Army Surpasses its Goal for Recruiting Active-Duty Soldiers, But Just Barely
The Army says it has hit recruiting goals for this year following a military wide slump, a sign the service may be overcoming the struggle to build up its ranks as it seeks a commanding presence in the Pacific to counter China. Service officials announced Thursday that the Army enlisted 55,300 new active-duty soldiers, marginally […]
VA Employee Charged with Threatening Ordered to Wear GPS Monitor
A carpenter at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Manchester has been released on conditions he wear a GPS tracking device and stay out of Rye and Hudson after he was arrested this week for allegedly threatening to shoot two supervisors, federal court records show. Paul M. Gangi, of Raymond, N.H., was charged […]
Army Delays Bonus Pay for Deployed Soldiers
Days before deployed soldiers were due to begin getting a much anticipated monthly pay bonus, the Army has delayed the payments with no timeline as to when they will debut. The pay bump was due to begin next Tuesday, but Army officials said that all the details of the bonus had never been sorted, inevitably […]
New Air Force Workout Clothes Now Not Expected to Hit Store Shelves Until November
Airmen will have to wait even longer than expected to purchase their new Air Force physical training uniforms on base, after patiently anticipating the new clothes since 2022. In April, future airmen at Basic Military Training received the brand-new short-sleeved shirt, running shorts, all-purpose shorts and tracksuit that — while similar in appearance to the […]
80 Years After D-Day, the Family of a Black World War II Combat Medic Receives His Medal for Heroism
WASHINGTON — Waverly B. Woodson Jr., who was part of the only African American combat unit involved in the D-Day invasion during World War II, spent more than a day treating wounded troops under heavy German fire — all while injured himself. Decades later, and nearly 20 years after his death, his family finally received […]
US Troops Finish Deployment to Remote Alaska Island Amid Spike in Russian Military Activity
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — About 130 U.S. soldiers are returning to their bases after being deployed last week to a remote Alaska island with mobile rocket launchers amid a spike in Russian military activity off the western reaches of the U.S., a military official said Thursday. The deployment to Shemya Island involved soldiers from Alaska, Washington […]
US Is Sending More Troops to the Middle East as Violence Rises Between Israel and Hezbollah
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is sending additional troops to the Middle East in response to a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that has raised the risk of a greater regional war, the Pentagon said Monday. Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder would provide no details on how many […]
A Snowmobiler Who Crashed into a Parked Black Hawk Helicopter Is Awarded $3 Million
BOSTON — The federal government was mostly responsible for a nighttime collision involving a snowmobiler who nearly died after hitting a Black Hawk helicopter that was parked on a Massachusetts trail, a judge ruled in awarding him $3.3 million in damages. U.S. District Judge Mark Mastroianni blamed both parties for the March 2019 crash in […]
Army's Top Enlisted Leader Removed Diversity Consideration for Top Enlisted Roles
The Army’s top enlisted leader has removed key guidance that required diversity to be considered when selecting individuals to serve in upper-level noncommissioned officer positions, according to a memo reviewed by Military.com. Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Weimer, the top enlisted leader of the force, recently issued new guidance on selecting command sergeants major […]
Military Medical Commands Developing Plans to Put Freeze-Dried Plasma in Hands of Medics, Corpsmen
Combat medics and corpsmen may soon carry a lifesaving blood product that their counterparts in the special operations community have had for more than a decade. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency use authorization in late August for a freeze-dried plasma powder made by Octapharma USA that can sustain injured personnel who […]