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Listen • 3:54 Amber Davila left the Army after she was sexually assaulted by a fellow soldier. A new study found sexual assault doubles the odds that a service member will leave the military within 28 months. The RAND Corporation study concluded that the cost of sexual assault and harassment extends beyond the victims. It's also causing troops to leave the service, hurting military readiness. When Amber Davila joined the Army in 2011, she planned to stay in for "the full 20" - or until retirement. The San Antonio native, then 26 years old, took pride in her communicati...

82nd Airborne Division welcomes first African American, woman as Brigade Command Sergeant Women continue to make history at North Carolina's largest U.S. military base Fort Bragg. The 82nd Airborne Division welcomed Command Sgt. Maj. Tonya Sims during a Thursday morning change of responsibility ceremony. Maj. Sims is the first African American woman soldier to serve as the brigade Command Sergeant Major within the division. She is also the highest-ranking enlisted person in the 82nd Sustainment Brigade. JUST IN: Women continue making history on Fort Bragg. Command Sergeant Major Tonya Sims to...

47 FORT KNOX, Ky. -- U.S. Army Human Resources Command welcomed a Somerset, Kentucky, native as its new command sergeant major during a change of responsibility ceremony here March 12. Command Sgt. Maj. Anthony McAdoo assumed the role of the command’s senior enlisted advisor from outgoing Command Sgt. Maj. Lynice Thorpe-Noel. Upon relinquishing her duties at HRC, Thorpe-Noel is retiring to Huntsville, Alabama. HRC conducts distribution, strategic talent management, and information technology, for a full spectrum of human resources programs and services Army wide. Those pro...

Ft. Sill kicks off annual Army Emergency Relief Program Ft. Sill kicks off annual Army Emergency Relief Program By Dallas Payeton | March 5, 2021 at 5:26 PM CST - Updated March 5 at 5:26 PM FT. SILL, Okla. (TNN) - Today was the annual Army Emergency Relief program kick-off at Fort Sill. AER is funded by Soldier donations and all donations go to helping Soldiers Fort Sill’s Command Sergeant Major says he’s been helped by the program in the past. He encourages everyone to check out the booth they have set up in the PX. “Under the program—there’s a program called the quick assist ...

19 CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo -- Since Sgt. 1st Class Michael Raines joined the U.S. Army under the Active First program in 2009, he hasn’t visited his hometown in Maryland for more than two weeks at a time. The program allows Soldiers to serve on active duty before transitioning to the National Guard. As his initial three-year contract was coming to an end, Raines was deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, so he decided to enlist for another four years of active duty service. He would find out later that his new path would connect him to his family in...