Army Sgt. Cameron A. Meddock was known throughout his small town in Texas as a positive and supportive friend, always willing to help out when someone needed something. Now the town of Spearman is coming together to support his family, in the wake of his death from wounds sustained while deployed to Afghanistan.

Lines of cars are frequently backed up for several blocks on the roads outside and inside the Army’s largest overseas base as drivers wait to file through sometimes a single lane during rush hours. Scanners used by the guards to check IDs often don’t work promptly, causing even more frustration.

The Army release claimed Sgt. Trey Troney had pulled over to the site of a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 20 near Sweetwater, Texas, and came to the aid of a man who had a collapsed lung and a bleeding head injury.

The Pentagon has been considering whether the U.S. should build a $3.6 billion missile interceptor base at Fort Drum in New York or at military installations in Ohio and Michigan.

The Army is planning to boost the pace of rotations to its combat training centers in the United States and Germany, going from 20 this year to 32 in 2020 as the service emphasizes higher end combat skills.

Anthony Michael Bowden, who was an active-duty soldier at Fort Bliss at the time of the crime, faces one count of murder in the death of Erykah Tijerina on Aug. 8, 2016.

Army Spc. Octavious Deshon Lakes Jr. was identified Wednesday by service officials as the soldier who died from injuries sustained in a tactical vehicle accident Jan. 14 at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif.

A Georgia National Guard first lieutenant pleaded guilty to assaulting a German ex-girlfriend and was sentenced by a military judge to 60 days confinement on Wednesday.

The $21 million improvement project would double the capacity of the railhead for loading and unloading. The post is currently unable to load and unload trains simultaneously and cannot deploy within the 72-hour target.

About 70 Green Berets stationed on Okinawa and in Alaska participated in this year’s event, jumping 5,500 feet from JGSDF helicopters, while the Japanese paratroopers jumped from Kawasaki C-2 transport aircraft.

Sgt. Greco Antoine Tucker Jr., 23, failed to report for duty Monday morning.

Lt. Gen. Michael X. Garrett was recently listed as one of the next military officials in line for promotion to become a four-star Army general, according to congressional records. His nomination was received by the Senate on Jan. 9.

Spc. Andrew S. Ortega was killed Sunday while deployed to Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. On Monday evening, a second 1st Cavalry soldier who has not been identified was killed in a "rollover accident" involving a Bradley Fighting Vehicle at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif.

Prosecutors say Kemia Hassel and Jeremy Cuellar, both soldiers stationed at Fort Stewart, Ga., are charged in the slaying of her Army Sgt. Tyrone Hassel III, also stationed at Fort Stewart, on New Year's Eve.

In a change implemented Jan. 7, gates that were open 16 hours per day are now open for a few hours in the morning, are closed at midday and are reopened for a few hours during the late afternoon. Nearby business owners said they have seen fewer customers since the change.

Berrien County Prosecutor Mike Sepic said Kemia Hassel, 22, of Allenhurst, Ga., was arraigned Monday on a charge of first-degree premeditated murder. She’s being held on a $2.5 million bond.

A Green Beret may be dying of cancer. Military doctors may be to blame. But a law prevents servicemembers from suing the government for anything. Now, Sgt. 1st Class Rich Stayskal is fighting two battles. One, for his life. The other for the lives of others in similar situations.

Police in southern Michigan have arrested two suspects in the New Year's Eve slaying of Army Sgt. Tyrone Hassel III who was fatally shot while on leave.

The change seems to highlight the glaringly obvious — that a belt worn to increase a soldier’s visibility to drivers of cars and other vehicles on predawn or nighttime runs would not normally be needed in broad daylight or where vehicles generally can’t go.

The United States has begun removing military cargo from Syria, though no American troops have withdrawn yet from the war-torn country, U.S. military officials said Friday, providing few details.

Under fire and carrying a badly wounded patient, the Black Hawk helicopter was just lifting off an Afghan battlefield when the crew chief saw an Army Ranger in the landing zone get shot and drop to the ground. The Black Hawk darted back to evacuate the fallen Ranger in the face of enemy fire. There was more danger to come that day.

The 589th Brigade Support Battalion uncased its unit colors during an activation ceremony in Grafenwoehr, Germany, on Friday.

