Reynaldo Arroyo, 23, received his first haircut in 15 years when he enlisted in the Army, and said he was donating his hair to a nonprofit that makes wigs for children with illnesses that cause hair loss.

The Army is seeking to make a 10-year-old crash program permanent to prepare Fort Carson chopper pilots for combat in Afghanistan by training in high terrain owned by the Bureau of Land Management.

The donated blood supports military service members and families worldwide. It's sent to military hospitals, ships, combat support hospitals and medics on the front lines.

The Indiana National Guard soldier who died in a tactical vehicle accident during training at Fort Hood, Texas, Thursday night has been identified as Staff Sgt. Andrew Michael St. John, 29, of Greenwood.

The Louisiana National Guard's newest general is a high school assistant principal and sports coach in daily life. Damian "Keith" Waddell of Lake Charles was promoted to brigadier general at Camp Beauregard in Pineville.

The family of a U.S. soldier killed during an October 2017 ambush in West Africa was presented the country’s third-highest valor award Friday in Florida, the fourth posthumous medal for valor in that incident presented in the past week.

Fort Carson officials announced Friday that its top leaders are home after nine months atop the Afghan War effort.

Army Sgt. LaDavid Johnson was one of four U.S. soldiers killed in an ambush and ensuing firefight in West Africa on Oct. 4, 2017. The Silver Star Medal is the U.S. military's third-highest personal decoration for valor in combat.

Units from Texas, Georgia and New York are among those deploying, according to the Army. The announcement comes as news of a potential agreement with the Taliban could mean a reduction of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

The exception for 2nd Lt. Brett Toth comes after President Donald Trump issued a memo in June to revise a Defense Department policy stating service academy graduates must serve at least two years before pursuing professional athletic careers.

A member of the Indiana Army National Guard died in a training accident late Thursday at Fort Hood, Texas, according to base officials.

Lt. Gen. Brad Becker was relieved of his position as commander of Installation Management Command, or IMCOM, due to a “loss of trust and confidence in his ability to command,” said Cynthia Smith, an Army spokeswoman.

Military families who live in the same on-post housing in the Pope Army Airfield neighborhood where two families experienced elevated levels of carbon monoxide earlier in the month are safe, according to Fort Bragg officials.

The soldier involved in Thursday's accident on a road between the Army’s Rose Barracks in Vilseck and the German town of Freihung, is part of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, based near where the accident occurred.

A family that went to the hospital with symptoms that suggested carbon monoxide poisoning has led military officials to warn dozens of families at Fort Bragg about possible exposure.

Concerns about Chinese efforts to build influence in the South Pacific will likely spur more exercises like one involving the U.S. Army in Fiji this month, according to a regional security expert.

Expected or unannounced inspections by the CDC are just part of the regulations the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases adheres to so that it can study dangerous viruses, toxins and bacteria.

Showing “total disregard for his personal safety or life,” Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright crossed open terrain under intense enemy fire to protect and recover two fallen comrades, his medal citation says. The medal was one of three posthumous awards presented in recent days to families of those slain in the attack.

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High above the rolling hills of northern Bavaria and nestled deep in a peaceful forest, the calming songs of cuckoo birds filled the air – right up until the heavy artillery fire began.

Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral for Spc. Michael Isaiah Nance from Chicago who was killed in Afghanistan just weeks into his first overseas tour.

Army medical staff vaccinated some 200 soldiers against mumps after several paratroopers in Italy showed symptoms of the virus and one tested positive for it in Germany.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bryan Craig Allen was indicted Aug. 6 and charged with theft of military property, conspiracy to steal property and two counts of aggravated identity theft.

Afghan forces trained by U.S. and coalition advisers aren’t capable of coordinating airdrops and may not receive adequate training to prevent them from killing civilians and friendly forces during airstrikes, a Defense Department report said.

A Birmingham man accused of trafficking in weapons seemingly had a fascination with known terrorists, bombs and suppressors and for that reason remains held until trial, according to a federal magistrate.

