Utah National Guard officer sentenced for sexually harassing subordinate on deployment

A Utah National Guard officer deployed to Djibouti recently received a six-month jail sentence after pleading guilty to sexual harassment during a court-martial at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza.

‘Bragg is back’: Defense secretary restores name of Army post in North Carolina

Fort Liberty, the Army’s largest post, is once again Fort Bragg but without the Confederate tie.

Former soldier sentenced for sexually abusing a child at JBLM

Former Staff Sgt. Cameron James Taylor returned to the Seattle area after leaving the Army with an other-than-honorable discharge, where he was convicted in 2019 for sexually assaulting a five-year-old child. Investigators interviewed other children who had been in contact with him and uncovered a 2012 incident that took place at Lewis-McChord.

US, South Korea test combat coordination near border, drawing North’s ire

U.S. and South Korean troops trained together in freezing temperatures, just 16 miles from the border with North Korea.

2 people charged in fatal stabbing of Fort Campbell soldier in Tennessee, police say

Two people have been charged in the death of a Fort Campbell soldier who was stabbed nearly 70 times last year, police said Saturday.

Lasers aid river search for debris from plane and helicopter collision near DC

Crews continuing to search for debris from the deadly collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter near Washington used a plane outfitted with lasers to scan the bottom of the Potomac River early Saturday, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

More active-duty troops will head to US-Mexico border, bringing the total to 3,600

The Pentagon will deploy roughly 1,500 more active-duty soldiers to the southern border. A U.S. official said Friday that the order has been approved to send a logistics brigade from the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Liberty in North Carolina.

Former soldier sentenced to prison for sexual abuse of 15-year-old girl

Donald Lee Collins, 41, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing another soldier’s 15-year-old daughter. Upon release he will be required to register as a sex offender and serve 10 years of probation.

Army police officer sentenced to 3 years in child sexual abuse images case in Hawaii

Army Pvt. Collin Scherer, a military police officer based in Hawaii, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to attempting to receive and soliciting production of sexually explicit photos and videos of children, the Army said Thursday.

Fort Riley lifts lockdown after investigation of gunshot report finds no evidence of shooting, Army says

Fort Riley officials gave an all-clear Thursday afternoon following a lockdown at the Kansas Army base sparked by fears of an active shooter. Reports of a shooting were not verified.