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News

Nine college lacrosse players hospitalized after workout led by Navy SEAL graduate

Twelve athletes were diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis or "rhabdo" and nine were taken to the hospital after a voluntary workout led by a recent graduate of the Navy SEAL training program.

World War II

US troops, NATO allies jump over the Netherlands for 80th anniversary of Market Garden

Army

Former Army soldier sentenced to 2 years in prison for threatening Fort Irwin

Christian Beyer posted a video online in October 2023 saying he would sneak on the base and shoot Army personnel, prompting a manhunt.

Army

Army Pvt. Travis King sentenced for desertion after fleeing to North Korea

King was given a year in prison, but released for time served by a military judge.

Navy

Navy’s top admiral recently treated for breast cancer, service announces

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti underwent surgery in July for Stage 1 breast cancer. Doctors say she is now "cancer free."

Army

Army to close active information operations command as it moves those ops to smaller specialized units

“They were a parking space for cyber red teaming before cyber red teaming really became a common thing within the military.”

News

Family of fallen paratrooper remember son as a warrior

Pfc. Matthew Perez's wife is expecting their first child, his parents said. A premature baby himself, Perez beat long odds to be an 82nd Airborne paratrooper.

Marine Corps

Marine veteran and wife locate body of shooting suspect in Kentucky

Marine veteran Fred McCoy and his wife found the body of a man accused of shooting five people on Sept. 7.

Army

Army leaders chewed out by Congress over PowerPoint

Animal rights to anti-abortion groups were listed in an anti-terrorism PowerPoint presentation at Fort Liberty, North Carolina this summer.

Navy

Navy’s first fully gender-integrated submarine joins the fleet. Here’s what that means.

Everyone can relax. The integrated submarine literally just has more doors.

Marine Corps

‘I don’t see myself as a hero,’ says Marine who saved woman from fiery car wreck

Marine Sgt. Andrew Gomez recently received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing a woman from a car crash in June 2023.

Navy

Attack submarine crew is first to receive new Arctic Service Medal

The USS Indiana's crew was awarded the Navy's newest medal, which was created to honor missions under Arctic ice.

Army

Former West Point garrison commander cleared of most charges that led to firing

Army Col. Anthony Bianchi was acquitted of drunk driving and disorderly conduct charges stemming from a July 23, 2023 incident.

Your home is more than a residence: How to get the most out of your equity

Don’t leave hard-earned assets on the table.

Marine Corps

Marine who died trying to reach trapped Osprey pilots honored for final bravery

Marine Cpl. Spencer Collart was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for trying to save fellow crew of a doomed MV-22 Osprey.

Army

Parachute accident kills one 82nd Airborne paratrooper, injures second in Louisiana

The Fort Liberty, North Carolina-based paratroopers were jumping at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, Louisiana.

Marine Corps

Marine sergeant major fired from West Coast boot camp now in brig amid investigation

Sgt. Maj. Gerardo Trevino was relieved as the senior enlisted leader for the 3rd Recruit Training Battalion at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on Sept. 12.

World War II

The US Army once used ‘battle sleds’ to ferry soldiers in World War II

Made out of torpedo shells and pulled by tanks, the improvised infantry tactic saw heavy used during fighting in Italy.

Artillery

A train plowed into a M109 Paladin in transport. The Paladin mostly survived

Americas

Two Colombian men sentenced for bomb plot to murder American soldiers

The June 15, 2021 bombing near the Venezuelan border left 44 Colombian military personnel and three American soldiers wounded.