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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Online registration is open through 5 p.m. Eastern on Nov. 14. On-site registration will be available on Nov. 18.

Confirmed by the Senate in August 2024, Harter is the 35th chief of the Army Reserve and 10th commanding general of Army Reserve Command. He previously was commanding general of the 81st Readiness Division. He has served as deputy chief of the Army Reserve and chief of staff for U.S. Army Materiel Command. He also commanded the 316th Expeditionary Sustainment Command.

A 1988 graduate of Virginia Tech, Harter has deployed in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

As Army Reserve chief, Harter is the principal adviser on Army Reserve matters to the Army secretary and Army chief of staff. In his role as commanding general of Army Reserve Command, he leads a force of more than 174,000 citizen soldiers and 11,000 civilians.

During the Coffee Series, Harter will discuss how the Army Reserve is evolving and focusing on continuous transformation alongside the active Army and Army National Guard. He will highlight modernization, innovation and how this dual-role workforce strengthens adaptability across domains.

“We are all transforming,” Harter said in July. “What’s going on on the battlefield of Ukraine with Russia reinforces that. We’ve got to think about a different way of doing business.”

From transportation missions to fuel delivery to medical evacuation to how Army Reserve soldiers will maneuver on the battlefield, Harter is examining everything with a view toward optimizing the specialty skills Reserve soldiers bring to the fight, pointing out that “there is no large-scale combat operation scenario that doesn’t involve the Army Reserve.”