A 60-foot-wide zone of New Mexico land that runs along the U.S. border with Mexico has been deemed part of Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to allow troops to begin arresting people for trespassing on military territory — an escalation of the authority given active-duty service members deployed to the region to deter illegal activity.

A measles outbreak in west Texas has reached Fort Bliss, with at least one confirmed case reported at the Army base, military health officials said.

Investigators are working to determine what caused a single-vehicle accident Tuesday morning in New Mexico that killed two Marines deployed to the southwest border mission and critically injured a third.

When soldiers see people moving near the border, they notify Customs and Border Protection agents with the precise distance and direction provided by thermal cameras mounted on their Stryker combat vehicles. But soldiers are seeing less activity at the border, and their calls to border agents have dropped.

A military judge dismissed charges for a fourth time against a West Point colonel who was accused of drinking with a cadet and then lying during an investigation into the incident.

The land had been relatively untouched until Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s March 28 approval allowed 1st Armored Division engineers to drive bulldozers and heavy equipment through its reddish-brown dunes. The new site could hold up to 8,000 people.

Army Sgt. Greville Clarke is facing a court-martial at Fort Cavazos on charges he attacked five female soldiers living in and around barracks at the central Texas Army base. He has pleaded not guilty to the 37 counts against him.

A Fort Bliss soldier was found guilty of keeping an explosive device in his barracks room but acquitted on additional charges that he posted antisemitic comments online saying he wanted to attack synagogues, according to court records.

The funds are part of ongoing efforts to improve base housing for service members with families. The work was sparked by Congress after lawmakers heard stories of residents and children being sickened by toxic conditions in some homes. 

Pvt. Xavier A. Rodriguez held the woman at an unnamed location where she was unlikely to be found. He threatened to kill her if she tried to leave and wielded a knife, firearm and his own hands, according to the court document.