Major General Michelle Link shares a heartfelt message with the Soldiers and civilians of the 75th U.S. Army Reserve Innovation Command.

In honor of Veterans Day, Maj. Gen. Michelle Link commanding general, 75th U.S. Army Reserve Innovation Command, expresses her gratitude for all who served in America's armed forces.

Soldiers from the 75th U.S. Army Reserve Innovation Command played a critical role in testing advanced aviation and autonomous systems at Experimental Demonstration Gateway Event 24, a high-profile Army exercise aimed at modernizing air capabilities for future battlefields. Through direct collaboration with industry experts at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, the Soldiers provided frontline insights to refine these cutting-edge technologies, bridging the gap between concept and real-world application.

The Defense Department plans to invite service members who were involuntarily separated from service for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine back into uniform at the same rank they held when they separated.

Approximately 200 U.S. Soldiers and specialized military equipment from the Army Reserve 266th Ordnance Company and the Army Reserve 398th Finance Company, assigned to the 1st Mission Support Command, were recently mobilized to the Middle East in an interagency effort coordinated by the installation's Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) and the Surface Distribution and Deployment Command, which included land, sea and air transportation strategic planning and execution.

“Warrior Medics” from the Pinellas Park, Florida-based Army Reserve Medical Command joined more than 100 junior and senior medical reserve officers from more than a dozen NATO partner nations for the 2025 Mid-Winter Meeting held by the Confédération Interalliée des Officiers Médicaux de Réserve, also known as the Interallied Confederation of Medical Reserve Officers and by its French acronym CIOMR, at the NATO headquarters here, Jan. 29 through Jan. 31.

Welcome to the Winter 2024–25 issue of Parameters. This issue consists of an In Focus special commentary, three forums (Indo-Pacific, Security Cooperation, and Historical Studies), and the regular Civil-Military Relations Corner installment.

“I wasn’t going to leave that fight unless it was in a body bag.” Alaska Army National Guard Lt. Col. Luke Bushatz, 297th Regional Support Group operations officer and former 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment commander, made the stone-faced declaration while recollecting the aftermath of surviving a roadside bomb that eviscerated his Stryker in Afghanistan’s Arghandab Valley in 2009. He was serving as an infantry rifle company executive officer determined to continue in the billet despite sustaining debilitating brain trauma during the attack.

In a significant step toward bolstering the longstanding alliance between the United States and Japan, the 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade (38th ADA) hosted members of the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) at the brigade headquarters on February 12, 2025. The initiative, part of the U.S. Army Japan Co-Op Exchange Program, provides an invaluable opportunity for JGSDF soldiers to receive an in-depth briefing on integrated air and missile defense mission and command and control structures unique to the 38th ADA brigade.