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Family of 101st Airborne soldier offers $55,000 reward for clues in her death
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Family of 101st Airborne soldier offers $55,000 reward for clues in her death

Family of Pfc. Katia Duenas-Aguilar said "the problem is inside" and compared her death to the murder of Vanessa Guillen by a fellow soldier at Ft. Cavazos in 2020.

civil affairs Assessment and Selection
Military Life

Civil Affairs Assessment and Selection: Everything you need to know

Civil Affairs soldiers work in small teams to stabilize a host nation’s area of operations. It all starts with Civil Affairs Assessment and Selection.

US military’s Gaza pier damaged, aid delivery suspended
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US military’s Gaza pier damaged, aid delivery suspended

Some U.S. troops were briefly stranded aboard tender vessels which ran aground on Gaza and Israeli beaches as the pier broke up.

elephant walk
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First Ukrainian F-16 pilots finish training in Arizona

The first three Ukrainian pilots have graduated from F-16 training with the Arizona National Guard’s 162nd Wing, a wing with a long history of training foreign pilots.

The gate sign for Fort Liberty, home to the Army's airborne.
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Army special operations officer under investigation after shooting

The soldier shot and killed Ramzan Daraev outside the former's home in Carthage, North Carolina on May 3.

Remembering the always smiling Spc. Rudolph Hizon
History

Remembering the always smiling Spc. Rudolph Hizon

Hizon immigrated to the United States and joined the Army soon after. He was serving in Afghanistan when he was killed in an insurgent attack.

This soldier is taking others SCUBA diving for their reenlistment
Culture

This soldier is taking others SCUBA diving for their reenlistment

Sgt. 1st Class Juan Pina is taking willing soldiers below the ocean's surface to reenlist and maybe see a dolphin or two.

Air Force members Tech. Sgt. Tyrese Thompson and Tech. Sgt. Chase Blumberg reenlist at Air Base 201 in Niger in 2023.
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Air Force raises maximum amount for retention bonuses to $180,000

The Air Force is hoping that even greater financial incentives can help it retain personnel.

Luke Ryan and Patrick Hawkins as gun team leaders in Afghanistan.
Culture

Army Ranger Patrick Hawkins and the case of the missing Rip Its

A love for the culinary arts, motorcycles, and helping others.

Maj. Marie Rossi-Cayton
Culture

Maj. Marie Rossi-Cayton, the first woman to lead Army helicopters in combat, died in Desert Storm

Rossi-Cayton flew and commanded Chinooks that took 101st Airborne troops into war — but only after she fought her own leadership to stay in charge.

World War II ace Dick Bong’s P-38 found after crashing decades ago
History

World War II ace Dick Bong’s P-38 found after crashing decades ago

Bong was the top American ace in the war. But his beloved fighter plane went down while someone else was piloting it.

4D model of the wreck of the USS Harder.
History

USS Harder, famed and deadly World War II sub, finally found

The Harder, famous in Navy history for sinking several Japanese destroyers in World War II, was missing for eight decades.

Staff Sgt. Zachary Tomczak was a squad leader in the 82nd Airborne Division.
Culture

Remembering the 82nd Airborne’s all-American paratrooper, Zachary Tomczak

Staff Sgt. Zachary Tomczak earned his Ranger Tab and became a squad leader in the 82nd Airborne before returning to Iraq for the fourth, and final time.

Sgt. Bill Cahir U.S. Marine
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Reporter-turned-Marine Bill Cahir was ‘among the greatest Americans of our generation’

Bill Cahir joined the Marines at 34. When he was killed in Afghanistan, his wife was five months pregnant with twins.

M72 LAW
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Marines fielding new light assault weapon with reduced backblast

The M72 Light Assault Weapon Fire from Enclosure Munition is designed to reduce backblast when fired from inside an enclosed space.

v-22 osprey
News

Marine Corps families say Osprey is ‘unsafe and unairworthy’ in lawsuit over deadly 2022 crash

The families of four Marines who died in a 2022 MV-22 Osprey crash say Boeing, Bell Textron and engine-maker Rolls Royce lied about the plane's safety.

U.S. Airmen use a new tool to breach a SCIF door.
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This Air Force security team can breach an ‘impenetrable’ SCIF in one minute

The breaching tool created by the Air Force and a small business was developed in case of an emergency inside one of the secure rooms.

A new measure from federal lawmakers would create a drone corps as a formal branch of the Army. But Army leaders don’t agree.
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Congress wants an Army drone corps but Army leaders aren’t interested

A new proposal would force the Army to treat drone training and operations like artillery and intelligence. But Army leaders want flexibility for field units.

Marine Corps privates JuliMarie Winston and Jamil Winston Jr. attended boot camp at Marine Recruit Training Depot Parris Island at the same time.
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Married Marines graduate from Parris Island boot camp together

Marine Corps privates JuliMarie Winston and Jamil Winston Jr. attended boot camp at Marine Recruit Training Depot Parris Island at the same time.

Brig. Gen. Michael Conley
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Air Force general will jump from one to three stars to lead air commandos

This is not the first time an Air Force one-star general has been nominated for a third star.