Ex-Military Couple Convicted of Endangering Foster Children While Living on Base Face New Sentencing
NEWARK, N.J. — A former U.S. Army major and his wife accused of routinely beating their young foster children and denying them food and water as punishment will be sentenced for a fourth time. But, the sentencing will be handled by a different judge, a federal appeals court has ruled. Federal prosecutors have argued […]
Army NCO Schools Going Partly Online, Temporary Promotions Going Away
The Army is looking to shift some parts of its noncommissioned officer academies to virtual learning and scale back temporary promotions in one of its most dramatic overhauls of how NCO careers are managed. The Army’s Advanced Leader Course, or ALC, and Senior Leader Course, or SLC, will shift part of their coursework to […]
Guardsmen, Reservists Would Get Expanded Parental Leave Under Senate Bill
On the heels of Congress securing a win for active-duty military parents by expanding their parental leave, a bipartisan pair of senators wants National Guardsmen and reservists to have comparable benefits. Under the Reserve Component Parental Leave Parity Act, the text of which was obtained by Military.com ahead of its release, Guardsmen and reservists […]
From Korea to Afghanistan: Special Forces Legend Billy Waugh’s Amazing Career Spanned Five Decades
To say William “Billy” Waugh was a legend in the Special Forces community is more than an understatement. He was very nearly mythological. The unparalleled godfather of the Green Berets, and CIA septuagenarian at the spearhead of early operations in Afghanistan, passed away Tuesday. He was 93. Waugh was on any short list of […]
Specialist Among the First to Be Awarded the Army’s New Recruiting Ribbon
A soldier at Fort Rucker, Alabama, is one of the first to receive the Army’s new recruiting ribbon, given out to those who refer someone to a recruiter and who then goes to basic training. Spc. Vincent C. Tucci received the ribbon Tuesday, along with a promotion, at Rucker’s U.S. Army Aviation Center of […]
Flight Data Recorders Found After Deadly Black Hawk Crash
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Investigators recovered “black boxes” from two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters that crashed last week in Kentucky, killing all nine soldiers aboard, the military announced Tuesday. A U.S. Army aviation safety team from Fort Rucker, Alabama, found the flight data recorders, which are commonly referred to as black boxes in civilian […]
Army Vet and Spymaster Nick Fury Returns in ‘Secret Invasion’
The last time we saw Marvel’s Nick Fury, he was aboard the flagship of Talos, leader of the Skrulls, a race of shape-shifting aliens and intergalactic refugees, apparently on vacation. In a new trailer dropped on the Disney+ Twitter page, Fury is returning to Earth for a new series, “Secret Invasion.” Based on the trailer, […]
Pandemic Pounds Push 10,000 US Army Soldiers Into Obesity
After gaining 30 pounds during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Murillo is finally getting back into fighting shape. Early pandemic lockdowns, endless hours on his laptop and heightened stress led Murillo, 27, to reach for cookies and chips in the barracks at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Gyms were closed, organized […]
9 Soldiers Killed as Pair of Helicopters Crash in One of the Army’s Deadliest Training Accidents
Nine soldiers are dead after a crash involving two Black Hawk helicopters out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on Wednesday night, a training accident that is one of the deadliest in Army history. “This is a truly tragic loss for our families, our division and Fort Campbell,” Brig Gen. John Lubas, deputy commander of the 101st […]
Military Leader, Astronaut Inducted into Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame
Brigadier General Janeen Birckhead, commander of the Maryland Army National Guard, was inducted this month into the Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame, the second Anne Arundel County resident to receive the honor in the past two years. Birckhead was among five Maryland women inducted this year. Last year, scientist Mary Cleave, a former astronaut and the 10th American woman in space,, received the […]