July 5, 2026 99-year-old WWII veteran awarded Purple Heart after waiting more than 80 years A 99-year-old World War II Army veteran finally received his Purple Heart 81 years after being wounded near the Rhine River fighting Nazi Germany.
June 24, 2026 Commanding general of the US Army in European and African theater is unexpectedly stepping down Gen. Christopher Donahue, who leads the U.S. Army Europe and Africa, is retiring from his command by early next month. He was the last soldier to leave Afghanistan in 2021.
June 23, 2026 Army sergeant sentenced after shooting 5 soldiers and his male fiancé at Fort Stewart Army Sgt. Quornelius Radford sentenced to six consecutive life terms for shooting five soldiers and his fiancé at Fort Stewart in Georgia last year.
June 17, 2026 Apache helicopter gunships showed off their power cleaning up the Strait of Hormuz AH-64E Apache helicopters play a major role in reopening the Strait of Hormuz, policing lanes for oil tankers despite a June 8 Iranian drone strike.
June 17, 2026 Nearly 200 injured service members compete in 2026 Warrior Games Nearly 200 service members competed across 12 adaptive sports in the 2026 ‘Warrior Games.' All athletes have some form of service-related ailments like physical injuries, traumatic brain injuries, visual impairments and serious injury and PTSD.
June 9, 2026 US Army helicopter goes down, but President Donald Trump says 'pilots are fine' After a U.S. Army helicopter went down, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that the "pilots are fine" and CENTCOM later issued a statement about the episode.
June 7, 2026 Antares reaches reactor criticality under Trump pilot program, marking major nuclear milestone Antares Nuclear's Mark-0 microreactor achieves criticality at Idaho National Laboratory, the first advanced reactor to do so under Trump's DOE program.
May 25, 2026 ‘Freedoms are never free’: A Jewish American soldier buried with Nazis finally laid to rest with US troops U.S. 1st Lt. Nathan Baskind, missing since the Battle of Cherbourg, was identified through DNA and laid to rest at Normandy American Cemetery.
May 23, 2026 ROBERT MAGINNIS: God, duty and the return of moral clarity at West Point Pete Hegseth's West Point commencement address spoke honestly about God, duty and war while challenging DEI programs that displaced readiness.
May 23, 2026 US Army hits 2026 recruiting goals four months early, Pete Hegseth announces at West Point commencement The U.S. Army hit its 2026 recruiting goals four months early, marking a second record year in a row, Pete Hegseth revealed at West Point's graduation.
