U.S. Army

In May, Clarksville, Tennessee police found U.S. Army Private First Class Katia Dueñas Aguilar dead in her home. The Mesquite soldier was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division and stationed at Fort Campbell, near Tennessee-Kentucky border.

Sixty artists have bowed out over the festival's partnership with the U.S. Army and defense contractors. The list is growing.

“My children want me to retire, but I just can’t. I’m just having too much fun learning.”

When National Guard members and reservists deploy, a federal law is supposed to preserve their civilian jobs and benefits. It also includes protections for veterans who get injured in the line of duty, and requires employers to accommodate their disabilities. But in some places, including Texas, veterans who work for state governments can't access those protections.

The Army is putting a civilian in charge of its criminal investigations, adding staff and freeing up more agents to work on cases, in a plan to address widespread failures that surfaced last year after a string of murders and other crimes at Fort Hood, Texas.

Army leaders concede that a program designed to eliminate sexual harassment and abuse has not achieved its goal. So the 18th Airborne Corps held a "Shark Tank" type event for soldiers to present ideas to fix it.

The Army on Tuesday said it had fired or suspended 14 officers and enlisted soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, and ordered policy changes to address chronic leadership failures at the base that contributed to a widespread pattern of violence including murder, sexual assaults and harassment.

Following Guillén's killing, the Army launched an independent investigation into the climate of Fort Hood, but critics say the problems are systemic.

The legislation would remove sexual assault and harassment prosecutions from the military chain of command.

The killing of U.S. Army Specialist Vanessa Guillén, 20, has sparked a nationwide controversy about sexual assault and harassment in the military.In a…

Officials say text messages claiming individuals are being called to war in Iran and must contact a recruitment center "are false and were not initiated by this command or the U.S. Army."

In recent weeks, dozens of military recruits had their enlistment contracts canceled. They had joined the military as part of a program to recruit foreign nationals with critically needed skills.