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Puerto Rico native retires as Army Reserve general after 39 years

Brig. Gen. Raúl Rodriguez, deputy commanding general of the 108th Training Command (Initial Entry Training), concluded 39 years of...

Optimizing Military Programs Delivery: Louisville District advances innovative barracks delivery ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District is helping the U.S. Army deliver critical barracks infrastructure faster and...

A Voice from Home: Dolly Parton's Decades-Long Connection to America's Military

Dolly Parton, the Tennessee singer-songwriter whose six-decade career made her one of country music’s most recognizable voices,...

Archive: 2022

Ready Now! Shaping Tomorrow…
September 13, 2022 — The 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) hosted a Soldier Readiness Process event, commonly known as an SRP, at its headquarters in Orlando. Fla...

A legacy of honor: Army Reserve chief warrant officer 5 appointed as honorary Navy chief petty officer
September 8, 2022 — Forty years is a lifetime. In fact, it can feel like several. For Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer 5 Phillip Brashear, son of legendary Master Chief Navy Diver Carl Brashear, four decades of service came full circle as he became an honorary inductee in a select group with a unique familial connection. ...

Civil affairs veterinarian participates in Exercise Shared Accord 22 in South Africa
September 8, 2022 — U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Sage Umphries, a veterinarian assigned to the 353rd Civil Affairs Functional Specialty Team, stationed at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, recently participated in Exercise Shared Accord 2022, a joint and bilateral training exercise that took place in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province from July 11-27, 2022...

Diamond Saber sharpens Army financial, sustainment readiness
September 7, 2022 — At the top of their game, professional athletes train hard and apply some of the most extreme pressures to ensure they’re hardened into their sport’s best and most capable talents because they realize the importance of winning. Winning matters. And, with lives and freedom around the globe at stake, the U.S. Army is built to win. That is why finance and comptroller Soldiers converged at Joint Base McGuire-Dix, New Jersey, to build the professional grit, fortitude and technical prowess necessary to win against near-peer adversaries during exercise Diamond Saber from Aug. 11-19...

USAG Devens RFTA celebrates 105th anniversary
September 6, 2022 — More than a thousand people from the surrounding communities came to U.S. Army Garrison Devens Reserve Forces Training Area (USAG Devens RFTA) celebration on Aug. 20 to honor the 105th anniversary of the establishment of Devens...

Back to his roots: SEAC Ramon "CZ" Colon-Lopez visits Puerto Rico
September 6, 2022 — Guanica is a town and municipality in southern Puerto Rico of about 100 miles and is known as the "town of friendship." For the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Ramon "CZ" Colon-Lopez, Guanica is where he grew up. As the most senior enlisted service member, by position, in the United States Armed Forces, he proved that where a person starts does not determine where they end up...

ESGR “Patriotic Employer” Award presented to GE Healthcare supervisor
September 6, 2022 — Each year service members can nominate their employers to receive the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) “Patriotic Employer” Award. With assistance from the Idaho ESGR committee, Staff Sgt. Lisa Murray, Biomedical Equipment Specialist from the 392nd Medical Logistics Company, presented Brian Thompson of GE Healthcare with the "Patriotic Employer" Award on Aug. 26, 2022, at Mr. V’s Restaurant here...

CIOR competition tests 88th Readiness Division officer’s grit
September 6, 2022 — An 88th Readiness Division officer vied for the first time as part of a three-person team in the Interallied Federation of Reserve Officers Military Competition, commonly referred to by its French acronym CIOR (the Confédération Interalliée des Officiers de Réserve) in Athens, Aug. 3 to 5, 2022...

Suicide prevention hinges on sensing, listening, trust
September 6, 2022 — An Army Reserve officer has helped more than 100 Soldiers and veterans struggling with suicidal thoughts during the past decade by listening and providing the right resources...

Operation Platinum Wrench key to retaining mechanics
September 2, 2022 — Operation Platinum Wrench, held at the 88th Readiness Division-operated Draw Yard here in the spring and summer, is the tool to retain Soldiers who are in the mechanics occupational specialties. OPW which trained 239 service members this fiscal year provides mechanics in the division’s footprint which spans 19 states the chance to be trained by senior civilian contractors on their skills. These Soldiers could repair anything from vehicles which broke down en route to Fort McCoy to vehicles that break down in the field during the unit’s AT...

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