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Army: Sick Soldiers Drank Compound Found in Antifreeze
The U.S. Army says eleven soldiers have been injured after ingesting an unknown substance during a field training exercise at Fort Bliss.
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Investigations Continue in the Deaths of Two Texas Soldiers
Two investigations are currently underway in Texas for the deaths of two female U.S. Army soldiers on New Year’s Eve. Staff Sgt. Jessica Mitchell, 30, was found shot to death on I-10 in San Antonio at 2:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Private First Class Asia M. Graham, 19, was discovered unresponsive in her barracks room at Fort Bliss...
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14 Fort Hood Soldiers Fired, Suspended Over Violence at Base
The Army on Tuesday said it had fired or suspended 14 officers and enlisted soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, and ordered policy changes to address chronic leadership failures at the base that contributed to a widespread pattern of violence including murder, sexual assaults and harassment.
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Military Suicides Up as Much as 20% in COVID Era
Military suicides have increased by as much as 20% this year compared to the same period in 2019, and some incidents of violent behavior have spiked
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Missing Fort Hood Soldier a Victim of ‘Abusive Sexual Contact,' Army Says
Sgt. Elder Fernandes, 23, a Fort Hood soldier who has been missing for five days, was recently transferred to a different unit because he was the victim of “abusive sexual contact,” U.S. Army officials said Saturday. “We can confirm there is an open investigation of abusive sexual contact involving Sgt. Fernandes,” Lt. Col. Chris Brautigam, a 1st Cavalry Division spokesman,...
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Fort Hood Soldier Drowns; 4th From Base Dead in Months
U.S. Army officials said Tuesday that a Fort Hood soldier drowned at the same lake near the Texas base where another soldier’s body was found last month.
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Texas Couple Defrauded Army Out of Millions: Investigators
Federal agents have seized more than 20 vehicles and the money from 10 bank accounts belonging to married U.S. Army veterans in Texas, who investigators allege use personal information stolen from soldiers to defraud the military.
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Army Identifies Buried Remains as Missing Texas Soldier Vanessa Guillen
An Army commander confirmed Monday that dismembered remains found last week buried near Fort Hood belonged to a 20-year-old soldier who vanished more than two months ago from the Texas base.
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Chicago Family Asks For Answers About Son's Death In Afghanistan
Shawn Gregoire wants answers about her son’s death. Gregoire’s son, Army Spc. Isaiah Nance, was killed last summer by an Afghan soldier being trained by the U.S. military. On Saturday, she learned through social media about reports that the U.S. government may have known for months about possible Russian bounty payments to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. “I would...
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Pentagon Adopts New Ethical Principles for Using AI in War
The Pentagon is adopting new ethical principles as it prepares to accelerate its use of artificial intelligence technology on the battlefield
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New Records Show Injured Soldiers Describe Mistreatment Nationwide From Commanders at Army Warrior Transition Units (WTUs)
New Army records uncovered by NBC 5 Investigates show injured soldiers have filed more than 1,100 complaints about mistreatment, abuse and lack of care from their commanders at more than two dozen Warrior Transition Units (WTUs) nationwide, many of those in Texas.
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Trump Intervenes in Military Justice Cases, Grants Pardons
President Donald Trump has pardoned a former U.S. Army commando set to stand trial next year in the killing of a suspected Afghan bomb-maker and a former Army lieutenant convicted of murder for ordering his men to fire upon three Afghans, killing two, the White House announced late Friday. The commander in chief also ordered a promotion for a decorated...
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U.S. Secretly Filed Charges Against Assange Last Year
Court documents reveal federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in late 2017, NBC News reports, more than two months earlier than the indictment disclosed when he was arrested last week. Assange was taken into custody April 11 after spending more than six years under the protection of Ecuador’s embassy in London. A federal indictment unsealed after...
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Vet Gets Mortgage-Free Home
It was a different kind of homecoming for a North Texas veteran Thursday, Army Specialist Joshua Ashby and his family received a new mortgage-free home in Fort Worth.
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Charles Jenkins, US Soldier Who Deserted to North Korea in 1965, Dies
Charles Jenkins, a U.S Army deserter to North Korea who married a Japanese abductee and lived in Japan after their release, has died. He was 77. Jenkins was found collapsed outside his home in Sado, northern Japan, on Monday and rushed to a hospital and later pronounced dead, a group representing families of Japanese abductees to North Koreas said Tuesday....
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Soldier Killed During Training Exercise at Fort Hood
Officials say a soldier has been killed while participating in medical helicopter evacuation training at a U.S. Army post in Texas.
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Hawaiian Soldier Arrested, Accused of Trying to Support ISIS: Army
A Hawaiian soldier was arrested and accused of trying to provide military documents and training to ISIS, the Army said in a statement Monday. The active-duty soldier, identified as Ikaika Kang, 34, was taken into custody Saturday by an FBI SWAT team, NBC News reported. He swore a pledge of loyalty to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, and...
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North Texas Teens are Army's First Female Infantry Recruits in Texas
Shelby Sparkman and Hannah Carpenter, both 17, are the first women in Texas to enlist in the U.S. Army’s infantry.
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Deep in Colombian Jungle, Peace Looms at Rebel Hideout
The rebel leader known as Juan Pablo carries with him a new telescopic assault rifle and a heavy heart....
As a commander of the 36th Front of the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, one of the most active units in a half-century of bloodshed, the paunch-bellied warrior has spent 25 years plotting ambushes and assembling land mines but has...