November 2, 2015 - BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana National Guard Capt. Andrew Gremillion received the Soldier's Medal, the military's highest award for non-combat heroism, during an Oct. 30 ceremony at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Baton Rouge. In February 2014, Gremillion realized that a woman was in extreme danger and immediately reacted to rescue and save a person … [Read more...]

FARMINGTON, N.M. (Nov. 2, 2015) -- Aviators, infantrymen and transportation Soldiers, assigned to the New Mexico Army National Guard, assisted the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, or NMMNHS, with extracting fossils of two Pentaceratops dinosaur skulls from the badlands of New Mexico. An adult Pentaceratops skull and juvenile fossil remains were airlifted via … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Oct. 30, 2015) -- First Army is three years ahead of Department of the Army's schedule for transforming to a focus on pre-mobilization training for the reserve components. "Operation Bold Shift" is about two-thirds complete now, said First Army Commander Lt. Gen. Michael S. Tucker. The reorganization will be finished by next summer, well ahead of … [Read more...]

FORT MEADE, Md., Oct. 29, 2015 -- It's not every day you get to meet a prince, but several of America's injured service members were given that chance yesterday, showing off their adaptive sports skills to Britain's Prince Harry, who visited Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to officially launch the 2016 Invictus Games. Prince Harry was greeted by cheers - and some squeals - when he … [Read more...]

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. (Oct. 29, 2015) -- One of the more exciting announcements in the military community this year was when the Army secretary established the Army University. As with any new initiative the event was surrounded with questions. Answers are arriving rapidly about the varied purposes of the new Army organization as the fledgling outfit springs to … [Read more...]