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A ladder truck from the Edinburgh, IN fire department reaches a paratrooper in a tree on Camp Atterbury.
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Firefighters help paratrooper finish jump after missing the ground

By Matt White

Posted on Apr 2, 2025

Bone Marrow soldier
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A soldier desperately needed a bone marrow transplant. Thousands volunteered as donors.

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Apr 1, 2025

Three soldiers who died in a training accident in Lithuania last week were identified Tuesday. Left to right: Sgt. Edvin Franco; Sgt. Jose Duenez, Jr.; Pfc. Dante Taitano.
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Army identifies three of four soldiers killed in Lithuania training accident

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Apr 1, 2025

The Army is removing resiliency training and leaving courses on occupational safety, law of war, combat lifesaving, and more up to commanders.
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Here is the training that the Army says is no longer mandatory

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Apr 1, 2025

Members of Commader, Task Force (CTF) 68 U.S. Navy dive team arrive on site to assess diving operations to recover four U.S. soldiers in a submerged M88 Hercules on a training site near Pabadre, Lithuania on March 29, 2025.
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All four missing US soldiers confirmed dead after massive recovery effort in Lithuanian bog

By Matt White

Updated on Apr 1, 2025

A soldier in full dress uniform stands in front of the american flag
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Green Beret killed in Niger awarded Silver Star after new footage emerges

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 29, 2025

A U.S. Army Soldier reaches out to tap the Ranger Tab above Victory Pond before falling in the water during the Best Ranger Competition at Fort Moore, Ga., April 14, 2024. The David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition is a two-man team competition where competitors push themselves mentally and physically over three days and two nights to earn the title of “Best Ranger”. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Eric Kestner)
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Ranger School’s new fitness test is tougher than ever, but nixes sit-ups

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 27, 2025

U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew E. Delamater, from Portland, Tennessee with India Forward Support Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division based out of Fort Riley, Kansas conducts familiarization training on an M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lifting Extraction System with Soldiers of 1-16th Infantry Regiment at Mihail Koglaniceanu Air Base, Romania, March 16, 2019. The Soldiers are conducting the training in preparation for their upcoming missions with allied and partner nations as part of Atlantic Resolve. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. True Thao)
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Army locates Hercules vehicle that missing 3rd Infantry Division soldiers were in

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 26, 2025

2nd Lt. Leif Whalen, an engineer officer, fireman carry’s Sgt. 1st Class Lucas Bradfield, a platoon sergeant assigned to 299th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division during the most lethal teams competition, June 17, 2024, at Fort Carson, Colorado. Whalen and Bradfield conducted the stress fire, with the fireman's carry as the final event. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jonathan Reyes)
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Army wants junior officers to fix quality-of-life issues that drive soldiers out

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 25, 2025

Three versions of the Mariner Badge will be awarded to soldiers trained for watercraft operations.
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Here’s the origin of the Army’s ‘Red Wing’ design on the Mariner Badges

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 24, 2025

Army ride-sharing
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The Army wants to make it easier to call Lyft and Uber on base

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 24, 2025

Screenshot from the Army National Guard commercial "Uncommon is Calling."
Culture

National Guard appeals to anti-corporate Gen Z in new commercial

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 21, 2025

‘Saving Private Ryan’ didn’t make the Army’s list of most accurate movie portrayals
Culture

‘Saving Private Ryan’ didn’t make the Army’s list of most accurate movie portrayals

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Mar 20, 2025

Army Mariner and Mountaineering Badges
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Army reveals designs for Mountaineering and Mariner Badges

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 19, 2025

A new Army manual lays out the ‘arctic determination’ at the heart of fighting in extreme cold
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A new Army manual lays out the ‘arctic determination’ at the heart of fighting in extreme cold

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 19, 2025

Sgt. Adam Manibusan an infantryman assigned to 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division completes a 12-mile ruck march before testing on the final lane for the Expert Infantryman Badge at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii on April 30, 2021. After completing these events Manibusan was awarded the EIB. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Brutus)
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The Army’s Master Combat Badges will be coming to soldiers this month

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 17, 2025

A video captured a jumpmaster acting as the flight ‘safety’ grabbing a soldier whose static line had wrapped around his neck.
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A sharp-eyed Army jumpmaster stopped a potentially deadly accident, video shows

