Army's Pier System Now Faces Second Watchdog Review After Troubled Gaza Mission
Following the seemingly bungled Army mission establishing a pier off the Gaza Strip to deliver aid to the region, the Pentagon’s internal watchdog has launched an investigation into the service’s capabilities to conduct such a mission. The Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General earlier this month announced that it’s investigating how the military runs […]
Fort Liberty Soldier Gets Booted After Indictment for Weapons Trafficking, Lying About White Nationalist Ties
A paratrooper at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, who was indicted last week on charges of weapons trafficking and lying about his association with a white nationalist group has been removed from the Army, Col. Mary Ricks, a service spokesperson, said Tuesday. Spc. Kai Nix was indicted Aug. 14 by a grand jury and arrested the […]
Army and Police Missed Chances to Intervene Before Maine Mass Shootings, Final Report Says
LEWISTON, Maine — Both the Army Reserves and local police missed out on opportunities to intervene in a gunman’s psychiatric crisis and seize weapons from the spiraling reservist responsible for the deadliest shootings in Maine history, according to the final report released Tuesday by a special commission created to investigate the attacks, which killed 18 […]
Bush Fellow Aims to Challenge Ideas About What It Means to Be a Veteran
Amber Zora is a United States Army veteran advocating for peace. The interdisciplinary artist based in Rapid City received a Bush Fellowship she’ll use to challenge some dominant, widespread narratives about militarism and war. “How did the military get so overgrown? How did it become the thing it is today? At what point is war […]
Soldiers Who Didn't Receive Tuition Assistance Due to Tech Snafu May Be Reimbursed by Army
The Army said Friday it will reimburse soldiers who may need to foot the bill for college courses this fall as glitches in the service’s tuition-assistance portal have kept hundreds of troops from accessing those funds. Army IgnitED, which connects soldiers with federal funds to cover the cost of college courses and other credentialing programs, […]
High TCE Concentrations Still Found on West Side of Fort Detrick's Area B, Samples Show
Groundwater samples from March at Fort Detrick’s Area B showed high concentrations of a cancer-causing chemical along the area’s western edge, but the levels of detection at some of those wells has been slowly decreasing over the last decade. During a meeting on Aug. 7 for Area B’s Restoration Advisory Board (RAB), which is tasked […]
Top Enlisted Leader of 173rd Airborne Brigade in Italy Fired After Sexual Assault Allegations
The top enlisted leader for the 173rd Airborne Brigade, based in Vicenza, Italy, was fired amid allegations he sexually assaulted a subordinate while intoxicated, internal records of the incident reviewed by Military.com show. Command Sgt. Maj. Matthew Carlson allegedly sexually assaulted a subordinate noncommissioned officer, according to a document summarizing the events. Army officials did […]
The Army Sacks Another Senior Enlisted Leader in the Washington, DC, Area
Another senior enlisted Army official — the second in the past week — has been fired from their position in the Washington, D.C., area, according to the service. Command Sgt. Maj. Harold “Ed” Jarrell, the top enlisted leader for the Army’s 1st Information Operations Command, was relieved Tuesday, though it was unclear what led to […]
About Half of the Troops Who Deployed on the Gaza Aid Pier Mission Are Home Now
The Pentagon said Thursday that nearly half of the troops it deployed to the Mediterranean as part of the mission to deliver aid to Gaza via a temporary pier are either home or will be home shortly. Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters that 235 soldiers returned to Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia earlier this […]
The Army Is Set to Expand Basic Training, Fueled by New Recruiting Momentum
The Army is set to expand how many new recruits it can send to basic training starting in October, as officials are confident the service is digging out of a recruiting slump it has struggled with for nearly a decade. Fort Sill in Oklahoma and Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri will get two additional basic […]