Finland serves as field showcase for US Army’s upgraded rocket system

The U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment is no stranger to the High North, but this time its soldiers brought an attention-getting newcomer with them.

Fort Liberty soldier charged in 2022 killing that police say he committed before enlisting in Army

An 82nd Airborne Division soldier was arrested and charged at Fort Liberty, N.C., for a killing that he is accused of committing in Indiana two years ago before he joined the Army, military and state law enforcement officials said.

Fort Cavazos soldier gets 6 months in prison, discharge for arson in the barracks, owning child sex materials

A Fort Cavazos soldier was sentenced Wednesday to six months confinement and a discharge after pleading guilty to possession of child sex materials and setting fire to a trash can in the barracks during a night of heavy drinking.

JBLM soldier drowned in heavy surf during Hawaii vacation

Sgt. Joelle Pamplona, a 29-year-old physical therapist, was on a private trip to Hawaii. Pamplona and two unidentified friends went snorkeling in an area with signs that warned visitors not to go into the ocean.

Finland hosts American and allied artillery drills amid renewed Baltic Sea tensions

U.S. soldiers are firing away north of the Arctic Circle as Finland hosts the largest NATO artillery exercise in Europe for the first time since joining the alliance last year.

South Korean police suspect US soldier of punching teen near Camp Humphreys

South Korean police arrested a U.S. soldier over the weekend on suspicion of punching a teenager in Pyeongtaek, the city adjacent to the Army’s Camp Humphreys, and fracturing his jaw.

Areas surrounding Army bases in Baumholder under boil water notice

A boil water notice due to bacterial contamination has been extended to 35 communities near the U.S. Army’s posts at Baumholder, Birkenfeld District officials announced Sunday.

US military commissaries begin stocking more local produce in South Korea

The Defense Commissary Agency is replacing U.S. imports of certain fruits and vegetables with locally grown counterparts.

Special ops veteran, last US military officer to leave Afghanistan nominated to head Army in Europe

Lt. Gen. Christopher T. Donahue has a long history in the Army’s most elite special operations units. And Donahue’s team was among the first to arrive in Europe in connection with a Pentagon push to bolster NATO’s eastern flank amid concerns about Russian aggression in 2022.

Former soldier locked up for intentional hit-and-run in Germany that injured another soldier

A former US Army specialist stationed in Germany is now serving a lengthy prison sentence for purposely ramming into a fellow soldier with his car.

Immigration sting nets 10 suspected of working illegally at Camp Humphreys

Army Criminal Investigation Division agents and South Korean investigators apprehended 10 people during a sting at Camp Humphreys, according to an investigator.

Army offers incentive pay to first-term soldiers who extend service for deployments

Soldiers approaching the end of their enlistment contracts in a unit scheduled for a rotational deployment can keep counting on an Army enticement aimed at getting them to stick around.

Throngs line up for first taste of Panda Express at US Army base in South Korea

Soldiers and their families stood in line at Camp Humphreys for the grand opening of a Panda Express, the franchise’s second location in South Korea.

Fort Campbell soldier gets 2 years in prison for taking sexually explicit photos, videos of soldiers, children

A Fort Campbell, Ky., soldier was sentenced to more than two years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to taking sexually explicit images and videos of children and other soldiers without their consent, according to the Army.

‘Our veterans deserve the best’: Lawmakers urge Army to restore horse-drawn funerals at Arlington

The return of military horses that have escorted caskets to gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery for more than 75 years will depend on the Army securing adequate pastureland, repairing rundown stables and improving training for handlers, officials said.

Promising AI threat detection tool due for naval testing in wake of Army trials

Known as Scylla, the experimental software connects to surveillance cameras and turbocharges their monitoring potential, picking up on things imperceptible to the naked eye of a guard.

Photograph stolen from veteran 78 years ago returned

One image of a young Army master sergeant standing in his uniform was unseen for 78 years, but now it’s on display at the Those Who Served War Museum in Princeton, W.Va.

US Forces Japan scouts central Tokyo property ahead of major command overhaul

As part of a restructuring initiative, U.S. Forces Japan is looking into appropriating an Army compound in central Tokyo as the command weighs a move from the city’s western suburbs potentially to a downtown district just a few miles from Japan’s Ministry of Defense.

‘Dedicated’ Fort Stewart soldier jumps in river to get crab trap and goes under, Army officials say

Spc. Carlito Lindsey, 26, a member of the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, drowned Nov. 7 in the Tivoli River in Richmond Hill.