For Tawni and Sgt. 1st Class Justin Dixon, the year has been marked with a rapid deployment, a pandemic and the birth of their first child. And now, the award as Fort Bragg's Family of the Year.

A massive Army project aims to pare down the 580,000 items in its collections, and make the excess available to other museums, government and private institutions, and historical sites, officials said.

Sgt. Alexander Jabin sprang into action last year when he heard a "bang" and looked outside his barracks to see figures running around flames.

All seven Army garrisons in Europe will benefit from a program that involves construction on 1,300 new dwellings and improvements at 3,500 existing units.

The move is part of ongoing efforts by the federal government to shift maintenance of water services from military installations to local municipalities around the country.

Master Sgt. Robert Thomas Lawson, a North Dakota Army National Guardsman, died Nov. 24, making November the deadliest month from the virus for the military.

Army Spc. Brittany Harris and Air Force Airman 1st Class Peter Gonzalez were found dead on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively, according to base officials. The incidents are unrelated.

Sgt. Bryan Starr, who is stationed at Fort Benning, surrendered to officials in Russell County after being charged in the death of Austin Birdseye, his girlfriend's son.

The annual matchup will take place Dec. 12 at Michie Stadium, an outdoor arena at West Point in New York.

The Army football team will wear jerseys for the Army-Navy game celebrating the contributions of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division, which fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II, the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War.

There was great relief within the Army football program when it was announced Wednesday that the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy series would be preserved for this season with the re-scheduling of the postponed Air Force game.

More than 5,500 military students and some of their leaders chowed down Thursday on more than a ton each of turkey and ham, 1,800 pounds of prime rib, and hundreds of pounds of sides and desserts.

Capt. Melissa Vargas is the first female infantry troop commander of the U.S. Army's 2nd Cavalry Regiment.

With the 'Wild Bill' platoon, the unit can see whenever an adversary emits a signal from a cell phone, smart watch or other wireless device.

The courses covered by the new policy include the basic leader course, the advanced leader course, the senior leader course, the master leader course and the sergeants major academy.

The closure at the Wiesbaden middle school comes less than two weeks after a promotion ceremony that was attended by less than 50 people, a “handful” of whom later tested positive for the virus, officials said.

The real estate firm that manages Army homes at Fort Eustis and Fort Story is launching a $12.2 million project to install new energy-efficient systems in more than 1,000 homes on the bases.

The Joint Enlistment Enhancement Program will pay National Guard members and retirees $500 for providing a lead to National Guard recruiters that results in enlistment.

Officials in Missouri, preparing for an overwhelming surge of COVID-19 patients, are considering building a field hospital, canceling all but the most urgent medical procedures and deploying the Missouri National Guard.

As Fort Hood's commander, Lt. Gen. Pat White faces the immense task of rebuilding trust and turning around an installation that has one of the highest rates of murder, sexual assault and harassment in the Army.

USAREUR-AF will be headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany, where U.S. Army Europe had been posted. Meanwhile, soldiers assigned to the former U.S. Army Africa will remain at Vicenza, Italy.

The Army’s 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade is halfway through a training rotation set to prepare its troops to advise partner countries in the Indo-Pacific – a region where American forces look to gain a foothold against Chinese influence.

The crash took place in poor weather conditions Thursday evening in the town of Amberg, about 30 minutes south of Vilseck where the 2nd Cavalry Regiment is based.

About 200 V Corps troops will eventually be assigned to the forward element in Poland while an additional 400 will work from Kentucky.

The Rapid Falcon exercise showcased a new capability that gives conventional artillery units in Germany the ability to strike with the speed of a quick reaction force.

The 18th Airborne Corps' Dragon Innovation program allows soldiers and family members to pitch ideas and solutions to improve quality of life or readiness across the corps.

The secretary’s comments follow the release of a CBS News investigation this week that found reported sexual assaults have doubled in the military while the number of courts-martial and convictions for the charge have gone down.

Members of the Army Field Band spent a chilly Tuesday morning at Fort George G. Meade, Md., practicing formation marching in preparation for the 2021 inaugural parade on Jan. 20.

As part of a lawsuit settlement reached Tuesday, the U.S. Army would be required to review and potentially upgrade thousands of other-than-honorable discharges dating back to April 2011.

The Army is moving ahead with proposals for a long-delayed plan to replace the aging M-2 Bradley with an infantry vehicle that can be remotely controlled when soldiers dismount.

Vivian "Millie" Bailey enrolled in the Women's Army Corps, the women's branch of the United States Army from 1942 to 1978, in December 1942. They were the first women other than nurses to serve with the Army.

The Army is now testing a pilot program that requires companies that manage housing on its bases to provide a seven-year maintenance history of a residence before renting it to a military family.

A Florida Army reservist is the 10th service member to die from the coronavirus, the second military death from the disease this month, according to the Pentagon.

Many customers have struggled to complete the new, glitch-filled electronic forms, and military postal clerks are having to input data on the forms manually at the post office, leading to longer wait times.

Spc. Terrence Salazar, 24, was found unresponsive in his room last Wednesday on Fort Bragg. Foul play is not suspected, according to military officials.

