No Retirement Required: How JROTC Aims to Combat an Instructor Shortage
Army planners are hoping a new law dramatically expanding who can teach high school students in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, or JROTC, can dig the program out of a significant instructor shortage. The program has hundreds of vacancies, but Congress has set a new policy reducing the number of years of service needed […]
What Ike Remembered When Returning to the Beaches of Normandy 20 Years After D-Day
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division tried to ease the concerns of Army Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had just given the go order for the D-Day landings after one last bout of wrangling with the allies. Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force, now […]
Ex-US Soldier Charged in 'International Crime Spree' Extradited From Ukraine, Officials Say
A former U.S. soldier has been extradited from Ukraine on years-old charges that he went on an alleged “international crime spree,” including the 2018 killings and robbery of a couple in Florida to fund travel plans to Venezuela to wage military-style raids against its government, federal prosecutors announced Monday. In a U.S. Department of Justice […]
A Black Medic Wounded on D-Day Saved Dozens of Lives. He's Finally Being Posthumously Honored
WASHINGTON — Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France during World War II, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of the heroism and determination he showed treating troops under heavy enemy fire. The announcement was […]
US Military Completes Major Exercise in Africa and Works to Deepen Partnerships
TAN TAN, Morocco (AP) — High-ranking military officials from the U.S. and its top African allies watched intently as dust and flames shot up from pieces of the Sahara Desert hit by tank and artillery fire. They looked up as pilots flew F-16s into formation. And they listened intently as Moroccan and American personnel explained […]
31 Pistols Went Missing from Fort Moore, Georgia. The Army Is Offering $5,000 for Information.
The Army’s Criminal Investigation Division is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information on 31 M17 pistols that went missing from Fort Moore in Georgia. Investigators were notified May 16 that the pistols had been reported missing from the Crescenz Consolidated Equipment Pool on the base, and the firearms are believed to have […]
At 100, This Vet Says the 'Greatest Generation' Moniker Fits 'Because We Saved the World'
HELEN, Ga. — A profile of Andrew “Andy” Negra Jr., of Helen, Georgia, one of a dwindling number of veterans took part in the Allies’ European war effort that led to the defeat of Nazi Germany. BORN: May 28, 1924, near Avella, Pennsylvania. SERVICE: Army’s 128th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 6th Armored Division. Landed on […]
Pearl Harbor Attack Survivor Herb Elfring Dies at 102
Pearl Harbor attack survivor Herbert Elfring died Saturday in Michigan at age 102. His death was announced by Michigan-based One Stop Veteran Resources, an organization he helped establish, in a Facebook post Sunday that said, “After a brief and sudden illness, Herb went up to Heaven. … His stories of Pearl Harbor were not just […]
'The Whole Team Is Pretty Jacked': 3rd Infantry Division Soldiers Recognized Among Top Artillery Crews
Pfc. Zachary Nichols has been in the Army less than a year, only arriving to his unit in the middle of a deployment to Europe last fall. But now he is recognized as being part of one of the best artillery units in the service. Earlier this month, the Army held its inaugural “Best Redleg” […]
US Soldiers Were Stuck in Beached Boats Along Gaza After Storms Broke Apart Aid Pier
The Pentagon said Tuesday that U.S. soldiers had been stuck on three Army boats beached in Gaza over the weekend after high seas and a storm broke apart an aid pier the service built to deliver food to starving Palestinians. U.S. Central Command confirmed that the soldiers had been evacuated from the boats by Tuesday […]