The 2025 Drill Sergeant of the Year (DSOY) is announced during a formal ceremony at Fort Jackson, S.C., Sept. 18, 2025. U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Randall Smith, a Drill Sergeant Leader at the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy, took home the Active Component DSOY title, and Staff Sgt. Brady Benedict was crowned the Reserve Compenent's DSOY. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Dana Clarke)
Staff Sgt. Brady Benedict: Earning the title of U.S. Army Reserve Drill Sergeant of the Year
By Lt. Col. Xeriqua Garfinkel | Nov. 25, 2025
Under the watchful eye of the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Staff Sgt. Brady Benedict endured four demanding days of competition against thirteen of the Army’s top drill sergeants from...
Ghanaian Armed Forces (GAF) Brig. Gen. William Kwabiah (left), deputy chief staff officer of operations and training; U.S. Army Capt. Peter Afari, Civil Affairs (CA) team chief; U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Simone; U.S. Army Sgt. John O’Brien; team medic; all with CA Team Ghana, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF); GAF Col. Lisbon Nsiah, plans and policy officer, gather during a civil affairs engagement at Accra, Ghana, June 8, 2025. During this engagement, Kwabiah and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Raymond Jackson (not pictured), civil affairs noncommissioned officer, realized that their paths had crossed in 1998 when Jackson (2-years-old at the time) and his family fled a dangerous situation in Liberia as refugees. Kwabiah, then a second lieutenant, commanded the mission that received them as refugees in Ghana. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Raymond Jackson)
From refugee to U.S. Soldier: A full-circle moment in Ghana
By Sgt. 1st Class Shane Klestinski | Nov. 24, 2025
When a U.S. Army civil affairs team conducted an engagement with Ghanaian Armed Forces (GAF) partners, June 8, that meeting’s purpose was to integrate U.S. civil affairs efforts with the GAF training calendar. While they made...
Soldiers assigned to the 416th Theater Engineer Command conduct a commanders update brief during Avenger Triad 25 (AvT25) at Grafenwohr, Germany, 27 Oct. 2025. AvT 25 is a U.S Army Europe-Africa Command computer assisted post exercise designed to train U.S and Multi-National partner units in large scale combat operations in a competitive simulated environment. (U.S Army Photo by Staff Sgt Anthony Torres)
416th Theater Engineer Command enhances readiness at Avenger Triad 25
By Maj. Aaron Smith | Nov. 24, 2025
The 416th Theater Engineer Command (TEC) mobilized 50 Soldiers from across the United States, primarily from the Chicago, Illinois area, to participate in the Avenger Triad 25 exercise. This marks the third consecutive year...
Members of the 200th Military Police Command conduct a shift change briefing during Avenger Triad 25 (AvT25) at Grafenwohr, Germany, 27 Oct. 2025. AvT25 is a U.S. Army Europe-Africa Command computer assisted command post exercise designed to train U.S. and multinational units in large scale combat operations in a competitive simulated environment. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Arthur Ruepong)
U.S. Army Reserve integrates critical capabilities during Avenger Triad 25, strengthening allied interoperability
By Maj. Aaron Smith | Nov. 24, 2025
Last month, U.S. Army Reserve units from the 7th Mission Support Command (MSC), 200th Military Police Command (MPC), 416th Theater Engineer Command (TEC), 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion (MI BN), and U.S. Army Civil...
The United States Army Reserve proudly recognizes the selection of 2nd Lt. Andrew H. Tomusiak of Washington, D.C. as a Rhodes Scholar, a prestigious scholarship that fully funds postgraduate study at the United Kingdom’s University of Oxford.
U.S. Army Reserve officer selected as Rhodes Scholar
By | Nov. 21, 2025
The United States Army Reserve proudly recognizes the selection of 2nd Lt. Andrew H. Tomusiak of Washington, D.C. as a Rhodes Scholar, a prestigious scholarship that fully funds postgraduate study at the United Kingdom’s...
The the strategic Port of Gulfport, Miss. A team from the 597th Transportation Brigade, U.S. Army Transportation Command (ARTRANS), joined with other leaders from ARTRANS, the U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), the 84th Training Command, 78th Training Division and the 377th Theater Sustainment command, to conduct a port survey of the strategic Port of Gulfport, Miss., during the week of September 8, 2025, in support of an upcoming training exercise that will test joint expeditionary capability to establish port dominance quickly and supply warfighters at the point of need.
ARTRANS teams up with TRANSCOM, Seaport Task Force for port inspection
By Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Bryson | Nov. 20, 2025
A team from the 597th Transportation Brigade, U.S. Army Transportation Command (ARTRANS), joined with other leaders from ARTRANS, the U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), the...