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 17, 2025

Afghanistan attack
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‘The air was on fire’ — Army captain recalls 2012 battle in Afghanistan

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 14, 2025

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Juan Taiacardona dumps water on his head during the 2022 Best Squad Competition's 12-mile ruck march even at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, on May 17, 2022. Approximately 40 Soldiers from across the nation travelled to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, to compete in the 2022 U.S. Best Squad Competition from May 14-21, 2022. The 2022 BSC is an annual competition that brings together the best Soldiers and squads from across the U.S. Army Reserve to earn the title of "Best Warrior" and "Best Squad" among their peers. Competitors are evaluated on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-focused events that test their technical and tactical abilities under stress and extreme fatigue. (Army Reserve photo by Sgt. David Barrette)
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The Army wants to get the load soldiers carry down to 55 pounds

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 12, 2025

Border security
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Here are the latest military units deploying to the U.S.-Mexico border

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 12, 2025

Students in the academic track of the U.S. Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course work on improving their math skills during a class at Fort Moore, Georgia. The academic track focuses on improving word knowledge, reading comprehension, arithmetic reasoning, and test-taking skills to help students improve their Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) scores and meet the Army’s enlistment standards. (U.S. Army photo by Toygar Ayla)
Military Life

Budget cuts force military recruit testing stations to close, reduce hours

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 11, 2025

Killeen Fire
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More than 100 soldiers and families lost their belongings in fire near Fort Cavazos

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 11, 2025

Army researchers are developing a device that uses artificial intelligence to guide the delivery of pain management drugs for battlefield casualties.
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Army researchers want AI to help soldiers deliver anesthetics in battle

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 10, 2025

Computer hard disks, electronic scrap, collected
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Arrested soldier texted Chinese spy: ‘Do you know how risky this is?!?’

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 7, 2025

Dana Klabenes, City Clerk & Treasurer of Neligh, Nebraska, points to Fred Benning, who served as the town's mayor from 1948 to 1952 and who will now be namesake for one of the Army's largest most storied bases, Fort Benning, Georgia.
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The Army didn’t have a photo of the ‘new’ Benning, so we found this one

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 6, 2025

An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter assigned to Golf Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, lands on an Alaska Railroad train car while supporting Special Operations Forces Arctic Medic 2025 (SOFAM 25) near Fairbanks, Alaska, Feb. 20, 2025. SOFAM 2025 is a Special Operations Command North training and validation event for unit medics that regularly conduct exercises and operations in the North American Arctic. Approximately 100 participants from SOF and Allied and Interagency partners trained to improve tactical and prolonged combat casualty care in austere conditions. SOFAM 2025 prepared medics to operate in cold to extreme cold weather and to provide safe medical care in austere conditions. (Alaska National Guard photo by Alejandro Peña)
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Soldiers in Alaska landed their Black Hawk on a train in a special ops exercise

By Matt White

Posted on Mar 6, 2025

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael R. Weimer visits with Soldiers of Task Force Talon, Guam, Feb. 7, 2023. Talon is comprised of both Active Duty and Guard Soldiers from the 38th Air Defense Artillery and Guam National Guard, respectively, and operates the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on Guam. (U.S. National Guard photo by Mark Scott)
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The Army’s top enlisted leader goes dark on social media

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 6, 2025

Disabled Army veteran fired from the VA will attend Trump speech to Congress
Military Life

Disabled Army veteran fired from the VA will attend Trump speech to Congress

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Mar 4, 2025

Hal Moore and wife Julia Moore
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Hal and Julia Moore’s son ‘saddened’ and ‘angered’ over Fort Benning renaming

Jeff Schogol Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 4, 2025

Fort Benning
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Fort Moore renamed Benning, this time for a corporal who fought heroically in WWI

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 3, 2025

Two soldiers face away from the camera, overlooking a foggy ground with barbed wire in the background.
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Stryker Brigade Combat Team, additional troops, ordered to southern border

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Mar 1, 2025

The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and U.S. Army Fort Campbell re-enlists 124 soldiers to continue to serve our country. Stay tuned for more event coverage this week! (Photos by SPC Harris, 101st Division Public Affairs Office)
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Veterans fired in federal layoffs say they were ‘stabbed in the back’

