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Read about Marcellus McCluster's indictment for the 1982 murder of U.S. Army private René Dawn Blackmore.

FORT DRUM — When the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) was re-activated here in 1985, one of its most famous alumni came north to help plant its flag.

More than 1,200 names are engraved on the Special Operations Memorial Wall honoring the fallen. A symbol of our country's eternal gratitude.

The force is still too small, Army chief says, and Afghanistan withdrawal won’t really help 1 hour ago U.S. troops secure the perimeter at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan on March 17, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Joel Pfiester/Air Force) Ending the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan won’t be of much use to Army planners sweating the size of the force, as fiscal constraints loom large over the service in the coming years. The Army’s end-strength growth, once expected to top 500,000 active-duty soldiers, has slowed to a crawl in recent years and currently sits at roughly 485,000 troo...

  The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced that Korean War Medal of Honor recipient, Army Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Joseph Kapaun, has been accounted for. Kapaun, of Pilsen, Kansas, served as a chaplain with the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On Nov. 2, 1950, the 3rd Battalion was near Unsan when the unit came under heavy fire and received orders to withdraw. Eventually surrounded and besieged by Chinese Communist Forces, unit members became trapped and dug inside foxholes or behind bunkers. Kapaun stayed with the wounded but was soon...