WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. defense officials say the U.S. will pull roughly 12,000 troops out of Germany, bringing about 6,400 forces home and shifting 5,400 to other countries in Europe. The plan will cost billions of dollars and take years to complete. It has been spurred on by President Donald Trump’s demand to withdraw troops
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FORT HOOD, Texas — Fort Hood in Texas is no stranger to tragedy. In 2009 a U.S. Army psychiatrist killed 13 people, an unborn child and injured 32 others in a shooting rampage. Five years later the US Army post was struck again when a veteran killed three people and injured 16 others before killing
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FORT BLISS, Texas — A soldier was injured in a friendly fire incident at Fort Bliss during a training exercise, the Army Times reported Friday. According to the report, the solider was injured when an M1 Abrams tank accidently fired at another tank earlier this week. An Army spokesperson told the Times that the solider
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FORT BLISS, Texas — To further help fight the spread of Covid-19, all soldiers at Fort Bliss are now under orders to wear face masks while in uniform, regardless of their ability to socially distance themselves from others. The new order from the commanding general for the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, Maj. Gen.
Continue Reading FORT HOOD, TEXAS — U.S. Army officials on Tuesday said that the body of a Fort Hood solider was found near the Texas army base, marking the third time in a month that a Fort Hood soldier’s body has been discovered. Pvt. Mejhor Morta, 26, was found unresponsive July 17 in the vicinity of Stillhouse Hollow Lake, according
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EL PASO, Texas — A new mural near Fort Bliss honors the memory of U.S. Army soldier Vanessa Guillén. The artist is Gabe Vasquez, who also created the “El Paso Strong” mural. Spc. Guillén, 20, stationed at Fort Hood in Texas, had not been seen for two months until investigators determined she was killed and
Continue ReadingProtests in Portland, Oregon have been a nightly occurrence for more than 50 days, but one man hadn’t attended any until Saturday night. Navy veteran Chris David, 53, told CNN over the phone Sunday that he had never been to a protest, but felt “enraged” when he saw federal officers on the scene and wanted
Continue Reading KILLEEN, Texas — Federal agents have seized more than 20 vehicles and the money from 10 bank accounts belonging to married U.S. Army veterans in Texas, saying the pair used personal information stolen from soldiers to defraud the military out of as much as $11 million. Army investigators obtained warrants last month to confiscate the
Continue ReadingHOUSTON, Texas — Teams of military medics were deployed in Texas and California to help hospitals deluged by coronavirus patients, as Miami area authorities in Florida began stepping up enforcement Friday of a mask requirement — echoing efforts in many parts of the world to contain surging infections. In Houston, an 86-person Army medical team
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ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — Military flights resumed Wednesday at Holloman Air Force Base in southern New Mexico following an F-16C jet fighter crash two days ago, officials said. In the Monday evening crash at the base, the pilot of the single-engine aircraft successfully ejected and suffered minor injuries. Officials said the flight was part of
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HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico – A U.S. Air Force F-16C Viper jet crashed during a landing attempt Monday evening at Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, officials said. The lone pilot aboard the jet was able to eject just prior to the crash, the military said. He was being treated for minor injuries. No
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO, California — Federal and Navy firefighters on Monday were still fighting a ferocious fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard amphibious assault ship docked at Naval Base San Diego. A total of 59 personnel, 36 sailors and 23 civilians, were treated for minor injuries, including heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation, the US Pacific Fleet’s
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United States military personnel on the Japanese island of Okinawa are on virtual lockdown after almost 100 cases of coronavirus have emerged on several US Marine Corps bases there. The lockdown order, which was issued Saturday morning, bans almost all off-base movement by the tens of thousands of US military personnel on the bases unless
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SAN DIEGO, California — At least 21 sailors and civilians were hospitalized following an explosion on a U.S. Navy ship in San Diego on Sunday, officials said. A fire broke out aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard, said officials with the Naval Surface Forces. The blaze escalated to a three-alarm fire, according to the San Diego
Continue ReadingKINGSVILLE, Texas — Soaring through the glass ceilings of both her gender and race, Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle has made history as the U.S. Navy’s first Black female tactical aircraft pilot. “BZ to Lt. j.g. Madeline Swegle on completing the Tactical Air (Strike) aviator syllabus,” the Chief of Naval Air Training wrote on Facebook, using
