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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

5th Armored Brigade Soldiers help local nonprofit secure $100,000 grant
January 27, 2022 — Oklahoma Army National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers attached to 5th Armored Brigade at Fort Bliss, Texas, attended a $100,000 grant presentation at the Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA) Jan. 21, 2021...

Profiles in Space: Capt. Jack Lamotte - Army Reserve Soldier supporting space full time
January 26, 2022 — For the majority of Soldiers in the Army Reserve, the military is a part-time job, with them serving one weekend a month and two weeks or so a year. This is the standard obligation for most when it comes to Reserve or National Guard duty, but Capt. Jack Lamotte has turned the Army Reserve into a launching pad for a career in space with on- and off-active duty orders in 1st Space Brigade for almost a decade...

Exercise preps ASC-ARE Soldiers for deployment
January 24, 2022 — Members of the Army Sustainment Command-Army Reserve Element who will support the 401st Army Field Support Brigade in Kuwait were brought here to prepare them for their duties downrange. It proved to be time well spent, according to Chief Warrant Officer 4 Jason Miner, an ASC-ARE automotive maintenance officer who attended the exercise, dubbed CORE 22.1...

Marking 30 years: USTRANSCOM’s Joint Transportation Reserve Unit
January 24, 2022 — The nation’s first joint reserve unit marked its 30th anniversary this fall, highlighting the success of what the Joint Staff considered in 1991 as a “prototype” for the unified commands in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The mission of the Joint Transportation Reserve Unit (JTRU) is to augment the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) in providing air, land, and sea transportation for the DoD, both in times of peace and war...

Open the door to more military career options
January 24, 2022 — Before you retake the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, think about taking the Basic Skills Education Program course first. The course is designed to help Soldiers improve their math, vocabulary and reading comprehension skills and ultimately raise their General Technical score...

‘Go for Broke’ Mortars Fly High at Pohakuloa Training Area
January 21, 2022 — The mortar platoon of the 100th Battalion 442nd Infantry (100/442) spent the second week of January conducting mortar live-fire training at PTA. The purpose of the week-long training exercise was weapons familiarization, improve platoon and squad proficiency and set the conditions for a successful battalion-wide collective training exercise during the battalion’s upcoming annual training this summer...

A century of the United States Army Reserve in Puerto Rico
January 21, 2022 — The United States Army Reserve in Puerto Rico celebrates 100 years of service to the Army and the Nation, evolving from an infantry brigade that participated in World War II to what it is today, the largest command of the Army at the federal level in the Caribbean...

Army Reserve Ambassador inducted into Quartermaster Corps Hall of Fame
January 21, 2022 — Retired Brig. Gen. Fernando Fernandez, former commanding general of the 1st Mission Support Command from 2009 to 2013, still lives his commitment as a citizen-soldier serving as one of the two Army Reserve Ambassadors in Puerto Rico...

PHOTO GALLERY: Cold-Weather Operations Course at Fort McCoy
January 20, 2022 — Army Reserve Soldiers were among the students participating in the Cold-Weather Operations Course at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, in January. Designed to provide units with a subject-matter expert in cold-weather operations, the course focuses on correct wear and usage of equipment, first aid, patrol base operations, and other courses related to survival in an environment with extremely cold weather. The CWOC is modeled after the Cold-Weather Leader Course taught by the Army Northern Warfare Training Center at Black Rapids, Alaska...

VIDEO: Why I Serve: Spc. Ophoven
January 20, 2022 — Army Reserve Spc. John Ophoven, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialist, 847th Human Resources Company, shares how he wants to serve his fellow Soldiers in support of the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Program as he continues his Army career. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Jimmie Baker and Bianka Gavin-Lathan)...

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