"I, Genevieve Chase, do solemnly affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice." And with those words, I signed up for another six years of service to my

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Life has been quite hectic, which is just the way I like it. I'm finding time to get back in the gym and as of most recently, was looking for a new Reserve unit to transfer to. I currently reside in Washington DC and to stay in my Reserve unit in Arizona, I have to either find a local unit to drill with or fly back at my own expense, for drills. I do this for one reason... my unit is one of the best in the Army Reserve at taking care of soldiers. The biggest

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The final days of the All American Bowl were quite exciting. We had some down time before the Awards Dinner with the Rotary Club to get all dressed up in our Class A's and Blues. We took quite a few pictures, mostly us ladies. The longer you're in the military, the more you come to appreciate having friends that are women! After the mini photo shoot, we headed to the banquet hall where the tables were spread out so far that it looked like the room was the

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This morning we had breakfast with VIPs from around the country that are part of the Army's Centers of Influence. Before meeting up with them, we were able to do a short tour of the Army Strong Zone, located just outside of the stadium. This area was set up with booths and demos, not to mention a bunch of free swag. My mom and sister did their own tour and reported back to me what the coolest stops were. I was able to catch a picture of them, upside down in the Apache Flight Simulator.

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It's been such a long day that I'm not sure where we started this morning...Wait. Oh yes! We had to report downstairs by 6:30 AM. That was fun. To add to the pleasantness of that, it was QUITE a cold day here in San Antonio. Many of the soldiers that are here didn't bring cold weather gear because they assumed the weather would be warmer than the northern posts and cities they came from. Normally, this isn't really an issue but the wind today literally took my breath away. I walked outside

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After my previous blog, I went downstairs to meet everyone for the bus rides over to the BBQ. The organizers split us up into our two teams East and West and that's where the competition began. I walked through the gate and found my player, J.R. Ferguson, #53, Team East. I had watched him on the videos I'd Googled so I knew I was getting a pretty talented and well-spoken player. I was not wrong but where I thought he couldn't surprise me, I completely underestimated him. J.R. is all the

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Yesterday was pretty uneventful. I arrived at the San Antonio airport without too much incident... other than the headache from hell, there was little complain about. OH wait. The weather. The cold must have followed me from DC because it definitely is not as warm outside as I'd hoped it would be. Last night, my sister and I took the trolley to Mi Tierra, a local Tex-Mex restaurant that seemingly everyone we met recommended to us. We love La Margarita but since they're both owned by the same

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My name is Genevieve Chase and I'm a proud member of the United States Army Reserve. I was born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky so I like to tell people that I did 18 years of involuntary service as a dependent to a service member, prior to my enlistment at the age of 25. In high school, Iwas a member of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps and competed in Rifle, Pistol and Color Guard competitions. Having been born to a Korean mother and attending high school at Seoul American High School at

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