Within hours of Tampa Democrat Michael Scionti announcing his resignation to take a position with the Obama administration, a West Tampa activist has emerged as the likely successor. ...more

December 7, 2009

A reservist from the Army Reserve Center in Pinellas Park spotted a possible explosive device this morning while jogging along Grand Avenue just south of the center, but investigators have since determined it wasn't a threat, police say. The roughly 8-inch metal pipe had wires and green tape, a Pinellas Park Police Department news release states. ...more

August 10, 2009

Army Reserve Spc. Martin Barbas, a Zephyrhills resident, has been invited to Washington, D.C., to re-enlist at the U.S. Capitol. ...more

April 22, 2009

Many people volunteer a few hours here and there. No one can cover all the bases. But with everyone pitching in, the jobs get done. ...more

February 25, 2009

When 1st Lt. Michael Meyer of the Army Reserve helps seat 25,000 VIPs for Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday, he may flash back to the day the president-elect personally thanked him for his hard work. ...more

January 19, 2009

The U.S. Army Reserve soldier who died Sunday in St. Petersburg during a training exercise has been identified as Sgt. 1st Class James Bailey Jr. of Belzoni, Miss., military officials say. ...more

January 15, 2009

A 50-year-old soldier collapsed Sunday morning during physical fitness training with his unit in St. Petersburg and later died, according to a U.S. Army Reserve Medical Command news release. The soldier's name isn't being released, pending next of kin notification. ...more

January 12, 2009

Family and friends joined the 810th Military Police Company on Saturday for a ceremony to mark its imminent deployment to Iraq. The 170-soldier Combat Support unit will spend up to 10 months in Baghdad, where they will train members of the Iraqi Police Service in law enforcement operations. The 810th will travel to Fort Dix, N.J., on Jan. 24, where they will prepare for their mission for six to eight weeks. Saturday's ceremony took place at the Army Reserve's Medical Command headquarters in Pinellas Park. ...more

January 4, 2009

Jere N. Moore Jr., a former general desk editor in New York for The Associated Press who also served as the news cooperative's Tallahassee correspondent, has died after a brief battle with lung cancer. He was 76. ...more

September 15, 2008

A new Army history of the service's performance in Iraq immediately after the fall of Saddam Hussein faults military and civilian leaders for their planning for the war's aftermath, and it suggests that the Pentagon's current way of using troops is breaking the Army National Guard and Army Reserve. ...more

June 30, 2008