‘I shot my friend’: Fort Cavazos soldier charged in death of a fellow soldier

Spc. Kip D. Holloway, 25, who argued in a preliminary hearing that he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed a fellow soldier along a highway in Texas, will face a court-martial.

Inside Fort Carson’s ‘Monster Garage’: The launchpad for the Army’s future drone warfare

The 4th Combat Aviation Brigade’s Monster Garage is the home of a platoon-sized unit innovating how the 4th Infantry Division incorporates small, cheap drones among its soldiers. It’s an initiative underway in most Army divisions to keep up with rapidly evolving battlefield technology.

Retired Army officer loses court case to get back pay after service botched promotion

Ronald Schow has spent more than a decade fighting to right a mistake — his promotion to major was botched in an administrative error — and said this final court decision against him was disappointing and exhausting.

‘It shouldn’t be a mystery:’ Fort Bliss soldier pieces together great uncle’s WWII service, receives missing medals

Sgt. Reece Martin wanted to know more about his great uncle, Lawrence Martin, who landed in France on D-Day and died 10 days later. So he spent years finding out. Last week, on the 84th anniversary of the day Lawrence Martin enlisted, the Army celebrated his service and presented medals to the family.

Judge orders Coast Guard to stop using regulation that shortchanged veterans on back pay

The Coast Guard was using a method to determine back pay that shortchanged hundreds of veterans and must stop, according to federal court documents filed Friday in a yearslong lawsuit over retention panels found to have illegally thinned noncommissioned officers from the service.

Army will expand presence in Austin under command merger plans

The Army will house the headquarters of a merged Futures Command and Training and Doctrine Command in Austin instead of Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., as part of its efforts to downsize the service and reduce general officer billets.

Army civilian killed in explosion at Texas fuel storage site

A fuel tank at an Army storage facility exploded Wednesday morning, killing one employee who worked at the site, the service said.

Army attracts older recruits as it moves beyond enlistment slump

The average age of enlistees to the Army is slowly rising beyond 18-year-olds who just graduated high school to young adults who have had a taste of college or the job market.

Fort Cavazos soldier sentenced to 10 years in prison for driving drunk, killing another soldier

Spc. Zean Jones, 24, admitted in a Fort Cavazos courtroom Thursday to driving at high speeds after drinking alcohol, which led to the traffic accident that killed Staff Sgt. Christian Williams Sr., 32, on Nov. 7, 2023.

Missouri man hid Army veteran uncle’s death for years so he could steal VA disability checks totaling $650,000

Since 2008, Brian K. Ditch, 44, was solely responsible for caring for his uncle, Thomas Clubb. However, Ditch would lock his uncle in the garage for more than 24 hours at a time, beating him, forcing him to sit in his own waste and denying him food or water.