Pentagon to start measuring troops’ body fat by waist-to-height ratio
The move replaces traditional height-and-weight tables as the primary measure of body fat standards.
By Tanya Noury
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Drill sergeants accused of sexual misconduct, abusing authority
Two drill sergeants are facing possible court-martial after Army investigators found evidence that they abused their authority over trainees.
By Eve Sampson
‘Finding Faces’ podcast brings stories behind Vietnam wall names to life
Only about 100 names remain pictureless on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund's Wall of Faces. Journalist Ryan Kern records the stories he encounters as he searches for missing photographs across Massachusetts.
By Harm Venhuizen
Seeking the Military Suicide Solution Podcast, Episode 40: David Bachmann — Peer Support in Suicide Prevention
David Bachmann is a Marine Corps infantry combat veteran and is active in an ongoing healing movement developed by Marines that brings the tribe of veterans together throughout the year for warrior reunions.
Seeking the Military Suicide Solution Podcast, Episode 39: Mental health historians Jeffrey Allen Smith and Michael Doidge
Jeffrey Allen Smith and Michael Doidge have studied the history of military mental health and specifically the long-term issues related to military and veteran suicide.
Seeking the Military Suicide Solution Podcast, Episode 38: Scott Perry, retired brigadier general and congressman from Pennsylvania
U.S. Rep. Scott Perry is a member of Congress who served in the Army and reserve component for nearly 40 years.
Seeking the Military Suicide Solution Podcast, Episode 37: Peter Gutierrez, psychiatry professor and researcher
Peter Gutierrez is a clinical psychologist, a psychiatry professor and past-president of the American Association of Suicidology.
Seeking the Military Suicide Solution Podcast, Episode 36: Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia
Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia is the former senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the senior non-commissioned officer in the U.S. armed forces.
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