The leader of the Indiana National Guard is resigning days after a former contract worker accused him of retaliating against her for reporting his alleged affair with a subordinate.

Army Gen. Richard Clarke, the SOCOM commander, ordered the comprehensive review in a memorandum sent last week to his entire force. The review was to start immediately and conclude by the fall.

Army photos of the patrol Friday show troops deploying at least one drone, which resembles a miniature helicopter, during a counterterrorism mission.

USAMRIID received a cease and desist letter from the CDC on July 15. The CDC also suspended USAMRIID's registration Federal Select Agent Program, which monitors dangerous bacteria, viruses and toxins.

A tactical vehicle rolled over during a training session Friday at Camp Edwards. Three soldiers to Falmouth Hospital per policy, but there were no injuries.

A U.S. soldier based in Vicenza, Italy, was recently diagnosed with the mumps virus while on temporary duty to Germany, the Army said Friday.

Spc. Michael Isaiah Nance's remains were flown Friday to Midway Airport before being taken to a South Side funeral home. Nance and 20-year-old Pfc. Brandon Jay Kreischer died July 29 of wounds sustained in a combat-related incident.

A new Army policy means officers have to take the Graduate Records Examination, or GRE, when they’re taking the four- to six-month Captains Career Course. Not everyone thinks the move will have the results the Army is looking for.

Up to 300 gallons of oil may have leaked into the Snake River from a power-generating turbine at Lower Monumental Dam. The Army Corps of Engineers reported the suspected spill this week.

Army Gen. James McConville and Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Grinston were sworn in Friday as the top general and noncommissioned officer, respectively, in the U.S. military’s largest service during a ceremony at Fort Myer in Arlington, Va.

Bryan Craig Allen of Anacoco, Louisiana, was indicted Tuesday on charges of theft of military property, conspiracy and aggravated identity theft.

Four families connected by a single tragedy 57 years ago met for the first time to petition the government to fix a wrong: To finally add the names of 93 soldiers who died on a plane headed to Saigon to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

An employee of the U.S. Army Materiel Support Command-Korea died after he was trapped between a crane and an armored vehicle, police said.

Soldiers of the future may be eating bacon and egg breakfasts via tiny food bars. “A complete meal in a bar, that’s my goal,” said Tom Yang, senior food technologist at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center.

Army Futures Command is working to develop small, wearable tokens that would produce a wireless signal to be used while serving in a war zone or similar location.

Christopher Jones is part of the Army’s ultimate 21st-century unit — the esports team. A sergeant first class, Jones is the noncommissioned officer in charge of 16 soldiers who, during their three-year rotation with the team at Fort Knox, Kentucky, exchange real weapons for virtual ones.

Police launched a search for the soldier after a woman reported seeing him on the railway line between the town of Nittendorf and Nuernberg.

To compensate, the exchange is expanding its assortment of online digital entertainment alternatives from leading companies, including a discounted offer for the streaming service Hulu.

The outgoing commander of the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Col. David E. Shank, received the Silver German Armed Forces Cross of Honor prior to handing over command of the AAMDC to Brig. Gen. Gregory J. Brady.

The Army's attempts at recruiting through hip-hop have not gone exactly as hoped. The performers, Sgts. 1st Class Arlondo Sutton and Jason Brenner Locke, aren't letting the doubters get to them, but the rap might end up giving way to other initiatives.

Carlisle Barracks residents will have to wait until midday Tuesday at the earliest to learn what caused a problem that led to a do-not-use order for water on the base.

A congressional review of the Army's plan to close out watercraft units is expected to be completed by the end of September.

The Fort Monroe Authority on Friday removed the letters that spelled “Jefferson Davis Memorial Park” from an iron archway that honored the one-time Confederate president imprisoned at the former Army post.

A Fort Bliss soldier who helped children to safety at a Texas mall after a gunman opened fire at a nearby Walmart said he was just doing what he’d been trained to do.

