


The heartbreakingly common story of my military suicide attempt
"Maybe that’s what makes this story different. Not that it’s mine, but exactly because it isn’t," a Marine veteran writes in this War Horse reflection.

Your Army
Five soldiers shot in attack at Georgia’s Fort Stewart
The installation was locked down shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday.

Soldier suspended from instructor duties after arrest over confrontation with Black man
Social media users identified the man as Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Pentland.

Montana high court cancels parole conditions in stolen valor case
The two men appealed the conditions last year. American Civil Liberties Union of Montana had called the conditions degrading and unconstitutional.

No charges for police officer in Capitol riot shooting death of Air Force veteran
Authorities had considered for months whether criminal charges were appropriate for the Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from San Diego.

Probe faults DC National Guard use of helicopter during June protests
The long-overdue report was triggered by widespread objections after one D.C. Guard helicopter hovered low enough over protesters to create a deafening noise and spray protesters with rotor wash.

Biden says keeping US troops in Afghanistan past this summer ‘makes no sense to me’
All U.S. troops will be out of the country by Sept. 11, the president said.

White Fort Jackson soldier charged with assault after video of confrontation with Black man
Social media users identified the man as Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Pentland.

Your squad’s newest weapons: armed drones, shoulder-fired missiles and air-bursting munitions
To prepare for near-peer conflict, where squad-level soldiers would face increased firepower and have to handle a greater variety of threats, the Army is working to improve the weapons they need to prevail.

No release for former Army captain guilty in ‘Fatal Vision’ murders
Jeffrey MacDonald was convicted in 1979 for the 1970 slayings of his pregnant wife and their two daughters at their home at North Carolina’s Fort Bragg.

Army Corps names 2 new boats for fallen Georgia soldiers
The Army Corps of Engineers dedicated a pair of survey boats for Staff Sgt. Vernon W. Martin and Spc. Christopher J. Holland, two fallen soldiers with local ties to coastal Georgia.
