Soldier Killed in Alaska Base Collision Identified
The U.S. Army has identified the 11th Airborne Division soldier killed in a collision late Sunday on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska as Pfc. Arath Esau Martinez-Arguelles, 20, of Sherman Oaks, California. Martinez-Arguelles, a wheeled-vehicle mechanic with the 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), joined the Army in June 2022, Army […]
Is Soldier Recruiting Up? Army Claims Yes But Won’t Say by How Much
The Army is in a recruiting slump, struggling to pitch service to a skeptical Gen Z or even to find enough qualified candidates to join. But just how deep in the hole are the Army’s recruiting numbers? It won’t say. The service has declined to provide the basic recruiting data, despite Army Secretary Christine Wormuth […]
US Bombers Fly over Bosnia in Sign of Support Amid Continued Secessionist Threats
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A pair of U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers flew low over Sarajevo and several other Bosnian cities on Tuesday as a sign of support amid continued secessionist threats by the staunchly pro-Russia Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik. In addition, the aircraft also participated in a joint military event in the northeastern […]
A Soldier Attempted Suicide in Poland. Left to Roam at Fort Riley, He Killed Himself.
Warning: This story includes discussion of suicidal ideation and details of a suicide attempt. It was a cold March day in Poland, and no one had seen Spc. Austin Valley in hours. Valley, 21, had sent his parents a suicide note. During a frantic search, soldiers followed footprints in the snow into the dark woods, […]
‘He’s Home’: Missing 73 Years, Medal of Honor Recipient’s Remains Return to Georgia
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Soldiers of the 9th Infantry Regiment made a desperate retreat as North Korean troops closed in around them. A wounded, 18-year-old Army Pfc. Luther Herschel Story feared his injuries would slow down his company, so he stayed behind to cover their withdrawal. Story’s actions in the Korean War on Sept. 1, […]
VP Harris Praises Cadets’ Sacrifice in West Point’s 1st Commencement Speech by a Woman
NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman to deliver a commencement speech at West Point, lauded graduating cadets Saturday for their noble sacrifice in serving their country, but noted they were entering an “unsettled world” because of Russian aggression and the rising threats from China. “The world has drastically changed,” Harris […]
Army Secretary to Remind Commanders They Can’t Deny Soldiers’ Parental Leave
Army Secretary Christine Wormuth plans to issue a servicewide reminder that soldiers are broadly entitled to parental leave and that the time off can be denied only by a general, according to an unsigned draft copy of the memo reviewed by Military.com. The memo comes after Military.com in recent months interviewed two soldiers who say […]
Army Veteran Who Stormed Capitol Gets More Than 8 Years in Prison
WASHINGTON — An Army veteran who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a military-style formation with fellow members of the Oath Keepers was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison, a day after the far-right extremist group’s founder received an 18-year prison term in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. Jessica Watkins, of Woodstock, Ohio, […]
Body of US Special Forces Veteran Turned Over by Russian Mercenary Group
With a big assist from Ukrainian comrades, the body of an Idaho Special Forces veteran was en route to the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv — American soil — on Friday in time for Memorial Day. Nick Maimer was killed in the embattled city of Bakhmut on May 15 or 16. After traveling to Europe, he […]
Tripler Army Medical Center to Pay $29.5M in Malpractice Case
Hawaii’s U.S. District Court on Tuesday awarded $29.5 million to a local military family in the largest medical malpractice judgment against Tripler Army Medical Center for a 2016 incident involving their then-month-old child. In September 2016, John and Laura Warren rushed their daughter to Tripler when their baby’s belly became distended and tight, and she turned blue from the bellybutton down. Shortly […]