Army astronaut Col. Andrew Morgan, who is aboard the International Space Station orbiting some 250 miles above Earth, is slated to swear in recruits on Feb. 26.

A team of biomedical engineers compared the U.S. Advanced Combat Helmet, which is being phased out, to three designs from WWI in extensive testing designed to simulate the effects of overhead explosions.

A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers isn't liable to damage to thousands of Houston homes that were inundated by two federally owned reservoirs in the days following Hurricane Harvey because they would have flooded regardless.

OK gamers, in this week’s episode of Military Matters, hosts Desmon Farris and Rod Rodriguez delve into video games and how the Army is extending its recruitment outreach into the gaming community through its eSports team.

After veering off the road, the vehicle skidded more than 150 feet along a bike path and flipped onto its roof.

The top U.S. commander in South Korea elevated the virus risk level for the military community there to moderate. Schools on U.S. Army Garrison Daegu and several other activities were to be closed on Thursday. The garrison also warned people to expect delays at the gates due to a health screening questionnaire.

Some of the Army’s best-skilled soldiers will gather at Fort Benning in mid-April for a quartet of challenging annual competitions during the Georgia post’s Infantry Week meant to determine the service’s best Rangers, mortarmen, snipers and fighters.

For 77 years, Fort Ord near Monterey was a sprawling Army base thick with artillery pieces, wooden barracks and infantrymen taking target practice with rifles and machine guns. More than 2 million men and women served there between 1917 and 1994.

When Maj. Gen. Clement S. Coward was growing up at what was then Pope Air Force Base, he developed a desire to serve in the military, but becoming a two-star general in the Army wasn't on his mind. "It's beyond my wildest dreams," he said.

Some residents in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, say having American troops in the Polish village makes them feel safer. Others just like having them in town.

Food, teddy bears and live performances were just some of the community-strengthening amenities available to the families of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, during a family day event at Fort Bragg organized by Operation Gratitude.

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday that the service was not pursuing punishment for Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the former National Security Council staffer who testified during the impeachment case against President Donald Trump.

With its patriotic colors and gleaming silver panels, the Culinary Outpost food truck opened for business at Fort Hood, Texas, on Thursday, offering soldiers dining facility meals and prices from its rolling kitchen.

Researchers at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville say they may have a new way to test whether aging Army missiles are still good to fire. The breakthrough could save the military “millions of dollars," they believe.

President Donald Trump on Thursday lashed out against former White House chief of staff John Kelly for being disloyal after the ex-adviser came to the defense of a former national security aide who offered key testimony in the impeachment inquiry.

Spc. Branden Tyme Kimball, 21, was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) Combat Aviation Brigade, based in Fort Drum, N.Y.

An American soldier was injured in a brawl Saturday night on a Grafenwoehr street that’s home to several bars, German police and U.S. military officials said.

The Army said the landing, which left three soldiers with minor injuries, is being investigated and preliminary findings indicated minimal damage. No other details were given.

The unit will be deployed to conduct missions to train, advise and assist “in spotlight African countries,” said Alyssa Farah, the chief Pentagon spokeswoman, in a prepared statement. No countries were listed in the statement nor how many people from the brigade will deploy.

Spc. Cameron Logwood was traveling to Anchorage, Alaska for an intramural basketball tournament with two other soldiers when they crashed on an Alaska highway on Feb. 7, 2020.

The Army's headquarters, called Fifth Corps, or V Corps, will have 635 soldiers and will be in operation by this fall. About 200 of the soldiers stationed at V Corps will rotate through an operational command post in Europe.

The Department of Defense released its proposed budget for the 2021 fiscal year on Monday, and among the proposed projects is a $17.7 million military working dog facility for special operations forces.

Jarrett William Smith, 24, admitted in federal court that he distributed instructions for making bombs with the intention that his teachings would be used to commit violent crimes.

Sgt. 1st Class Javier J. Gutierrez and Sgt. 1st Class Antonio R. Rodriguez, who killed in combat in Afghanistan last week, were remembered by relatives and friends as patriots with a calling to serve their country.

