Army Officer Alleges Retaliation over Testimony on Slow National Guard Response to Jan. 6
A colonel who was the top lawyer for the D.C. National Guard during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is accusing Army officials of retaliating against him for disputing two generals’ account of why the National Guard was slow to deploy during the attack on the Capitol. In a whistleblower reprisal complaint filed in October and […]
After Long Fight, Army Recruiter Is Released from Service So She Can Return to Marine Corps
On Jan. 8, Gunnery Sgt. Julianna Pinder will don her Marine Corps combat utilities for the first time in nearly three years and report for duty to the U.S. Marine Corps after stopping first at Fort Carson, Colorado, to check out of the U.S. Army. Pinder learned Dec. 29 that the Army had awarded her […]
Pentagon Effort on Extremism Snarled by Confusion, Guard Divisions, Gaps in Security Clearance Screening
Military leaders were confused about how to define and root out extremist behavior, even as they acknowledged a stream of racist or bigoted recruits, in the wake of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, according to a long-awaited independent report commissioned by the Pentagon that provides a snapshot of the effort. The report released this week — […]
Russell Hamler, Thought to Be the Last of WWII Merrill’s Marauders Jungle-Fighting Unit, Dies at 99
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The reputed last member of the famed American jungle fighting unit in World War II nicknamed the Merrill’s Marauders has died. Russell Hamler, 99, died on Tuesday, his son Jeffrey said. He did not give a cause of death. Hamler was the last living Marauder, according to a biography published by the […]
Overseas But Paying the Price: Army Ends Policy that Allowed Soldiers to Store Belongings While Deployed
The Army has ended a major program that allowed soldiers to store their home goods and vehicles at no cost while they are away from home for extended periods of time. Army Sustainment Command, which oversees logistics for the force, discontinued the use of funds across the service to store vehicles and other goods owned […]
The Top 10 Military.com News Stories of 2023
A ship poisoning its own crew by mixing fuel into its water. Extremist groups targeting service members and veterans for recruitment. An ongoing shroud of uncertainty surrounding accidents harming troops aboard Osprey aircraft. A recruiter accused of grooming a young prospective Marine, and then bragging about his actions in a self-published memoir. Those are just […]
Barracks Habitability Standards Ordered by Recently Signed Defense Bill
The Pentagon will have to set military-wide standards for what makes barracks habitable under the defense policy bill that was signed into law late last week. Requiring minimum standards for habitability is one of several ways this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, seeks to improve barracks conditions, which have come under increasing scrutiny […]
A New Army Training System Was Set to Go Live Next Month. But the Switch Is Now Delayed Indefinitely.
The Army was set to launch its new online training platform at the beginning of 2024, retiring the long-maligned Army Learning Management System, or ALMS. But the service says it has delayed the rollout of the new platform indefinitely. ALMS was set to be taken offline Jan. 4 and replaced with the Army Training Information […]
Army Wraps $95 Million Project Renovating Moldy Fort Liberty Barracks, Demolishing Others
The Army has finished major renovations and demolition of Fort Liberty, North Carolina’s troubled Smoke Bomb Hill Barracks, which the service deemed unlivable after a slew of complaints from soldiers and media scrutiny. Three barracks buildings were renovated and are set to house soldiers again in early 2024. But a dozen barracks were determined to […]
Army Veteran Identified as Man Wounded by Police After VA Clinic Shooting
WENATCHEE, Wash. — The man shot and wounded by police Sunday after authorities say he fired into an empty Veterans Affairs clinic was identified as Army veteran Troy Allen McMaster of East Wenatchee. Investigators believe McMaster rammed the Department of Veterans Affairs Elwood “Bud” Link Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Olds Station with a pickup truck […]