Reserve Officers Named for Leadership Award

Twenty-eight company-grade officers of the active Army, National Guard and Army Reserve have been named winners of the 2009 Gen. Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award Competition.

The officers each will receive a 15-pound bronze bust of MacArthur at a Pentagon ceremony to be hosted by Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey in early May.

The annual award recognizes the officers for demonstrating exceptional leadership in 2009, and for epitomizing the ideals of duty, honor and country that were the focus of MacArthur’s farewell address at the U.S. Military Academy in 1962.

Click here to read the full story at the Army Times website.

CSM Michael Schultz Sworn in as 11th Reserve Command Sergeant Major

Command Sgt. Major Michael D. Schultz, right, took the oath of office today to become the 11th Command Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve.

Command Sgt. Major Michael D. Schultz, right, took the oath of office today to become the 11th Command Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve. As the Army Reserve’s top enlisted Soldier, he represents the interests of more than 150,000 enlisted Soldiers. He also serves as the Army Reserve Chief’s personal advisor on all enlisted matters, particularly in areas that affect Soldier training and quality of life.

Schultz will spend much of his time traveling to observe training and to provide counsel and guidance to NCOs, enlisted soldiers and their Families.

He began his job on Feb. 1 and has already been to nine countries with Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, Chief, Army Reserve, to observe training and talk to Soldiers.

Running to Remember Fort Hood Victims

Sister of Army Reserve soldier killed at Fort Hood honors her brother by running in a half marathon to raise money for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Soldiers.

Read her inspiring story at the WFAA-TV website.

Army Reserve Culinary Arts Team Scores Big at Nation's Largest Culinary Competition

The Army Reserve Culinary Arts team gathers after an awards ceremony closing the 35th annual U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va., on March 12, 2010.

In just its fourth year of competing at the U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition, the Army Reserve team showed it has what it takes to compete against, and in some cases, out-class its competition. The USACAC is the largest culinary arts competition in the United States and is in its 35th year at Fort Lee, Va.

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. McLaughlin wins Silver Medal at U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Jeffrey McLaughlin plates up his dish during the Contemporary Cooking Category event at the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on Wednesday, March 10, 2010.

Instead of making dinner reservations, it might be fun to create an award-winning gourmet meal in your own kitchen. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Jeffrey McLaughlin won a Silver medal at the 35th annual U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition with this recipe, so you know the food is good.

McLaughlin, from Osage, Iowa, is a food service sergeant with the 103rd Expeditionary Support Command in Des Moines. He is a member of the Army Reserve Culinary Arts team competing here at Fort Lee, Va.

In addition to the Silver medal he won for this recipe, he earned a second individual Silver medal and shared in a team Silver medal for Field Service.

Lt. Gen. Stultz: Army Reserve to weed out underachieving soldiers

From Stars and Stripes

By Charlie Reed, Stars and Stripes

Pacific edition, Saturday, March 13, 2010

CAMP ZAMA, Japan — Having evolved from a force of “last resort” to an oft-deployed and essential component of the military, the Army Reserve now needs restructuring.

And that includes purging its ranks of underachieving soldiers, the commander of the U.S. Army Reserve said Thursday.

“We have to reshape the Army Reserve,” Lt. Gen. Jack Stultz told a group of reservists during a town hall meeting at Zama. “It’s no longer a right to serve 30 years in the military. It’s a privilege.”

The Army Reserve has been successful in readying soldiers and restructuring units to support the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but now it needs to “transform the personnel system,” he said.

Read the whole article here.

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Army Reserve Brings Home Silver in Student Skills Team Event at Army Culinary Arts Competition

The Army Reserve Culinary team plates up during the Student Skills Team event at the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on Wednesday, March 10, 2010.

Just because they are the junior members of the Army Reserve Culinary Arts team, they are by no means the “B-team.” Proving their mettle in the kitchen, the five Soldier-Chefs walked away with a Silver medal in the Student Skills challenge today, March 10, 2010, at the 35th Annual U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition.

Spcs. Jeffrey W. Vaughan, Paul T. Harmon III, Daniel Arshadnia and Eddie Malone, along with Cpl. Karah J. Williams, rose to the moment here at Fort Lee, Va. Student Skills challenge was a two-phase competition that tests the young chefs’ basic culinary skills and ability to create a four-course meal.