President Donald Trump traveled Monday to Dover Air Force Base where the remains of Sgt. Javier Jaguar Gutierrez and Sgt. Antonio Rey Rodriguez were returned from Afghanistan.

The budget plan would be a slight reduction from the previous fiscal year’s budget of $180 billion. Still, the Army says it has realigned funds to ensure that its top priorities — modernization, combat readiness and personnel needs — are met.

The U.S. military in the Kaiserslautern and Baumholder areas ordered most base facilities to be closed Monday.

Two American service members and an Afghan soldier were killed in an apparent insider attack in Afghanistan on Saturday, military officials from both countries said.

Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler called the busy Army post outside Columbus an excellent location for its "unmatched training, support and command facilities."

Staff Sgt. Maxwell Besch, who was a drill sergeant at Fort Jackson attached to the 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, was found dead at his home late Thursday.

The state of Hawaii is terminating its longtime lease of Dillingham Airfield on Oahu’s Northern Shore as of June 30 because continued operation of the airfield “is not in the best interest” of the state.

The Army Court of Criminal Appeals unanimously ruled Army Lt. Col. Richard Henry was disqualified from the case against Staff Sgt. Tony Springer because of his “personal and emotionally intimate relationship” with the wife of the lead prosecutor.

Two years ago, he was a no-name stray who’d bark from a distance at American soldiers every time they’d step off a base in northeastern Poland. Today, the friendly mongrel has a place of his own.

Between October 2000 and May 2001, the U.S. Army conducted an asbestos remediation project at Camp Walker in South Korea. Now, two decades later, veterans who worked on the project believe they may have been exposed to toxic dust.

The Army has recently placed Short-Range Air Defense capabilities near the top of its priority list as it seeks to counter adversaries like Russia and China.

U.S. and Romanian soldiers deployed to NATO’s northeastern flank took a break from the finer points of strategic deterrence Wednesday, to the delight of dozens of singing kindergartners.

The Army's monthly incentive rates hadn’t increased since 1999, when they represented almost 25% of base pay. Last year, incentive pay was equal to about 11% of base salary, the service statement said.

Wet weather didn’t stop hundreds of people from lining the streets of a North Carolina community to welcome home the body of Spc. Antonio Moore, about a week after the 22-year-old soldier was killed in a vehicle rollover in northeastern Syria.

Lithuania’s “Kauno Diena” newspaper said a false story, which appeared Friday, was the work of hackers and was visible for about 10 minutes before being taken down.

The body of Staff Sgt. Matt Morgan was found by coast guard divers at a depth of 144 feet near the USS Emmons, a sunken WWII ship that's a popular dive spot.

"Tony was larger than life, full of love and proud to serve this country. We take comfort in knowing that he was doing what he loved along with the stories and pictures that have been shared from all of those that knew and loved him."

The cause of death is being investigated after a 19-year-old paratrooper with Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne Division died Tuesday on post, according to a news release.

A former Army staff sergeant sentenced to life in prison for intentionally killing Afghan civilians and keeping their body parts as trophies has filed suit in federal court to have his convictions overturned.

Advanced facial recognition technology could immediately match people viewed from as far as 500 yards away to identity databases, a U.S. Army Research Laboratory electronics engineer says.

The company is readying to depart for a year-long deployment in support of U.S. Central Command operations, the Guard said Thursday.

SRC’s mobile systems use radar, cameras, jamming technology and other sensors to help the Army detect, track, identify and defeat hostile drones.

Sheriff’s deputies in Missouri arrested an Army military police drill sergeant from Fort Leonard Wood last week outside a recreation complex near the base, after authorities say he propositioned a detective posing online as someone younger than 15 earlier that day.

“It probably doesn’t mean very much but I want to say I’m sorry and I hope you can find peace in your life,” Spc. Brian Hollenbeck said in court before being sentenced to 36 months in prison.

The city of Aurora, Ill. along with the East Aurora School District, veterans and active military personnel, and family and friends, held a memorial Wednesday for U.S. Army Spc. Miguel Angel Villalon, who was killed Jan. 11 while serving in Afghanistan.

