The Army Reserve Is Gutting Aviation Units. Thousands of Soldiers Are Being Left in the Lurch.
Thousands of Army Reserve soldiers are being forced to scramble for new assignments after the service abruptly ordered the dismantling of its helicopter units, a sweeping move that has caught commanders off guard and upended aviation operations across the country. The cuts, which are set to eliminate all of the reserve’s helicopter units by the […]
Training for the Unthinkable: Army Reserve Soldiers Prepare for Nuclear Aftermath
On a blustery Friday afternoon at Camp Rilea, over 200 Army Reserve soldiers from across the country trained for a situation they hope never happens — a mass casualty event in the form of a 10-kiloton nuclear detonation in the Puget Sound area. Jeff Taylor, of the United States Army North defense force, said the […]
Army Reserve Suicide Prevention Programs Need Study, Maine Senator Says After Mass Shooting
U. S. Sen. Angus King is urging the federal government’s watchdog agency to conduct a study of suicide prevention policies for reservists in the U.S. military. King, I-Maine, in a letter sent this week to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro of the U.S. Government Accountability Office, also asked the agency to review the investigations into last […]
Maine Army Reserve Shooter's Military Records to Be Turned Over to Victims' Families
BATH — A woman who lost her son and husband in the Lewiston mass shooting was granted legal power to request the gunman’s medical and military records. Cynthia Young was made special administrator over Robert Card’s estate in Sagadahoc County Probate Court on Tuesday, almost a year after Card committed the deadliest mass shooting in […]
Families of Lewiston Shooting Victims Ask Judge for Army Reserve Gunman's Medical Records
More than 90 people who lost loved ones in the Lewiston mass shooting last October are trying to obtain the gunman’s medical and military records through his estate. A Sagadahoc County probate judge may determine whether to release those records during a hearing scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. On Oct. 25, 2023, Robert Card, of Bowdoin, […]
Search for Army Reserve Vet Suspected in Kentucky Highway Shooting Ends with Discovery of Body
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A body found in rural southeastern Kentucky is believed to be the man suspected of shooting and wounding five people on an interstate highway, authorities said Wednesday night. The search ended with two private sleuths joining in the dramatic discovery. Kentucky State Police Commissioner Phillip Burnett Jr. said the body located earlier […]
Illinois Town Had an Army Reserve Center for Nearly 60 Years. Now It's Being Sold.
The federal government is giving the former U.S. Army Reserve center in Belleville to the city after nearly 60 years of military use, and the city is selling it to St. Clair County for $250,000. In the past three weeks, both the City Council and County Board have voted to enter into an intergovernmental agreement […]
Army Reserve Reports Hitting Goal for Sergeants Amid Push to End Noncommissioned Officer Shortage
After years of a shortage of noncommissioned officers in the Army Reserve, the service component may finally be gaining ground on its leadership deficit. The Army Reserve has struggled for half a decade to promote junior soldiers to sergeant, a reverberating impact that has led to shortfalls in the senior NCO ranks. But now, the […]
Army Reserve Soldiers, Close Friends Killed in Drone Attack, Mourned at Funerals in Georgia
WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) — Two young citizen-soldiers who became close friends after enlisting in the Army Reserve were remembered at funerals in southeast Georgia on Saturday, nearly three weeks after they died in a drone attack while deployed to the Middle East. A service for 24-year-old Sgt. Kennedy Sanders was held in the packed 1,200-seat […]
Maine Police Defend Search for Army Reserve Gunman Who Killed 18 Last Fall
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine state police on Thursday defended their search last fall for a gunman who had just killed 18 people, saying they didn’t rush to search woods surrounding his abandoned car because they feared a late-night ambush. The Oct. 25 shooting at a bowling alley and a bar was the deadliest in state […]