[aggregation-styles] USA Today FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Army leaders are investigating a video depicting a paratrooper jumping with cranberry juice that was posted to TikTok, a social media app.On Oct. 17, a reporter for Task&Purpose tweeted the video of the paratrooper, who appears to be in a parachute harness and sipping...
US Sending 3,000 Troops in Response to Iran Threat
BAGHDAD — Iran vowed “harsh retaliation” for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed a top Iranian general who had been the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, and the U.S. announced Friday it was sending more troops to the region as tensions soared in the wake of the...
Special Ops Plane That Led POW Rescue Mission Coming to Castle Air Museum
A military plane that played a pivotal role in a daring Vietnam War mission will make Castle Air Museum in Atwater its new home. Aircraft 0212, a Lockheed MC-130P outfitted for special operations, helped guide the daring 1970 Son Tay Raid to rescue prisoners of war being held captive in...
Giant Plane That Led POW Rescue Mission Coming to Castle Air Museum
A military plane that played a pivotal role in a daring Vietnam War mission will make Castle Air Museum in Atwater its new home. Aircraft 0212, a Lockheed MC-130P outfitted for special operations, helped guide the daring 1970 Son Tay Raid to rescue prisoners of war being held captive in...
New Burial Rules Seek to Extend Arlington Cemetery Lifespan
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — In an effort to save dwindling space, the Army is proposing new rules to limit who can be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Under the current rules, the cemetery would run out of space by the mid-2050s, the Army says. The proposed restrictions would preserve the...
Suspected Serial Killer Arrested After Bodies Unearthed
A Squaw Valley man described as a serial killer is in custody and faces three counts of murder after remains of his alleged victims were unearthed, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday. Buford King, 33, made an initial court appearance on the charges Wednesday. His bail was set at...
District Probe Faults Slatic in Clash With Army Recruiter
A tense confrontation between an on-campus Army recruiter and Fresno Unified board member Terry Slatic, a retired Marine officer, was conduct unbecoming a trustee. However, Slatic's actions didn't rise to the level of racial discrimination, concludes an investigative report commissioned by the school district. An independent investigator hired by Fresno...
APNewsbreak: Motorist Who Hit Pedestrians Suffered From PTSD
SUNNYVALE — A California man who authorities said drove his car through a crosswalk in a quiet Silicon Valley suburb, slamming into eight people, is an Army veteran of the Iraq War who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, his mother told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Police said in a...
Decorated Transgender Troops to Testify Before Congress
SAN DIEGO — Lindsey Muller served in the Army as a man for nearly a decade before telling her commanders in 2014 that she identified as a woman and would resign because military policy barred transgender personnel. Her superiors, citing her outstanding performance, urged the decorated attack helicopter pilot to...
Opinion: Why I Love Being a Veteran
If you had told me how I’d look back with fondness on the time I served as brigade commander during the worst of Diyala Province in 2006-2007, I would have smirked. Of course I’d love being a veteran, I can imagine my younger self thinking. It meant I would be...