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Julian Simmons scored 15 points and Jeremy Hence scored four of his eight points in the final 34 seconds, helping Army seal its 63-56 win over Long Island University on Tuesday night.
A school the army says churned out suicide bombers now lies in ruins. Soldiers patrol towns once ruled by militants who gave refuge to al-Qaida. Left behind are bundles of terror manuals, extremist propaganda and boxes of ammunition and explosives.
Soldier suicides this year are almost sure to top last year's grim totals, but a recent decline in the pace of such incidents could mean the Army is starting to make progress in stemming them, officials said Tuesday.
The Israeli army punished six soldiers, sending two to prison, for protesting the army's demolition of structures at an unauthorized settler outpost in the West Bank, the military said Tuesday.
Austin Kenon scored 24 points and Virginia Military Institute held off Army 93-86 in the season opener for both teams on Friday night.
Navistar International Corp. recently received a $48.6 million contract from the Army for 181 recovery trucks, the Pentagon said late Thursday.
The Army is appealing a federal judge's ruling that rejected its plans to increase operations at a disputed training site in southeastern Colorado.
Kevin Fogler caught a 73-yard TD pass and Anthony Wright returned a punt 88 yards for a score, helping Air Force beat Army for a fourth straight time with a 35-7 victory Saturday.
Texas billionaire and two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot has pledged $6.1 million to a private foundation to pay for programs at the Army's Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
The state of Wisconsin does not have to pay $225,000 to a blind businesswoman in a dispute over an Army dining contract, a federal judge ruled this week.
At 340 square miles, Fort Hood is the largest U.S. military installation and sprawls across an area larger than New York City.
CACI International Inc. said Wednesday it has received a $75 million task order to provide engineering services for an Army communication program.
The U.S. Army is financing a new research center at the University of Illinois to develop technology for computer networks used on battlefields and in other similarly difficult environments.
The U.S. Army will make an exception to a decades-old rule and allow a Sikh doctor to serve without removing his turban and cutting his hair, an advocacy group said Friday.
Stanley Inc., which provides information-technology services, said Monday it received a two-year purchase agreement worth $23 million from the Army.
Temple used a well-timed challenge to get an interception overturned by replay, then scored the go-ahead touchdown three plays later and went on to beat Army 27-13 Saturday.
A retired army master sergeant on Friday pleaded guilty to bribery and money laundering charges stemming from his tour of duty in Iraq.
A division of Lockheed Martin Corp. recently received a $6.2 million contract from the Army to develop a full tensor gravity gradiometer, the Pentagon said late Thursday.
Military officials say proposed wilderness designations for parts of the Colorado mountains could threaten the Army's only high-altitude training site for helicopter pilots.
A division of General Dynamics recently received a $646.9 million contract from the Army to provide 352 Stryker vehicles, the Pentagon said late Friday.
Alex Carlton kicked a 42-yard field goal in overtime, giving Army a 16-13 victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday.
Andre Anderson ran 42 yards up the sideline during a desperation drive, setting up the 23-yard field goal by Ross Thevenot that sent Tulane to a 17-16 victory over Army on Saturday.
Video apparently showing Pakistani soldiers beating men detained in anti-militant operations has surfaced on the Internet, drawing criticism from a leading rights group and possibly undercutting support for the army's fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban.
A 23-year-old soldier from Florida who was in basic training is the Army's first death from complications of swine flu, officials said Thursday.
U.S. fears Iraq projects will go to wasteThe U.S. has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq, but Iraqis' inability to maintain what's left behind could waste hundreds of millions of dollars and jeopardize basic services.
Air defense reviewed to thwart terror from skiesNYT: The commander of military forces protecting North America has ordered a review of the costly air defenses intended to prevent another Sept. 11-style attack.
BBC News - Newsnight - Defector tells of life in North Korean armyNewsnight has spoken to two North Korean defectors about life inside the secretive Stalinist state, one of whom says that he was an anti-tank battalion commander in North Korea's army before fleeing.
Lurking Taliban watch Canadian troops - thestar.comI KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – The Taliban kept to the shadows of Haji Baba on Wednesday as Canadian soldiers trying to seize control of the insurgent stronghold continued to pick up apart its defences.
