The effectiveness of the social networking site Twitter as a breaking news information center is again being demonstrated following the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas. Due to the 140 character limit of each tweet, news can quickly be updated as more information becomes available.

The shooter involved in the tragic Fort Hood shooting today, which occurred at 1:30 CST, has not, in fact, been killed as has been previously reported. At a press conference, Lt. Gen. Robert Cone reported that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan has in fact been wounded, captured, and is in custody.

More information has emerged about Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged gunman in the tragic Fort Hood, TX massacre that occurred this afternoon at approximately 1:30 PM CST. Hasan entered the Fort Hood oldier Readiness Facility, where soldiers who are preparing to deploy go for last minute checkups and preparation, began shooting with two handguns, and ended up killing 11 others before he himself was killed by MPs. Thirty-one were wounded.

The gunman at the heart of the Fort Hood tragedy has been identified. He is Major Nidal Malik Hasan, aged 39 or 40, according to the report.

As details on the tragedy at Fort Hood continue to come in, the hospitals in the area of Fort Hood, TX, are asking for blood donations. Current reports are that 11 are dead, and 31 wounded.

Manhattan U.S. attorney charges U.S. Army Captain with accepting bribes while stationed in Iraq.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the U.S. Senate will hold a hearing on Army's controversial policy about gays and lesbians known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Her release reads that Armed Services Committee chairman Levin agrees to hold a Senate hearing on the "don't ask don't tell" policy this fall.

About 4,000 U.S. Marines descended on Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan Thursday, launching the first major operation under U.S. President Barack Obama's new strategy to stabilize the country.

WASHINGTON - A criminal investigation is underway for at least seven National Guard male soldiers who allegedly photographed and filmed female officers in the barrack’s showers at Fort Dix, NJ.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today recommended Army Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal to replace Army Gen. David D. McKiernan as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, citing the need for fresh leadership as the U.S. takes a new approach to the region.

NBC News is reporting that at Camp Liberty, the main U.S. military base in Iraq, which is located near the Baghdad International Airport, a yet unnamed serviceman walked into a "stress clinic" in the camp, opened first, killing at least five. Contrary to earlier reports, the soldier did not kill himself but is now in custody.

The U.S. Army is stepping up efforts to recruit more skilled soldiers by offering immigrants a fast track to U.S. citizenship if they enlist. The move comes as the Pentagon prepares to send several thousand more troops to Afghanistan and with the war in Iraq in its sixth year.