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.

When a U.S. Army civil affairs team conducted an engagement with Ghanaian Armed Forces (GAF) partners, June 8, that meeting’s purpose was to integrate U.S. civil affairs efforts with the GAF training calendar. While they made progress toward their goal, two men in that meeting learned that their paths had crossed at significant points in their lives – and for one of them, it had been a matter of life and death.

The 416th Theater Engineer Command (TEC) mobilized 50 Soldiers from across the United States, primarily from the Chicago, Illinois area, to participate in the Avenger Triad 25 exercise. This marks the third consecutive year the 416th TEC has supported the Avenger Triad exercise, and the first time the unit has operated its full contingency command post as a forward command and control element.

Last month, U.S. Army Reserve units from the 7th Mission Support Command (MSC), 200th Military Police Command (MPC), 416th Theater Engineer Command (TEC), 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion (MI BN), and U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) (USACAPOC) participated in Avenger Triad 25, a large-scale, computer-assisted exercise led by U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF).

Welcome to the Autumn 2025 issue of Parameters. We open with two In Focus commentaries. The first, “A Case for Military Proportionality: Disabling Nuclear Plants” by Henry Sokolski, offers practical ways in which military planners can disable civilian targets, such as nuclear infrastructure, without undermining operational goals, alliance cohesion, or long-term political objectives. Our second commentary, “The Consequences of Declining Patriotism in the United States” by Neil N. Snyder, presents findings from a national survey showing a decline in patriotism, especially among Generation Z nonveterans. His article highlights a growing civil-military values gap with implications for recruitment and national cohesion.

Every mission in the sky starts with work on the ground, and that's where the fuel management

It is a time of transition in the 127th Wing, with new aircraft and missions on the near horizon,