Army prep course jeopardized health of recruits, IG says
Trainees with body fat compositions that exceeded the allowed amount were admitted to the Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course.
By Riley Ceder
Latest "Fat Leonard"
Army Ranger sacrifices life shielding wounded comrade and medevac unit
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Celiz was shot while shielding his comrades from enemy fire as they worked to save an injured Afghan ally.
By Jon Guttman
Fort Hood report highlights Army CID’s failings there, and possibly elsewhere
The base CID detachment was “basically being used as a training ground,” said a former FBI inspector who served on the committee. “They had a difficult time, and it’s not their fault.”
By Kyle Rempfer
Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US atomic bombing
The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Sunday marked its 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, with the mayor and dwindling survivors urging world leaders including their own to do more for a nuclear weapons ban.
First trainees set to graduate from pandemic-modified basic training
Trainees at Fort Leonard Wood were held in quarantine with their drill sergeants for the first 21 days of basic training.
By Harm Venhuizen
Two Army training sites had 210 combined COVID-19 cases after recruits left controlled monitoring phases
More than 140 soldiers training at Fort Benning and about 70 at Fort Leonard Wood tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.
By Kyle Rempfer
Senate confirms Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite
The U.S. Senate confirmed a new Navy secretary, Kenneth “K.J.” Braithwaite, by voice vote on Thursday.
Army’s Best Sapper Competition to feature all-female team among other ‘firsts’
Capt. Hilary Thomas and 1st Lt. Alyvia Orsini, both with the 21st Brigade, 3rd Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, will comprise the first all-female team of combat engineers to participate in the three-day competition.
By Dylan Gresik
Black WWI soldier buried in unmarked Indiana grave gets commemorative headstone
A black soldier who was buried in an unmarked Indiana grave is getting proper recognition for his military service in World War I nearly a half-century after his death.
Is it time for a new look at weight and recruitment standards?
Soldiers have taken drastic, unhealthy measures to lose the weight and meet standards.
By Capt. Kira P. Heartwick
This branch takes the cake as the US military’s fattest
22 percent of personnel in one branch are reportedly obese.
By J.D. Simkins
Target: Makin Island
On Aug. 17, 1942, daring Marine Raiders stormed Makin Island. But far worse fighting faced soldiers, sailors and Coast Guardsmen when American forces returned in late 1943.
By William B. Allmon, World War II Magazine