Just how interoperable are U.S. and NATO forces — or, in non-Army English, can a Polish soldier hop inside a U.S. Humvee and take it for a spin? Can a U.S. soldier pick up a Romanian AK-47 and hit their mark? As it turns out, yeah. They can.

The Strykers with lasers would be tasked with protecting maneuvering brigades from drones, rotary-wing aircraft, rockets, artillery and mortar rounds.

Montanans between the ages of 16 and 34 got a little taste of what it’s like to be in the U.S. Army National Guard Saturday at the first-ever “Be a Guardsman” event hosted at Fort Harrison.

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More than 100,000 mostly German civilians are expected to enter U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria to drink German beer, go on rides and eat American food at the annual German American Volksfest this weekend.

A Republican senator held up the confirmation of a White House budget official this week in an attempt to obtain sensitive information about border wall contracts he’s been trying to steer to a major donor, according to emails obtained by The Washington Post.

Three former U.S. Army Special Forces members were ordered to serve three years' probation, to forfeit $40,000, and to pay $40,000 in criminal restitution, records state.

All research at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease, which handles high-level disease causing materials including strains of Ebola, is currently on hold after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent a cease and desist order in July.

The $130 million plan will make Texas A&M University’s RELLIS campus the Army’s main hub for testing and evaluating its future-of-war technologies.

Mold has been an ongoing issue in the 77 dormitories spread across Joint Base San Antonio. Now a nearly complete review of all dorms shows about one out of every six rooms has mold.

Army Spc. Michael Isaiah Nance, who was killed in an insider attack in Afghanistan Monday, was remembered by family as a fun-loving, caring son whose dream was to join the Army.

Pfc. Brandon Jay Kreischer, who was shot by an Afghan soldier in an insider attack this week, was remembered at his Ohio high school Wednesday during a news conference.

Maj. Gen. Christopher O. Mohan took command Wednesday of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, a unit whose role has greatly expanded across Eastern Europe. Mohan, a career logistician, replaces Maj. Gen. Steven Shapiro.

Pfc. Brandon Jay Kreischer, 20, of Stryker, Ohio, and Spc. Michael Isaiah Nance, 24, of Chicago, died in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan province, “as a result of wounds sustained in a combat related incident,” said a Defense Department statement issued Tuesday evening. The incident is under investigation.

The League of United Latin American Citizens approved a resolution brought forward by a council of Texas veterans to rename Fort Hood as Fort Benavidez, in honor of former Special Forces Master Sgt. Roy Benavidez.

Expect more dust and noise from Fort Carson as a team conducts artillery training with live munitions through Aug. 17.

About 50 soldiers from the Bartonville-based unit are leaving for training at Fort Bliss, Texas, before deploying to Afghanistan. The National Guard bureau in Springfield said about 100 soldiers with ties to central Illinois are part of the statewide deployment.

1st Lt. Sarah Beard, 28, came from behind to grab first place Sunday in the competition in Lima, Peru.

U.S. Army law enforcement agent Jared Moran and his wife, Traci, contend Capt. Michael Harari, a chaplain at Joint Base Lewis McChord, tried to ostracize them from the Jewish community after Traci sought help after being sexually harassed by another rabbi.

U.S. Special Operations Command on Monday confirmed that a 2018 blast in Syria that killed two special operations soldiers from the U.S. and the U.K. was caused by coalition explosives, not a roadside bomb.

The two paratroopers were shot and killed Monday by an Afghan solider at a base in southern Kandahar province, according to a spokesman for the Afghan army’s 205th Corps.

After mold in dorms forced about 200 airmen into new housing over the weekend at Joint Base San Antonio in Texas, officials anticipate the number of displaced airmen to grow.

Gen. Joseph Martin has been sworn in as the Army’s 37th vice chief of staff during a ceremony at the Pentagon.

Soldiers in an Army infantry battalion stationed in Romania got used to seeing one of their senior officers, Maj. Joel Radunzel, typing away on a laptop juiced by a battery pack — in a field tent.

Soldiers with the training center's 53rd Ordnance Company -- EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) left for Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Tacoma. From there, they will leave for Afghanistan.

