Buffalo Soldiers Receive New VA Headstones Following Army Decision to Overturn Convictions
More than 100 years after they were convicted of mutiny and murder and hanged for the 1917 Houston Riot, 17 Black soldiers have finally received military burial honors along with new headstones reflecting the honorable discharges the Army awarded them last year. In a solemn ceremony Thursday at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in […]
Army Reserve Soldiers, Close Friends Killed in Drone Attack, Mourned at Funerals in Georgia
WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) — Two young citizen-soldiers who became close friends after enlisting in the Army Reserve were remembered at funerals in southeast Georgia on Saturday, nearly three weeks after they died in a drone attack while deployed to the Middle East. A service for 24-year-old Sgt. Kennedy Sanders was held in the packed 1,200-seat […]
Lighter, More Protection: Army Next-Gen Helmet Now Fielded to 82nd Airborne Division Soldiers
The Army has officially started fielding its newest combat helmet, the Next-Generation Integrated Head Protection System, to soldiers in close-combat formations, the service announced Tuesday. According to service officials, the NG-IHPS will provide soldiers with “increased ballistic and fragmentation protection” in a 40% lighter package compared to the earlier Integrated Head Protection System, which was […]
Funerals Getting Underway in Georgia for 3 Army Reserve Soldiers Killed in Jordan Drone Attack
ATLANTA — Family, friends and military colleagues are gathering in Georgia as funerals begin for three Army Reserve soldiers killed last month in a drone attack on a U.S. base in Jordan. The first funeral service was scheduled Tuesday morning for Staff Sgt. William Jerome Rivers at a Baptist church in Carrollton, west of Atlanta. […]
Fort Carson Soldier’s Murder Unsolved Almost a Year Later
Family, friends and hundreds of strangers lined a Michigan highway last year to welcome home Fort Carson Spc. Braden Peltier, as he made his way from Detroit to West Branch, Mich., for the final time after he was fatally shot in Colorado Springs. Many residents gathered on overpasses with flags to honor the soldier. The […]
2 Fort Myer Soldiers Arrested and Charged with Stealing LGBTQ+ Pride Flags from House Beside Base
Two soldiers were arrested Friday and accused of stealing LGBTQ+ Pride flags at least three times from a house just outside the gates of Fort Myer, Virginia. Local authorities with Arlington County announced the arrest of Spc. Matthew Henshaw, 20, and Pfc. Joseph Digregorio, 23. Both soldiers are with the 3rd Infantry Regiment, known as […]
Meet the Fort Moore Soldiers Competing for Team USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics
A black target slightly bigger than a quarter presents itself 10 meters away down range at an indoor practice facility at Fort Moore in Georgia. Sergeants Sagen Maddalena and Ivan Roe, with an air rifle in hand, stack shots on top of a bullseye roughly the size of a period. Both soldiers are part of […]
Army Still Weighing Combat Awards for Soldiers Hit by Deadly Drone Attack at Jordan Base
It was still unclear Friday whether Army soldiers killed and injured in the drone attack by an Iran-backed militia on a logistics base in Jordan will be awarded combat accolades. All three soldiers killed in the strike were from the same Georgia reserve unit, and at least 40 Army National Guardsmen and airmen were injured, […]
Army Eyes Privatized Barracks as It Struggles to Find a Solution to Poor Living Conditions for Soldiers
The Army is hoping privatization can fix the myriad quality-of-life issues facing its barracks, at least partly because it has few other ideas. In December, key service leaders had a barracks summit to draw up plans to get soldier housing back up to standards following months of media reports on rampant mold and other problems, […]
Meet the Soldiers Who Have Created a Lifesaving Network of Bone Marrow Donations in the Army
Spc. Christian Sutton and his team of nearly two dozen other young soldiers have signed up nearly 6,000 troops as potential bone marrow donors since March 2022. The effort by members of the Army’s rank and file fills a critical void amid a nationwide shortage of donors and has become one of the most significant […]