Fort Benning News

In their new book "The Boys of Benning: Stories from the Lives of Fourteen Infantry OCS Class 2-62 Graduates" , Dan Telfair, Zia Telfair and Thomas B. Vaughn highlight the lives of 14 graduates of a 1962 infantry officer candidate school class.

Veterinarians have served in the U.S. Army since the days of George Washington. Once they served as farriers for cavalry horses.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

A U.S. Navy sailor was killed and five were injured during a training exercise at Fort Knox in Kentucky, a Navy spokesman said Friday.

Airman 1st Class James Mason, 28th Civil Engineer Squadron, rides his motorcycle around Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., on Aug.

Col. Johnnie L. Johnson, Jr., commander, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, is scheduled to relinquish command of the Sledgehammer Brigade during a change of command ceremony at the National Infantry Museum parade field at 2 p.m. May 17.

Soldiers at Fort Benning and across the Army have the opportunity to further their educations, as the Army offers numerous educational benefits and opportunities to Soldiers, Family members and veterans.

A former U.S. Marine and World War II veteran was honored Saturday during a medal presentation almost 70 years in the making.

FORT POLK, La. — What if deployed Soldiers could look at a village and read its atmosphere, its attitudes, identify the key people, and predict behaviors, without stepping one foot into it.

Keynote speaker Melanie Braam offered insightful words of wisdom from a variety of well-known individuals along with helpful and genuine advice of her own to the 12 Marshall East Campus Learning Alternative graduates at the 2013 graduation ceremony Tuesday morning.

Army Pvt. Colin A. Urquizo, son of Renee Urquizo of Redlands, has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.

Joe Paull jpaull@ledger-enquirer.com Royce Matthews is an administrative clerk for Martin Army Community Hospital and owner of Tastee Cookie Company on Armour Road in Columbus.

Alvirne alumna graduates from Air Force training Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Kayla M. McWalter graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

With the Iraq War over and the Pentagon looking to trim its force by 2017, Fort Benning officials are seeing more soldiers leave the Army this year.

In less than a year, local schools in Georgia's Chattahoochee Valley will have to make room for nearly 6,000 additional students.

This combo shows the 30 troops killed in a helicopter downing in Afghanistan on Saturday, Aug.

The pay raise for military personnel which passed the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday would mean an estimated $10 million annually in new funds channeled into the local economy.

SAN ANTONIO — The president of the United States has proclaimed May as National Military Appreciation Month to remind Americans of the importance of the U.S. Armed Forces in history.

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The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to exact a huge toll on Fort Bliss, as five Fort Bliss soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, were killed Saturday in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan.