Nearly 270 soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 197th Field Artillery Regiment reunited with family and friends Thursday during a welcome home ceremony after a nine-month deployment to the Middle East.

Army Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett were killed in the strike on the small northeast Jordan base known as Tower 22, according to the Pentagon.

Aviation and ground vehicle readiness at Guard units across the country will be affected if the money is not returned, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said during a budget hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s subpanel for defense.

Spc. Joshua S. Robinson, a 22-year-old from Baton Rouge, La., died Thursday at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, as the result of an undisclosed noncombat-related incident that is under investigation, the Pentagon said in a statement.

Two soldiers died this week following separate noncombat-related incidents supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, the Pentagon announced Thursday.

During this past year’s pandemic and alarming rise in unemployment rates, we in the military recognize how truly fortunate we are to have the type of job security many in the civilian sector do not share. However, sergeants major, the Army’s most senior NCO rank, have a pay scale that, appallingly, does not increase on par with their officer counterparts.

The military airfield is undergoing an $81.49 million repair project, a Fort Bragg spokeswoman said. The project includes demolition and replacement of the runway and replacement of north and south taxiway lighting.

Erin Fagnan’s promotion to drill sergeant las month was 11 years in the making, but it wasn’t something that she initially thought of when she joined the Guard.

Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe’s name now graces the primary ceremonial grounds at Fort Stewart, Ga., which were renamed Thursday in honor of the fallen Iraq War hero by 3rd Infantry Division officials as they await word on a proposal to award the Medal of Honor to the soldier.

In a news release Tuesday, Wisconsin state Sen. Dale Kooyenga, R-Brookfield, announced his resolution that proposes renaming Fort Bragg after Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg’s cousin, Union Gen. Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, of Wisconsin.