Army Tells Lawmakers It Will Review All Training Materials Amid Outcry over Botched Fort Liberty Briefing

The new Fort Liberty sign is displayed outside the base

The Army is reviewing much of its training materials for ill-informed or partisan material after a terrorism briefing at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, erroneously listed mainstream activist groups, including pro-life and animal rights advocates, as terror organizations. Images of the PowerPoint presentation went viral in July as Republican lawmakers and far-right commentators seized on part […]

Army Officer Facing Discharge Deletes Training Materials, Calls Russian Embassy, Feds Say

An Army officer facing discharge deletes training materials and 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. […]