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U.S. Army Green Beret Sgt. 1st Class Reymund R. Transfiguracion, 36, of Waikoloa, Hawaii, died Sunday from wounds he received from an improvised explosive device while on a combat patrol in Helmand Province in Southern Afghanistan. 

Army Cpl. Joseph Maciel from South Gate, California, was killed over the weekend in southern Afghanistan by an Afghan soldier in an apparent “green-on-blue” attack as he was protecting his fellow soldiers. 

Liberal radio host and CNN contributor Dean Obeidallah apologized after mistaking the uniform of a deceased U.S. Army Captain for a “Nazi outfit” on Sunday.

Students at an Iowa elementary school surprised a World War II veteran with gifts Friday after he lost his home in a fire.

Washington, DC — The U.S Army’s “competitive edge” over potential combat adversaries like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea is at risk of being “out-matched” if it does not take steps to “modernize its force to build greater capacity and capabilities,” top American generals warned lawmakers.

The federal government has arrested a naturalized American citizen who served in the Army and as a CIA officer for unlawfully possessing classified information that “could cause exceptionally grave damage” to America’s national security, announced the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

The U.S. Army has filed a trademark challenge against a Las Vegas hockey team over its use of a gold and black color scheme and the name “Golden Knights” saying that the Army’s elite parachute team has owned the name and colors for decades, a report says.

An Army soldier who had come home for the holidays died saving lives Thursday after an apartment fire broke out in the Bronx.

A New York man who served in the army for only eight years as a driver far from any battle zone is accused of taking on the fraudulent mantle of a 25-year veteran Green Beret with a chest full of medals. The deception was designed to help him worm his way into New York society events, a report reveals.

In 2012, Ryan “Birdman” Parrott founded Sons of the Flag, a nonprofit organization that has helped more than 1,000 burn survivors connect to medical treatment.

The U.S. Army may award up to $300,000 in American taxpayer funded-back payments for the time Bowe Bergdahl spent in Taliban captivity after he deserted his Afghanistan-based post in 2009 and prompted some of his colleagues to face death and injury while they searched for him.

The U.S. Army is mulling over whether to give Pvt. Bowe Bergdahl $300,000 worth of back pay and other benefits that he accrued while in captivity with the Taliban.

At least four U.S. Army soldiers worked with Mexico’s Gulf Cartel to supply them with more than 40 assault rifles.

U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who pleaded guilty to desertion charges this month, complained that the Taliban treated him better than the U.S.

U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is expected to plead guilty this month to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy after being exchanged by the previous administration for five high-risk Taliban commanders in 2014.

The United States Army will no longer employ Chinese-made DJI brand drones in any capacity, due to potential security risks.

Some American taxpayer-funded weapons sent to Iraq to combat the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) may have ended up in enemy hands as a result of the U.S. Army’s failure to properly track and secure the military equipment, Pentagon officials told lawmakers.

Honorably discharged veterans from all branches of service will soon have extra cash in their pockets.

More than 1,000 illegal immigrants accepted into the U.S. military pose impossible-to-fix security concerns, according to a report in the Washington Post.

A California high school senior headed for the Army is not allowed to wear an Army sash with his robe and mortarboard at his graduation Friday.

“Tactical Augmented Reality” will provide a video game-like heads-up display to soldiers for superior situational awareness in the field.

The U.S. Army has lost track of more than $1 billion worth of weapons and other equipment destined for local allies combating the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq, including an Iran-allied group of Shiite fighters, reveals a report.

Two transgender cadets will be able to graduate from the military academies on the condition that they pass their exams, but they will not be allowed to serve in the military after graduation.

The United States will deploy about 6,000 American soldiers to Europe and Afghanistan, according to the U.S. Army.

The U.S. Army has been testing a high-energy laser weapon that can destroy drones.

The U.S. Army has reportedly field-tested vehicle-mounted anti-drone lasers in an effort to combat ISIS-piloted drones, according to Stars and Stripes.

Army Captain Roger Hill joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Wednesday’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about his new book, “Dog Company: A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command.”

Laser weapons for planes, ships, and other vehicles are being readied to deploy after decades of development.

President Donald Trump thinks his former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn should ask for immunity in exchange for testimony on the Trump campaign’s communications with Russia.

The various U.S. military branches are reportedly drafting proposals to expand in response to President Donald Trump’s pledge to rebuild America’s “depleted” fighting force.

WASHINGTON — Only three of the 58 U.S. Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) are capable of immediately joining the fight in the event of a major conflict, Gen. Daniel Allyn, vice chief of staff of the Army, told lawmakers.

General Ben Hodges, the top U.S. Army commander in Europe, made it plain that America’s massive deployment of tanks and troops to Poland is “not just a training exercise.”

Outgoing President Barack Obama appears not to have the time to bestow the military’s highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, to former U.S. Army Spc. Jim McCloughan, 70, for his personal acts above and beyond the call of duty as a medic during the Vietnam War.

Former soldier Bradley Manning is on President Barack Obama’s shortlist for commutation of the 35-year sentence that Manning got for leaking a huge database of wartime secrets, according to NBC News.

The U.S. Army has made a major move to relax uniform regulations to allow religious garb such as turbans, beards, and hijabs or head scarves to be worn by soldiers, according to reports.

A U.S. Army veteran has turned a negative experience into a positive one by launching a campaign to feed hungry and homeless vets after he was denied a free meal at the Chili’s Bar and Grill in Cedar Hill, Texas, in observance of Veterans Day.