U.S. Army

Family, military leaders and elected officials honored U.S. Army Pvt. Isabella Gonzales during a funeral service Saturday, remembering her faith, service and lasting impact.

Nineteen-year-old Isabella Gonzales from Carrollton was the soldiers who died in an attack in Jordan. Her name, along with three others who died in renewed fighting, were removed from the official casualty account.

The U.S. military has identified two soldiers killed in action last week in the war with Iran. The Defense Department said Monday in a statement that 25-year-old 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and 19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, of Carrollton were killed in Jordan while defending against Iranian missile and drone attacks. A third service member was reported missing in the Friday attacks that killed Feehan and Gonzales.

A Houston-area Army veteran's ongoing fight to obtain his funeral director license is yet another dispute that ex-Texas Funeral Service Commission staff point to as evidence of the agency's mismanagement.

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.