The Trump administration is eyeing unused money in the Army Corps of Engineers budget, specifically a disaster spending bill passed by Congress last year that includes $13.9 billion that has been allocated but not actually spent for civil works projects, two people with knowledge of the developments said Thursday.

The Army is testing new combat boots that are lighter and have more flexible leather. If any of the prototypes are chosen, it would be the first significant change to the service's basic boots in years.

Kleber Kaserne was locked down and personnel were advised to shelter in place Thursday evening after an Army retiree purportedly mentioned a bomb to guards at the Kaiserslautern base’s main gate.

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Falling through ice into cold water can cause rapid breathing, tunnel vision, confusion and muscle tension, but soldiers at Fort McCoy, Wis., recently learned to overcome the shock.

Sgt. 1st Class Jessica Barboza was found not guilty of dereliction of duty, maltreatment and disrespecting an NCO by a panel of nine male officers and senior NCOs.

The charges against Sgt. 1st Class Jessica Barboza stem from three incidents. If found guilty, the sentencing guidelines call for up to a year in jail and a bad conduct discharge.

Police were called around 4 a.m. to a Lubbock, Texas, club after reports of a stabbing. Passion Monea Burtraw had two cuts in her neck and about eight stab or cut wounds on her abdomen. According to reports, Pfc. D'Marcus Ranson took off his shirt and applied pressure to the victim's wounds.

Danilo Fernandez II was found guilty on two counts of being in receipt of material involving sexual exploitation of a minor for actively soliciting explicit photos from a high schooler who attended one of his recruiting presentations.

Alaska law enforcement officers discovered the body of Sgt. Jorden Thomas Williams, who was stationed at Fort Wainwright, during a welfare check that had been requested by family members living outside the state.

Samaritan Medical Center officials have asked federal lawmakers to intervene with the situation that Fort Drum soldiers and their families can no longer be referred to Samaritan Medical Practice for specialty medical care.

Army Spc. Torian A. Davis stabbed and killed 25-year-old Byuri Park and wounded two other soldiers during an attack an an apartment complex on Dec. 22, police said.

U.S. military police and Italian police are jointly patrolling local bars and nightclubs following incidents involving troops that “reflected negatively” on the Army.

A striking new double-rotor helicopter may soon replace the military's iconic Blackhawk, as the observers hope the "bigger and badder" new chopper could go about its business farther, faster and safer than the military's current helicopters.

The Army is looking for a few good robots. Not to fight — not yet, at least — but to help the men and women who do.

The New York National Guard says it will have provided military funeral honors for more than 11,000 veterans and military members by the time 2018 ends next week.

An honorary major in the U.S. Army, Clifford Rousseau has spent decades working on tanks, crossing paths with decorated leaders and proving his merit on bases in Washington and Alaska. He’s done it all despite suffering from cerebral palsy, which makes it difficult for him to walk and speak.

Christmas came late for some Army troops on rotation to Europe when officials canceled an order Wednesday that for nine days banned various sexual acts, including cuddling, for a unit’s soldiers in the rotational barracks at the Grafenwoehr Training Area.

The 25th Infantry Division soldiers, originally scheduled to return Dec. 29, were reunited with loved ones Christmas Eve following an 8 p.m. ceremony at Schofield Barracks.

“I was in combat, but not anything near what my grandfather had seen,” said a sergeant in New Mexico Army National Guard who was recently awarded a Bronze Star for his service in Afghanistan from December 2017 through August 2018.

Originally from the Philippines, U.S. Army Sgt. Chester Calica usually celebrates Christmas with his wife, 11-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter by blending Filipino traditions with American observances.

Fraternal twins Matthew and Ryan McBride were born just 45 seconds apart. As infants, they held hands through the slats of their neighboring cribs. Mathew pitched for the local baseball team. Ryan was his catcher. Ryan played center on their football team. Matthew was his quarterback. Now they are heading off to war together.

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In a single, surprise tweet, President Donald Trump introduced millions of Americans to Army Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, a former Special Forces officer who faces a murder charge in the death of a suspected Taliban bombmaker.

President Donald Trump signed a bill Friday to name a Virginia post office after Humayun Khan, the Muslim-American soldier killed in Iraq whose parents he attacked during the 2016 campaign.

Army Spc. Jose Juan Melendez Jr. was shot and killed while on leave in Raleigh on Nov. 29, 2017. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced in a news release that the state is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest in the case.

