New Netflix Documentary 'Surviving Black Hawk Down' Interviews Both Sides of the Battle of Mogadishu 32 Years Later

Every American war movie fan is probably familiar with the Battle of Mogadishu. It’s also known as the “Black Hawk Down” incident, borrowed from the title of an exhaustively researched book and its subsequent film adaptation. In October 1993, the United States sent a task force into the Somali capital to capture two lieutenants of […]
Army Doctor Who Sexually Abused at Least 41 Patients Gets More than 13 Years in Jail

An Army physician has received the maximum sentence — 13 years and eight months in prison under a plea deal — for sexually abusing more than three dozen patients while working at Madigan Army Medical Center from 2019 to 2022. Maj. Michael Stockin was sentenced for the crimes on Wednesday during a court-martial at Joint […]
Historic Fort Leavenworth Homes Deteriorated for Years. Now There’s a Plan to Revive (Most of) Them

At Fort Leavenworth, residents and visitors enamored of the stately homes that for more than 100 years have lined the military post’s tree-canopied streets have been unsettled by a recent fear. Out of neglect, its historic homes — some dating to the late 1800s — were being left to rot. Too expensive to repair, they […]
Army-Navy Game: 100 Years Ago, the Rivals Played in a Baltimore Classic

The ghosts of 33rd Street hark back in time, further than one might imagine. Once, in a stadium since demolished, the Baltimore Orioles won three world championships; the Baltimore Colts did the same. Dig deeper, still. A century ago, on a cold, gray autumn day, Army and Navy played football at Municipal Stadium before a shivering crowd […]
80 Years Ago, a Historic Army-Navy Game Captivated a Nation During World War II

For the average American, the Army-Navy football game is normally a curiosity at best and an afterthought at worst. On Dec. 2, 1944, however, the Black Knights and Midshipmen clashed in a matchup that enthralled a nation like none other since the service academies first met in 1890. With Army ranked No. 1 and Navy […]
160 Years Later, Descendants of Army's Sand Creek Massacre Still Wait for Justice

Less than a week after Thanksgiving in 1864, Army Col. John Chivington had a plan for a Native American encampment he gazed down upon. His designs stood in wild opposition to a part of the holiday’s history tied to breaking bread with tribes. Chivington ordered nearly 700 troops to attack the tent camp, where members […]
Court-Martialed Military Veteran Sentenced to over 4 Years in Prison for Capitol Riot Attack

WASHINGTON — A former U.S. Army soldier who was court-martialed for fatally shooting a handcuffed civilian in Iraq two decades ago was sentenced on Monday to more than four years in prison for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Edward Richmond Jr. attacked police officers with a metal […]
F-35 Fighter Jet, World's Costliest Weapons Program, Failed to Hit Readiness Marks for 6 Years, Watchdog Finds

WASHINGTON — All versions of the F-35, the world’s costliest weapons program, have failed to meet minimum combat readiness rates for six straight years, according to the watchdog agency for Congress. That’s despite the Army, Navy and Marine Corps spending $12 billion, or about 21%, of $57.2 billion for aircraft operations and maintenance appropriated by […]
Unclaimed for Years, Veterans' Remains Laid to Rest in Connecticut Cemetery: 'We Claim Them'

MIDDLETOWN — Strong breezes kept American flags waving Wednesday morning during a ceremony honoring three U.S. Army veterans from Connecticut whose remains had lingered unclaimed on funeral home shelves. At the State Veterans Cemetery, white-gloved soldiers removed the cremated remains of PFC Mario N. DeVito, Private James Dickinson and SP5(T) Richard Robert Thurston from three […]
Ex-US Army Soldier Asks for Maximum 40 Years in Prison But Gets a 14-Year Term for IS Plot

NEW YORK — A judge rejected a former U.S. Army soldier’s surprise sentencing-day request for a maximum 40-year prison term for trying to help the Islamic State group kill American troops, giving him 14 years behind bars instead. Cole Bridges, 24, of Stow, Ohio, was sentenced Friday after a nearly five-hour Manhattan federal court proceeding […]