Newly Graduated Army Data Experts Could Help the Service Reverse Its Recruiting Slump
The first of the Army’s talent acquisition technicians graduated Thursday, the products of a new warrant officer program seen as the second major phase in a recruiting overhaul aimed at overcoming a historic slump in enlistment. The new career field is in its infancy and is still being hammered out, but it will broadly serve […]
Commission on Maine Mass Shooting to Question Army Reservist's Medical Providers
The commission investigating the Lewiston mass shooting will hold two virtual public hearings on Thursday to learn more about the medical treatment Robert Card received in New York last summer after he tried to assault a fellow soldier. The group had previously announced it would question an Army nurse practitioner who worked at Kelly Army […]
Autopsy Reportedly Finds Murdered 101st Airborne Soldier Was Stabbed Nearly 70 Times; No Arrests Made
An autopsy has determined that a soldier with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, who was found murdered in her off-base home in May had been stabbed nearly 70 times, according to a local newspaper report. Pfc. Katia Dueñas Aguilar, 23, was found in her Clarksville, Tennessee, home just outside of the base […]
In War, Female Troops Develop Chronic Pain at Higher Rates. So Do Military Wives, Study Finds.
Researchers recently sought to determine whether war, with its increased training demands and multiple deployments, contributes to the rise of chronic pain in female service members. Unsurprisingly, given the stresses of combat and the physical impact of military service, the research found that it does. But in an unexpected twist, combat operations also increase chronic […]
Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, Army Veteran and Longtime Military Advocate, Dies at 89
OKLAHOMA CITY — Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative firebrand known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died. He was 89. Inhofe, a powerful fixture in Oklahoma politics for over six decades, died Tuesday morning after he had a […]
Army Advocates Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence by Soldiers as Other Services Are Hesitant
The Army wants its leaders to tout the use of generative artificial intelligence to the rank and file as a means to make work easier for soldiers, according to a new memo, even as other services have been hesitant to approve those tools for regular use. The service, not typically known for embracing the bleeding […]
US-Built Pier Will Be Put Back in Gaza for Several Days to Move Aid, Then Permanently Removed
WASHINGTON — The pier built by the U.S. military to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be reinstalled Wednesday to be used for several days, but then the plan is to pull it out permanently, several U.S. officials said. It would deal the final blow to a project long plagued by bad weather, security uncertainties […]
Case Against Army Veteran Charged with Killing a Homeless Man in Memphis, Tennessee, Moves Forward
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A U.S. Army veteran who served in the war in Afghanistan pepper-sprayed a homeless man and got into a confrontation with him before fatally shooting him with an automatic rifle in Memphis, a security guard and a police investigator said Tuesday. The guard and the police sergeant testified during a preliminary hearing […]
US Says Troops Are Leaving Niger Bases This Weekend and in August After Coup
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will remove all its forces and equipment from a small base in Niger this weekend and fewer than 500 remaining troops will leave a critical drone base in the West African country in August, ahead of a Sept. 15 deadline set in an agreement with the new ruling junta, the […]
Mental Health Tops List of Reasons Troops Were Hospitalized in 2023, New Reports Find
Mental health disorders were the top reason that active-duty U.S. military personnel were hospitalized in 2023, a trend that began in 2009 but has shown signs of easing in the past three years, according to two new reports from the Defense Health Agency. Musculoskeletal injuries remain the No. 1 reason service members visit a medical […]