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Army glad to be in Memphis for AutoZone Liberty Bowl By Jarvis Greer | December 31, 2020 at 5:58 AM CST - Updated December 31 at 12:39 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The 62nd Annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl kicks off Thursday here in Memphis with an interesting matchup for college football fans. West Virginia comes in with a 5-4 record, but a penchant for throwing to football. While Army, a late replacement for coronavirus protocolled Tennessee, is nothing but ground and pound with one of the most prolific rushing offenses in the country. The Cadets said they’re thankful to play in any bowl af...

Share This: LTC Scott Basso, the Ranger Training Battalion Commander overseeing Ranger School’s Mountain Phase in Georgia was relieved on November 20 after an investigation substantiated that he made “derogatory comments to subordinates,” according to Army officials. Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe, commander of the Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE) and Fort Benning, said in a statement that he relieved the battalion commander on Nov. 20 “due to his inability to uphold professional standards of conduct.” The promotion of Lt. Col. Scott Basso, January 2018. Ben Garrett, the spokesman f...

Ranger Training Battalion CO Relieved for Allegedly Making 'Derogatory' Comments About Subordinates A group of U.S. Army Rangers, assigned to the 5th Ranger Training Battalion, walks in chalk order and prepares to board a UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter at Stringer Drop Zone, Dahlonega, GA., October 11, 2019. (Austin Berner/U.S. Army Reserve) 18 Dec 2020 Task & Purpose | By Haley Britzky This article by Haley Britzky originally appeared on Task & Purpose, a digital news and culture publication dedicated to military and vetera...

. The Army recorded its fewest accidental deaths on record in 2020, as coronavirus restrictions kept more soldiers off the road and hunkered down at home. There were 96 soldiers and Army civilians recorded as “mishap fatalities” for the fiscal year, less than the previous low of 109 accidental deaths in 2016, the U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center’s annual safety report found. Of the 96 deaths, 25 happened on duty. The reduction was likely because of restrictions and possibly curtailed training activities brought on by the pandemic, the report said. “(W)e can look at trends from pa...