2 Space Force Guardians Become Service's First Graduates of Army's Drill Instructor Academy Space Force Tech. Sgt. David Gudgeon and Sgt. Yuji Moore graduated from the Army's program Wednesday, according to a news...
Second Fort Jackson Drill Sergeant Found Dead on Base This Month Staff Sgt. Zachary Melton, 30, a drill sergeant with 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, was found Saturday in his vehicle...
Too Heavy to Fight? How the Army Is Combating the Obesity Crisis to Find Recruits Pvt. David Dean weighed 320 lbs. when he went to visit a National Guard recruiter. A West Virginia plumber by trade, he...
Once a Pilot, Army Program for Recruits Who Fall Short of Weight, Academic Standards Is Becoming Permanent The Future Soldier Preparatory Course was launched as a pilot program in August last year.
Overworked Drill Sergeants Offered Brief Reprieve at Basic Training Battalion Life as a drill sergeant is taxing. Noncommissioned officers assigned to any of the four basic combat training installations...
Army Expanding Course for Overweight and Low-Scoring Recruits in Bid to Fill the Ranks The Army's pre-basic training courses for applicants who come up short on academic or body fat standards will expand this...
Army Fort Jackson Trainee Arrested After Allegedly Hijacking a School Bus Full of Children Law enforcement officials say he'll now face multiple kidnapping charges.
Army Trainee Accused of Hijacking School Bus Charged with 19 Counts of Kidnapping Pvt. Jovan Collazo was charged with 19 counts of kidnapping, armed robbery, carjacking, and several weapons violations.
Army Recruit Who Hijacked Bus Full of Children Was Just Trying to Get Home, General Says Brig. Gen. Milford Beagle Jr. said the yet-to-be-named recruit could face military charges, including absence without leave.
Fort Jackson Suspends Drill Instructor Involved in Alleged Assault of Black Man The Richland County Sheriff's Department charged Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Pentland with third-degree assault, then transferred...
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...