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Note: This article has been updated to add media that was removed from the Department of Defense media distribution after this was originally published. It has been 6 years since a professor at West Point predicted artificial intelligence would be used in weaponry in the next 10 to 20 years, but it is already here…
An Army First Sergeant somehow managed to be demoted to a specialist after serving for 17 years. Specialist Miguel Garza, a food inspector assigned to the Public Health Command Europe, career began its decline on New Year’s Eve in 2021 and ended in under a year. After drinking alcohol with his family, he decided to…
The Army recently highlighted one of their drill sergeants for volunteering to become a drill sergeant as an (E-5) sergeant. Joshua Samuels volunteered and was selected to be a drill sergeant as an E-5, “in hopes to help inspire others,” according to the Army. Any Army E-5 or promotable E-4 can volunteer to become a…
The Army has identified the soldier who was found dead at Fort Drum on Monday as a 21-year-old Specialist from Ohio. Jacob Allen Ashton’s death is currently under investigation by the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division, which declined to offer any other information. Army officials say Specialist Ashton was from the Headquarters and…
U.S. officials spoke on condition of anonymity to offer a little more detail about the U.S. personnel who were injured during an attack in Iraq on Monday. At least one of two Katyusha rockets fired at Al Asad Airbase landed inside the base, causing the injuries. “We can confirm that there was a suspected rocket…
The Army is blaming a celebrity for a recruiting advertising failure after they paid millions to post to his Instagram. The U.S. Army struck an $11 million advertising deal with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and his United Football League in hopes of attracting recruits. But a new report shows it backfired and ended up putting…
The Army reports a need to expand its basic training by adding more training companies after re-assigning basic training companies to give poor-performing recruits a second chance at becoming soldiers. In 2022, the Army reassigned training companies at Fort Jackson to be used for the Future Soldier Prep Course. The course gives lower-performing recruits up…
It has only been a few days since the Army National Guard announced the “non-combat” deaths of two soldiers in Iraq and details about the incidents are still limited. But the Georgia National Guard and their families have offered some more detail about their deaths. The Georgia National Guard stated Spc. Travis Jordan Pameni and…
Numerous helicopters at Fort Carson were damaged after a significant weather event with strong winds occurred at Butts Army Heliport. According to the Army post, the storm damaged a variety of aircraft belonging to the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. Pictures taken of the airfield show Apache, Chinooks, and Black Hawk helicopters damaged,…
Spc. Travis Jordan Pameni (left) and Spc. Owen James Elliott (right) Source: Facebook/US Army The Army identified two National Guard soldiers who died during incidents in Baghdad, Iraq on Wednesday. The Army identified them as Spc. Travis Jordan Pameni and Spc. Owen James Elliott of the Georgia Army National Guard. “We are deeply saddened by…