Army Releases Final EIS for Hawaii Training Area
The Army has released its finalized environmental impact statement on the prospect of retaining 22,750 acres of state-owned land at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii island after its lease expires in August 2029. Situated between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, PTA is the military’s largest contiguous live-fire range and maneuver training area in the […]
Army Releases Redacted Police Report on Altercation During Trump's Arlington Cemetery Visit
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has released an almost entirely redacted version of the police report describing when a staffer for Donald Trump’s campaign reportedly shoved an Arlington National Cemetery employee who was trying to prevent them from photographing a ceremony to honor service members killed in the Afghanistan War withdrawal. Federal law prohibits campaign […]
Army Chaplain Releases Debut Documentary about Disabilities, Motorcycles and Resilience: ‘You Can’t Quit’
Lt. Col. Deborah Brown has spent her Army career offering spiritual guidance to service members. Now, she is trying to inspire others through her debut documentary. Roughly 150 people, dressed to the nines, gathered on Jan. 13 at the downtown Norfolk Waterside Marriott for the premiere of “Pounders: We are who we are.” The 40-minute documentary chronicles the lives of four […]
Army Releases Military Helicopter Crash Report, Won’t Say Cause
An Army report on the crash of a Tennessee Army National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter near Huntsville that killed two National Guardsmen says the craft flew out of a cloud layer in an “unrecoverable flight attitude” and the crew could not recover in time to avoid the ground. The Redstone Rocket, a weekly newspaper covering the base, reported […]
After Years of Delays, Army Releases New Suicide Prevention Plan Short on Answers
Three soldiers at Fort Cavazos, Texas, died by suicide in the past two weeks. But those deaths aren’t unique to the installation formerly known as Fort Hood. At least two soldiers have died by suicide every week this year on average in the part-time components and on active duty at bases across the service, according […]