Lawyer Picked to Prosecute Army Sexual Assault Is Fired over an Old Email Doubting Victims’ Claims
WASHINGTON — The lawyer selected to be the Army’s first top prosecutor of sexual assaults under an overhaul of the military justice system has been fired because of an email he sent 10 years ago appearing to belittle victims’ assault allegations. Brig. Gen. Warren Wells was removed from the job on Friday by Army Secretary […]
Army Veteran Battling Terminal Cancer Gets His Wish to Shoot a Tank One Last Time
Doctors estimated in September that Jay Tenison, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer, had 3-6 months to live. One of the things on his bucket list was to fire a tank one last time. Tenison, 39, is a former tanker who served from 2004 to 2008 on active duty and another five years in the […]
Army Warns Recruiting Efforts Could Take a Hit if Congress Doesn’t Pass Ukraine and Israel Funding
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — If Congress does not approve extra funding to cover the bulked-up U.S. troop presence in Europe and the Middle East, the Army could have to dip into funding meant for recruitment to cover costs of the deployments, a top service official warned this weekend. Speaking at the annual Reagan National Defense […]
Live-Fire Training in Makua Valley Not Needed, Army Says
The military has officially committed to never resuming live-fire training at Makua Valley, one of its most controversial training grounds in Hawaii. The military hasn’t fired a shot in the valley since 2004 as a result of a lawsuit brought against it by Earthjustice on behalf of local activist group Malama Makua. Since then the Army has worked […]
No More Late Night Alcohol Sales: Army and Air Force Exchange Stores to Ban the Practice Next Month
The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, or AAFES, says that beginning Jan. 1 it will no longer sell alcohol between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. at its stores in the U.S. and around the world. The change on Army and Air Force bases is meant to support the Pentagon’s suicide prevention initiative, which said […]
A Problem-Solving Shop Fosters ‘Culture of Innovation’ at Fort Stewart
FORT STEWART — Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Lopez enlisted in the U.S. Army as a wide-eyed 17-year-old straight out of high school. An infantryman for nearly half his life now, he’s comfortable with a top-down command structure where officers tell him what to do and how to do it. Even so, Lopez acknowledges the flaws in the “Army way.” Soldiers […]
Senate Holds Dampen First Army-Navy Game for Trailblazing Superintendent Nominee
By this week, Rear Adm. Yvette Davids was expected to be a vice admiral, looking forward to cheering on her alma mater as superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy — the first female superintendent in its history — during the annual Army-Navy football game. Instead, the school won’t have a permanent superintendent for the storied […]
Black Knights Beat Midshipmen Yet Again in Annual Army-Navy Game Uniform Drip
The annual Army-Navy football game will soon be upon us, and the service academy teams have released the details of their special uniforms, worn in honor of a unique aspect of the institutions’ respective histories. Despite anything that happens on the gridiron, the Army Black Knights will show up dressed to kill, while the Navy […]
Another High-Profile Firing at West Point, This Time Due to Criminal Sexual Conduct Allegations
A senior civilian staffer at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has been fired after being arrested on a felony charge of criminal sexual conduct, according to court documents. William Gentry, who was West Point’s deputy brigade tactical officer, was arraigned Nov. 20 in Michigan on a second-degree criminal sexual conduct charge, which carries […]
How Four Nuns Became the First Native American Women to Serve in the US Military
Originally published by The 19th. In an old black and white photograph, four nuns flank a priest at a U.S. military hospital in Havana, Cuba. Their severe expressions speak to the harsh conditions they had faced during the Spanish-American War — from the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota to military camps in Florida, […]