for the 209th Public Affairs Detachment (Broadcast) in Rome, Ga. "If you're in the service and doing a regular job, then wearing both hats gets you to see different perspectives and functions under a different code of ethics."... MORE

Army Reserve chief blazing trail for women
March 26, 2021 — Women have broken many barriers throughout the Army’s history, most recently from joining the combat arms to filling its most senior-level roles. Lt. Gen. Jody Daniels is just one example. As the chief of Army Reserve and commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, history may remember her as the first woman to lead the nearly 200,000-strong force since its inception in 1908. But the Army leader hopes to be remembered as a torchbearer for future leaders to fill the Army ranks at its highest levels, she said... MORE

Daniels assumes command of U.S. Army Reserve

Army Reserve Soldier jumps into active duty, makes impact
March 25, 2021 — As a captain in the Army with just four years under his belt, one Soldier set a goal to exceed standards, and his ambitions haven’t gone unnoticed. Capt. Robert Loftus, administrative law attorney with the 117th Legal Operations Detachment, an Army Reserve unit headquartered in Phoenix, came to Fort Carson on temporary orders as a judge advocate general (JAG). And while he only served at Fort Carson about nine months, his presence left a positive impact... MORE

228th Combat Support Hospital incoming Soldier
March 25, 2021 — Spc. Shifali Westpfahl, a U.S. Army Reserve surgical technician Soldier, has recently joined the 228th Combat Support Hospital located in Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas... MORE

No train, no gain: U.S. Army keeps the freight moving
March 25, 2021 — Are you a U.S. Army Soldier looking to transfer from active duty to the reserve? Why not work on the railroad? Unbeknownst to many, the Army maintains a limited number of railway advisors, falling under the 88U military occupational specialty. The career field stems from a rich heritage of delivering war-winning resources... MORE

Leading the future: Aggie gives back
March 25, 2021 — It’s not often that you discover an Army Colonel facilitating a round table discussion on “Sailing Uncertain Waters,” but that’s exactly where Col. M. Straus Scantlin, Director, Strategic Initiatives Group (SIG), U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) found himself Feb. 9-13, 2021. Scantlin, a Houston, Texas, native and self-proclaimed “Aggie,” was selected as one of a handful of facilitators for the 66th Annual Memorial Student Center Student Conference on National Affairs (MSC SCONA) at his alma mater, Texas A&M... MORE

Clearwater, Kan., native serves as member of Fort Bliss Mobilization Brigade
March 25, 2021 — Spc. Nathan Sizemore, a native of Clearwater, Kansas, is a human resources specialist currently serving at Fort Bliss, Texas, with the 647th Regional Support Group (Forward), Fort Bliss Mobilization Brigade as an administrator for the Soldier Readiness and Processing Center. Headquartered in El Paso, Texas, Fort Bliss is the second-largest installation in the Army, serves as a Mobilization Force Generation Installation, and supports the Joint Force by deploying and redeploying service members and Department of Defense civilians and contractors to five combatant commands... MORE

Soldier takes her shot at military life at 27
March 24, 2021 — Albert Einstein once said: “Billiards is the well-developed art of thinking ahead.” A pool player’s every move must set up the next. Spc. Leigha Skadsem was beginning to think she had made all the wrong moves in her life when she found herself at a bar called the Hideaway Lounge in Cresco, Iowa on Christmas night 2015... MORE

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