BOERNE, Texas – An employee was killed after a fuel tank explosion at an ammunition facility on the property of Camp Stanley, according to a U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command spokesperson. The incident happened at approximately 10 a.m. on Wednesday at Camp Stanley, which is located off Ralph Fair Road on the northwest portion of…
A former Michigan Army National Guard member is accused of attempting to carry out a mass shooting at a U.S. military base in Warren, Michigan, on behalf of the terrorist organization ISIS. Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, 19, of Melvindale, Michigan, was arrested Wednesday after officials foiled his alleged planned attack at the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive and…
A U.S. Army soldier was found dead on a riverbank several miles from an airbase in Honduras this weekend, authorities confirmed on Tuesday. The body of 1st Lt. Marciano Parisano, 25, was found off base in Comayagua, a city in the west-central part of the country, the U.S. Army said. At 2:00 p.m. local time…
A soldier from Virginia who died on D-Day has been accounted for 81 years after he was killed, officials said in a news release. U.S. Army Sgt. Ivor D. Thornton, 34, landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regimental Combat Team, 29th Infantry Division as part of the second…
Three U.S. soldiers who had been at the center of a recovery mission in Lithuania for nearly a week after their armored vehicle sank in a body of water were found dead Monday, the Army said. Efforts were continuing to find the fourth soldier. The soldiers’ identities were being withheld pending notification of their next…
Pabrade, Lithuania — Lithuania’s president said Friday that he hoped for “a miracle” as he visited the site of a rescue operation to recover four missing U.S. Army soldiers from their submerged vehicle. The four soldiers, assigned to the Army’s 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, went missing early Tuesday morning during a maintenance mission to recover…
Four U.S. Army soldiers were killed during a training exercise in Lithuania, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Wednesday, speaking with reporters in Poland. The U.S. embassy in Vilnius said earlier in a statement posted on social media that the four soldiers had gone missing during training, and it thanked the Baltic nation’s military and police for…
A United States missile system that is currently deployed in an allied country near China has proved its deterrence, U.S. Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll claimed last week. Newsweek has reached out to the Armed Forces of the Philippines for comment by email. The Chinese Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to a request…
Two active-duty U.S. soldiers and one former soldier were arrested after being accused of selling state secrets to foreign countries, including China, the Department of Justice said Thursday. Active-duty soldier Li Tian and former soldier Ruoyu Duan were charged in Oregon with conspiring to commit bribery and the theft of government property. Active-duty soldier Jian…
The Philippines said on Friday that it never pledged to remove a missile system deployed by its ally, the United States, as China threatened to take necessary countermeasures. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to Newsweek‘s written request for comment. Why It Matters The U.S. Army deployed a Mid-Range Capability (MRC) missile system, also known…