Nov 19

Gay soldier shares reaction to GOP debate boos 
    (AP)

AP – Army Capt. Stephen Hill says he wasn’t trying to score political points when he asked the Republican presidential candidates if they would reinstate the ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 8

U.S. Army soldier charged with attempted espionage 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – A U.S. Army specialist who was arrested at a military base in Alaska last month on suspicion of spying was formally charged on Monday with attempted espionage, an Army spokesman said. Read the rest of this entry »

Aug 6

US military to shorten soldier tours of duty 
    (AFP)

AFP – The US Army will shorten the length of tours of duty for personnel deployed in combat zones from a year to nine months, as it pursues its withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

Aug 5

US military to shorten soldier tours of duty 
    (AFP)

AFP – The US Army will shorten the length of tours of duty for personnel deployed in combat zones from a year to nine months, as it pursues its withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

Aug 5

Judge refers Army soldier to grand jury 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – A judge weighing the case against an Army soldier accused of a terror plot to bomb soldiers from a Texas military base on Thursday said there was sufficient evidence to refer the charges to a grand jury. Read the rest of this entry »

Aug 5

US soldier in Texas plot had bomb materials: court 
    (AFP)

AFP – A US soldier of Palestinian descent had collected everything he needed to build a bomb and attack the area around a sprawling Texas military base, FBI agents told a court Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 31

US soldier held in new Texas base 'terror plot' 
    (AFP)

AFP – Texas police have arrested a US soldier on suspicion of planning a “terror plot” against Fort Hood, the military base where a fellow serviceman went on a deadly shooting rampage in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 30

US soldier charged in Fort Hood bomb plot 
    (AFP)

AFP – A soldier suspected of planning an attack on fellow soldiers near a US military base refused to stand up for the judge during a brief court appearance and was escorted shouting from the room. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 29

AWOL soldier defiant in 1st court appearance 
    (AP)

AP – An AWOL soldier accused of plotting to launch an attack on Fort Hood was defiant during his first court appearance on Friday, yelling out the name of the Army psychiatrist blamed in the 2009 deadly shooting rampage at the same Texas base. Read the rest of this entry »

Jul 29

APNewsBreak: Ark. soldier shooter sent FBI letter 
    (AP)
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