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 28, 2025

Capt. Jesse Guerin and Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Angulo were named the Army’s best medics of 2025 after winning a competition at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
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These are the Army’s best medics of 2025

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 27, 2025

Staff Sgt. Ulises Moore-Ramirez was deemed a deserter for nine years and sentenced this month for a range of crimes.
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Soldier on Army’s ‘most-wanted’ list for 9 years sentenced to prison

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 27, 2025

Schofield Barracks
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Army fixes barracks issue, after soldier turns to social media

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 26, 2025

Understaffing at soldier prep course led to ‘health risk’ for recruits, IG says
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Understaffing at soldier prep course led to ‘health risk’ for recruits, IG says

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 25, 2025

Soldiers attached to garrison headquarters units across the Army are swapping their Army Materiel Command patches for local unit shoulder insignia.
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Here’s why garrison soldiers across the Army are swapping their shoulder patches

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 25, 2025

A Tuskegee Airman describes an air-to-air dogfight in 'Wings For This Man,' a 1945 Army-produced film on the unit narrated by Ronald Reagan.
History

Ronald Reagan narrated a short film in 1945 about the Tuskegee Airmen

By Matt White

Updated on Feb 20, 2025

New York Air National Guard Senior Airman Caleb Lapinel left) checks the map with another Soldier will participating in the international course conducted annually by the Brazil Jungle Warfare Center, known as CIGS for its Portugese initials, as an instructor looks on. Lapinel was the only American in the class of ten.( Courtesy Photo)
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Welcome to the jungle: Meet the New York Guardsmen who took on Brazil’s infamous jungle warfare school

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 19, 2025

An Alaska Army National Guard CH-47F Chinook assigned to 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, operates Feb. 2, 2025, at the Whitehorse airport, Yukon Territory, Canada. The Chinook crew supported the repair of a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk that had rescued two victims of a Jan. 26 ultralight plane crash near Faro, Yukon Territory. (Photo courtesy of Simon Blakesley)
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Alaska rescue units had a hell of week: 3 planes, 2 countries and 1 stuck helicopter

By Matt White

Posted on Feb 13, 2025

Fort Bragg
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Hegseth indicates that Fort Bragg will not be the last base to be renamed

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 11, 2025

A side-by-side composite of two mugshots. On the left is a woman on the right is a bearded man.
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Two charged in murder case of 101st Airborne soldier

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 8, 2025

Army Basic Combat Training
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Trump takes credit for Army recruiting surge, but it started a year ago

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Feb 6, 2025

The Army's new gym for Special Forces students and other soldiers in special operations pipelines features 100 workout stations, 30,000 pounds of free weights and a digital shooting range.
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This new Army special ops fitness center is decked out like a pro sports gym

By Joshua Skovlund

Posted on Feb 4, 2025

Stolen Humvees
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Police arrest man for allegedly stealing 3 Humvees from Army Reserve Center

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 4, 2025

Tuskegee Airman, Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr. celebrating his 100th birthday.
History

Tuskegee airman who notched three air-to-air victories in one day dies at 100

By Joshua Skovlund

Updated on Feb 3, 2025

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division board a C-130 Hercules on Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Feb. 1, 2025. The Marines are deploying in support of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security mission to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandria Serrano)
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Marines, soldiers arrive at Guantanamo Bay for migrant ‘holding operations’

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Feb 3, 2025

Army Capt. Rebecca Lobach
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Army Black Hawk pilot killed in mid-air collision remembered as a ‘volunteer patriot’

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 1, 2025

Two soldiers in a composite image. On the left a man smiles in uniform. On the right a woman stands with a camouflage uniform and hat.
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3rd Infantry Division identifies two soldiers killed in training accident

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Feb 1, 2025

Army identifies two of three Black Hawk crew members killed in collision with airliner
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Army identifies two of three Black Hawk crew members killed in collision with airliner

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 31, 2025

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 30: Daniel Driscoll, left, President Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of the Army, talks with Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen building on Thursday, January 30, 2025. Driscoll was introduced by Mullin and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Senators grilled Army secretary nominee for 2 hours. Quality-of-life issues barely came up.

