Army ROTC Cadet Dies During Fort Knox Land Navigation Training

Cadet Neil Edara, Ridgewood, N.J., who was attending Cadet Summer Training passed away during training on the Land Navigation site

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 […]

West Point Cadet Faces 13 Sexual Assault and Harassment Charges

A view of the United States Military Academy at West Point

A U.S. Military Academy West Point cadet is facing 13 charges related to sexual harassment and assault against four women, according to court documents reviewed by Military.com. The court documents detail a long string of events between December 2020 and October 2022 in which Cadet Jorge Hurtado allegedly groped cadets’ breasts, genitals and other body […]

Texas Army Cadet Shot to Death on Highway Sparks $25K Reward for Information

Reward for the information on the death of Cadet Joseph Banales.

Army investigators are offering $25,000 for information leading to the arrest or conviction of anyone involved in the murder of an Army cadet on a Texas highway. Cadet Joseph Banales, 22, was shot last month while driving on a northbound highway in Selma, Texas. He was a senior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet at the […]