Tag: Army

Active-Duty Special Forces Soldier Connected to Trump Hotel Tesla Truck Explosion

Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel

Authorities have identified Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger, an Army Special Forces soldier, as the renter of the 2024 Tesla Cybertruck who was killed when the vehicle exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day. Livelsberger, who was assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group headquartered at Fort Carson, Colorado, and stationed in […]

Trump Blames Deadly New Orleans Truck Attack on ‘Radical Islamic Terrorism,’ Open Borders

Donald Trump speaks to reporters before a New Year's Eve party

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday suggested “radical Islamic terrorism” and President Joe Biden’s “open borders” were to blame for the deadly New Orleans truck attack, even though the suspect was an American-born military veteran. Although he did not specifically name the New Orleans killings of 14 New Year’s revelers, Trump left little doubt that he […]

Army National Guard Soldier from Indiana Dies in Non-Combat Incident in Iraq

Iraq Soldier Death

WASHINGTON — A 34-year-old soldier serving with the Indiana National Guard in Iraq has died in a non-combat incident, the Army said Monday. Capt. Eric Richard Hart, 34, of Indianapolis, died Saturday in Iraq, the Army National Guard said in a statement. Hart was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion of Indiana’s 38th Infantry […]

The Army's Fitness Standards May Shift in 2025. But How Much Tougher Will They Be?

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division Artillery complete the hand-release push-up event of an Army Combat Fitness Test during the Best of the Best Competition on Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

The Army is poised to recalibrate its fitness standards, redefining the physical expectations for combat-arms roles in 2025. Yet, where those minimum requirements will ultimately land remains an open question — one that could present an early test for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming Army leadership. The proposed changes stem from a congressionally mandated study conducted […]

Purple Heart Medal’s Owner Identified as ‘a Man’s Man’ Who Fought in WWII

World War II veteran Edward Gorski Jr., who died in 1993 of a heart attack, is buried at Elm Lawn Memorial Park in Elmhurst, Illinois.

In the final push to defeat Nazi Germany during World War II, Edward Gorski Jr. was trying to shield himself inside a foxhole when the 19-year-old Chicagoan was struck by enemy fire. Gorski, a broad-shouldered Army private with a rugged face, was hit with mortar shrapnel after a fellow soldier in a nearby trench lit […]

The Top 10 Military.com News Stories of 2024

U.S. Air Force airman during Exercise Iron Hand

Sometimes, the hints of an important story linger, eating at the journalists who know there’s an issue that should be covered. There’s a sense of failure that dissipates only when the details are unearthed and an article is published. With the ensuing public awareness comes the chance to do what’s most important in our profession […]