The post welcomed its newest garrison commander and the leader of its Medical Department Activity during ceremonies in recent weeks.

The Mothers of Military Service (MOMS) Leave Act would allow female members of the Guard and Reserves to receive pay and points toward retirement for six drills weekends, or 12 pay periods.

James McCloughan, the most recent recipient of the Medal of Honor, says he's humbled by the appreciation he's been shown by the people in Illinois.

The man charged with driving a car into a crowd of counter-protesters during a rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday, received military training at Fort Benning in 2015, U.S. Army officials confirmed Monday.

Two boys who died while attending the government-run Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania about 135 years ago were returned to the Northern Arapaho tribe on Monday for reburial at their Wyoming reservation.

An artillery round meant to be fired at an Islamic State target in northern Iraq on Sunday exploded prematurely killing two American soldiers, defense officials said.

Simone Askew is making history as the first black woman to lead the Long Grey Line at the U.S. Military Academy. The 20-year-old international history major from Fairfax, Va., assumed duties Monday as first captain of the 4,400-member Corps of Cadets.

The Army is hunting for a new universal assault rifle to arm infantrymen with a lighter, more powerful weapon as a potential replacement for systems ranging from carbines to light machine guns.

A new hydroelectric plant will soon be built downstream from the Pueblo Dam to supply electricity to Fort Carson and Fountain Utilities.

A Fort Benning soldier died early Saturday after the vehicle he was driving went out control on the J.R. Allen Parkway, went over the railing and crashed onto the Chattahoochee Riverwalk, authorities said.

In the 127 years since the debut of the Army baseball team, no pitcher has ever reached the Major Leagues. Until now.

Thirty-five members of the 120th are heading to Afghanistan, after a period of training at Fort Hood, Texas. Two-thirds of the 35 soldiers have deployed before.

A network of tiny satellites as small as a dorm-room refrigerator could one day give military troops on the ground a real-time look at what’s lurking over the next hill.

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The ceremony marked the beginning of a farewell to Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, who will retire later this year after having commanded U.S. Army Europe since November 2014.

Army Gen. Vincent Brooks said Combined Forces Command will rely heavily on its new deputy commander’s missile-defense knowledge as tensions continue to rise on the Korean Peninsula.

Lt. Col. Jon Genge, the new commander of the 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, is excited to be part of such a history-rich organization and is looking forward to leading the unit on its next mission — a rotation to the National Training Center.

The Hawaii Army National Guard has been told that approximately 1,000 of its guardsmen should be prepared to deploy to the Middle East and Europe in the spring.

The Razorback Range, an aircraft bombing and targeting range at Fort Chaffee, is officially being transferred over to the Arkansas Army National Guard on Sept. 30.

One by one, 14 soldiers from the U.S Army Cyber School were called to the stage in Alexander Hall on Tuesday afternoon to receive certificates in cyber operations.

Lucas McCulley was born with a rare lymphangioma tumor. He has turned to the internet for help with a goal of raising $40,000. Removing the tumor would not only give him a normal life, but also allow him to pursue his dream of joining the military.

A former Department of Defense security guard and Army intelligence officer has admitted to abandoning her work station when she was supposed to be monitoring security cameras.

The 1st Theater Sustainment Command ended its more than four decades of history on Fort Bragg this week, as the unit moves to a new U.S headquarters at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Army prosecutors in the Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl desertion case said they don’t plan to use statements against him that he allegedly made while he was held captive for nearly five years by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales has asked an Army court for a special hearing to explore evidence that his massacre of 16 Afghan civilians may have been tied to a controversial malaria drug given to troops that is known to cause hallucinations, anxiety and paranoia.

A woman has pleaded guilty to helping her boyfriend kill his wife. Prosecutors said she gave him a gun and her car, stayed in his apartment to establish an alibi, and then disposed of the weapon after the deed was done.

The one-day event gave military contractors, federal agencies, defense contracting firms and the state's small businesses an opportunity to network.

Three Humvees broke loose from their parachutes and plummeted to earth at the Hohenfels Training Area in April 2016. Now, a sergeant charged in connection with the free-fall destruction is headed to court-martial, the military said.

Over two weeks in September and October, researchers flew the drone into plumes while carrying a gas- and particle-sensing system designed by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to the draft report, which AP obtained through an open records request. Its findings were first reported by ProPublica.

Montana Army National Guard officials say 15 troops and a Chinook helicopter are being sent to fight a fire burning the in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest.

A plan tentatively recommended by the Army Corps of Engineers to help keep Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan would cost $275 million, with no guarantee the invasive species of fish still wouldn't populate the Great Lakes.

A New York Army National Guard unit that traces its lineage to the U.S. entry into the First World War is marking a century as a fighting force.

Army National Guard Sgt. Chris Galbusieri is asking for the public’s help in locating the families of people buried in an old cemetery at McClellan that predates the Army’s presence there.

Gov. Roy Cooper has ordered flags at state facilities lowered to half-staff in tribute to two Fort Bragg soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan this week. Meanwhile, supporters have raised more than $60,000 to help support the families of the paratroopers.

