The Army Reserve Is Gutting Aviation Units. Thousands of Soldiers Are Being Left in the Lurch.
Thousands of Army Reserve soldiers are being forced to scramble for new assignments after the service abruptly ordered the dismantling of its helicopter units, a sweeping move that has caught commanders off guard and upended aviation operations across the country. The cuts, which are set to eliminate all of the reserve’s helicopter units by the […]
Pat Tillman's Brother Allegedly Started a Fire at California Post Office to Send a Message
A newly unsealed court document alleges that Richard Tillman admitted to police officers that he drove a vehicle into a Northern California post office and set the building on fire, “trying to make a statement to the United States Government.” It’s unclear what the statement was intended to be. According to the document, Tillman also […]
Senate Confirms Trump's Pick for Counterterrorism Agency, a Former Green Beret with Extremist Ties
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, on Wednesday evening as Republicans looked past his connections to right-wing extremists and support for conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Kent won confirmation on a 52-44 vote tally with Sen. Thom […]
VA Memorial Affairs Leader Approved by Senate
A leader for one of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ three sub-administrations has been approved by the Senate as the chamber works through a hefty backlog of nominees ahead of a monthlong summer break. In a 54-44 vote Tuesday night, the Senate confirmed Sam Brown, an Army veteran and failed Senate candidate, to be VA […]
Army Secretary Directs West Point to Rescind Appointment of Biden-Era Cybersecurity Director
NEW YORK — The Secretary of the Army on Wednesday directed the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to review its hiring practices, bar outside groups from choosing employees and remove a newly announced hire who led the nation’s cybersecurity agency under President Joe Biden. The directive, shared on the social platform X by Secretary […]
NTSB Finds Army Black Hawk in Fatal Midair Crash with Plane Was Above Altitude Limit
Investigators probing the January midair collision of a passenger plane and an Army helicopter over Washington that killed 67 people found the chopper was flying higher than it should have been and the altitude readings were inaccurate. The details came out of the first day of National Transportation Safety Board hearings in Washington, where investigators […]
NTSB Hearings Will Focus on Fatal Army Helicopter-Passenger Jet Crash. Here's What to Know
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold three days of hearings starting Wednesday on January’s midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter over the nation’s capital that killed 67 people. The goal: Pinpoint exactly what went wrong and what can be done to avoid similar midair crashes between […]
Renaming of Military Bases Stirs Debate over Confederate Ties
In 2023, amid a national reckoning on issues of race in America, seven Army bases’ names were changed because they honored Confederate leaders. Now, those same bases are reverting back to their original names, this time with different namesakes who share Confederate surnames — the Army found other service members with the same last names […]
Tom Lehrer, Army Vet, Song Satirist and Mathematician, Dies at 97
LOS ANGELES — Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities, has died. He was 97. Longtime friend David Herder said Lehrer died Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He did […]
Army ROTC Cadet Dies During Fort Knox Land Navigation Training
A 22-year-old Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadet died Thursday during a land navigation exercise at Fort Knox, Kentucky, the service announced. Cadet Neil Edara, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, became unresponsive while participating in a routine land navigation drill, a core component of the Army’s ROTC summer training event, which draws thousands of cadets from […]