Soldier Found Dead During Training at Fort Jackson, US Army Says
A soldier training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina has died, the U.S. Army said Sunday. The soldier will not be publicly identified until the Army Casualty Assistance Office notifies the next of kin. The soldier was a member of the Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, the Army said in a news […]
Fort Cavazos Soldier Gets Life in Prison After Horrific String of Attacks on Female Troops in Barracks
An Army noncommissioned officer was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison for a violent campaign of sexual assaults and physical attacks on women stationed at Fort Cavazos, Texas, concluding one of the most high-profile courts-martial in recent years. Sgt. Greville Clarke, 31, was convicted on 29 counts including rape, intent to commit kidnapping, attempted […]
Army Suspends Fort McCoy's First Female Commander Amid Trump Portrait Display Controversy
Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez, the garrison commander of Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, was suspended following the circulation on social media of a photograph showing portraits of President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth turned to face a wall. The incident, which sparked a wave of right-wing criticism, centered on the […]
Fort Benning, Then Moore, Now Benning Again: The People Behind the Names
Just weeks before World War I ended, the U.S. military established Fort Benning near Columbus. The first soldiers arrived there on Oct. 6, 1918. Later that month, officials held a ceremony for naming it after Confederate Brig. Gen. Henry Benning. More than a century later, the base was renamed Fort Moore in honor of the […]
Fort Wainwright Soldier Arrested on Murder Charges in Fairbanks Man's Death
A 24-year-old U.S. Army soldier was arrested Friday on murder charges after Fairbanks officers found a man with an execution-style gunshot wound in an apartment, police said. Adayus Robertson is facing charges of first-degree murder and evidence tampering as well as violating probation for two prior open criminal cases. He had his first court appearance […]
Fort Carson Strykers Head to US-Mexico Border to Help with Immigration Enforcement
In brisk and windy weather Tuesday, Fort Carson soldiers eased roughly 20-ton Strykers onto flat rail cars for their trip to the U.S.-Mexico border to help with illegal immigration enforcement. The slow roll of the eight-wheeled Strykers was followed by the clanking of chains as soldiers tied down the vehicles. Other 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat […]
Fort Carson Strykers Cleared to Transport Border Patrol Agents
Soldiers from Fort Carson have been cleared to transport Customs and Border Patrol agents while they assist with illegal-immigration enforcement. Northern Command said in a news release Tuesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had granted military service members additional authority to assist with immigration enforcement, including transportation and helping “detect, track, and monitor movements” using […]
80 Years After Dying, a South Carolina Soldier Will Be Laid to Rest at Fort Jackson National Cemetery
On March 14, almost 80 years to the day after his death at 19, U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Arthur W. Crossland Jr. — simply Jr. to those who knew him, which is no one now — will be laid to rest at Fort Jackson National Cemetery with full military honors. The Columbia, South Carolina, […]
First, Fort Bragg. Then Fort Benning. Is Georgia’s Fort Eisenhower Next?
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters he was not done last month after restoring Fort Liberty in North Carolina to its original name, Fort Bragg. Hegseth followed up Monday by switching Fort Moore near Columbus back to Fort Benning. The changes, according to the Pentagon, honor American soldiers who fought bravely in World War […]
Hegseth Scraps Fort Moore Name in Latest Move to Undo Congress' Base Renamings
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced that he is renaming Fort Moore — the name chosen to honor decorated Vietnam Army commander Hal Moore and his wife Julia — less than two years after the base was scrubbed of its previous name honoring a Confederate general. The Army will return the famed Georgia base […]