During a 10-loss season three years ago, Army coach Jeff Monken saw something that made him believe the Black Knights were on the way to being a good team. The freshmen from that team are now seniors going into their last game.

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Members of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team cased their colors during a ceremony Friday at Fort Stewart, Ga., ahead of their deployment to Afghanistan.

During a recent field test, snipers wore models of the proposed Improved Ghillie System and concealed themselves in forest and arid settings. Other snipers tried to spot them from distances as far away as about 655 feet and as close as about 33 feet.

Andrew Mitchell O’Brien, who is stationed at Fort Riley, was arrested early Saturday morning on suspicion of sex crimes after he drove to Arkansas to meet a 16-year-old girl he met on the Internet.

The Army has negotiated refunds for the majority of the 250 soldiers on rotation in Europe who had bought airline tickets home for the holidays before learning the leave granted by their unit hadn’t been approved at higher levels.

Brandon Shane Polston, 33, of Lancaster, was identified as the thief in the Thanksgiving Day 2017 heist of the weapons. He later traded them for drugs and money, said Assistant U.S Attorney for South Carolina Stacey Haynes.

Sgt. Jason McClary was the driver of a military vehicle in central Afghanistan when he was hit by a roadside bomb last month that fatally wounded him and three special operations troops.

Sgt. 1st Class Kenney Son Duran, 35, surrendered Friday at the Wake County Detention Center and was held on $1 million bail pending a first court appearance on Monday.

The event would lead to the largest ever mass expulsion in West Point history and change forever the Academy's culture and even its architecture. And it very nearly changed forever the fortunes of one of America's most important 19th century figures.

For Jennifer Elmore, her father's indictment in a Virginia court for sexually abusing her is another chance at justice, after the Army's court-martial proceedings were dismissed due to the statute of limitations.

The military has been investigating Former Army Maj. Mathew L. Golsteyn since 2011, when Army officials said he confessed during a polygraph test as part of a CIA job interview to killing a suspected bombmaker.

A new proposal from the Defense Commissary Agency to use centralized warehouses in Virginia or Maryland for goods instead of selling direct from dairies to military facilities is less efficient and threatens local, mid-sized dairies, according to Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. "I think when I present to the top staff of the military they'll see how dumb it is."

Sean Karpf remembers everything about the moments after his left Army boot stepped on the pressure plate of a buried bomb in rural Afghanistan: the smoke, the taste of chemicals in his mouth and the sound of fellow soldiers calling his name. A lot has transpired in Karpf's life since the IED incident, but now the former 82nd Airborne soldier is a strength and conditioning associate with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Army Pfc. Joshua Mikeasky died in the incident Thursday on the major U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan, the Pentagon said in a statement. Mikeasky was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division from Fort Drum in New York.

Sgt. 1st Class Erik Kingsley was driving his brother-in-law to the airport in the early morning hours of April 1, 2017, when he noticed the headlights of a vehicle in a ditch and sparks underneath it.

Scores of soldiers deployed to Europe could be on the hook after purchasing airline tickets home for the holidays, only to learn that their leave was never fully approved.

A forthcoming Article 32 hearing will assess the evidence against former Army Maj. Mathew L. Golsteyn, who is charged with premeditated murder in connection with the 2010 killing of a suspected Taliban bombmaker.

Figuring out what to do with the two aging highway bridges spanning the Cape Cod Canal has the same urgency across the region, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hearing Wednesday night showed.

Despite decades of studies showing its safety and effectiveness in preventing flu or reducing severity of the disease that killed more than 80,000 Americans last year, the influenza vaccine can be a tough sell among U.S. Army Europe civilians.

In 2009, soldiers stationed at Combat Outpost Keating fought one of the deadliest battles of the long war in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Justin Gallegos, who was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his actions, will have that medal upgraded to the country’s second highest award for valor.

Fort Stewart has been home to Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel Hendrex for the last 18 months. But on Tuesday, he bid the Coastal Georgia military installation farewell as he heads to Fort Hood, Texas, to serve as the 3rd Corps command sergeant major.

A red-colored Elvis singing with a microphone means stop; a green Elvis doing his famous hip-shaking dance means proceed.

Uncertainty about Russia’s next moves in Ukraine are likely to loom over the talks, which come after Russia’s recent attack on Ukrainian ships and a threat from the U.S. to quit a key nuclear treaty with Moscow.

