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Army honors ‘Screaming Eagles’ with uniform for Army-Navy game
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]
Army major becomes first reservist to receive rare Astronaut Device
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]
Army officer faces rape, sexual assault charges involving 20 victims
An Army major faces sexual assault-related charges involving at least 20 alleged victims in the Washington D.C. area over a roughly three-year period. The Army’s Office of Special Trial Counsel confirmed to Army Times Thursday that the office preferred three charges that include 76 specifications of sexual assault-related charges on Oct. 16 against Maj. Jonathan J. Batt, who is assigned to the Joi...[Read More]
Army officer faces rape, sexual assault charges involving 20 victims
An Army major faces sexual assault-related charges involving at least 20 alleged victims in the Washington D.C. area over a roughly three-year period. The Army’s Office of Special Trial Counsel confirmed to Army Times Thursday that the office preferred three charges that include 76 specifications of sexual assault-related charges on Oct. 16 against Maj. Jonathan J. Batt, who is assigned to the Joi...[Read More]
Army ordered to release records on Trump’s Arlington cemetery visit
A federal judge has ordered Army officials to release their records by the end of this week regarding President Donald Trump’s controversial visit to Arlington National Cemetery this summer. Senior Judge Paul Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday granted the release request as part of a lawsuit brought by American Oversight, a non-partisan, nonprofit group ded...[Read More]
Army secretary fires four-star general for promotion board meddling
Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth has fired a four-star general over his alleged inappropriate involvement in a subordinate’s promotion board. Wormuth fired former head of Army Materiel Command Gen. Charles R. Hamilton on Tuesday. Military.com was first to report the four-star’s dismissal. “Based on the findings of a Department of the Army Inspector General investigation, the secretary of th...[Read More]
Army special forces join search for missing Navy pilots after crash
Army special forces soldiers have joined the mission to locate and find two Navy aviators whose EA-18G Growler jet crashed Tuesday in a remote area east of Mount Rainier in Washington state. The two-person fighter jet, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 130 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, crashed east of Mount Rainier at approximately 3:20 p.m. local time Tuesday while conducting training...[Read More]
Army taps ‘Ghost Fleet’ authors to write novel on multi-domain warfare
The Army’s concept of future warfare is getting the Tom Clancy treatment. At the Association of the United States Army’s annual conference held in Washington in October, a session on the service’s plans to improve professional writing contained a teaser for a first-of-its-kind project: a novel envisioning a future conflict in a technology-infused battlefield. “Task Force Talon: A Novel of the Army...[Read More]
Army to cut credentialing benefit, drop officers from program
Concerned with the climbing costs of the service’s Credentialing Assistance program, Army officials plan to cut stipends for the benefit from $4,000 to $2,000 and block commissioned officers from participating in the education initiative. At the same time, the service will boost its tuition assistance program from $4,000 annually to $4,500 a year, acknowledging the ever-rising cost of higher educa...[Read More]
Army to cut credentialing benefit, drop officers from program
Concerned with the climbing costs of the service’s Credentialing Assistance program, Army officials plan to cut stipends for the benefit from $4,000 to $2,000 and block commissioned officers from participating in the education initiative. At the same time, the service will boost its tuition assistance program from $4,000 annually to $4,500 a year, acknowledging the ever-rising cost of higher educa...[Read More]
Army to put one-star recruiting hubs in Los Angeles, Atlanta
As the Army overhauls its recruiting structure, jobs and approaches to bringing in new talent, the service is injecting resources into areas that have previously been underserved — cities. That’s one of a host of reasons that the Army Recruiting Command will soon post a one-star general in both Los Angeles, California, and Atlanta, Georgia, in the coming months. Brig. Gen. Sara Dudley and Brig. Ge...[Read More]
Army two-star received verbal counseling for suspension incident
A two-star Army general removed from his position as U.S. Northern Command director of operations in 2023 received a verbal counseling for the incident and now works as a special assistant to the director of the Army Staff. Army Times reported in July 2023 that Maj. Gen. Joseph Lestorti was suspended permanently from his NORTHCOM position due to a “loss of trust and confidence,” as officials said ...[Read More]