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Augmented reality brings Revolutionary War to life at Army Museum
From the wildly popular traveling Van Gogh exhibit to the immersive “King Tut” experience that trades artifacts for hauntingly lit and realistic tableaux, museums everywhere are departing from...
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Army staff sergeant makes NFL history during draft
Staff Sgt. Vohn Arnold grew up a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan. When the city hosted the first round of the NFL draft Thursday night, Arnold didn’t expect to be much more than a spectator.
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The Army is creating a new job for air defense soldiers
The Army is adding more soldiers to some of its most overworked units, creating a new job that will operate and maintain the service’s largest air defense systems, officials confirmed to Task &...
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Special Forces soldier won $400K in Polymarket bets on Maduro raid, feds say
Federal authorities have arrested and charged an Army Special Forces soldier with using classified information to place bets on the Jan.
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Military contractors no longer have ‘immunity’ to lawsuits brought by troops
An Army veteran attempting to wield South Carolina law to sue a military contractor won a major Supreme Court victory Wednesday, carving out a narrow legal lane for those seeking to hold wartime...
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Army Chinook makes first landing without a pilot
First, the Army got a remote-controlled Black Hawk . Now it is a step closer to getting an autonomous Chinook, after a CH‑47F Chinook successfully landed in testing without a pilot.
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‘Got to Get Fixed:’ Billing Delays, Coverage Issues Still Plague Tricare Patients and Providers
Nearly every day for months, Lorelei Evans, a major in the U.S. Army Reserve, received a call or text from a doctor’s office trying to collect on some of her family’s $86,000 in unpaid medical bills.
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Supreme Court rules in favor of soldier who sued contractor over 2016 Bagram bombing
The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed an Army soldier’s right to sue a military contractor whose employee detonated a suicide bomb on Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, in 2016.
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The Spanish Flu — a deadly postscript to WWI — started at a US military base
In the spring of 1918, as American soldiers prepared to go “over the top” for the first time during World War I, a handful of army physicians began noticing a strange sickness that began to grip...
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A Legacy on the Clock: The Voelke Family Carries a Soldier’s Spirit to the NFL Draft Stage
When the New York Giants go on the clock for the fifth overall pick at this year’s NFL Draft, the voice announcing the selection won’t belong to an owner or a former Pro Bowler.
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Army releases details on new test for combat arms soldiers
Combat soldiers will soon take a new fitness test that will determine whether they can stay in their jobs. The Army’s new Combat Field Test, CFT, is a pass-fail assessment for soldiers in “designated.
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This WWI soldier saved two men from a burning tank with his bare hands
When the American Expeditionary Forces joined the Allied armies on the Western Front in World War I, there was one condition upon which their commander, Gen. John Pershing, insisted.
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This No. 1 overall draft pick became the NFL’s MVP while in the Army
As thousands of citizens fled East Germany in the early 1960s, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev became irate. Berlin became a particular source of irritation.
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1st Cavalry Division soldiers will get the Army’s newest tank and infantry combat vehicle first
Soldiers in the 1st Cavalry Division will soon get their hands on the latest versions of the Army’s Abrams tank and the first prototypes of the infantry combat vehicle.
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The Army wants an unmanned ground vehicle to evacuate wounded and resupply the front line
The Army wants to get a new ground drone that can both resupply forward-deployed infantry and help carry wounded soldiers off the front lines and to medical treatment.
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Two soldiers wounded in a bear attack in Alaska
Two soldiers are recovering after a bear attacked and injured them during training in Alaska. The two soldiers, assigned to the Army’s 11th Airborne Division, were carrying out land navigation...
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Canadian soldier sues SIG Sauer for alleged P320 uncommanded discharge
On Apr. 16, 2026, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that a Canadian military service member is suing both the federal government of Canada and SIG Sauer, Inc.
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Congress pushes Army leaders for answers on ouster of top general
For two days in a row, Army leaders have been questioned by lawmakers about why Gen. Randy George, the service’s former chief of staff, was forced to retire earlier this month.
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Army veteran tasked with prosecuting Nazi death squads awarded Congressional Gold Medal
Congress on Tuesday posthumously awarded American prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz with the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest U.S.
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The Army’s latest helicopter has its official name: Cheyenne II
On Apr. 15, 2026, at the Army Aviation Warfighting Summit, the U.S. Army officially named its Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft the MV-75 Cheyenne II.
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The Pinkertons were America’s most powerful private army, then Congress banned them
The story of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency is inseparable from the story of the modern United States. From safeguarding President-elect Abraham Lincoln to building one of the earliest...
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Army cadets recall how fallen officer defended them in Old Dominion shooting
The Army ROTC cadets who fought back against a classroom gunman at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, say they owe their lives to the mentorship and training they received from Lt. Col.
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Soldiers with the XVIII Airborne Corps are training with anti-drone rounds
Soldiers from the Army’s XVIII Airborne Corps got a chance to shoot down several First Person View drones with ammunition specifically made to deal with the small unmanned aircraft systems.
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Vietnam Veteran finds new hope through VA support and cancer research
VA care coordination means focusing on treatment Army Veteran Jerry Rose in Vietnam in 1967. Jerry Rose joined the Army in July 1966.
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Specialist and sergeant win Best Ranger competition for first time in nearly 40 years
Two enlisted soldiers took top honors in this year’s Best Ranger Competition, a grueling three-day event held at Fort Benning, Georgia.
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Vietnam veteran’s gravestone somber reminder of war’s toll
“Unless he is caught up in murderous ecstasy,” Glenn Gray wrote in reflection of his time as a draftee in the U.S. Army during the Second World War, “destroying is easier when done from a little...
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A Gold Star spouse’s healing journey amid unimaginable grief
After a first deployment to Afghanistan in 2010 and a second to Kuwait in 2014, Sgt. Terrence Hinton and his family received orders to a highly coveted duty station amongst the Army community: Hawaii.
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‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ finds a new voice
Published in January 1929, “All Quiet on the Western Front” sold a million copies in Germany in its first year and two million around the world.
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The Army is testing out a robotic kitchen that can cook for soldiers downrange
Soldiers deployed to forward operating bases might be fed by robots in an automated kitchen that arrives in a box about the size of a shipping container.
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A 2023 special ops exercise in Wyoming was a preview of the Iran rescue mission
In the spring of 2023, a barren stretch of Wyoming highway briefly became the tactical hub of a three-day Army and Air Force exercise in which special operators unloaded nimble attack helicopters...
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