The 59th annual German-American Volksfest at the U.S. Army’s Grafenwoehr Training Area was expected to attract more than 100,000 people over the weekend – many lured to the base by the smell of Bratwurst and Texas barbecued ribs.

Spc. Christopher Harris who was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, was remembered by hometown friend William Kerr as one who "always took care of everyone and was the most selfless person that I met, and put everyone else's needs before him."

With the ongoing centennial observations marking America’s entry into World War I, and in the wake of the British royal family’s visit to Ypres to mark the 100th anniversary of the bloody third battle there, one U.S. Army Europe soldier made the trip to the battle site to visit the grave of his great-uncle, a British army private slain there in 1915.

Soldiers, family and friends Friday filled the Signal Towers auditorium at Fort Gordon, Ga., to welcome the commandant of the U.S. Army Cyber School.

Trial is set to begin next week against Pvt. Michael Walker, who is accused of conspiring with his lover to kill his wife. A judge has ruled that statements an Army medic made to an investigator after his wife was found killed were coerced.

Next week, soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division will launch Fort Bragg’s first MQ-1C Gray Eagle, an unmanned aerial vehicle the size of a small plane.

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The U.S. Army’s 5th Signal Command cased its colors in a ceremony at Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden on Friday, marking the end of its 43 years as the leading military signals unit in Europe.

Whatever fear 1st Lt. Bennis M. Blue may have had when she joined the 82nd Airborne Division was quickly set aside shortly after she arrived to her unit in 1978.

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Brig. Gen. Frederick R. Maiocco Jr. took command of the 7th Mission Support Command from outgoing commander Brig. Gen. Steven Ainsworth on Friday.

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As work progresses on the National Museum of the United States Army at Fort Belvoir, Va., the call has gone out for Army veterans to submit stories of their experience in the military for presentation at the new facility.

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Soldiers with the Army’s 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, conducted a live-fire exercise on Friday in preparation for the Combined Resolve IX exercise later this month.

The defense team for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, in a hearing scheduled for Tuesday, plans to raise possible use of a controversial malaria drug as justification for a review of the life-without-parole sentence he received for the murder of 16 Afghans.

The USO of North Carolina is giving soldiers transitioning from military service another resource to tap into for help during their integration into the civilian workforce.

The El Paso Police's Auto Theft Task Force arrested Michael Dewayne Owens Jr., 21, on two counts of theft of a vehicle and a charge of fraudulent transfer of another car.

Col. Jay Hopkins took command of the 1st Armored Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade on July 21. Hopkins leads the 2,700-soldier, full-spectrum helicopter brigade.

The two soldiers killed were members of the 82nd Airborne stationed at Fort Bragg, family members confirmed Thursday. The attack took place near the city of Kandahar on Wednesday.

An African-American woman will take the top position in West Point's cadet chain of command for the first time in the academy's history.

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U.S. soldiers are busy training Georgian infantrymen to defend their borders, working just 40 miles from where Russian troops occupy the breakaway region of South Ossetia.

Staff Sgt. Nathan D. Stull was a wheeled vehicle mechanic assigned to E Company, 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. The Fayetteville Police Department is investigating the circumstances of his death.

Soldiers in the U.S. Army Reserve are suing the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security for stalling their citizenship applications after they joined the military through a program that promised them fast-track naturalization for their service.

Command Sgt. Maj. Scott C. Schroeder boiled down more than 34 years of Army service into a single piece of advice on Tuesday — his last day in an Army uniform.

The commander who oversaw operations of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) during the height of the three-year Ebola outbreak in West Africa transferred command of the agency in a Tuesday morning ceremony.

Pentagon officials refused Tuesday to provide a breakdown of how many California Guard soldiers had their debts waived and how many are still facing repayment demands for bonuses that ranged from $15,000 to $80,000.

Bahram Bordbar, 62, admitted Tuesday to improperly receiving $320,000 from a U.S. Army contract despite failing to properly overhaul a part used in Apache helicopters.

A 20-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker has been charged with murder in the death of a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan in early 2014. The man was also charged with the attempted murder of two more American soldiers wounded in the same ambush.

As a 23-year-old Army medic, James C. McCloughan ran through fields of flying bullets repeatedly to retrieve and treat wounded comrades in the midst of a deadly two-day battle. More than 48 years later, at 71, McCloughan was presented with the top U.S. military honor.

“I’m gonna go as long as I can go,” says World War II veteran and career Army man Charles Carroll, 104, who for the last decade has spent 4 hours, twice a week, as a volunteer at Delray Medical Center.

Visiting soldiers from Fort Campbell, Ky., say they got a fantastic training experience at Fort Bliss while participating in the Army’s modernization mission.

The new leader of a Fort Carson brigade may be the Army's busiest man.

About a month after ride-sharing companies were given the clearance to operate in upstate New York, no companies have made formal arrangements to allow drivers to take passengers to and from Fort Drum.

A woman, for the first time, has been named the new leader of the Alabama National Guard.