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The Multiple Launch Rocket System barrage at this sprawling training area began in about 10 feet of visibility, as the fog hung over a forest clearing Monday.

Thanks to an agreement with the airport, the 3-58 Airfield Operations Battalion, which is stationed at Fort Bragg, is able to use the facility for monthly training.

The amount of help given to the families of deployed soldiers is not available, but Army Emergency Relief provided at least $5 million in aid to about 3,200 soldiers and their families in 2019. Most of the money was in no-interest loans, but about $700,000 was in grants that don't have to be paid back.

About 1,500 Schofield Barracks soldiers, 16 helicopters and hundreds of Humvees, heavy equipment and shipping containers are headed to Thailand for the first stop of Pacific Pathways 2020.

Officials are encouraging residents who go on post to get a REAL ID before October. The requirement will not apply to those with a military or federal ID.

The Department of Defense on Saturday announced the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve.

Two Army Rangers are alive today thanks to a program that is changing the way blood transfusions are done in combat.

Nearly a month after the expiration of the previous Special Measures Agreement, under which South Korea shares the costs of stationing some 28,500 U.S. forces in the country, the garrison told residents to brace for delays to services.

“Fort Drum is one of the Army’s most strategically important installations and has been a leader in readiness planning and mission execution for decades,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, said.

Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered that the state and U.S. flags in Cameron County and surrounding counties be lowered and fly at half-staff in honor of Spc. Miguel A. Villalon, who was killed earlier this month in Afghanistan.

The new testing adds additional physical fitness testing, evaluations by a team of psychologists and a blind panel, in which senior Army officers, including at least three generals, conduct a blind interview of the potential candidates to assess first-hand their preparedness for command.

Italian prosecutors are investigating several U.S. paratroopers after one of them was accused of punching a local man, fracturing his jaw and breaking most of his teeth, the man’s lawyer said.

A soldier convicted of sexually assaulting his sleeping mother-in-law three years ago is being tried again after an Army court tossed the conviction because of a possibly biased juror.

The deployment of 3,500 82nd Airborne Division soldiers in less than 96 hours this month demonstrated Fort Bragg's significance to the military, Gen. Michael X. Garrett said.

Army Spc. Miguel Villalon spent his teenage years in the town of Aurora, Ill. after moving to the state from Texas. A memorial will be held next week at the local high school, which Villalon attended.

The town hall is part of ongoing discussions of mold issues on the military base. Residents have found mold throughout their homes — over kitchen appliances, under floorboards and behind wall paneling and in ventilation systems.

The military campus is starting to create an environmental assessment, a document that will determine if a federal action could potentially cause environmental effects. The options will be considered in the environmental assessment.

The recent death of U.S. Army Spc. Bradley Walsh, a Kalamazoo native, prompted Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to order U.S. and Michigan flags be lowered to half-staff Thursday in honor of Walsh’s service.

More than 18 years into the longest war in United States history, deployment ceremonies such as these are part of the norm — yet still a wake-up call for those who are going. They and their families have been on notice for months.

A leader of the U.S. effort to deliver faster-than-sound missiles to American troops said in Alabama that a long-range hypersonic weapon will be fielded “in the near future.”

About 20,000 pieces of military equipment must be deployed from the U.S. for Defender-Europe 20.

As of Jan. 10, more than 15 tons of chemical agents from Blue Grass Army Depot have been destroyed, officials said.

“I already had five suicide attempts," Iraq War veteran Jonathan Lubecky said. "I put a gun to my head twice and pulled the trigger. I figured I was going to die anyway, that I might as well try ecstasy. And then it worked.”

The 21-year-old former Army mechanic found dead last week in a wooded area at Fort Stewart, Ga., had only left the service in August, according to Army records.

At least two accusers were told the Wisconsin Department of Justice would review some cases, according to an email from the National Guard Bureau.

U.S. Army Europe investigators found no “imminent threat” to personnel after an intelligence report of a potential terror attack led to heightened security at U.S. bases in Germany during the weekend.

