The funds are part of ongoing efforts to improve base housing for service members with families. The work was sparked by Congress after lawmakers heard stories of residents and children being sickened by toxic conditions in some homes. 

Pvt. Xavier A. Rodriguez held the woman at an unnamed location where she was unlikely to be found. He threatened to kill her if she tried to leave and wielded a knife, firearm and his own hands, according to the court document.

Five men, including four former soldiers, were sentenced this week to prison time, probation and fines for their participation in the theft of nearly $3 million worth of military equipment from Fort Cavazos in Texas.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said Wednesday during a visit to Fort Bliss that he had approved federal immigration officials to establish a migrant detention facility at the base in west Texas along the U.S. border with Mexico.

The El Paso Police Department arrested Spc. Eric Lammarr Mathis, 23, at the west Texas Army base on Monday and charged him with murder for the death of Pvt. Edward DaQuan Smith, 23.

As part of a negotiated plea deal, April Evalyn Short, 31, agreed to a sentence of 20 years in prison along with substantial financial penalties and five years of supervised release following her prison term.

The pilot program will allow drivers access during the next two months at Fort Bliss, Texas, Fort Bragg, N.C., Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; and Schofield Barracks, Fort Shafter and Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii. More than 600,000 service members, their families, retirees and civilians use the six installations.

Another 600 Army and Air Force troops were announced Tuesday for deployments to the U.S. border with Mexico as President Donald Trump touted a dramatic decrease in migrants arrested for unauthorized entry into the country.

Nearly 200 military families at Fort Cavazos in Texas could be affected by a massive fire that destroyed an apartment building and a storage facility holding the household goods of service members moving to new duty stations.

Five soldiers are safe after an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Honduras this week during a routine training mission, U.S. Southern Command confirmed.