The U.S. Army said Friday that it would open Sarah Palina s appearance at Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.

A former Missoula man is a Top 3 finalist in "Operation Rising Star", what some call the military's version of American Idol.

The Army has guidelines on how to deal with racist views and actions within the ranks, but none on how to deal with Islamist jihadist views, which fostered a "politically correct" reluctance to investigate the man accused in the Fort Hood shootings, a former Army vice chief of staff told Congress on Thursday.

The U.S. Army plans to prevent media from covering Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg, fearing the event will turn into political grandstanding against President Barack Obama, officials said Thursday.

The morning air at Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan was crisp and clear, with a chill to it, and Sgt.

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will make appearances at a couple of Army bases in the next few weeks, the publisher of her new book says .

WASHINGTON a ' 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 Taliban had set a trap for the tiny company of Afghan soldiers here, its handful of U.S. mentors and the American helicopters that they expected would rush in help.

As a local couple watched live TV news coverage of the Nov. 5 shooting at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, they were still trying to process the news they received moments before in a telephone call.

An M1A1 70-ton tank crosses a bridge made from Axion's thermoplastic composite at Camp Mackall in North Carolina.

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As Chief Warrant Officer 3 James Woolley eased the giant Chinook down into the mud-walled compound, Special Forces troops on the ground dashed to form a perimeter to protect the helicopter, a prize target for Taliban insurgents.

FORT HOOD, Texas - The Army psychiatrist in the Fort Hood massacre was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder Thursday as he lay in a hospital bed and President Barack Obama ordered a review to determine if the government fumbled warning signs of the shooter's contacts with a radical Islamic cleric.

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The body of a 21-year-old soldier from Plymouth - one of two paratroopers missing in Afghanistan since last week - was found Tuesday, according to his widow, Patricia Sherman, who is 51 2 months pregnant with their first child.

Military divers have found the body of one of two U.S. soldiers who went missing last week as they tried to recover airdropped supplies that fell into a river in western Afghanistan, NATO said Wednesday.

Success in Afghanistan is measured in Washington by the ability to create an indigenous army that will battle the Taliban, provide security and stability for Afghan civilians and remain loyal to the puppet government of Hamid Karzai.

Ryan C. Adams celebrated life, whether he was enjoying the outdoors by hunting and fishing or volunteering with Angels on My Shoulder, a nonprofit cancer support group dear to his heart.

It has become a norm for certain elements to exploit a situation shamelessly and use it to further their racist and hateful agenda.

The 82nd Airborne Division's The 3rd Brigade will start arriving home this week after a year in Iraq.