ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

Lt. Gen. Robert Harter, chief of the Army Reserve and commanding general of U.S. Army Reserve Command, will speak Nov. 18 as part of the Association of the U.S. Army’s Coffee Series.

The event will take place at AUSA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. The event opens at 6:30 a.m. with registration, coffee and networking. The program is scheduled to begin at 7:15 a.m.

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The Army National Guard and Army Reserve are in high demand as the Army meets national and international challenges, said Gen. Andrew Poppas, commander of U.S. Army Forces Command.

“You represent the best of our Army right here at home, on our border, in our cities” and “in the face of disaster,” Poppas said Oct. 13 in remarks at the Association of the U.S. Army’s 2025 Annual Meeting and Exposition. “We rescued over 500 individuals in Texas during a flash flood” and hundreds “during the hurricane that affected us in North Carolina” last September.

The Army Reserve must be “combat ready on Day 1,” the chief of Army Reserve and commanding general of Army Reserve Command said.

“Simply put, your Army Reserve exists for one purpose, to deliver combat ready soldiers and formations at time of need in support of the nation,” Lt. Gen. Robert Harter said May 20 at a hearing before the House Appropriations defense subcommittee. “We are not a strategic formation. We are an operational force by design and necessity. We are the enabling force for the joint fight.”

Facing growing threats and a resurgent adversary in the Indo-Pacific, reserve forces have a critical role in enabling success and deterrence in the region, a panel of leaders said May 15 during the Association of the U.S. Army’s LANPAC Symposium and Exposition in Honolulu.

Command Sgt. Maj. Gregory Betty, the senior enlisted leader of the Army Reserve, will speak May 29 at a webinar hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army.

The event, part of AUSA’s Noon Report series, begins at 12 p.m. Eastern. It is free, but registration is required here.

Civilian employers remain generally supportive of their reservist employees, but friction points remain, according to a recent report from the Rand Corp.