Story by Sgt. 1st Class Jerimiah Richardson | 305th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 05.01.2023
1st Lt. Anna Zaccaria becomes first female Army Reserve Infantry Officer to graduate Army Ranger School immediately after Infantry Officer Basic Leader Course (IBOLC)....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class J. Keith Wilson | All Hands Magazine | 12.08.2021
Daniel K. Inouye served led the most decorated unit in American history, the Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat team, followed by a 50 year congressional career. The Navy proudly welcomed his namesake, USS Daniel K. Inouye (DDG 118), to the fleet on December 8, 2021....
Story by Maj. Melodie Tafao | 9th Mission Support Command | 07.24.2020
Col. Kenneth Tafao Jr., U.S. Army, graduated from the United States Army War College at Carlisle, Pennsylvania with a master's degree in Strategic Studies on July 24, 2020....
Story by Sgt. Stephanie Ramirez | U.S. Army Reserve Command | 04.30.2019
For decades, hundreds of U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers had to fly across the Pacific Ocean to qualify on their individual weapons. But now, the Soldiers in American Samoa finally have their own modular small arms range on home soil....
Story by Staff Sgt. David Overson | 305th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 04.28.2019
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (April 28, 2019) – American Samoa historically has played a pivotal role in the security of the Pacific. In 1878 the U.S. signed a treaty for the establishment of a naval station in Pago Pago Harbor, United States Naval Station Tutuila. Under the administration of the U.S. Navy (1900–51), American Samoa became a strategic naval base....
Story by Staff Sgt. David Overson | 305th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 04.27.2019
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (April 27, 2019) – More than 200,000 Soldiers are currently serving in the U.S. Army Reserve. Out of those 200,000, there’s bound to be a few siblings serving together. However, when two brothers serve in the same Army Reserve infantry company on the small Pacific Island of American Samoa, it’s bound to turn a few heads....
Story by Staff Sgt. David Overson | 305th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 04.23.2019
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa– Soldiers from American Samoa know a thing or two about pride, and on the U.S. Army Reserve’s 111th birthday, that pride was on full display during a cake cutting ceremony at the Pele U.S. Army Reserve Center, American Samoa, April 23, 2019....
Story by Crista Mary Mack | 9th Mission Support Command | 04.10.2019
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa - Army Reserve Soldiers of American Samoa will soon train at the first indoor rifle range in the Army Reserve, a Modular Small Arms Range scheduled for a grand opening the end of April. The range is the first opportunity for Soldiers to conduct necessary training at home in a safe, environmentally sound state of the art facility....
