US Troops May Sue Military Contractors for Their Injuries, Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that U.S. troops may sue military contractors for their injuries, siding with a soldier who was badly injured when a Taliban operative working at the Bagram Airfield detonated a suicide bomb. Five soldiers were killed and 17 were wounded, including 20-year-old Winston Henceley, who suffered a fractured skull and brain […]
Colorado National Guard Mountain Troops Deploy to Sinai Peacekeeping Mission
A Colorado Army National Guard mountain infantry battalion stepped off for the Middle East on April 3, sending more than 200 soldiers from a Denver museum hangar to one of the longest-running peacekeeping assignments in the U.S. military. The 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment (Mountain), headquartered at Fort Carson, held its departure ceremony at the […]
Iowa National Guard Troops Return From Historic Deployment in the Middle East
Hundreds of Iowa National Guard soldiers returned from the Middle East last week to welcome-home ceremonies across the state, reuniting with their families after nearly a year overseas. About 575 members of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division landed March 12 at welcome-home ceremonies in Sioux City, Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, according […]
At Least 1,000 US Troops from 82nd Airborne Set to Deploy to Mideast, Sources Say
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is preparing to deploy at least 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East in the coming days, according to three people with knowledge of the plans. The unit is considered the Army’s emergency response force and can typically be deployed on short notice. The force would […]
Army Speeds AI Warfighting Push as US Troops are in Active Combat
A sweeping wartime shift is underway inside the Army, with officials saying the service is accelerating AI-driven targeting and rushing weapons from “factory to frontline” as soldiers are engaged in active combat. The remarks, delivered Wednesday by officials at the Association of the United States Army’s Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, come as leaders […]
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Soviet Troops Liberated Auschwitz 81 Years Ago Today
On Jan. 27, 1945, Soviet soldiers who had survived years of fierce combat against German forces entered a sprawling complex of barracks and barbed wire in southern Poland known as Auschwitz. What they found there would define how the world remembers the Holocaust. Today marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 81st anniversary of that liberation. […]
Active Duty Troops and Minnesota National Guard Placed on Standby as Minneapolis Protests Escalate
Pentagon Signals Rare Domestic Readiness The Department of Defense has placed roughly 1,500 active-duty Army soldiers on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota following escalating unrest in Minneapolis tied to federal immigration enforcement operations and a fatal shooting involving an ICE agent. Defense officials confirmed the troops were given prepare-to-deploy orders as a contingency measure […]
The Battle of Chipyong-ni: When American and French Troops Halted the Chinese Advance in Korea
Colonel Paul Freeman’s regiment was exposed and exhausted. Chinese forces were massing nearby. On Feb. 13, 1951, Lieutenant General Edward Almond, X Corps commander, authorized a withdrawal 15 miles south. Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway overruled Almond. The Eighth Army commander reversed the order after meeting General Douglas MacArthur, agreeing that the communists had to be […]
The US Army Once Deployed Bombers and 2,500 Troops to Crush 10,000 Armed Coal Miners in West Virginia
Ten thousand armed coal miners held Blair Mountain in late August 1921. They faced machine gun nests, private planes dropping bombs, and a growing force of deputies backed by coal company money. Then President Warren Harding made a decision that would end the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War. He sent in the U.S. […]
A Federal Judge Blocked Trump's National Guard Deployment to DC But Troops Aren't Leaving Just Yet
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to end the deployment of National Guard troops to the nation’s capital. But the ruling is unlikely to be the final word by the courts, the president or local leaders in the contentious duel over the federal district. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb […]