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It has been just over a week since 21-year-old Specialist Jacob Allen Ashton was found dead at Fort Drum and an arrest has been made. According to Public Affairs at Fort Drum, a soldier in Ashton’s company has been charged with murdering him. Specialist Riley Birbilas was arrested sometime last week. Both soldiers were members…
In March, an Army master sergeant was arraigned for sexual and battery charges at Joint Base Lewis-McChord The army offered little details about the crimes committed by Master Sergeant Eric F. Brainard but did say he was offered a plea agreement. After accepting his plea, he was convicted on May 31, 2024. During a special…
The body of one of the Georgia National Guard soldiers who died during “non-combat incidents” in Iraq has returned to Georgia. Spc. Owen James Elliott, 23, died July 31 in Baghdad during an incident, according to the Army National Guard. Georgia National Guard Spc. Travis Jordan Pameni also died in Baghdad after a separate incident…
By Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs When inspections were mandated for 100-percent of the Army’s privatized housing inventory, Fort Drum Housing Division officials and senior leaders launched a campaign to inform every resident on post of the process. The topic was addressed during a housing forum in July and at an installation town…
An Army hospital in Texas has caught the attention of lawmakers after they sent a man a bill for $1 million for treatment. Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), at Fort Sam Houston, is the Department of Defense’s largest facility and its only Level 1 Trauma Center. While its mission is to serve military members, it…
A Marine Corps veteran just broke two world records while playing video games, landing him in the Guinness World Record book. According to the Guinness, he used his disabilities to his advantage. Justin O’Donnell suffers from insomnia which appears to have worked in his favor. He played World of Warcraft for 78 hours and 30…
After much scrutiny over Governor Tim Walz’s military record, since he was chosen to be Kamala Harris’ running mate on the Democratic ticket for the 2024 presidential race, the Harris’ presidential campaign has changed his official bio. On the campaign website, Walz was referred to as a “retired command sergeant major,” which is not true….
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…
A Kurdish source allegedly leaked movement information about the US-led international coalition against ISIS in Iraq. The source spoke to The New Arab (TNA), a London-based pan-Arab news outlet owned by a company in Qatar, and gave information about coalition forces arriving at a base in Kirkuk that was abandoned by US forces in 2020….