These songs were part of an annual wreath-laying ceremony honoring prisoners of World War II buried on base. There are 21 German soldiers and one Italian soldier buried in the POW cemetery.

An Army doctor on his first overseas assignment and three veterans of the Afghanistan War were among the five Americans killed in a helicopter crash in Egypt, the Pentagon said Saturday.

The Army on Friday activated two new air defense artillery batteries at Fort Bliss, Texas, charged with evaluating the two Iron Dome missile defense systems that the United States recently purchased from Israel.

Looking to solve the costly training injuries that have long-plagued its soldiers, the Army is set to test technology popular with major sports programs to help the service build individualized approaches to its troops’ fitness workouts.

Fort Bliss commanders increased safety measures at the base this week to prevent further spread of the coronavirus as the base hospital prepares a 16-bed mobile intensive care unit to treat the growing number of patients within the El Paso community.

About 250 troops from the U.S., Germany, Greece and the Netherlands are taking part in the air defense operations at NATO’s firing range on the Greek island of Crete.

The video, posted on TikTok by the drill sergeant at Fort Sill, was shared on Twitter by user Lethality Jane, who maintains a considerable following and often posts on military topics.

A new name for Fort Lee is still a long way from becoming reality, but the interim period between now and then presents a "wonderful opportunity" for the Tri-City area to work together on a name that stands for all rather than just some, according to Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine.

In a new partnership between the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg and UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill, Army surgeons and other medical personnel will get real-world experience by working alongside their civilian counterparts in UNC's emergency departments, operating rooms and intensive care units.

Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt. Roy Benavidez has become the most prominent candidate in a campaign to rename the Army's largest post, Fort Hood, after someone from Texas.

Spc. Vanessa Guillén’s murder inspired thousands of veterans to come forward with their own stories of sexual assault and harassment. In response, the Army initiated investigations into Guillén’s chain of command, as well as into the command climate and culture of Fort Hood.

Spc. Cory Latrell Grafton was arrested at Fort Hood on Nov. 2 after the Texas Rangers and Killeen Police Department received lab results confirming his DNA was found last year on the body of Chelsea Cheatham, a mother from Kyle, Texas.

Pvt. James Noel Zamora was the third trainee to die this year during Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, where some 50,000 recruits begin their Army service annually.

The emergency declaration follows a series of safety measures to control the spread of the virus — including a 10 p.m. curfew and limiting access to the base — imposed last week by Fort Bliss' commander, Maj. Gen. Sean Bernabe.

The soldier has not been publicly identified. He was an 18-year-old man from California assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, said Fort Jackson spokesperson L.A. Sully.

Ten people who tested positive for the coronavirus are in isolation at Camp Humphreys in South Korea and one is at Kadena Air Base in Japan.

The 185,000-square-foot museum at Fort Belvoir has been a longtime coming. The Army Historical Foundation has worked for more than a decade to build the service’s first comprehensive museum.

An outbreak of the coronavirus at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., has forced the postponement of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy football game at West Point.

Uncertainty over the result of this week's presidential election has given way to legal action, demonstrations and even violence. In this tense time, the Military Matters podcast looks back at interviews from of last season's episodes on the use of the military to handle episodes of civil unrest.

A directive from President Donald Trump to withdraw some 12,000 U.S. troops from Germany and move numerous units elsewhere has further complicated a plan to return several military sites in the country.

Spc. Cory Grafton, a 20-year-old assigned to Fort Hood’s 1st Cavalry Division, is accused of murder in the death of 32-year-old Chelsea Cheatham, according to the law enforcement agencies and base officials.

The Army & Air Force Exchange Service will host Medal of Honor recipients from World War II, Vietnam and Afghanistan on its “Chief Chat” social media broadcasts this month to recognize valor for Veterans Day.

Pfc. Joo Woon Park was also charged in Hawaii District Court with first-degree robbery and an accident involving death or serious bodily injury.

The Pentagon wants to open a new school in the coming years specifically to teach troops to spot and kill small enemy drones, as the military seeks a uniform approach to defeating the small, unmanned aircraft, which officials have labeled a growing battlefield threat.

Social gatherings are limited to two households and a maximum of 10 people under the rules, U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria said.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Brunetto never expected to receive an award for his actions in combat with a Special Forces team ambushed in Afghanistan earlier this year.

The search for Pvt. Richard Halliday, who went missing from Fort Bliss on July 23, has also extended to Juárez, where a missing persons report was filed with authorities.

Since 2016, female cadets at West Point were only offered the unisex version of the Army Combat Uniform during their issuance of gear. This left women to pay out-of-pocket for the better-fitting female uniforms sold in the base’s Post Exchange.

A contract bid protest that pushed the long-delayed opening of the new, $1.4 billion William Beaumont Army Medical Center complex at Fort Bliss to March has been dismissed by a federal agency.

The 26-year-old male soldier, who the Honolulu Police Department described as a suspect, was detained at a California airport Monday night in connection with the vehicle-related death of a 73-year-old man in Hawaii earlier in the day.