Staff Sgt. Ian Paul McLaughlin of Newport News, Va., and Pfc. Miguel Angel Villalon of Joliet, Ill., were killed Jan. 11 by an improvised explosive device.

The M2 Bradley, which has been in service since 1981, transports infantry on the battlefield, provides fire support to dismounted troops and combats enemy vehicles.

Maj. Gen. Brian Mennes, the division’s commander, will lead the deployment. In a statement, Mennes called the 10th Mountain the “most deployed in the Army.”

Army Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey will lead a new 60-person team for the Defense Department to develop new methods to counter drone strikes, which are increasing on the battlefields of the Middle East and Afghanistan, Pentagon officials announced earlier this week.

The Army paid hackers more than $275,000 for detecting vulnerabilities in popular military websites, which defense officials say is a step toward creating a more secure cyberspace.

Gov. Larry Hogan and Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford welcomed 150 soldiers from the Army National Guard’s 244th vertical construction company Wednesday after being deployed for almost one year to the Middle East in support of Operation Spartan Shield.

Fort Bragg officials said Staff Sgt. Shaun Pinheiro-Pires was detained at one of the base gates and turned over to the Sheriff's Office after his warrant appeared on the security check system.

U.S. Army Cyber Command will complete a move of its headquarters into a gleaming and well-equipped building later this year but its biggest need will be filling it with the right personnel, Lt. Gen, Stephen Fogarty said.

Looking back at the inaugural episode of the Military Matters podcast, hosts Desmon Farris and Rod Rodriguez discuss ongoing research into cannabis, misconceptions that persist about the controversial plant, and the its potential medical and addiction complications.

The bulk of the brigade, which is made up of nearly 4,000 paratroopers, is expected to remain in Kuwait, at least for the time being, defense officials said. The brigade, which is specially trained to deploy on short notice, was rushed into the Middle East during the first week of 2020 as tensions increased with Iran.

As third-grader Zacariah Yarbrough sat in the Bon Air Technology Academy gym on Tuesday, he listened to the middle school band practice for an upcoming performance — the supposed purpose of that day’s sudden convocation. Little did he know that on the other side of the gym doors, his mother was waiting, returning home from Kuwait.

Army Green Beret Master Sgt. Nathan Goodman died Tuesday during military freefall training in Arizona, officials said. The incident occurred during routine training near Eloy, Ariz., U.S. Army Special Operations Command spokesman Lt. Col. Loren Bymer said in a statement.

A memorial service will be held Thursday to honor Pvt. Connor J. McGurran, who died Jan. 8, Fort Jackson spokeswoman Leslie Ann Sully said in a new release. The 19-year-old Minnesota Army National Guard Soldier was found unresponsive following a training exercise.

Approximately 5,000 ribbons will cloak the trees that line Hazel Crest, Ill. to honor Army Spc. Henry “Mitch” Mayfield Jr., who was killed in a Jan. 5 attack at an airfield in Kenya.

According to base officials, it does not appear the deceased was affiliated with Fort Stewart and there is no threat to the community.

Puerto Rico has activated more than 650 of its National Guard members with 115 more preparing to travel from New York to help construct and support tent shelters across the southern region of the island where thousands of residents continue to sleep outdoors for fear of another major earthquake.

A soldier convicted of a sex crime is arguing that testimony explaining the military’s sexual assault prevention training “unfairly prejudiced” a jury, documents filed to the nation’s highest military court say.

Staff Sgt. Ian Paul McLaughlin, 29, of Newport News, Va., and Pfc. Miguel Angel Villalon, 21, of Joliet, Ill., died after an improvised explosive device struck their vehicle, said a news release from the 82nd Airborne Division.

U.S. officials had been discussing pulling out of some Iraqi bases to consolidate the American and allied troop presence in the country, but conflict with Iran and calls from Baghdad for foreign troops to withdraw have left those plans in limbo.

Alex knows his father is an “Army man.” He sees him in uniform. And he’s picked up on his mom’s swirling emotions. Since arriving in the Middle East, Dad usually called every morning and night, but after a few days of missed FaceTime connections, Alex’s 5-year-old brain assumed the worst.