FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 18 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT LIBERTY, N.C. - Senior U.S. Army Reserve leaders hosted a Large Scale Mobilization Operations (LSMO) Symposium at the U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarters from June 11-13, 2024. It is the first symposium focused on Reserve mobilizations since World War II. Attendees represented all facets of the Army enterprise, including Headquarters Department of the Army, representatives  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 18 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: PHILADELPHIA - "I'm honored to be here in Philadelphia recognizing the Army's birthday and recognizing the commemoration of the origin of the flag, the first unifying symbol of our nation and honoring the people who have chosen to serve our nation and the families who supports them," said Maj. Gen. Jami C. Shawley, Joint Staff J5 Staff Director for Strategic Initiatives, during th  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 18 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Lt. Gen. Jody Daniels, chief of Army Reserve and commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve Command, visited Middle Tennessee State University and the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Tenn., May 21, 2024, at the invitation of Andrew Oppmann, MTSU's vice president for marketing and communications, who serves as one of Tennessee's four civilian Army Reserve Ambassadors. Joini  more

NEW BERN, North Carolina, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: Timothy Mark Blackmon, a 29-year-old resident of Burgaw, has been sentenced to 198 months in prison for possessing counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl with the intent to distribute them in the Wilmington area. The counterfeit pills were made to look like a variety of prescription drugs, including Percocet, Hydrocodone and Oxycodone. Blackmon pled g  more