U.S. Army Soldiers from the 300th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Reserve, meet with Soldiers from the 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command, III Armored Corps, during a staff exercise, Oct. 23, 2025, Fort Hood, Texas. The two units met in preparation for the upcoming sustainment pilot program that directly integrates active duty army and reserve sustainment units to improve readiness and lethality. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tanner Dibble)
Fort Hood pilot program reshapes sustainment
By Sgt. Tanner Dibble | Nov. 20, 2025
U.S. Army Soldiers from the 300th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Reserve integrated with the 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command, III Armored Corps during a staff exercise from...
Panel at the 2025 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition led by Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory Betty, command sergeant major of the U.S. Army Reserve, Oct. 15, 2025.
Army Reserve Leaders Emphasize Readiness, Hands-On Training and Mentorship at AUSA 2025
By Capt. Elijah R. Swaim | Nov. 19, 2025
The Army Reserve’s senior enlisted leaders gathered at the 2025 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition to discuss what it takes to build a modern and combat-ready force that can train,...
A group of ROTC cadets from the University of Oregon works as a team together while maintaining a consistent pace on the Row River Trail during the Norwegian Foot March, held on September 27, 2025, near Dorena, Oregon. Nearly 70 participants from the military community, including ROTC students from Oregon State University and the University of Oregon, had the opportunity to take part in this event to earn the NFM badge, enhance esprit de corps, and fulfill drill periods while improving physical readiness. The Norwegian Foot March is a military endurance test where participants march or ruck for 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) while carrying a rucksack that weighs 11 kilograms (24 pounds). (Photo by John Hughel, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs)
A test of grit: Oregon military members and ROTC students take on the Norwegian Foot March
By Maj. Eric Haan | Nov. 18, 2025
In the pre-dawn darkness of a comfortably chilly autumn morning, 70 motivated Soldiers from nine Army units were making last-minute preparations at Bake Stewart Park, near Dorena, Oregon. With a sunrise start time of 7:04...
90th Sustainment Brigade soldiers pose for a photo with the historic quadrangle at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Oct. 25, 2025. 90th SB’s Task Force Tough ‘Ombres was deployed to the U.S. southern border from Oct. 16, 2024 to Nov. 12, 2025, and assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border, which executes full-scale, agile, and all-domain operations in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to protect the territorial integrity of the United States and achieve 100% operational control of the border. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Logan Lechuga)
Army Reserve's 90th Sustainment Brigade: Famed WWII U.S. Army unit returns to birth city for southern border mission
By Capt. Maria Salcido | Nov. 18, 2025
The 90th Sustainment Brigade’s “Task Force Tough ‘Ombres” is the latest chapter in a legacy that has come full circle, starting at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in 1917 with World War I, and continuing with the unit’s  return to...
Left to right, Sgt. 1st Class Ben Downing, Detachment 5, Sgt. Santhosh Meenhallimath, DET 3 and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Sean Herbert, DET 5, all with Support Group, 75th U.S. Army Reserve Innovation Command engage with vendors about their spectrum sensing system, one of the technologies being evaluated during Cyber Quest 25, June 10, 2025, at Fort Eisenhower, Georgia. Cyber Quest is an annual data-centric Army Focused Warfighting Experiment providing capability development and acquisition communities a unique, realistic, and future-focused operationally relevant environment to inform critical capability gaps facing Cyber, Electromagnetic Warfare, Information Advantage, and Signal operational forces. The experiment will drive requirements definition, inform rapid acquisition initiatives, and support acquisition risk reduction activities.
75th U.S. Army Reserve Innovation Command evaluates emerging Army technologies at Cyber Quest 25
By Master Sgt. Matthew Chlosta | Nov. 18, 2025
During Cyber Quest 25, 75th U.S. Army Reserve Innovation Command Soldiers partnered with formerly Army Futures Command’s Futures and Concepts Center Cyber Capabilities Development Integration Directorate’s now renamed, as of...
U.S. Army Reserve soldiers and NATO Rapid Deployable Corps - Spain soldiers gather for a brief during Avenger Triad 25 in Valencia, Spain, Oct. 27, 2025. Combined with NATO’s Steadfast Duel exercise, Avenger Triad 25 is a computer-simulated exercise that practices and refines NATO defense plans and integrated command systems. (U.S. Army photo by courtesy asset)
209th Theater Liaison Detachment serves as critical link during Avenger Triad 25, forging stronger NATO interoperability
By Maj. Aaron Smith | Nov. 18, 2025
The U.S. Army Reserve 7th Mission Support Command’s 209th Theater Liaison Detachment (TLD) played a pivotal role in the exercise Avenger Triad 25. The unit deployed to Base Jaime 1 near Bétera, Spain, and served as the...
Chief of Army Reserve panel at the 2025 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 2025.
You Go, We Go: Army Reserve Leaders Address Modernization, Readiness and Risk at AUSA 2025
By Lt. Col. Xeriqua Garfinkel | Nov. 17, 2025
Senior Army Reserve leaders and partners emphasize that the U.S. Army’s success in future conflicts depend on a modern, ready, and fully integrated Reserve component...