Army Underreporting Suicides, Says GI Advocacy Group by Dahr Jamail -- Antiwar.com"According to a soldiers' advocacy group at Fort Hood, the U.S. base where an army psychiatrist has been charged with killing 13 people and wounding 30 in a Nov. 5 rampage, the official suicide figures provided by the Army are "definitely" too low.
Afghan Exit Strategy.. Win or get outIf the Taliban and al Qaeda retake Afghanistan, the world (and America) will have hell to pay for the consequences. But this president and this White House do not have it in them to lead our troops to victory in Afghanistan. So they shouldn't try.
Wives say sergeants are heroes, not criminalsThe wives of three Army sergeants in prison for premeditated murder say their husbands are war heroes who should not be in prison.
Army Leaders Struggle With Soldier Suicide RateWASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2009 – The rate of soldier suicides continues to concern Army leadership, with 211 active-duty and reserve-component suicides confirmed this year, the Army's No. 2 officer told Pentagon reporters today.
Army suicides set another yearly recordSuicides among soldiers this year have topped last year's record-breaking numbers, but Army officials maintain a recent trend downward could mean the service is making headway on its programs designed to reduce the problem, Army officials said Tuesday.
DAWN.COM | Columnists | Why not a civilian head of ISI?By Kamran Shafi Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009
Video -Arabs Fighting for IsraelAgainst popular belief, there are some Arabs serving in Israel's armed forces.
Army tells its soldiers to 'bribe' the TalebanBritish forces should buy off potential Taleban recruits with "bags of gold", according to a new army field manual published yesterday.
Soldier Single Mom Refuses Deployment to Care for Baby Arrested, Told to Put Child in Foster CareAn Army cook and single mom may face criminal charges after she skipped her deployment flight to Afghanistan because, she said, no one was available to care for her infant son while she was overseas. Spc.
Well Veterans Day is over and gone till next year BUT to me it's VETERANS DAY every day. During our lives WE meet many people, some young MANY OLD.
Company Charged in $8B Troop Food FraudA company paid more than $8 billion by the United States military to feed soldiers in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan has been charged with fraud.
Hard Evidence: Seven salient facts about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.The above list is not exhaustive, but I would submit that five of the seven items (the first and the last four) would have been grounds to have had him either put under close surveillance or dismissed from the service
Barack Obama and Plummeting Military MoraleNew Army surveys, reports the Wall Street Journal, show that morale has fallen sharply among soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan and confirm an unusually high suicide in their ranks.
Army Sends Infant to Protective Services, Mom to Afghanistanby: Dahr Jamail | Inter Press Service
Army Sends Infant to Protective Services, Mom to Afghanistan Hutchinson, of Oakland, California, is currently being confined at Hunter Army Airfield near Savannah, Georgia, after being arrested. Her son was placed into a county foster care system.
Obama to Congress: Hold off Fort Hood hearings''President Barack Obama called Saturday for a comprehensive review of the events leading to the tragedy at Fort Hood to "prevent a similar breach from happening again," and he urged Congress to delay hearings until an investigation is complete.
"Don't join. Everything they advertise and tell you about how it's a family friendly army is a lie" -- Signs of the Times NewsHere's a controversial story about one soldier's experience.
Army probes burial mix-ups at Arlington cemeteryThe U.S. Army on Friday ordered an investigation into burial and record-keeping mix-ups at the nation's most venerated war cemetery.
Gitmo interrogations spark battle over tacticsSpeaking publicly for the first time, senior U.S. law enforcement investigators say they waged a long but futile battle inside the Pentagon to stop coercive and degrading treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. MSNBC.com's Bill Dedman reports.
Fort Hood shooter is a murderer, not a terrorist Major Nidal Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the Fort Hood shootings and will be tried in a military court.
Army major and doctor Nidal Malik Hassan murdered 13 people and wounded over 30 at Fort Hood Texas last week.. He was shot and stopped by two civilian Fort Hood policemen. He is now in a hospital being treated for his injuries and under heavy guard.
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