Army Releases Redacted Police Report on Altercation During Trump's Arlington Cemetery Visit

Former President Donald Trump at Arlington National Cemetery

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 and Police Missed Chances to Intervene Before Maine Mass Shootings, Final Report Says

Maine Shooting

LEWISTON, Maine — Both the Army Reserves and local police missed out on opportunities to intervene in a gunman’s psychiatric crisis and seize weapons from the spiraling reservist responsible for the deadliest shootings in Maine history, according to the final report released Tuesday by a special commission created to investigate the attacks, which killed 18 […]

Including Women in Security Missions Prevents Violence, Boosts Intel, Report Finds

Women, peace and security briefing at Camp Seweyo, Guyana

Women serving in tactical peacekeeping and security operations often work better with the civilian populations they’re charged with protecting because of cultural norms, according to a report released this month. The report pointed to several areas where having women involved in decision-making and mission execution yielded better results, according to the authors. Those included preventing […]

Majority of Retired 4-Star Officers Got Jobs in Defense Industry, New Report Says

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert thanks Lisa Callahan, Lockheed Martin vice president of undersea systems, after a site visit at Lockheed Martin.

More than 80% of the highest-ranking military officers who left the service over the past five years moved into jobs working for the defense industry, according to a new think tank report. Twenty-six of the 32 four-star officers who retired after June 2018 were then employed by “the arms industry as board members, advisors, executives, […]

Army Releases Military Helicopter Crash Report, Won’t Say Cause

Daniel Wadham and Danny Randolph.

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 […]