Jul 05 AP Report: U.S. Army is quietly discharging immigrant recruits By Martha Mendoza, Garance Burke, Associated Press The AP was unable to quantify how many men and women who enlisted through the special recruitment program have been booted from the Army, but immigration attorneys say they know of more than 40 who have been discharged or whose… Continue reading
Dec 25 Watch 4:10 Christmas is here and these military musicians are bringing good cheer By PBS News Hour The NewsHour continues a Christmas tradition by asking members of the U.S. military to sing and perform a holiday song. This year, musicians from the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard present "Carol of the Bells."… Continue watching
Dec 02 Army issuing more waivers for recruits who used marijuana By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press As more states lessen or eliminate marijuana penalties, the Army is granting hundreds of waivers to enlist people who used the drug in their youth — as long as they realize they can’t do so again in the military. Continue reading
Jun 10 Pentagon: 3 US soldiers killed, 1 wounded in Afghanistan By Associated Press The Pentagon says three U.S. soldiers were killed and another was wounded Saturday in eastern Afghanistan. Continue reading
May 20 Sanofi rejects U.S. Army request for 'fair' pricing for a Zika vaccine By Ed Silverman, STAT The rejection prompted anger from Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has pushed the U.S. Army to negotiate a more favorable agreement with Sanofi. Continue reading
May 16 Chelsea Manning to stay on active duty when released from prison tomorrow By Robert Burns, Associated Press The Army says that when transgender soldier Chelsea Manning is released from military prison on Wednesday she will remain on active duty in a special status, pending her final appellate review. Continue reading
May 05 Mark Green, Trump's pick for Army post, drops out amid growing criticism By Richard Lardner, Associated Press The Republican state senator from Tennessee picked by President Donald Trump to be Army secretary has withdrawn from consideration. Continue reading
Apr 28 Friendly fire may have killed 2 Army Rangers in Afghanistan By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Killed in the firefight were Army Sgts. Joshua P. Rodgers, 22, of Bloomington, Illinois, and Cameron H. Thomas, 23, of Kettering, Ohio. Continue reading
Mar 15 Sexual assault reports up at Navy, Army academies By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Reports of sexual assaults increased at two of the three military academies last year and an anonymous survey suggests sexual misconduct rose across the board at the schools, The Associated Press has learned. Continue reading
Dec 14 Army once investigated Trump's national security adviser for wrongly sharing classified intelligence By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The investigation, which had been classified as secret, found no evidence of misconduct or damage to national security. Continue reading