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Army Sgt. Michael Fletcher said goodbye to his military working dog Dasty in February 2022, after forging a bond unlike any he’d had with his previous two working dogs. “I didn’t think I was ever going to see him again,” Fletcher said. Their relationship began in 2018 when Dasty, a 5-year-old male Dutch Shepherd, met Fletcher while he was stationed at Fort Huachuca in Cochise County, Arizona. At f...[Read More]

The Army’s next step in expanding the distance and survivability of its land-based rockets could see a missile delivered from an autonomous launcher to strike targets farther than 1,000 kilometers away. On Tuesday, Maj. Gen. Winston Brooks, commander of the Fires Center of Excellence at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Brig. Gen. Rory Crooks, director of the Cross Functional Team-Long Range Precision Fire...[Read More]

As the U.S. Military Academy at West Point enters its 125th matchup against the U.S. Naval Academy on Saturday, the Army Black Knights will muster the fighting spirit of the 101st Airborne Division’s “Screaming Eagles.” Symbols emblazoned on the Nike black-and-white jersey, pants, socks, gloves, helmet and cleats honor the legendary 101st Airborne Division’s storied history. Specifically, this yea...[Read More]

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated. The U.S. Army identified on Wednesday the fourth and final soldier found deceased in a peat bog at a training site in Lithuania. Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28, was recovered from the bog Tuesday, one week after he and three other soldiers were reported missing while operating an M88A2 Hercules armored vehicle near Pabadre, Lit...[Read More]

The U.S. Army on Tuesday identified three of the four U.S. soldiers who died during a training exercise in Lithuania last week. Sgt. Jose Duenez, Jr., 25, of Joliet, Illinois; Sgt. Edvin F. Franco, 25, of Glendale, California; and Pfc. Dante D. Taitano, 21, of Dededo, Guam, all from 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, were recovered Monday from a peat bog at a training site near Pabrade, Lithuania...[Read More]

Army officials are investigating allegations that a group of Rangers fired blank rounds from automatic weapons without warning at a Florida beach containing crowds of civilians. The incident prompted multiple calls to police and social media postings, with witnesses and footage showing men wearing Ranger t-shirts and military uniforms firing the rounds at Crab Island near Destin, Florida, on Frida...[Read More]

Two inmates at a Defense Department maximum-security prison attempted to escape from the facility several weeks ago, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center. Correctional officers at the Fort Leavenworth Army Corrections Brigade in Kansas intervened April 29 when a prisoner duo made a run for it, successfully ending their efforts. “Two inmates sustained injuries during t...[Read More]

A former Army Ranger and military attorney was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison after lying to investigators about making contact with the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., and deleting national security materials, according to the Department of Justice. First Lt. Manfredo Martin-Michael Madrigal III, 38, pled guilty in July 2024 to three counts of making false statements and one count ...[Read More]

Kate Rubins was floating in zero gravity miles above Earth in 2020 when she decided to join the Army. A little more than a year later, Rubins, already a biomedical researcher and astronaut, received a direct commission to the rank of major in the Army Reserve through training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Now, three years into her Army career, she’s joined the rare ranks of a handful of soldiers who hav...[Read More]

An Army major charged with sexually assaulting or raping more than a dozen women over a four-year period in the Washington, D.C., area began this week at Fort Meade, Maryland. Maj. Jonathan Batt faces 63 accusations, which include 10 specifications of rape and 15 sexual assault charges against 17 women, according to the Army’s Office of Special Trial Counsel. Batt also faces charges of aggravated ...[Read More]