A soldier found dead last week in his barracks at Fort Meade in Maryland has been identified as Pfc. Paul-Anthony Varner of San Antonio, Texas, the Army said in a news release.

Soldiers from the 54th Quartermaster Company at Fort Gregg-Adams, Va., returned home Friday after nine months in the Middle East.

Recommendations from a panel of lawmakers tasked with improving the quality of life for troops include a 15% pay raise for junior enlisted service members, no more referrals for physical therapy, optometry, women’s health and other specialties, and a basic allowance for housing that covers 100% of estimated costs.

Credentialing assistance began in 2018 as a pilot program and allows soldiers to use up to $4,000 per fiscal year to earn certifications as project managers, personal trainers, private pilots and other jobs.

Spc. Austin Dishmon, a soldier with the Fort Stewart, Ga.-based 3rd Infantry Division, died March 27 while deployed to Europe on a mission to shore up NATO’s eastern flank.

Justin Taylan, director of the nonprofit search-and-recovery organization Pacific Wrecks, is preparing to lead a team to Papua New Guinea to locate one of the most famous aircraft from World War II: a P-38 named Marge flown by ace fighter pilot Richard Bong.

The Army Criminal Investigation Division has hired more than 355 civilian agents in the three years since an independent report called for the agency to improve professionalism, trust and its authority to investigate Army-centric crime that occurs outside the gates of a military installation.

Crews began constructing a system of pumps and filters at U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach this week to remove toxic “forever chemicals” from the groundwater.

The Jan. 20 attack by an Iranian-backed militia left four American troops and one Iraqi soldier injured, U.S. Central Command said.

Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told House lawmakers on Wednesday that her service is “feeling a lot better” about recruiting this year after missing its goal for new soldiers for two consecutive years.

The U.S. Army on Wednesday announced that it will continue its efforts to disinter the remains of Native American children buried at the Carlisle Barracks with a seventh disinterment project aimed to begin in September.

The Army on Wednesday directed all its aviation units to conduct new training to curb a sharp uptick in aircraft crashes in recent months, service officials said.

During a panel discussion Tuesday at the American Defense Communities’ national summit, advocates described how access to affordable housing, reliable child care and top public schools in communities near bases where military families reside contribute to readiness and retention.

This is the 21st year the USO has honored Service Members of the Year, nominated by their command leadership “for performing extraordinary acts of bravery that exemplify the values of the Armed Forces and the USO,” according to the organization.

The Navy Blue Angels were the featured performers during the weekend at the Maxwell Air Force Base Beyond the Horizon Air and Space Show.

The 33-pound device was safely removed from a grassy area near the post’s Bowman Field, U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart said in a statement.

An Army chief warrant officer who was stationed in Alaska has pleaded guilty after inappropriately touching two teenagers during commercial flights last year.

Lt. Gen. Charles D. Costanza, who previously led the 3rd Infantry Division, took command of an Army headquarters in Poland that is responsible for ensuring soldiers are prepared should conflict break out on NATO’s eastern flank.

Two soldiers and their sergeant got together on the night of Aug. 26 at a house on post where they drank heavily. It ended with one dead from a gunshot wound and the other two disagreeing about how it happened, according to evidence discussed Friday in court.