Single mother and Army cook Spc. Alexis Hutchinson was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan along with her unit on Nov. 5. Instead, she is under arrest and confined to an Army base in Savannah, Ga., because she chose to skip her flight in order to care for her infant son.
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President Barack Obama is sending his national security advisers back to the drawing board. According to White House reports, the President has decided to reject all of the options presented him for military deployments in Afghanistan.
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A new study by two Harvard researchers estimate that over 2,000 U.S. veterans under the age of 65 died in 2008 due to lack of health insurance. Unlike popular belief, many veterans do not qualify for health care by the VA once they are out of the service.
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Military officials said Wednesday that body of Benjamin Sherman, 21, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, has been found in a river. Sherman is a paratrooper who went missing since last week in Afghanistan
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A U.S. Marine reservist stands accused of attacking a Greek priest he mistook for an Arab. Lance Cpl. Jasen Bruce, 28, is accused of attacked the Rev. Alexios Marakis, 29, with a tire iron.
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President Barack Obama attended a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday. The service was held to remember those fallen in the horrific Fort Hood massacre that took place last Thursday at the Fort Hood Soldier Readiness Center.
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Major Nidal Malik Hasan is the hospitalized Fort Hood shooting suspect who allegedly shot and killed 13, and wounded 29 in his Thursday rampage last week. A new report now indicates that Hasan warned that Muslims should be given conscientious objector status, rather than being forced to fight other Muslims, over two years ago.
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The personal Web site for Anwar al Awlaki, a radical American imam, who had contact with two of the Sept. 11 hijackers lauds alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero. Anwar al Awlaki was a spiritual leader at two mosques where three of the Sept. 11 hijackers worshipped.
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Fort Hood's 1st Cavalry Memorial Chapel saw a large crowd of 120 people on Sunday, as the base tries to make sense of the tragic shootings from last Thursday. Major Nadil Malik Hasan, 39, has become a household name since then, as the U.S. Army psychiatrist killed 13 and wounded 30 in a massacre on the base.
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In every tragedy, there is usually a hero. Even in the aftermath of the shooting rampage that took place yesterday at the U.S. Army's largest base in the world at Fort Hood, TX, heroes can be found, and the Army is highlighting those individuals.
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In the wake of the Fort Hood tragedy, in which Major Nidal Malik Hasan shot and killed 13 and wounded 30, Muslims around the U.S. brace for fallout. With his cry of 'Allahu Akbar,' which means "God is Great" in Arabic, Hasan set the stage for possible retribution against Muslims in the U.S.
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According to witnesses, as he strode into Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Center, where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening, ready to shoot, Major Nidal Malik Hasan gave a calm presence. Then, shouting 'Allahu Akbar,' he attacked.
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