Crews piloting the latest version of the Army’s Apache attack helicopter will be able fly faster and higher, all while controlling unmanned aircraft during battles, according to Army officials.
The U.S. military has been flying weapons and other supplies to a U.S. Army brigade in Afghanistan from a Romanian air base on the Black Sea for nearly three months as officials assess how large a role Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base could play for the remainder of the war in Afghanistan.
The commander of the Army garrison in Grafenwöhr, Col. Avanulas R. Smiley, has been temporarily suspended from command pending the result of an unspecified investigation, according to Installation Management Command in Europe.
Homeschooled children attached to the U.S. military community in Europe have the chance to compete in a science fair in January at Ramstein Air Base, thanks to the efforts of a newly formed European Home School Science Association.
Hundreds of venomous toads have been found at Camp Kinser in what environmental officials say is the first infestation of a notorious pest on Okinawa’s main island.
Justin M. Coleman, 36, who taught at Yokota East Elementary School from 2002 to 2005, was sentenced in Alexandria, Va., federal court after pleading guilty earlier this year to two counts of production of child pornography, according to school officials and court documents.
A U.S. soldier was sentenced in Korean court Tuesday to 10 years in prison for what the judge described as “sadistically and pervertedly” raping a 17-year-old South Korean girl. Prosecutors had sought a 15-year sentence.
Authorities are still searching for an Air Force spouse who went missing last week from Kadena Air Base.
Columbia Southern University is one of many schools approved to offer up-front tuition assistance through the U.S. Army’s centralized tuition assistance portal, GoArmyEd.
Friday, October 7, 2011 marks ten years since the start of the war in Afghanistan. Here are some Stars and Stripes photos from life in the war zone.
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