Tag: Army

A soldier looks through the scope of his rifle as he guards a engineer road construction project near the Mas'um Ghar base in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan in this Wednesday Nov. 22, 2006 photo. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

US combat deaths in Afghanistan hit five-year high

Zach Halaschak · August 22, 2019 8:59 pm

Special Forces training exercise to take place across North Carolina

Julio Rosas · August 21, 2019 7:45 pm

The U.S. is likely conducting cyber operations similar to the one by an Israeli cyberintelligence company reported last week, but experts say the U.S. could still be doing more to take down the Islamic State online. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

To be ‘best of breed,’ the Army needs cloud computing, says Army secretary

Russ Read · August 21, 2019 1:32 am

U.S. Border Patrol agents and members of the military pass concertina wire during a tour of the San Ysidro port of entry Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, in San Diego. As thousands of migrants in a caravan of Central American asylum-seekers converge on the doorstep of the United States, what they won't find are armed American soldiers standing guard. Instead they will see cranes installing towering panels of metal bars and troops wrapping concertina wire around barriers while military helicopters fly overhead. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Troops stationed on US-Mexico border to get medals for first time since Bush era

Russ Read · August 20, 2019 8:35 pm

Israeli air defense system Iron Dome takes out rockets fired from Gaza near Sderot, Israel.

Army finalizes deal to bring Israel’s Iron Dome to the US to test it against cruise missiles

Russ Read · August 14, 2019 9:31 pm

CARLISLE, Pa. â With the Army War College barracks to his right, Col. Brian Fickel takes his officer's oath with Col. Kevin McAninch.

Army reservist gets job back following demotion to gym teacher after active duty service

Julio Rosas · August 13, 2019 6:45 pm

A tart cherry nut bar, a cheddar cheese bar, a mocha desert bar, vacuum-dried strawberries and trail mix of fruit and nuts, among other items that were vacuum microwave dried, are seen.

Honey, I shrunk the MRE: Troops say the Army’s new tiny meals could yield big benefits

Russ Read · August 9, 2019 10:02 pm

Police officers walk behind a Walmart at the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas.

Army chaplain describes El Paso shooting and daughter’s struggle to survive

Dominick Mastrangelo · August 7, 2019 7:17 pm

Bavaria, Germany, June 10, 2018: Regio train in Germany.

Drunken US soldier may face charges after walking home along Bavarian railway line

Tim Pearce · August 7, 2019 3:25 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Paratrooper killed in Afghanistan wrote about possibility of dying: ‘I call it glory’

John Gage · August 2, 2019 1:42 am

An Army Ranger climbs down from a rooftop during the urban assault portion of the Best Ranger competition in Fort Benning, Georgia.

Army spending a half-billion to teach soldiers to fight in sewers and subway systems

Russ Read · August 1, 2019 7:29 pm

Company sold deceased mother to Army, which strapped her body to chair and blew it up

Zach Halaschak · August 1, 2019 3:56 pm