The Army Recruiting Ad Featuring a Soldier with 2 Moms Just Got Harder to Find. Here’s Why.
The Army has delisted its advertising campaign titled “The Calling” on YouTube, making it harder to find the videos on the platform. The 2021 effort to court potential applicants from LGBTQ+ and other diverse backgrounds sparked a backlash from conservative lawmakers and pundits. “The Calling” was delisted from the service’s YouTube channel last week, hiding […]
Army Veteran Who Wielded Ax Handle During Capitol Riot Gets over 4 Years in Prison
A jailed member of the Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Friday to more than four years in prison for his role in a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol three years ago, court records show. William Chrestman, a U.S. Army veteran from Olathe, Kansas, brandished an axe handle and threated police with violence […]
First Wave of Army Noncommissioned Officers Gets Automatic Promotions for Completing Recruiting School
Dozens of noncommissioned officers received fast-track promotions for graduating the Army’s recruiting school in recent weeks — part of a controversial move by the service as it desperately grapples with a depleting pool of NCOs interested in serving in the role. Of the 145 soldiers who attended the Army Recruiter Course, 56 NCOs were automatically […]
Texas National Guard Seizes Section of Southern Border as Feds Appeal to Supreme Court
This article was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. The Texas National Guard and state troopers have blocked U.S. Border Patrol agents from a 2.5-mile stretch of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, preventing […]
Army Civilian Stole $100M from Service to Buy Dozens of Homes and Luxury Vehicles, Prosecutors Allege
An Army civilian employee is accused of bilking more than $100 million from the service — funds that were meant to be used for military children — in what is likely among the largest scams by a single person in its history, according to the Justice Department. Janet Yamanaka Mello, 57, was indicted Wednesday on […]
Army Friend Who Warned Service of Maine Mass Shooter Says ‘I Literally Spelled It Out’
LEWISTON, Maine — Sean Hodgson watched and worried as his best friend of nearly two decades unraveled. His former roommate and fellow U.S. Army reservist’s anger and paranoia were mounting, he had access to guns, and he refused to get help. So Hodgson did the hardest thing of his life: He sent a text about […]
Army Sees Sharp Decline in White Recruits
The Army’s recruiting of white soldiers has dropped significantly in the last half decade, according to internal data reviewed by Military.com, a decline that accounts for much of the service’s historic recruitment slump that has become the subject of increasing concern for Army leadership and Capitol Hill. The shift in demographics for incoming recruits would […]
Former Green Beret Stands with Venezuelan Coup Plotter Ahead of US Sentencing on Terrorism Charges
MIAMI — A U.S. veteran who plotted to overthrow Venezuela’s president is proudly standing with a former Venezuelan army general who pleaded guilty in New York on terrorism charges, describing his would-be comrade-in-arms as a patriot and dedicated family man worthy of a reduced prison sentence. Former Green Beret Jordan Goudreau had stayed mostly silent […]
National Guardsman Arrested at Fort Liberty for Allegedly Trying to Arrange a Revenge Murder over Mother’s Death
A Raleigh man was arrested Saturday morning for trying to hire someone to kill a man involved in a fatal highway crash that killed his mother almost eight years ago. Rhett Michael Barlow, 22, was arrested at Fort Liberty by the Wake Forest Police Department and the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division. Barlow is accused of soliciting to murder Donald Caulder Jr. […]
Wanted: Airmen and Guardians Urged to Apply to Grueling Army Ranger School
Airmen and Space Force Guardians are being encouraged to apply for prep classes to get ready for Army Ranger School, the incredibly difficult tactics course with a historically low graduation rate. The Department of the Air Force, in a recent press release, said it is searching for members from both services to enroll in the […]