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Dover Lab DNA Proves Woman was on famed 17th century Swedish warship

The Delaware-based Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory helped confirm that a woman was on a 17th century Swedish warship that sank on maiden voyage.

By Jan M. Olsen, The Associated Press

13 months ago

Ex-soldier convicted of teen’s ‘82 murder can’t get DNA test

Service members convicted by court-martial don't have the same avenues for post-conviction DNA testing afforded to other prisoners.

3 years ago

How Army CID, police found suspect in 1987 cold case of soldier killed near Fort Carson

A former sergeant first class and 19-year Army veteran is charged with murder in the death of a young female soldier.

By Kyle Rempfer

5 years ago

What motivated fellow SEALs to dime out Eddie Gallagher?

The fog of war swirls through the reams of internal files provided to Navy Times.

By Navy Times staff

5 years ago

No answers for family’s questions about Civil War unknowns

When Paul Davis heard earlier this year that the complete remains of two Civil War soldiers had been uncovered recently at Manassas National Battlefield, mixed among severed limbs in a surgeon’s pit, he immediately wondered: Could that be his great-great uncle William, who died at the Second Battle of Bull Run, but whose bones had been lost to history?

6 years ago

The military and tattoos go hand-in-hand, but have you seen this jaw-dropping ink innovation?

Military personnel who want to honor a loved one or carry a good luck charm along on a deployment have a ground-breaking new method at their disposal.

6 years ago

Why identifying the Korean War remains just brought home could take years

Fifty-five cases of remains believed to be U.S. troops arrive in Hawaii tonight, but with only one dog tag and no other information.

By Leo Shane III and Tara Copp, AP

6 years ago

North Korea provided just 1 dog tag with 55 sets of war remains

When North Korea handed over 55 boxes of bones that it said are remains of American war dead, it provided a single military dog tag but no other information that could help U.S. forensics experts determine their individual identities, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday.

By Robert Burns, The Associated Press

6 years ago

As war remains return home, advocates ask families for help with identification process

Defense officials don't have family DNA samples for hundreds of troops missing from the Korean War.

By Leo Shane III

6 years ago

Fort Eustis soldier arrested in rape case from 2009

Detectives say the soldier's DNA matches a sample taken from the crime.

By Charlsy Panzino

6 years ago

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