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 […]
Medal Returned to Family of Soldier Killed in World War I
ORWIGSBURG, Pa. — Call it a day of reunification. Members of the Morrison family were reunited Wednesday with Pvt. Joseph W. Morrison, an Army medic killed in action in France during World War I. Pvt. Morrison was KIA on Nov. 1, 1918 — 10 days before the end of World War I — and his […]
Russia Reduces Prison Sentence for US Soldier Convicted of Theft
MOSCOW — An appellate court in Russia’s far east on Monday reduced the prison sentence for an American soldier convicted of stealing and making threats of murder, Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti reported. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, flew to the Pacific port city of Vladivostok to see his girlfriend and was arrested in […]
Bodies of 3 US Soldiers Recovered from Swamp in Lithuania; Search for Last Missing Soldier Ongoing
The bodies of three American soldiers who had been missing since last week after their armored vehicle became trapped in deep mud during a military exercise in Lithuania have been recovered, the U.S. Army said Monday. A search for the fourth soldier remained underway. The soldiers were aboard an M88A2 Hercules, a hulking armored recovery […]
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, […]
Army's Use of Soldier Food Allowances Spurs Bipartisan Inquiry from Congress
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for answers on the Army’s handling of meal funds as questions mount over the apparent misallocation of tens of millions of dollars intended to feed soldiers. The scrutiny follows a Military.com investigation revealing that the Army cannot account for more than $151 million deducted […]
2 Charged in Gruesome Murder of 101st Airborne Soldier in Home Near Fort Campbell
Authorities have formally charged two individuals in direct connection with the grisly murder of Pfc. Katia Dueñas Aguilar, 23, a 101st Airborne Division soldier whose body was discovered in her home near Fort Campbell, Kentucky, in May with 68 stab wounds. Among the accused: the victim’s own husband. Sophia Rodas, 35, faces charges of first-degree […]
Final Soldier Killed in Black Hawk Collision Identified as Family, Friends Grieve
The Army on Saturday identified a pilot who was among three soldiers who died when their Black Hawk helicopter collided with a passenger airplane over Washington, D.C., this week, after the service initially withheld the name at the request of the family amid online speculation over her identity. Capt. Rebecca Lobach, 28, of Durham, North […]
Soldier Who Died by Suicide in Las Vegas Told Ex-Girlfriend of Pain and Exhaustion After Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The highly decorated Special Forces soldier who died by suicide in a Cybertruck explosion on New Year’s Day confided to a former girlfriend who had served as an Army nurse that he faced significant pain and exhaustion that she says were key symptoms of traumatic brain injury. Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger, 37, […]
Active-Duty Special Forces Soldier Connected to Trump Hotel Tesla Truck Explosion
Authorities have identified Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger, an Army Special Forces soldier, as the renter of the 2024 Tesla Cybertruck who was killed when the vehicle exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day. Livelsberger, who was assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group headquartered at Fort Carson, Colorado, and stationed in […]