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Year in review: Fort Drum in 2020 WWNY Year in review: Fort Drum in 2020 By Keir Chapman | December 31, 2020 at 2:38 PM EST - Updated January 1 at 8:26 AM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - As the nation faced the force of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fort Drum was not spared from quarantines and business shutdowns. But, the post didn’t let the virus define its 2020. Fort Drum had a strong start to the year. In February, troops prepared for a new Army combat fitness test. Sergeant Logan Putnam of the 3-71 Cavalry Regiment had already notched a perfect score and shared what it took. “Just put f...

Army specialist and teen charged with kidnapping, murdering 20-year-old soldier Updated Dec 29, 2020; Posted Dec 28, 2020 Hayden Harris, 20, was found shot to death in a wooded area in Sussex County.(U.S. Army photo) Facebook Share Two people, including a fellow soldier, have been charged with killing a young U.S. Army soldier whose body was discovered in Sussex County earlier this month, authorities said. Specialist Jamaal Mellish, 23, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and a 16-year-old male whose name was not released, were charged with kidnapping and murdering 20-year-old Cpl. Hayden Harris, the Sussex...

The 1st Brigade Combat Team “Devils” of the 82nd Airborne Division completed their 10-day mission readiness exercise known as “Devil Storm” in December. Devil Storm was held Dec. 1-11 on Sicily and Holland Drop Zones, as well as across the entire training area at Fort Bragg.  The brigade received their mission from the 82nd Airborne Operations Center to kick off the exercise Dec. 1.  This order initiated the 96-hour sequence, a regimented system of preparation that allowed the brigade to coordinate and ready their personnel and equipment for a combat airborne operation. In an unusua...

Soldier And Juvenile Charged With Kidnapping, Murdering Fellow Serviceman On 12/29/20 at 6:42 AM EST Authorities have charged a U.S. Army soldier and a 16-year-old boy with murdering a fellow soldier who was found shot dead in New Jersey. The body of 20-year-old Corporal Hayden Harris was discovered by police in a wooded area of Byram Township, New Jersey, on December 19. Harris, of Guys, Tennessee, was last heard from as he headed from the Fort Drum base near the Canadian border to Watertown, New York, for a vehicle transaction, the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigation Command said. In a news ...

Army specialist and teenager charged with kidnapping, killing 20-year-old soldier Updated Dec 29, 2020; Posted Dec 29, 2020 Hayden Harris, 20, was found shot to death in a wooded area in Sussex County.(U.S. Army photo) Facebook Share Two people, including a fellow soldier, have been charged with killing a U.S. Army soldier whose body was discovered in Sussex County, N.J., this month, authorities said. Specialist Jamaal Mellish, 23, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and a 16-year-old male whose name was not released were charged with kidnapping and killing 20-year-old Cpl. Hayden Harris, the Sussex County ...