West Virginia High School Remembers Slain National Guard Member as Caring and Willing to Help
Mourners gathered at a West Virginia high school this weekend remembered a National Guard member fatally shot last week as a caring and positive person who wanted to help others. U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died after a Wednesday shooting in Washington, D.C., while her seriously injured colleague, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, […]
Granddaughter’s Veterans Day Tribute Ends in Tragedy Outside School
Flowers are taped to a tree, and lit candles sit below at the site where 80-year-old Peter Morris, a Vietnam veteran, was killed. He parked his car after a school Veterans Day ceremony in Farmingdale on Long Island, New York. A mother stood with her two young daughters, both students at Woodward Parkway Elementary, staring […]
My Job Was Army Cook. But Ranger School Didn’t Care, and I Wasn’t Going Home Without a Tab
This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. I joined the Army as a cook, thinking it would keep me out of trouble. I wasn’t looking to be a hero; I just needed a reset. And the $35,000 bonus didn’t hurt. I figured […]
Ranger School Is Getting a New Fitness Assessment
The Army’s elite Ranger School, long regarded as one of the most grueling leadership courses in the military, is rolling out a new physical fitness assessment designed to better measure the endurance and strength required to complete the course. The revised standards will debut with Ranger School class 06-25, beginning April 21, marking the culmination […]
Calif. Army Vet Admits to Killing Kindergartner who Vanished on Walk to School
A U.S. Army veteran has admitted to killing a kindergartner on her walk to school, a crime that shocked the quiet Monterey County town of Seaside. Robert John Lanoue, 72, who pleaded guilty this week, will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. Five-year-old Anne Pham was one of 10 siblings living at […]
Army Cuts Outreach at Girls School After Dropping Recruiting at Black Engineering Event
The Army has severed a long-standing partnership with Ashley Hall, an all-girls preparatory school in Charleston, South Carolina, as the Pentagon radically recalibrates its approach to diversity under President Donald Trump. For the first time since 2017, the Army Corps of Engineers will not participate in Ashley Hall’s annual “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day,” […]
Commander of Army's Explosive Ordnance Disposal School Was Fired in July
The commander of the Army’s bomb disposal school was quietly fired over the summer, according to the service. Lt. Col. David Alexander, who led the 73rd Ordnance Battalion based in Florida, was dismissed from his position on July 11, though this is the first time the news has been publicized. Alexander was relieved “due to […]
Army Returns Remains of 9 Indigenous Children Who Died at Boarding School over a Century Ago
CARLISLE, Pa. — The remains of nine more Native American children who died at a notorious government-run boarding school in Pennsylvania over a century ago were disinterred from a small Army cemetery and returned to families, authorities said Wednesday. The remains were buried on the grounds of the Carlisle Barracks, home of the U.S. Army […]
Military Couple Sues South Carolina School District over Home Damage Caused by Suspended Construction
A second lawsuit has been filed against Richland School District 1, claiming that clearing trees for the district’s controversial early learning center project has caused flooding damage to nearby homes in Lower Richland. Richland 1 broke the law by beginning construction and spending public money on an early learning center without the necessary legal authority, […]
Hundreds of Soldiers Ordered to Recruiting School Were Promised Bonuses. So Far, Just 2 Have Been Paid.
The Army is behind paying some $8.5 million worth of bonuses it promised to noncommissioned officers who went to recruiting school last winter as part of a surge to reverse a historic slump in enlistments. In November, the service made a chaotic mad dash to deal with the recruiting crisis, begging for volunteers and ordering […]