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David J. Riley was a seaman second class assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma when it was attacked by the Japanese on Dec. 7, 1941.

About seven months after the Army reintroduced land navigation to its Basic Leader Course, half of the soldiers in that pilot program have failed the training.

NAS JRB Fort Worth, Texas — Service Members young and old gathered at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Joint Reserve Base (JRB) Fort Worth base chapel Dec. 7 to remember

NAU professor Jeff Foster was recently awarded a grant by the DoD for a new study, “Demonstration of Metabarcoding for Monitoring Bird Species Habitat Quality

Students delivered presentations on campus and at Schofield Barracks on December 7.

One of the most important things George Strait has devoted himself to is his 50-year marriage to his wife, Norma.

The U.S. Army would need to spend $34 billion to renovate and modernize aging buildings on its bases, with a quarter of that alone going to upgrade structures in Hawaii and on Fort Bragg, N.C., according to the Congressional Budget Office.

The U. S. government created a pension system in 1862, not only for soldiers disabled in the Civil War but also for widows and children of those dying in the line of duty. Also included were mothers who documented their soldier sons as their sole support. The resulting files are a treasure trove of Civil War stories, including that of one young Bollinger County soldier, Albert T. Limbaugh.

Service branches in Hawaii are urging active-duty troops to complete a cost-of-living questionnaire by month’s end that could adjust a drastic reduction in service members’ cost-of-living allowances.

Command Sergeant Major Joseph G. Harbour recently relinquished his responsibility as the Garrison Command Sergeant Major at Fort Campbell after retiring from Army service during ceremonies at Wilson Theater, according