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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
World War II

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.
World War II

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
Marine Corps

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
Marine Corps

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
Marine Corps

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.
Air Force

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.
Army

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.
Marine Corps

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
Air Force

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.

Pfc. Katia Duenas-Aguilar
Army

Fort Campbell soldier’s death under investigation as homicide

The Army and the Clarksville Police Department are investigating her death.

11th Airborne soldier killed, another injured, in car accident
Army

11th Airborne soldier killed, another injured, in car accident

Pfc. Cierra Nglias Truce died as a passenger in the single-car crash.

Wounded Warrior Project
News

Wounded Warrior Project is being sued for discrimination

A Wounded Warrior Project spokesman said it takes all claims seriously but does not comment on personnel issues.

USS Carney had ‘seconds’ to respond to anti-ship ballistic missiles
Navy

USS Carney had ‘seconds’ to respond to anti-ship ballistic missiles

The USS Carney engaged Houthi-launched weapons targeting commercial ships in the Red Sea 51 times.

18th Airborne Corps orders soldiers on staff duty to get some sleep
Active Duty

18th Airborne Corps orders soldiers on staff duty to get some sleep

Soldiers on staff duty now have to count sheep and get four hours of sleep.

Nigerien Air Base 201
Africa

US troops to fully leave Niger by mid-September

The Department of Defense has already started withdrawing personnel from Niger.

Bud Anderson, the last World War II ‘triple ace,’ dies at 102
World War II

Bud Anderson, the last World War II ‘triple ace,’ dies at 102

Anderson shot down 16 German planes in World War II, flew bombing missions in Vietnam and served as a test pilot alongside Chuck Yeager.

US soldier in South Korea pronounced dead after being found unresponsive
Army

US soldier in South Korea pronounced dead after being found unresponsive

Spc. Jaggert Oakes was found unresponsive in his barracks at Camp Humphreys on Wednesday. He was 22.