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Hundreds of people lined streets in the Indiana hometown of Army Sgt. Jonathon Michael Hunter, who was killed with Spec. Christopher Harris in an Aug. 2 attack on a NATO convoy.

The U.S. Army soldier assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade found dead in his barracks on Caserma Ederle Saturday has been identified as Pfc. Andrew Young, 21, from Dallas, Oregon.

The family of 27-year-old Aaron Butler says the Green Beret was a champion high school wrestler who always dreamed of joining the military and qualified for the U.S. Army Special Forces with honors last year.

The Army has named the five missing crew members of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that crashed Aug. 15 in the waters off northwest Oahu.

The father of an American teenager who went missing from Camp Humphreys more than a week ago says his daughter “is a very happy person” and he and his family desperately want her back home.

Staff Sgt. Sarah Zimmerman was one of six soldiers inside a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle that was struck by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan earlier this month.

Pilot error was to blame for the 2015 crash-landing of an Army MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter onto a Military Sealift Command ship off Okinawa’s coast, according to a report by Japan’s Ministry of Defense.

An investigative report on a 2016 Fort Hood training exercise that resulted in the deaths of eight soldiers and one West Point cadet broadly outlines how the accident occurred but redacts all findings, autopsy reports and recommendations.

Emergency responders completed a fourth morning of searching without any trace of five missing aviators from an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that went down off of Kaena Point, the westernmost tip of land on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

Deputy Robyn Roe understands why it was a big accomplishment in the eyes of some people for her to become the first female SWAT operator for the San Juan County Sheriff's Office. But for her, it was nothing to get excited about.

National Guard troops are now helping out at a rapidly growing wildfire in western Montana.

After two tours with the Army in the Middle East, Carlos Lugo was about to turn his childhood dream into a reality but one obstacle remained in his way. Lugo is missing half of his left arm.

Fort Carson's five-day celebration this week came with candles, cake and pain to celebrate the 4th Infantry Division's 100th. Welcome to Ironhorse Week, in which a few good punches and kicks come with punch and cake.

Luis Alberto Morales pleaded guilty to producing child pornography after federal prosecutors dropped a charge of aggravated sexual abuse of a minor. He also will have lifetime supervision after he is released and must register as a sex offender.

All five crew members aboard a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed over the Pacific had life vests and an air bottle for underwater breathing, but Army officials and rescuers searching the turbulent waters off Hawaii for days had not seen signs of life as of late Friday.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Friday for the Davis Barracks, named after Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., a 1936 West Point graduate who would go on to become the Air Force's first black general.

When hundreds of Fort Bragg soldiers belonging to the 18th Airborne Corps deployed to Iraq and Kuwait last year, Army Reserve soldiers from across the country came to Fort Bragg to bolster the corps’ efforts.

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U.S. Army battalion conducts their final live-fire training to prepare for the culminating event of their rotation in Europe on Friday.

Though debris was found from the UH-60 Black Hawk, there has been no sign of the two pilots and three crewmembers who were aboard when controllers lost radio contact with it about 10 p.m. The missing soldiers are from the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade based at Wheeler Army Airfield.

Sgt. Allen Stigler and Sgt. Roshain Brooks are back home. The two soldiers, killed in Iraq on Aug. 13, arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Tuesday, where officials conducted a dignified transfer of the remains.

Col. Shana Peck has been temporarily suspended from command of the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade at Fort Bliss after she was arrested in southern New Mexico and accused of driving while under the influence.

West Point is where Robert E. Lee learned to be a soldier and later served as superintendent before resigning from the U.S. Army to lead Confederate troops during the Civil War. It's also where a cadet barracks is named after him.

Aaron Butler's father said his son was "absolutely fearless, selfless, courageous and relentless." He died in a blast while clearing a building in eastern Afghanistan with a 12-soldier team that was on patrol with Afghan troops.

When the Army wants to move ammunition and fuel around the United States, it gets a waiver for road rules that apply to other hazardous materials transporters. Not so in Europe.

An Army appeals court has affirmed the prison sentence of a former Fort Bragg officer serving 19 years for the murders of two Afghans.

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Fort Drum, Carthage Area Hospital and Samaritan Medical Center joined forces to run an annual full-scale mass casualties drill on Wednesday morning.

All around the country, officials are discussing whether to remove memorials and rename public spaces dedicated to Confederate leaders. But not at the Pentagon.

Eight years after Cpl. Nicholas Ryan Roush was killed in Afghanistan, his parents were invited back to Fort Bragg to help honor their son.

A picture of a man wearing a hat with the insignia of the Army's 82nd Airborne giving a KKK salute in Charlottesville circulated Twitter this week, prompting a response from the division.

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Walking around the Walter F. Bruce VFW Post, Johnny Wearing was able to say thank you and good-bye to the people most important to him, including his fellow World War II bomber crew members and their children.

Searchers spent Wednesday retrieving wreckage from an Army helicopter that went missing the night before about 5 miles off the coast of northwest Oahu; however, no trace of the five crewmen had been found by mid-afternoon.

A northern Indiana man was sentenced Tuesday after being convicted of murder in the January 2016 slaying 27-year-old Jodie Henderson, a member of the Army National Guard.

Sgt. Roshain E. Brooks, 30, and Spc. Allen L. Stigler Jr., 22, deployed to Iraq in January from Fort Bragg in North Carolina. They were due home next month.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.