The East Valley Veterans Parade is proud to have Maj. Gen. David P. Rataczak as the 2017 Parade grand marshal. With more than 43 years of distinguished service with the ...

Sgt. Maj. Timonthy J. Rudd, 44, had been participating in Key Resolve, a joint U.S.-Republic of Korea exercise that ran March 7-18 and involved ground, air, naval, and special operations assets.

To be sure Maj. Cavanaugh acknowledges that reservists in Congress do not violate the letter of the law, but rather “the spirit of Defense Department guidelines.” Those guidelines, laid out in the ...