The Only WWII Land Battle Fought on American Soil: The Forgotten Fight for Alaska
When most people think of the Pacific Theater of World War II, they envision tropical islands, heat, and jungle combat. However, the 18-day campaign in May 1943 to retake a remote Aleutian island from Japanese occupation was the total opposite. The fight over the frozen island became the only land battle of World War II […]
Army ROTC Cadet Dies During Fort Knox Land Navigation Training
A 22-year-old Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadet died Thursday during a land navigation exercise at Fort Knox, Kentucky, the service announced. Cadet Neil Edara, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, became unresponsive while participating in a routine land navigation drill, a core component of the Army’s ROTC summer training event, which draws thousands of cadets from […]
US Military's Attempt to Retain Strategic Land for Training Runs Into Native Hawaiian Opposition
HONOLULU (AP) — A high-altitude plateau on the Big Island is the only place in Hawaii where thousands of ground forces can practice firing live munitions. It’s also a place many Native Hawaiians consider the spiritual heart of the island. The U.S. military wants to keep training at this spot, called Pohakuloa, so it’s ready […]
Army Land Retention Efforts in Hawaii Stalled Again
The Army has suffered another setback in efforts to renew leases on state lands in Hawaii, even as service leaders say they want to drastically scale back their land holdings on Oahu. The state Board of Land and Natural Resources to reject the Army’s final environmental impact statement on potential renewal of leases on state […]
Army Hits Snag in Effort to Keep Hawaii Training Range Land
The U.S. Army hit a speed bump in its effort to retain training land in Hawaii with the state Board of Land and Natural Resources voting to reject its final environmental impact statement on its proposal to keep a state-owned parcel at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii island. The ruling is an embarrassing setback […]
Military Takes Over Another Stretch of Public Border Land in Effort to Catch and Charge Migrants
Another stretch of federal land along the border has been transferred to the U.S. military, this time in Texas, expanding the territory in which troops can be used to apprehend migrants and the government can pursue trespassing charges. U.S. Northern Command announced on Thursday that the new area will be an extension of Fort Bliss […]
How Comic Legend Mel Brooks Defused Land Mines During World War II
When Melvin Kaminsky arrived in Europe with a field artillery unit, he thought he would be a radio operator. In need of combat engineers, though, the Army noticed the young private’s military operational specialty — the military service had trained him as an electrical engineer — saw the word “engineer” and immediately reassigned him. Instead […]
A Maryland Housing Development Is Going Up Beside Army Land Polluted by Bio-Weapon Testing
A new housing development is going up near Fort Detrick, Maryland, and the Army is considering a series of engineering efforts to protect the homeowners after it contaminated adjacent land throughout much of the 20th century by testing biological weapons. Many of the homes next to what is known as the Area B section of […]
Army Asks for Comments on Proposed Oahu Land Leases
The Army is seeking public comments on a draft environmental impact statement it released Friday for its proposed retention of up to 6,322 acres of state-owned lands it uses for training on Oahu. Leases begin expiring in 2029 at Kahuku Training Area, Kawailoa-Poamoho Training Area and Makua Military Reservation. According to the draft, Oahu training […]
Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Its Dispute with Texas over Border Land
McALLEN, Texas — The drowning deaths of three migrants have brought new urgency to an extraordinary showdown between the Biden administration and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who has seized a city park in a major corridor for illegal crossings and denied entry to Border Patrol agents. The Department of Justice filed a new request […]