FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER, Ind. - The 78th Training Division's Observer Controller/Trainer (OC/T) team played a critical role in honing the skills of participating units during Guardian Response 2024 (GR 24). Held at Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC), Indiana, from April 18 to May 5, 2024, GR 24 is a multicomponent homeland emergency response exerci  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - The U.S. Army Reserve's 78th Training Division (TD) led Guardian Response 2024 (GR 24), a multi-component exercise held at the Muscatatuck Training Center (MUTC) in Indiana. This large-scale training event validated the ability of Active Duty, Reserve, Marine Corps, and Air Force units to conduct critical missions in response to a Chemical, B  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU, Romania - "The Army is an opportunity to get paid to learn health care, and I really wanted to get the experience to grow in my career," said Sgt. Ta'Che' Blocker, a combat medic assigned to the 340th Military Police Company. Blocker joined the U.S. Army Reserve to gain healthcare experience with aspirations to become a physician assistant. "I work with some   more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT McCOY, Wis. - The Army Reserve's 238th Quartermaster (Field Feeding) Company is a unit that thrives from the skills of the 92G culinary specialist Soldiers assigned to it, and those same Soldiers led a strong effort when the unit competed in the 2024 Philip A. Connelly Competition in the U.S. Army Reserve in mid-May at Fort McCoy. According to the U.S. Army description of the   more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: PUERTO RICO - On May 31, dozens of fans of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) of Puerto Rico witnessed a significant event during the basketball game between Los Atleticos de San German and Los Leones de Ponce at the Coliseo Arquelio Torres Ramirez in San German. The event marked the beginning of the careers of future soldiers in the U.S. Army, as they took their oath of enlist  more

CHEROKEE, North Carolina, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on June 3, 2024, by Office on Violence Against Women Director Rosie Hidalgo at the National Congress of American Indians Mid-Year Conference: * * * I'd like to thank the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and President Mark Macarro for the opportunity and honor of addressing all of you here today. For those of you who do not know me, my name is Rosie Hidalgo and I serve as the Director of  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57155) involving Harris Nuclear Plant, North Carolina: * * * Facility: Harris Region: 2 State: NC Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] W-3-LP NRC Notified By: Ash Brannan HQ OPS Officer: Josue Ramirez Notification Date: 05/30/2024 Notification Time: 22:52 [ET] Event Date: 05/30/2024 Event Time: 19:49 [EDT] Last Update Date: 05/30/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 4 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: The U.S. Army and members from European allied nations are participating in the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, supporting local events across Normandy, from June 1-10, 2024, to commemorate the selfless actions by all the allies on D-Day that continue to resonate 80 years later. *** Original text here: https://www.usar.army.mil/News/News-Display/Article/3795609/photo-gallery-80th-anniversary  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A North Carolina man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to his alleged conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His alleged actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the presidential election. Jay Robert Thaxton, 49, of Concord, Nort  more