Kojo Owusu Dartey, an Army major assigned to Fort Liberty, N.C., was found guilty by a federal jury for smuggling guns in rice barrels to Ghana.
‘Rogue Army major’ convicted of smuggling guns to Ghana, lying about marriage fraud ring

A U.S. Army officer assigned to Fort Liberty was convicted of five charges related to trafficking firearms overseas, according to the Justice Department.

Staff Sgt. Austin Wecker, seen here as a corporal in Seoul, South Korea, in 2018. Wecker was sentenced April 29, 2024, to 36 years in prison following a court-martial in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He was found guilty of rape and sexually abusing three children, along with related crimes.
Soldier gets 36-year prison term for sex crimes against children in Germany and Texas

An Army staff sergeant assigned to Baumholder who raped and sexually abused children while stationed in the United States and Germany was given a sentence of 36 years in prison.

This undated photo shows the Lexington Armory, a National Guard armory, in Lexington, Mass.
Migrant families, homeless will be housed at National Guard armory in Massachusetts

The Massachusetts National Guard’s armory building in Lexington will be used to house up to 55 migrant families while the state looks for other more permanent places to keep them, Emergency Assistance Director and retired Air National Guard Lt. Gen. Scott Rice said.

Tony Grinston, CEO of Army Emergency Relief and the 16th Sergeant Major of the Army, talks with Soldiers news to Fort Cavazos, Texas, before eating at the installation’s OIF Dining Facility on April 22, 2024. Grinston was at Fort Cavazos for the first time after taking the lead of the U.S. Army’s official nonprofit in January to talk about leadership and the organization’s role in providing financial assistance to Soldiers, retired Soldiers and Army Families. Amanda Kim Stairrett/Army Emergency Relief
A retirement in service: Former Sgt. Maj. of the Army now leading relief nonprofit, seeking to expand grants for soldiers

Tony Grinston may have retired from the Army as the service’s top enlisted member, yet in his new job as CEO of Army Emergency Relief, he’s still improving the lives of soldiers.

Former U.S. Army Capt. Nicholas Brooklier poses for a photo at a recruiting substation in Killeen, Texas, before heading to Marine Corps enlisted recruit training on Jan. 31, 2024. Brooklier graduated Marine boot camp as a private first class on April 26.
Former US Army captain graduates Marine boot camp as a private first class

A former US Army captain has completed a milestone in his career transition to become an enlisted Marine.

U.S. M1A1 Abrams tanks arrive at Grafenwoehr, Germany, on May 12, 2023. The tanks were to be used for training of Ukrainian armed forces personnel. Adrian Greenwood/U.S. Army
Ukraine pulls US-provided Abrams tanks from the front lines over Russian drone threats

Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks in its fight against Russia, in part because Russian drone warfare has made it too difficult for them to operate without coming under attack, according to two U.S. military officials. Five of 31 tanks have already been lost to Russian attacks.

WWII veteran Army Air Force Lt Henry Cervantes, part of the 100th Bomb Group, is seen circa May 1945.
Henry Cervantes, Mexican American farmworker turned WWII fighter pilot, dies at 100

Henry Cervantes was a Fresno-born, 19-year-old son of Mexican farmworkers when the Navy told him in 1942 that he could not fight for his country. He found a spot instead in the Army and the Army Air Force, where he flew more than two dozen missions as part of the “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group.

The FBI’s investigation identified a photo from Gregory Yetman's Instagram page, showing him wearing a hat consistent with a hat he had worn on Jan. 6, 2021. Yetman pleaded guilty April 25, 2024, in federal court to a felony offense of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with physical contact during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Army Guard MP who sprayed police with pepper spray during Jan. 6 riots pleads guilty 

Gregory Yetman, an enlisted military police officer with the Army National Guard in 2021, came to the attention of authorities after he posted on Facebook about being at the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riots, court documents said.

The Remonon mobile app being tested by Installation Management Command-Europe allows users to scan purchase receipts and file claims for VAT reimbursement directly from their smartphones. The pilot program is being expanded to include 200 more testers.
Tax refund app is adding more US Army users in Germany

A pilot program set up last month to test a value-added tax form consolidation app for US personnel in Germany is about to grow in both numbers and reach.

The commander of U.S. Army Japan, Maj. Gen. Dave Womack, congratulates a Japanese soldier for earning the U.S. Army Expert Soldier Badge on April 26, 2024, at Sagami General Depot, Japan.
First Japanese troops qualify for US Army’s Expert Soldier Badge

A soldier in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force became one of the first Japanese troops to earn the U.S. Army’s Expert Soldier Badge after a five-day test of physical and mental endurance.