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Joseph Marquez, a private first class with the U.S. Army, died on Monday during a training exercise at the Yakima Training Center.

Some of our nation’s littlest heroes got to take part in a time-honored cavalry tradition, here at Fort Hood.

As Russian forces close in on Ukraine's capital of Kyiv, two Vietnam war veterans in San Antonio praise the spirit of Ukrainian troops and citizens to defend freedom

An account of the Maslakov mutiny in the Red Army which threw the Bolsheviks into consternation.

A soldier is behind bars after police say he murdered a fellow soldier after an argument.

Peter “Pete” Bondi died on Jan. 19, 2016. He received praise for a life well lived. Pete and wife Donna once gave a fond farewell to their Main Street Palace

Doug Stout Guest Columnist On August 15, 1945, World War II ended with the surrender of Japan. American troops were moved quickly to Japan to act as an army of occupation. The Newark Advocate reported in early September that three local men had "probably paraded the streets of Tokyo" with the First Cavalry Division. The three men were listed as Lieutenant John "Pete" McFarland, Fred Hoffman, and former Newark physician Captain James B. Johnson, a surgeon with the First. Also in Tokyo was Hideki...

Foss: Learning from the obituaries | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS You can learn a lot from the obituaries.  I started reading the obits in earnest a couple weeks ago because I was searching for people who had died of COVID-19 in Capital Region nursing homes.  At first, I scanned the obits quickly for causes of death.  But the more I read, the more absorbed I became.  Soon I was captivated – not by how people died, but by how they lived, by their achievements and passions and deep roots in t...