Lewiston Commission Finally Interviews Army Social Worker, Finds She Had No Contact with Shooter

In this image taken from New York State Police body camera video that was obtained by WMTW-TV 8 in Portland, Maine, New York State Police interview Army reservist Robert Card, the man responsible for Maine's deadliest mass shooting, at Camp Smith in Cortlandt, N.Y.

The state commission investigating the Lewiston mass shooting finally succeeded in interviewing an Army social worker, but Thursday’s hearing quickly revealed that she had little to nothing to do with the case. Patricia Moloney, a contracted civilian medical professional who helps run the Army Reserve’s psychological health program, told the commission she received a call […]

The Army Has Finally Fielded Its Next Generation Squad Weapons

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, observe a Next-Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) machine gun with fire control during a Program Executive Office Soldier Operational Kit demonstration at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

The Army has officially fielded its brand-new Next Generation Squad Weapon rifles to its first unit, bringing an end to the service’s decades-long effort to replace its M4 and M16 family of military firearms. Army Futures Command announced Thursday that soldiers from 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, accepted […]

An Unlikely Alliance: How Mitch McConnell and I Took on the Pentagon and Finally Won

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. David R. Lopez, commander of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, welcomes U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates.

If you watch cable news, you may feel dispirited by the current state of our political affairs. We are constantly told we’re too left, too right, too this and that. Partisanship exists, but seeing eye to eye isn’t a condition for finding common ground. Take, for example, my 30-year friendship with Senator Mitch McConnell. The […]

Army Says Its Long-Troubled Tuition Payment System Might Finally Be Getting Fixed

Soldier studying.

The University of New Mexico stopped accepting provisional Army tuition payments for its students last month after the service fell behind on paying its bills to the university. Students there who were using Army scholarships were told by the university to pay out of pocket or drop out. The Army had eight outstanding invoices but […]