Army Is Breaking its Own Body Fat Standards to Meet Recruiting Numbers, Watchdog Says
The Army has been recruiting applicants who far exceed its body fat standards and not providing them the necessary medical services as they try to shed the weight and come into compliance, according to a new Defense Department inspector general report. The Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course was designed to expand enlistment eligibility for those […]
Body of a US Army Vet Killed Fighting in Ukraine Returns Home
GRAPEVINE, Texas — The phone call came in early April this year from the U.S. embassy in Kyiv. At 1 in the morning in Texas, Raquel Hamm steeled herself for the news she had dreaded since her son enlisted as a U.S. Army Ranger eight years earlier. Cedric “Charlie” Hamm was 26 years old and […]
Search for Army Reserve Vet Suspected in Kentucky Highway Shooting Ends with Discovery of Body
FRANKFORT, Ky. — A body found in rural southeastern Kentucky is believed to be the man suspected of shooting and wounding five people on an interstate highway, authorities said Wednesday night. The search ended with two private sleuths joining in the dramatic discovery. Kentucky State Police Commissioner Phillip Burnett Jr. said the body located earlier […]
Texas Woman Who Helped Hide US Soldier Vanessa Guillén’s Body Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas woman was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison for helping dispose of the body of a U.S. soldier, whose 2020 killing sparked a movement of women speaking out about sexual abuse in the military and led to changes in how they can report it. Cecily Aguilar is the only […]
DNA Test Helps Identify Body of Korean War Soldier from Georgia
ATLANTA — DNA analysis has helped scientists identify the remains of a U.S. Army soldier from Georgia who was killed during the Korean War, U.S. officials announced Wednesday. Scientists used mitochondrial DNA along with a chest X-ray and other tools to identify Army Sgt. 1st Class James L. Wilkinson late last year, the Defense POW/MIA […]
New Tape Test: Here’s How the Army Is Measuring Body Fat Now
It’s official — the Army will now assess body fat using a tape measurement around the waist only. The service announced Monday it has simplified one of the key ways it judges soldier physical fitness following a broader overhaul of the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT. Previously, men were measured at their neck and […]
Body of US Special Forces Veteran Turned Over by Russian Mercenary Group
With a big assist from Ukrainian comrades, the body of an Idaho Special Forces veteran was en route to the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv — American soil — on Friday in time for Memorial Day. Nick Maimer was killed in the embattled city of Bakhmut on May 15 or 16. After traveling to Europe, he […]