Army Pausing Helicopter Flights near Washington Airport After Close Calls
WASHINGTON — The Army is pausing helicopter flights near a Washington airport after two commercial planes had to abort landings last week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying to the Pentagon. The commander of the 12th Aviation Battalion directed the unit to pause helicopter flight operations around Ronald Reagan Washington National […]
Saved by an Army Vet, a Bald Eagle Named Freedom Now Calls a NJ Zoo Home
Turtle Back Zoo joined in the Eagles Super Bowl hoopla. First, Lady Edwina, the resident groundhog, predicted Philadelphia would win by munching on a snack near their logo before the game. Then, the zoo launched a campaign to promote another resident, Freedom, the bald eagle. Now that the confetti has fallen in Philadelphia, Turtle Back […]
Army Officer Facing Discharge Deletes Training Materials, Calls Russian Embassy, Feds Say
The same night a U.S. Army officer filmed himself deleting Army training materials while he was being discharged from the military, he called the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., according to federal prosecutors. In the video Manfredo Martin-Michael Madrigal III recorded in February 2022, he was “graphically describing his ill-will towards the Army,” prosecutors said. […]
Top General in Mideast Calls for Microwave Weapons for 'Layered' Defense Against Drone Swarms
The Army’s newest operational laser weapon may be undergoing testing in the Middle East, but the top general responsible for U.S. troops in the region is already looking ahead to bigger and better directed-energy systems amid a rising tide of adversary drones. Speaking during a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing on Thursday, U.S. Central Command […]
Maine’s Congressional Delegation Calls for Army Investigation Into Lewiston Shooting
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Maine’s congressional delegation is calling for the Army to investigate the events that lead up to the October mass shooting – the deadliest in the state’s history – by one of its reservists. Robert Card killed 18 people in a bowling alley and a restaurant in Lewiston on Oct. 25, authorities […]
‘Where Is the Accountability’: Deplorable Condition of Military Barracks Sparks Outrage, Calls for Change on Capitol Hill
Lawmakers vented their frustration Wednesday after a government watchdog report detailed squalid living conditions in military barracks that included overflowing sewage, rampant mold, bed bug infestations and squatters. In the first public hearing of the House Armed Services Committee’s recently launched military quality-of-life panel, both Republican and Democrat lawmakers blasted the findings of last week’s […]
An Army Couple Had Their Daughter at a Military Hospital. Then the Collections Calls Started for $600,000.
Army Spc. Daysha Cartagena and her husband, Staff Sgt. Isaiah Cortez, were looking forward to the birth of their daughter in October 2021. The pregnancy hadn’t been easy; Cartagena’s legs and ankles were swollen, and her blood pressure had been erratic. When she began feeling contractions, Cartagena went to Womack Army Medical Center at Fort […]