Army families are less satisfied with living conditions in on-post housing than they were last year, according to a pair of surveys that service officials sent out in January as they work to address ongoing problems reported in residences run by private management companies.

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After a week of grueling physical tests and precision marksmanship, sharpshooters of the French Foreign Legion emerged as the winners of the U.S. Army’s 2019 European Best Sniper Team Competition.

U.S. Army Cpl. Charles Stanley Lawler’s burial will close an excruciating chapter for his family. His mother always held out hope that he had been captured and not killed or missing.

Next week Gen. Stephen J. Townsend will make his first trip to East Africa, where the U.S. faces a complicated security situation in places like Somalia.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kevin P. Sullivan was killed and two other soldiers injured after a tree fell during severe weather at Fort Pickett Monday.

The soldier tried to steal a taxi after the driver refused to let him into the car, but crashed the taxi into a fire hydrant, the Korea Broadcasting System reported.

Antoine Lewis, one of 346 victims of two fatal plane crashes involving Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft, was an Army captain who had served for 15 years and was stationed in Canada at the time of his death.

Col. Daniel Vogel took command of U.S. Army Garrison Italy from Col. Erik Berdy, who is headed to the Pentagon, where he’ll be special assistant for legislative affairs to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Flying for more than 20 years through some of the world’s most dangerous landscapes has had an everlasting effect on Lt. Col. Stephen Howard Gilbertson, a veteran of the Vietnam War,

A new hospital at Camp Humphreys was officially transferred to the U.S. government on Wednesday. Its fall opening will provide relief to Americans at Camp Humphreys, many of whom must commute 55 miles to Seoul for care.

Deputy Benjamin “Benji” Nimtz of the Broward County Sheriff's Office was driving his patrol SUV with lights and sirens on toward a domestic dispute when there was a collision with a pickup in Deerfield Beach.

Drew Morgan, a West Point graduate and Army physician, has some great adventures to look forward to, according to retired astronaut Doug Wheelock. “He’s going to have the time of his life up there,” Wheelock said.

Futures Command is the Army’s newest four-star command. It aims to transform the acquisition and modernization process to prepare and equip soldiers for future battlefields.

Federal officials likely won’t need to use a Fort Sill facility to hold minors from other countries until this fall, and possibly not at all, U.S. Sen. James Lankford said Monday.

The Pentagon has revealed a few details about a secret Army mission that has Black Hawk helicopters flying missions over the Washington, D.C., area backed by active-duty and reserve soldiers.

A U.S. Army-run laboratory on an Australian military base is helping protect troops from mosquito-borne diseases in tropical environments such as the training areas used in this month’s Talisman Sabre exercise Down Under.

Sgt. 1st Class Wilton "Pappy" White was a pioneer and a legend in the Army Ranger world. No one close to him knows exactly how White was removed from the Ranger Hall of Fame — but there was enough question about his mysterious removal that inspired fellow Rangers to pursue White's reinstatement to the institution that honors the best of the elite Rangers.

At least 70 people came out to play golf, or just to donate, on Patriot Golf Day in honor of Green Beret Matthew Lewellen, who was killed in Jordan in 2016.

Sgt. William Edward Friese, 30, a light-wheeled vehicle mechanic in the West Virginia Army National Guard, died Thursday at Camp Buehring, the military said. Details of the incident were not released, and a Pentagon statement said it remained under investigation.

A Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 cargo aircraft flew from Hickam Field to Kalaeloa Airport on Thursday to pick up simulated wounded troops who had been transported from a notional battlefield by an Army Black Hawk helicopter.

A week after Army officials here said the U.S. military had agreed to shoulder the entire $1.2 million added to the bill for a noise reduction project at a Stuttgart area firing range, U.S. European Command is saying not so fast.

The Wisconsin National Guard said the aircraft lost its data link with the operator at the Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center when it was northwest of Volk Field.

Beginning July 22, all visitors to West Point who are not connected to the Department of Defense will be required to check in at the Visitor Control Center to be issued local access credentials.