Army, Navy Help to Open Small Channel in Baltimore as Bridge Salvage Effort Promises to Grow
The Army and Navy have played a key role in helping to reopen a narrow channel at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after a merchant vessel lost power and slammed into the bridge, collapsing it on March 26. An official with the joint task force behind the cleanup and […]
Ten-Hut Time Machine? West Point to Open Time Capsule Possibly Left by Cadets in the 1820s
A long-forgotten time capsule at West Point recently discovered inside the base of a monument and believed to have been left by cadets in the late 1820s is expected to be pried open Monday. The contents of the small lead box could possibly provide a window into the early, more Spartan days of the storied […]
How the Army’s Retiring Top Enlisted Soldier Fought to Make Life Better for Troops by Being Open About Himself
“I just couldn’t imagine what those families were thinking.” Sgt. 1st Class Michael James Goble, a New Jersey native and Green Beret assigned to 7th Special Forces Group, was killed in combat in Afghanistan three weeks before what would have been his 34th birthday. His remains were returned to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware […]
The Trinity Test Site Is Open One More Time This Year. You Might Not Get In.
The Army said the only day for tourists to visit the Trinity nuclear test site in New Mexico this year could be packed amid the massive popularity of the blockbuster movie “Oppenheimer.” White Sands Missile Range, where the U.S. detonated the world’s first nuclear weapon known as “the Gadget” on July 16, 1945, as part […]