Deploying Soldiers with the 510th Regional Support Group stand for a group photo after the completion of the unit’s farewell ceremony Oct. 24, 2025, at Daenner Chapel on Daenner Kaserne. The ceremony included the singing of the German and U.S. national anthems, remarks from U.S. Army Reserve Brig. Gen. John Stanley, the commanding general of the 7th MSC, as well as the singing of “The Army Goes Rolling Along.” (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Angela O’Hearn).
U.S. Army Reserve 510th RSG deploys to Strengthen European Operations
By Staff Sgt. Angela Ohearn and Lt. Col. William Wratee | Nov. 14, 2025
Deploying U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 510th Regional Support Group, 7th Mission Support Command, participated in a farewell ceremony Oct. 24, at Daenner Chapel on Daenner Kaserne.The 510th RSG is scheduled to mobilize...
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
Hegseth announces series of War Department reforms in sweeping speech to top military brass
By Matthew Olay | Oct. 17, 2025
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today announced a series of 10 new directives aimed at strengthening the War Department's people and culture during an in-person speech in Quantico, Virginia, to the U.S. military's most senior...
Sgt. Makayla Gassett provides security while Staff Sgt. Michael Wright, both with the 445th Medical Detachment (Veterinary Services), renders medical aid to a simulated casualty during the situational training exercise (STX) lanes in July’s WAREX 25 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. WAREX, a two-week field exercise, focuses on sharpening basic soldiering skills and unit tactical movement in austere conditions. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Lt. Col Kristin Porter)
Building soldiering skills: How a veterinary detachment trains for large-scale combat
By Lt. Col. Kristin Porter | Sept. 30, 2025
The 445th Medical Detachment (Veterinary Services), based in Independence, Missouri, is used to a unique mission set of safeguarding food supplies, supporting military working dogs, and ensuring animal health by running vet...
Maj. Gen. Windsor S. Buzza, incoming commanding general of U.S. Army Reserve “Blood and Fire” Soldiers of 63rd Readiness Division, accepts the division colors from Commanding General of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, Lt. Gen. Robert E. Harter during a change of command ceremony signifying his newly assigned role at 63rd RD, Sept. 27, 2025, at Moffet Field, Mountain View, Calif. The 63rd Readiness Division specializes in real property management, maintenance readiness, public affairs, and administrative support, providing support to approximately 40,000 Army Reserve Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Karen Sampson)
63rd Readiness Division welcomes new commanding general
By Staff Sgt. Karen Sampson | Sept. 30, 2025
U.S. Army Reserve “Blood and Fire” Soldiers assigned to the 63rd Readiness Division held a change of command ceremony, Sept. 27, 2025, on Moffet Field. The ceremony was hosted by U.S. Army Reserve Command Commanding General...
Sgt. Patrick Chojnowski, in yellow vest, a sergeant assigned to the Arlington Heights Police Department, gives a safety brief to members of the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command during an active shooter training exercise at the 85th USARSC headquarters, September 6, 2025. The training was conducted to increase readiness and understand the tactics and procedures in the event of an active shooter event. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. 1st Class Edgar Valdez)
Army Reserve and local police partnership build on skills combating active shooter events
By Sgt. 1st Class Edgar Valdez | Sept. 29, 2025
Soldiers assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command partnered with the Arlington Heights Police Department to conduct an active shooter training exercise Sept. 6, 2025, at the 85th USARSC headquarters...
U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Chanson Benjamin, right, and Sgt. 1st Class Terrence Baisley, middle, assigned to Bravo Company, Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), speak with a commander of the national assault police unit, Force de Recherche et d'Assaut de la Police (FRAP), in the northern operational zone, Côte d’Ivoire June 29, 2025. This meeting enabled the civil affairs team to gain a better understanding of the FRAP's capabilities and strengthen their relationship. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)
SETAF-AF civil affairs NCO translates French for his team in West Africa
By 1st Lt. Tucker Chase | Sept. 24, 2025
When Chanson Benjamin started law school at the University of Minnesota, he never expected to trade his textbooks for civil affairs operations in Côte d’Ivoire...
Staff Sgt. Lindsay Clifton and Capt. Timothy Fillmore, both assigned to the 1835th Combat and Operational Stress Control detachment out of Denver, Colorado, set up a communications tower during WAREX at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in July 2025. The 1835th COSC focused on mitigating combat stress, supporting mental resiliency, and enhancing unit readiness in an austere environment for the two-week exercise.
Serving mind, body and spirit: How military chaplains and COSC units are transforming mental health support in the field
By Lt. Col. Kristin Porter | Sept. 24, 2025
In the face of increasing demands on soldiers during multi-domain operations and large-scale combat operations (LSCO), the U.S. Army Reserve is redefining how it supports mental resilience and spiritual well-being in the...
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