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 30, 2025

army helicopters
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No survivors expected after Army Black Hawk helicopter and passenger plane collide in DC

By Nicholas Slayton, Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jan 30, 2025

Contractors with JMJ Construction of New Lisbon, Wis., along with support from Heritage Movers of Blue River, Wis., move a World War II-era building in the 1600 block on the cantonment area Feb. 24, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The contractors are relocating and repairing four barracks buildings that are currently located in the 1600 block to alternate locations in the 1700 and 1800 blocks, according to the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works. The plan is to relocate the buildings to the new locations before the ground thaws, then lift them onto the new foundations and complete the remaining work by summer 2023. This was the first time in Fort McCoy's history a barracks building was moved like this. (U.S. Army Photo by Greg Mason)
History

The Army is moving WWII-era barracks across a base to house visiting troops

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 29, 2025

Soldiers in uniform and camouflage consult documents while in the field.
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101st Airborne, other Army units deploying to Europe, Middle East and South Korea

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 25, 2025

Soldiers from the 97th Military Police Brigade, and 41st Engineering Company, Fort Riley, KS., work along side with U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Hidalgo, TX., port of entry, applying 300 meters of concertina wire along the Mexico border in support of Operation FAITHFUL PATRIOT November 2, 2018. Soldiers will provide a range of support including planning assistance, engineering support, equipment and resources to assist the Department of Homeland Security along the southwest border. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Alexandra Minor)
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Here are the first Army and Marine Corps units heading to the border

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White

Posted on Jan 24, 2025

Airmen of the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th Air Refueling Wing take part in a 9/11 20th anniversary ceremony in Sioux City, Iowa September 11, 2021. During the ceremony 185th Wing Commander Col. Muckey reminded members of the importance of remembering the events that took place on September 11, 2001 and the many achievements the unit had accomplished since. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Ter Haar/Released)
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Army and Air Force sweep out DEI-coded programs

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 23, 2025

Capt. Jordan Wiggins, 23d Fighter Group pilot, speaks into his HGU-55/P helmet prior to departure July 2, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. Wiggins is flying one of the two A-10s assigned to the 23d Fighter Group that are scheduled to conduct a flyover as a part of the 2020 Salute to America in Washington, D.C., celebrating the United States of America’s 244th birthday. The flyover provides the men and women of the 23d Fighter Group the opportunity to demonstrate capabilities and join in national celebration, while obtaining necessary training hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Kaylin P. Hankerson)
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Cancer rates in military pilots and other aviators could get a closer look

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 23, 2025

Pvt. Alecsander Daniel (Left) and Sgt. Kyle Angove (Right), with Alpha Troop, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, bore-sight their M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle in Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, Oct. 20, 2020. The soldiers are in Syria to support Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) mission. CJTF remains committed to working by, with and through our partners to ensure the enduring defeat of Daesh. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jensen Guillory)
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Army recruits hoping for cav scout or armor jobs will have to wait for boot camp

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 23, 2025

Sgt. Manfredo M. Madrigal III, a paratrooper assigned to 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, catches his breath after completing a strenuous, 20 km ruck march to earn his Expert Infantryman Badge on Fort Bragg, N.C., Nov. 21, 2014. (82nd Airborne Division photo by Sgt. Eliverto V. Larios/Released)
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Army Ranger-turned-lawyer who recorded himself deleting files and lied about Russian contacts gets prison

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 17, 2025

Battalion Commanders Assessment Program
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Army program that includes peer reviews ahead of command selection is now permanent

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jan 17, 2025

Army trainee dies three weeks short of graduating from infantry training at Fort Moore
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Army trainee dies three weeks short of graduating from infantry training at Fort Moore

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 16, 2025

Army doctor sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for abusing patients
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Army doctor sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for abusing patients

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 15, 2025

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Little an electrician with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, applies a tourniquet to a simulated casualty during a combat lifesaver course at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, August 4, 2016. During the four-day course, Marines learned to recognize injuries, perform the appropriate procedures and control the patient to prolong survivability until help arrives. U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa Command support operations, contingencies and security cooperation in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexander Mitchell)
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This Navy SEAL doctor is a big reason US troops carry tourniquets in combat today

By Patty Nieberg

Posted on Jan 14, 2025

A soldier jumps out of a Humvee in a desert location.
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Three Humvees stolen at Army Reserve Center in Tustin

By Nicholas Slayton

Posted on Jan 11, 2025