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Air Force

Airman who died in football game rappelling incident identified

Tech. Sgt. Ian Patterson with 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2, died after falling to the ground at high speed at the Alamodome on Saturday.

National Guard

National Guardsman shot while breaking up fight in DC

DC guard task force officials said the soldier was released after being treated at a hospital.

Army

The Army’s main long-range missile battery in Europe fires new weapon for the first time

Soldiers with the European theater-focused 3rd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, one of the Army’s few Typhon batteries, tested out the missile platform.

Air Force

Airman dies in rappelling demonstration at Navy football game

The service member was part of an Air Force training unit that selects and trains candidates as Tactical Air Control Party, or TACP, airmen.

News

Pentagon’s wireless services left locations, data exposed, watchdog finds

Security vulnerabilities meant that malicious groups could “pinpoint sensitive locations like safe houses or command posts, and expose operational vulnerabilities, significantly compromising national security.”

Marine Corps

Marine Corps establishes its first medium-range missile battalion

1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division is trading in howitzers for NMESIS-launched anti-ship missiles.

Army

What would special operations forces do in a really big war?

The leaders of the Army’s 22,000-person Special Operations Command are planning what their small units will do in a big war.

Army

Hundreds of 10th Mountain Division soldiers deploying to Latin America

Roughly 500 soldiers will support ongoing exercises with partners as the U.S. expands military operations against cartels.

News

Army releases rare account of soldiers surviving Iranian missile attack and how life has changed back home

Three Army air defense soldiers received Purple Hearts for a missile attack that knocked them unconscious. Now back in Texas, all three still feel the effects.

Army

Korean War soldier’s grave exposed to the elements at Louisiana cemetery for years

Photographs show a collapsed burial vault beside a Korean War soldier's grave marker at a historic Black cemetery in Baton Rouge that has deteriorated for years.

News

Over 200 troops have been awarded Purple Hearts during the Iran war

Over 180 of the awards for those injured in combat have gone to soldiers in the Army and Army Reserve, with 11 presented posthumously.

Army

The Army’s barracks plan hinges on cheaper buildings with shorter lifespans

The Army wants to build cheaper barracks they can easily replace, but that has raised concerns that soldiers will end up in buildings that are just going to fall apart faster.

News

Trump reverses Pentagon’s plan to livestream Hasan execution

President Donald Trump posted on social media that the execution would still occur at Fort Hood, Texas, by firing squad, but would not be livestreamed to the general public.

Army

Youngest soldier in Army’s Best Squad wanted to win ‘with the guys to my left and right’

The team of five Army Rangers named Best Squad this week included experienced soldiers and one so new he had yet to earn a Ranger tab.

Army

How the Army’s training ‘crucible’ bases are changing

In Germany, skies fill with thousands of drones, and soldiers in Hawaii and Alaska are likely to see changes as the Army’s training centers adapt.

Army

Civilian data centers face massive pushback. Army says they won’t ‘repeat that mistake’

Army

Eighth Army awarded South Korean Presidential Unit Citation once again

The Eighth Army received South Korea’s highest military honor weeks after joint exercises on the peninsula were cut short.

Army

Here’s what the commander of the 101st Airborne says the future of air assault looks like

The 101st Airborne Division is still training for air assaults in 21st-century wars, but wants to bring new tech and aircraft to bear.

Army

Army’s newly named XM1776 howitzer prototype can shoot twice as far as predecessor

The XM1776, based on Hanwha’s K9 Mobile Howitzer, can fire twice as far as the M777 and uses a smaller crew.

Army

Rangers sweep the Army’s Best Squad and Best Soldier awards

Rangers have now won three of the last four Army-wide Best Squad titles after a team from 3rd Ranger Battalion was named winners Monday.