Hunter Clark was named Soldier of the Year after he won the recent Best Warrior Competition for the 33rd Military Police Battalion at the Marseilles Training Center.

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Troops and tanks from Texas and choppers from Colorado fought a mock battle in a freezing, muddy German forest on Tuesday, alongside units from 15 allies and partner nations, including Ukraine.

A joint command-post exercise called Yama Sakura tests the allies’ capability to defend Japanese territory as a unified fighting force.

Retired Army Gen. James J. Grazioplene has been indicted on charges of rape in Virginia, seven months after a judge dismissed related charges in the military justice system because the statute of limitations in that case had changed.

The Army has rescinded the reprimand of Capt. Michael Perozeni, a Green Beret who led troops during the deadly October 2017 ambush in Niger that left four U.S. soldiers dead, the New York Times reported.

A guardrail kept two soldiers in a U.S. Army vehicle from falling off a 130-foot-high bridge after being rear-ended by a delivery van in Bavaria.

Hundreds gathered to honor Sgt. Leandro “Lando” Jasso in his hometown.

A Japanese man suspected of attempting a crude rocket attack on Camp Zama in April 2015 may face charges under Japan’s Explosives Control Act, Kyodo News reported Saturday.

An Augusta man who said he just wanted to tell his side about what happened was again convicted of murder and aggravated assault in the shooting of two Fort Gordon military police officers, one of whom died.

In training, soldiers of the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade came together for the first time as advisor teams to work amid the types of combat scenarios they could face in Afghanistan next year.

The soldiers assigned to the Army’s newest four-star command charged with modernizing the service’s warfighting equipment received their unit patches Friday, a significant step for Army Futures Command as it continues to grow since its founding this summer, a service official said.

Due to cutbacks, U.S. Army Europe tax centers will limit assistance mostly to servicemembers that fall below a certain rank and income level during the 2019 tax season, Army officials said.

The 397th Engineer Battalion's more than 150 soldiers will be given the opportunity to relocate with the unit, but it won’t be required.

According to a new study, as many as 22,867 tons of explosive devices held at the nation’s Army depots may have to be stored “indefinitely” because there’s no current environmentally safe way to get rid of them.

Two Virginia Beach-based members of SEAL Team Six and two Marines, who face charges in the death of Army Staff Sergeant and Green Beret Logan Melgar, had their hearing continued.

In the first of five scheduled meetings to be held by the Army Corps of Engineers to gather public input on what to do with the two aging bridges spanning the Cape Cod Canal, residents at Bourne High School voiced their disappointment in the lack of answers provided by the federal agency.

Pfc. Isaac James Klippert faces charges of manslaughter, first-degree assault and prohibited use of a weapon in the accidental killing of his friend, Cesar Diaz.

Federal grand jury indictments handed down last week charge Gustavo A. Pareja, 24, of Colombia, and Henry W. Royer, 35, of North Carolina, with conspiring to possess and distribute cocaine in a case involving also 7th Group soldier Master Sgt. Daniel J. Gould.

NOLA.com, which first reported lawyer Elizabeth Carpenter’s remarks, reported Monday that the Army had confirmed Carpenter’s client is a civilian special agent with its Criminal Investigation Command.

Now in its seventh year, the African Land Forces Summit 2019 will be held in June in Botswana’s capital of Gaborone. The conference is attended by land force chiefs from across Africa.

Lt. Col. Anne McClain, Army helicopter pilot and astronaut, made it to the International Space Station on Monday as a crew member of NASA's Expedition 58. In honor of her journey, here's more info on her.

Army Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris served two deployments in Iraq and was commander of the 176th Engineer Brigade. She becomes the first woman to command the Texas Military Department, made up of the Texas Army National Guard, Texas Air National Guard and the Texas State Guard.

Sgt. Jason Mitchel McClary, 24, of Export, Pa., died Sunday at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from injuries he received in the Nov. 27 blast, which struck a convoy of U.S. and Afghan forces in Ghazni province’s Andar district en route to battle Taliban fighters.

Part-time soldiers Staff Sgt. Micah Fulmer and Spc. Tristan Ivkov of the Colorado National Guard beat most teams from around the globe to take second place this fall at the 18th annual International Sniper Competition at Fort Benning, Ga.

Albert Madden played taps countless times at military funerals. Friday afternoon, the solemn melody was played for him during a service at Massachusetts National Cemetery.