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El PASO, Texas — Bob Snead, an El Paso artist, actor and decorated war veteran who told the stories of Black soldiers of the frontier, died on Saturday. He was 84, according to El Paso Matters. A memorial service is planned for El Paso in the next week to 10 days, Snead’s family said. Snead
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FORT HOOD, Texas — The US Army is assembling a panel of four civilian consultants to review the “command climate and culture” at Fort Hood in Texas, in the wake of the killing of Spc. Vanessa Guillen, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy announced Friday. McCarthy announced the investigation following a meeting Friday with US Rep. Sylvia
Continue ReadingA woman soldier for the first time will join the Green Berets, one of the Army’s most elite units, after graduating this week from US Army Special Forces training. The soldier graduated Thursday in a “Covid-compliant graduation ceremony,” according to the US Army. The Army doesn’t name Special Forces members to protect their identities for
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso is familiar with his work and now he wants the community’s help in finding a location for a new mural to express grief over the killing of a Texas soldier. Gabriel Vasquez is the artist behind the El Paso Strong mural, which he created after the Aug. 3 mass
Continue Reading FORT HOOD, Texas — Human remains found in a shallow in Texas grave were positively identified as Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen on Sunday, according to Guillen family attorney Natalie Khawam. Guillen, 20, had been missing since April and was last seen in the parking lot of her barracks at Fort Hood on April 22, according
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — While many El Pasons were out grilling hot dogs and burgers in observance of the July 4th holiday, others took to Grandview Park demanding justice for Vanessa Guillen. The group made up of roughly 50 held the protest for the slain Army specialist who went missing on April 23rd in the
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Marine Corps veteran Brian Vargas is still triggered by the sound of fireworks. A Purple Heart recipient, Vargas has endured over 200 medical procedures since his return from Iraq. “There’s just some sounds you’ll never forget, like the sound of 5.56 and 7.62 rounds impacting all around you,” said Vargas, now the manager for the
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EL PASO, Texas — El Pasoans gathered Thursday night for a candlelight vigil at Tobin Park to honor missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, who is presumed dead. While she was a Texas native, Guillen had no apparent El Paso connection. But her disappearance made national headlines as people demanded an investigation. The case resonated
Continue Reading FORT HOOD, Texas — Army investigators believe a Texas soldier missing since April was killed by another soldier on the base where they served, the attorney for the missing soldier’s family said Thursday. Lawyer Natalie Khawam said the U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Division told her that the other soldier bludgeoned 20-year-old soldier Vanessa Guillen with
Continue Reading KILLEEN, Texas — A military suspect who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and a civilian suspect arrested by the Texas Rangers are connected to the disappearance and apparent death of missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, according to ABC affiliate KTRK. The military suspect was a junior soldier who fled Fort Hood Tuesday night.
Continue Reading CLICK HERE for UPDATES to this story KILLEEN, Texas — Human remains found Tuesday are believed to be those of missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, ABC affiliate KTRK reported. While officials have not confirmed the remains are those of Guillen, Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller told KTRK, “The search for Vanessa is now over.”
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WASHINGTON, DC — Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported. That’s according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the intelligence who spoke with The
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Russian intelligence officers for the military intelligence GRU recently offered money to Taliban militants in Afghanistan as rewards if they killed U.S. or UK troops there, intelligence officials told the New York Times. “This callous approach by the GRU is startling and reprehensible. Their motivation is bewildering,” one official said. U.S. intelligence
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KILLEEN, Texas — Witnesses reported finding “unidentified” remains in a Killeen field on Saturday evening, according to police. ABC affiliate KTRK indicated the discovery was made within walking distance of the site where investigators found missing Fort Hood soldier Gregory Wedel-Morales’ remains on June 19. The discovery came as search crews continued to look for
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO, California — The Trump administration doesn’t have the authority to divert Pentagon funds to construct additional barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, days after President Donald Trump’s visit to a section of the wall in Arizona. In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that
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