Maj. Gen. James E. Kraft Jr. relinquished command of the 1st Special Forces Command on Friday during a ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C. Kraft relinquished command of the unit to Maj. Gen. Fran M. Beaudette.

Nearly two decades since Master Sgt. David K. Thuma's death, his legacy lives on at Fort Bragg, where dozens of soldiers gathered Friday to honor him and mark the 30th anniversary of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School's noncommissioned officer academy.

Military officials are working quickly in the face of changing winds in Lewis County, coming in the form of new turbine developments near its Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield.

A new class of future leaders in and out of the United States military walked across the stage Friday as part of the 2017 distance education graduating class at the U.S. Army War College.

More than 30 soldiers from the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, spent a week working with city officials and speaking with residents as part of a training exercise meant to prepare them for upcoming deployments to the Middle East.

Fort Carson is pushing forward to diversify the sprawling post's renewable energy portfolio despite apathy and even resistance from the White House.

The U.S. Army plans to start trucking hazardous wastewater next week from a chemical weapons destruction plant in Colorado to an incineration facility in Texas because the Colorado plant isn't yet fully operational, officials said Friday.

Every Friday, John Nikolao’s neighbors can see him walking his dogs while dressed head to toe in red — red cap, red T-shirt, red socks. It’s not a Santa thing. The newly retired Chief Warrant Officer 5 — a Black Hawk pilot and father of seven who deployed to war every other year from 2003 to 2014 — wears red to pay tribute to deployed soldiers far from home and loved ones.

Teachers got a four-hour lesson on local military history, careers and current events Thursday at Fort Gordon, in a gathering designed to acquaint them with the massive military facility.

A 101st Airborne Division soldier who recently returned from supporting Iraqi security forces in their fight to retake Mosul has been nominated for an award for his bravery at home, the military said.

A powerful tribe has given the Jordanian government an ultimatum: Release the killer of three U.S. soldiers or face a wave of tribal unrest.

Army Gen. Mark Milley warned Thursday that “time is running out” to halt North Korea’s efforts at developing a ballistic missile capable of hitting the United States.

Eugene Cleaver admitted the crime took place while he was stationed at Fort Riley. While there, he lived with four minor females and their parents. Cleaver had molested the children and warned them not to say a word or he would get into trouble.

Anniston Army Depot, a repair and maintenance base for vehicles and weapons, is under new management after Col. Joel Warhurst took command Thursday.

Lt. Col. Mike Loftus feels right at home with his new assignment even though he has never served at Fort Bliss before. Eighteen years earlier, when he was a young lieutenant, he got his start in the Army as a platoon leader with the 2nd Engineer Battalion.

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The sole survivor of the gunfight, a Green Beret who requested his name be withheld because of his past involvement with covert operations, described the sequence of events that occurred during the attack in an email.

After three years of deployments to the likes of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and six months spent training the Ukrainian National Guard for combat – the 173rd is shifting south.

Wednesday morning, soldiers from multiple branches of the military built a bridge to cross the Arkansas River during a training exercise one mile off US-59 between Van Buren and Barling.

An Army staff sergeant is not guilty of murder in the death of his 2-month-old child, a Katterbach Kaserne military jury decided Thursday.

German authorities are holding up the move of a U.S. Army medical support unit from Pirmasens to Kaiserslautern because they say the Army didn’t properly consult German construction officials before renovating six base buildings ahead of the move.

A peacekeeping exercise with U.S. and South African troops headed into its final week as the troops practiced U.N. peacekeeping procedures, trained in detecting roadside bombs and learned “bush craft.”.

An Army contractor was found guilty Thursday in Aomori District Court on assault charges stemming from an altercation at Misawa Air Base last November.

Branden Keith Harms wept as a judge recounted his act of "madness" and "inexplicable violence" toward Ava Bermudez, who died in April 2016 two days after she was left alone with Harms while her mother - Harms' live-in girlfriend - was out with a friend.

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Video released by the Jordanian military reveals for the first time footage of a November gunbattle that left three U.S. Army Green Berets dead, including Matthew Lewellen of Kirksville, Mo.

A federal judge Monday scheduled a trial date in September for Wheeler Army Airfield soldier Ikaika Erik Kang on four counts of trying to provide support to the Islamic State.

Marcus Theodore Wiggins, 27, was arrested in Lee County and charged with murder in the death of 26-year-old soldier Donald Matthews. The altercation started while the two were at a local restaurant.

The chapel, built in 1941 and dedicated in 1958 to all the soldiers who trained at Fort Jackson for World War II, is slated for demolition in October.

The 93-year-old Stokes twins became renowned for their exploits while fighting across North Africa and Europe as members of a tank destroyer crew, and are set to be recognized as Chevaliers of the Legion of Honor next month.

Fort Bragg's new top cop, Col. Larry Dewey assumed command for the 16th Military Police Battalion on Friday during a traditional, although hot, ceremony at Fort Bragg's Main Post Parade Field.

A soldier has died after he was shot Saturday in Columbus, authorities said.

On Oct. 15, 2018, the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Corps Band (62nd Army Band) will inactivate.