National Guard Grounds All of Its Helicopters Following Apache Crash in Mississippi that Killed 2 Soldiers
The Army National Guard has temporarily grounded all of its helicopters after back-to-back AH-64 Apache helicopter crashes this month, one of which was fatal for the two pilots. Last week, an Apache crashed in northern Mississippi, killing its two-soldier crew. In a separate incident Feb. 12, there was another Apache crash near Salt Lake City, […]
Army Doctor Charged with Sexually Abusing Dozens of Victims Appears in Court, Plans to Plead Not Guilty
An Army physician who faces dozens of charges of sexual abuse — including allegations of touching patients and invading their privacy — appeared in court for the first time Friday, with his lawyer later saying that the officer plans to plead not guilty. Maj. Michael Stockin, 38, was arraigned at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, on […]
A Museum Proudly Displayed an American Flag Rescued from the Fall of Saigon. But the Soldier's Story Wasn't True.
ANTIOCH — A U.S. flag neatly folded and encased in the military room of this city’s museum ended up there because, as the story went, it was draped around an Army soldier as he climbed on a helicopter from atop the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. He was among the last American troops to leave Vietnam, […]
DC-Area Army Retention Is Good, and It Could Be a Bellwether for the Rest of the Service
Staff Sgt. Stephen Hughes never expected to make a career out of the Army. Like many soldiers, he joined with the intent of gaining a skill, serving a quick contract, getting out and going to college. It was the same plan some of the service’s most experienced leaders also had. But he stuck around after what […]
National Guard Apache Helicopter Crashes in Mississippi Killing Two Crew Members
A Mississippi National Guard AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed in the northern part of the state near Booneville on Friday afternoon, a service component spokesperson confirmed. Two Guardsmen who were on board were killed in the mishap and safety crews were at the scene, according to a statement from Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves. The names […]
Veterans Lead Charge for New Museum Focused on Fort Leavenworth’s Role in US History
The oldest fort west of the Mississippi River is a massive operation that’s been serving the country since 1827. And though it sits less than 40 miles from downtown Kansas City, Fort Leavenworth is surprisingly easy for many of us to overlook. That’s ironic, because the fort’s location, high on the Missouri River bluffs, was […]
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’s New Special Prosecutors Hit Ground Running with Case Netting 20-Year Sentence for Rape, Assault
In a first for the Army, a new specialized legal team is prosecuting the service’s most egregious criminal cases, including a soldier based in Okinawa, Japan, who was convicted of the rape and sexual assault of two victims in California and South Korea earlier this month. Sgt. Antonio Robert Aden, 27, was sentenced to 20 […]
‘Combat Con Artists’ of World War II Who Hoodwinked Nazis Get Long Overdue Top Honor from Congress
All warfare is based on deception, Chinese strategist Sun Tzu once said. The battlefield flimflam practiced by the Army’s top-secret 23rd Headquarters Special Troops unit during World War II took that ancient advice to another level as the “Ghost Army” in the drive to liberate Europe. From D-Day to the crossing of the Rhine, the […]
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 […]