Gen. Johnny Davis assumed leadership of Recruiting Command in October 2022, around the time the Army reported missing its recruiting goal for the fiscal year by 25%. Since then, the service’s recruiting has made a major comeback.
The Oklahoma National Guard soldiers deploying are engineers set to work on infrastructure projects, including building homes and work related to plumbing, electrical and HVAC systems.
U.S. Army aviators and Japanese troops are rehearsing their disaster response techniques, a year after they flew real-world missions for victims of a deadly earthquake on Japan’s western coast.
National Guard troops on full-time active duty are now eligible to enroll in a tax-advantaged, health care flexible spending account, according to a spokesman for the Department of Defense.
Seventeen service members and veterans testified Friday, Saturday, and Monday in an Army doctor’s court-martial for sexually abusing 41 patients at the Lewis-McChord hospital.
The Idaho National Guard deployed 10 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and more than 80 soldiers to Ft. Belvoir, Va., on Jan. 10 and 11 in support of the Joint Emergency Evacuation Plan mission.
American troops recently joined a 12-nation parachute drill near Tokyo to hone skills needed to recapture remote islands.
A U.S. soldier is under investigation on suspicion of negligent homicide following the death of a pedestrian who was struck by a military police car in Ansbach, German police said Monday.
The New Year’s Day suicide of an Army Green Beret exposed the Pentagon’s struggle to identify and treat brain injuries and mental health issues, raising alarm among some lawmakers, medical experts and former military personnel.
Three Humvees and other military equipment were stolen from an Army Reserve center near Santa Ana, Calif., Wednesday, as wildfires devastated parts of Los Angeles County.
Attorneys for Staff Sgt. Marlone Best, 27, conceded in court this week that the soldier shot and killed Larry Kidd Jr. during an altercation Feb. 17, 2024, at a busy fast-food restaurant, but only after being provoked by 10 months of threats against his life.
“Military personnel historically use tobacco and nicotine products at much higher rates than their civilian counterparts,” University of Virginia researcher Melissa Little said. “Our results show that these same disparities are continuing with new and emerging products, like nicotine pouches.”
A U.S. soldier who admitted to distributing child pornography and attempting to arrange the rape of a young girl was sentenced to nine years in prison during a two-day hearing at Rose Barracks that ended Thursday.
Commissary shoppers in Europe will soon have to bring their own bags or purchase a reusable option as base grocery stores progressively phase out single-use plastic bags this month.
Tupu Lamar Hawkins, 17, who had “been determined to be at significant risk by law enforcement,” was found following a two-day search after he went missing from the Sagamihara Family Housing Area on Camp Zama near Tokyo.
Maj. Michael Stockin reached a plea deal that a lawyer representing some of the dozens of victims said would result in a sentence of 10 to 14 years in military prison. At least 22 of Stockin’s victims have filed federal claims against the Army, totaling at least $110 million.
That night’s fight and shooting followed 10 months of threats from Kidd toward Best, who was dating Kidd’s ex-wife. Best had called the Killeen Police Department three times for help and had gotten none, Dray said.
A Fort Bliss soldier was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing an underage family member.
Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers will deploy for a year to the Middle East in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led military mission set up a decade ago to combat Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.