FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 15 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: TUNIS, Tunisia - As with many native Hawaiians, U.S. Army Capt. Ivy Young is a mix of ethnicities including Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, German and Puerto Rican. Growing up within the diverse population of Honolulu, her childhood was immersed in traditional Hawaiian culture. Now, together with her U.S. Army Reserve unit, she traveled to the other side of the world to participate   more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 15 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: LOS ANGELES - When people think of Soldiers, they don't normally think of a musician in a band. U.S. Army Reserve Sergeant Jonathan Wang is a clarinet player with the 300th Army Band out of Bell, California. The 300th Army Band is Southern California's only Army Reserve Band consisting of a 40-member company. As a musician traveling throughout the Southwest, Wang upholds a long-es  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 15 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: AGADIR, Morocco - These are the types of adventures Sgt. Triston Cody envisioned when he enlisted in 2021 - traveling across the world and representing his nation in a foreign country, being part of the mission and excelling in his profession. Cody, 22, signal operations support specialist, 653rd Regional Support Group, finds himself overseas with the Army Reserve for the first ti  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 15 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT BLISS, Texas - While many skills can be learned in the classroom, and some can be learned through trial and error, others are best learned through advice from those who have experience-based knowledge to draw from. To this end, the Corps Compass program was developed to pass on skills and knowledge from Senior Enlisted Leaders. The program aims to improve leader engagement and  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 15 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: PARAGON ARMY BASE, Barbados - Amidst the bustling activity of TRADEWINDS 24 (TW24), one figure stands out amidst the hustle of the multinational training exercise: U.S. Army Reserve 2nd Lt. Alivia Stephens, a Salt Lake City native and an intensive care nurse with the 328th Field Support Hospital (FSH), 330th Medical Brigade, 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support). For Stephens  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 15 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT BLISS, Texas - The U.S. Army defines resilience as the mental, physical, emotional, and behavioral ability to face and cope with adversity, adapt to change, recover, learn, and grow from seatbacks. But for Capt. Olga Maria Tamayo DeJesus, a member of the 210th Regional Support Group under the U.S. Army Reserve 1st Mission Support Command, currently mobilized at Fort Bliss, Te  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 15 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: NEW YORK - The Sikh-American Army Reserve officer, who in 2009 was one of the first Soldiers the Army allowed to serve in uniform with his turban and beard, was a featured speaker at the May 11 "Turban Day" held at Times Square here with members of the Sikh community performing folk dances and songs and offering free turbans to passersby. "Today, we gather to celebrate the profoun  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: A federal jury in Charlotte convicted the founder and chairman of a multinational investment company and a company consultant today after a retrial for orchestrating a bribery scheme involving independent expenditure accounts and improper campaign contributions, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North C  more