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Army K9 and handler honored for discovering IED cache in Syria Fritz, a military working dog, and his handler Sgt. Michael Ramirez received Army Commendation Medals in December for discovering a cache of unexploded bombs in Syria. INHERENT RESOLVE/TWITTER By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 28, 2020 An Army canine earned rare military honors this month after discovering a cache of explosives in Syria while deployed as part of the U.S.-led mission to defeat the Islamic State. Fritz, a 4.5-year-old military working dog who joined the kennels at Fort Carson, Colo., in Septe...

The vaunted main battle tank is about to get some important upgrades. The United States Army will be getting some brand-new tanks—the most recently updated version of its M1A2 Abrams. The Department of Defense (DoD) announced this month that General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. in Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $4,620,000,000 fixed-price-incentive contract to produce Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 tanks. Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received, and work locations and funding will be determined with each order. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the ...

7 FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Dec. 21, 2020) -- Over the past few weeks, members of the Fort Drum community have been popping up on television screens across the North Country with messages of holiday cheer. Among these groups, and perhaps not as familiar a name as the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade or the 10th Mountain Division Band, is the Fort Drum Sgt. Audie Murphy Club (SAMC). Although its members are quite active in the community, it’s a military organization that even some Soldiers aren’t entirely knowledgeable about. First Sgt. Raymond Huff was introduced to this prestigious ...

Fort Drum soldier to be charged with murder in death of fellow soldier (reports) Updated Dec 21, 2020; Facebook Share A Fort Drum soldier will be charged with murder in the shooting death of a fellow soldier, according to multiple reports. U.S. Army Cpl. Hayden Harris, 20, was found dead Saturday in a wooded area in Byram Township, N.J., after being reported missing. Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller said Sunday that another soldier was being held in Upstate New York where he is awaiting an extradition hearing to New Jersey. CBS reports the other soldier has been ident...

By GEOFF HERBERT | syracuse.com | Published: December 21, 2020 SYRACUSE, N.Y. (Tribune News Service) — A Fort Drum soldier will be charged with murder in the shooting death of a fellow soldier, according to multiple reports. U.S. Army Cpl. Hayden Harris, 20, was found dead Saturday in a wooded area in Byram Township, N.J., after being reported missing. Sussex County First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller said Sunday that another soldier was being held in Upstate New York where he is awaiting an extradition hearing to New Jersey. CBS reports the other soldier has been identified as Ja...