A former Army specialist faces at least 10 years imprisonment after pleading guilty Tuesday to federal child exploitation charges, admitting he snuck a 13-year-old runaway into his barracks at Fort Benning, Ga., for six days of sex, U.S. attorneys announced Wednesday.

Winning the XVIII Airborne Corps’ first “Dragon Innovation Challenge” with an idea to improve training range management by using mobile apps earned Maj. Evan Adams his choice of any Army school. He opted for something sensible, if less action-packed.

Members of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division are scheduled to start arriving this week at military and commercial airports in Germany, Poland and Romania.

Eight people affiliated with USFK who recently arrived in South Korea have been transferred to an isolation facility on Camp Humphreys after testing positive for the coronavirus.

The garrison commander for Camp Humphreys said Itaewon will be off-limits to all personnel and civilians affiliated with USFK from 3 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday.

The commander of Fort Bliss has barred off-base dining and all trick-or-treating for Halloween in response to the surge of coronavirus cases at the Army base and in nearby El Paso, which accounted for more than 30% of all new cases reported in Texas on Monday.

The U.S. Army on Tuesday at the General Motors Proving Grounds in Milford received the first Infantry Squad Vehicle made by GM Defense LLC, just 120 days after winning the contract.

Some 200 new privates nearing the end of basic training at Fort Sill, Okla., received the Army’s new, throwback style dress green uniforms this month, becoming the first recruits issued the World War II-inspired threads.

A night of jealousy and violence Oct. 11 saw Capt. Clevy Muchette Nelson-Royster and a civilian man chase down her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Capt. Malcom X. Perry, and ram his car with her vehicle until his car flipped and burst into flames, according to an arrest affidavit.

If all goes as planned, some 5,500 soldiers with the Army's 25th Infantry Division will return to Schofield Barracks in Hawaii without a single coronavirus case reported during an almost monthlong training exercise in Louisiana, the division’s top general said Monday.

Students at most overseas Department of Defense Education Activity schools will receive free meals for the rest of the school year, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service said Monday.

During the year that White spent overseas leading the multination fight against the Islamic State, Fort Hood suffered a series of tragedies that gained national attention and called into question the safety of the 36,500 soldiers stationed there.

Despite a dozen agencies in two countries taking part in the investigation, there’s still no clear evidence to determine how or why 21-year-old Pvt. Richard Halliday disappeared from Fort Bliss in west Texas.

The death of Spc. Skyler Oliver, 24, is under investigation by the Army criminal investigation command, as is standard with all unexpected service member deaths.

The annual Army-Navy football game has been moved out of Philadelphia over pandemic concerns, and will be played at West Point's Michie Stadium, site of the first meeting between the academy rivals in 1890.

A trust-building initiative at Fort Hood takes a holistic approach to improving soldiers’ well-being. It aims to remove three “corrosives” that destroy trust – sexual assault and harassment; extremism and racism; and suicide.

A spokesman at Fort Bragg, N.C., said Thursday that someone with official access to the Army post’s account was the culprit in a series of explicit tweets posted Wednesday after offering the explanation later Wednesday that the account was hacked.

Some 200 Fort Bragg soldiers were forced from their barracks this month after mold was found in two buildings housing troops with the 528th Special Operations Sustainment Brigade on the Army post in North Carolina, service officials said Thursday.

The Army has announced a $190 million project to expand its training area at Grafenwoehr in southern Germany, even as the Pentagon moves forward with plans to withdraw troops from the country.

Army officers have had a similar system of ranked choices in place since 2016, but this is the first time it has been introduced for NCO ranks.

Chaplain (Maj.) Donald V. Wood was found guilty of larceny, conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, and of damaging nonmilitary property.

In an Oct. 20 letter to the chairmen and ranking members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., called the rollout of the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) "premature" and said the exam could damage some soldiers' professional prospects.

Army officials spoke with the Guillen family, saying the new classification would allow them to receive Army benefits on behalf of the 20-year-old who is thought to have been killed by a fellow soldier on post, Fort Hood officials said in a written statement.

The Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment might retain an “enduring” presence in Eastern Europe even after the unit’s more than 4,500 soldiers withdraw from Germany, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday.

U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Earl W. Smith Jr., serving with the 80th Fighter Squadron in the Pacific Theater during World War II, was just 22 years old when he took off on the last flight of his life.

Capt. Clevy Muchette Nelson-Royster, 27, is the second person charged with murder in the death of Capt. Malcom X. Perry, 27, according to the El Paso, Texas, Police Department.

The Army is looking into a viral video showing a soldier drinking from an Ocean Spray juice bottle and lip-syncing the words of the Fleetwood Mac hit “Dreams” while on a daytime parachute jump.

An earlier attempt to field an official sports bra yielded an item that wasn’t suitable for all body types, the Army said in late 2018.

An investigation continued Sunday into the cause of an explosion in Harrisonburg, Va., that injured five, including three James Madison University students, near the finish line of a U.S. Army Ten-Mile race.

A new digital tool that the Army is providing its commanders this month will give them a one-stop dashboard with their soldiers’ detailed military and personal histories so they can better gauge issues that impact their unit’s combat readiness.