After listening to 15 women testify that he had slapped, strangled and sometimes raped them over a three-year period, Army Maj. Jonathan Batt took his turn on the witness stand in his court-martial at Fort Meade on Wednesday and said each of them consented to every act of sex or bondage he performed.
The 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colo., arrived in South Korea late last month as the Army’s latest rotational unit tasked with deterring regional threats for the next nine months.
The Army’s main birthday event will be a celebration in the nation’s capital on June 14. But smaller celebrations and related activities were held across the country in the weeks leading up to the official birthday, and some festivities will even take place after.
Soldiers, vehicles and equipment are arriving to the nation’s capital this week to prepare for the Army’s 250th Birthday Parade in Washington.
After bringing back the name Fort Bragg to the post in North Carolina, President Donald Trump visited the base and announced seven other southern Army installations would return to their old names that were changed in 2023 because they honored Confederate generals.
Army Staff Sgt. Callum Wilkie watched Chris Zwierzynski stumble and plummet more than 500 feet down the ice- and rock-strewn face of Mount Hood. That’s when Wilkie’s background as a medic took over.
An Army recruiter was arrested at the Fort Sam Houston military base in San Antonio. He is charged with sexual performance of a child and was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals and Army criminal investigators.
The Arsenal Museum is the second oldest U.S. Army Museum, behind the West Point Museum. Its possible closure comes as the U.S. Army Center of Military History moves to reduce and consolidate Army museums.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to respond to immigration protests in Los Angeles, saying the military would stay involved for 60 days at a cost of $134 million.
“That statement does not align with Army values,” Army spokesperson Steve Warren said. The Army has removed the video.