Marine Pvt. Jamil Winston Jr. (left) and his wife Marine Pfc. JuliMarie Winston (right) graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Depot on May 17, 2024 after going through boot camp together. (Photo courtesy of Jamil C. Winston). Marine Corps privates Jamil Winston Jr. and JuliMarie Winston are a husband and wife who prove that the couple that trains together can stay together. Both graduated on May 17 from boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, just in time for their first wedding anniversary in June. “I’m very thankful for this experience,” Jamil said in a recent M ..read more

FILE: Brig. Gen. Michael Conley, addresses Air Commandos during a promotion ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Florida, June 8, 2020. (Airman 1st Class Blake Wiles/U.S. Air Force). Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael E. Conley is poised to leapfrog from being a one-star general to three stars if he is confirmed as the new leader of Air Force Special Operations Command, or AFSOC. If the Senate approves his nomination, Conley will be promoted straight from brigadier to lieutenant general, a practice that is relatively rare but not unheard of in the Air Force. “Brig. Gen. Conley was nominated as the Air Force ..read more

Army Pfc. Katia Duenas-Aguilar was found dead in her off-post home on May 18. She was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. (Army photo). A 101st Airborne Division soldier’s death has been ruled a homicide by local police officials. Pfc. Katia Duenas-Aguilar was found dead last week in her off-post home last week near Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The Army said Tuesday that the Clarksville Police Department in Tennessee has launched a homicide investigation into her death. On May 18, police found Duenas-Aguilar inside her home after responding to an ambulance call. No ..read more

(photo by Eve Baker, Fort Wainwright Public Affairs Office/U.S. Army). A soldier based out of Fort Wainwright died on Saturday, May 18 when the car she was in crashed and suffered a rollover, the U.S. Army and Alaska State Troopers announced. Pfc. Cierra Nglias Truce with the 11th Airborne Division died early Saturday morning. She and another soldier were driving down Parks Highway in Alaska when it crashed due to unspecified reasons. Truce, 19, was the passenger and was ejected from the vehicle. Alaska State Troopers received a call about the crash and responded shortly after 6 a.m. but Truc ..read more

Navy commander of the USS Carney told reporters following thhe crew's return from an almost eight-month deployment that they were put to the test with the need respond to anti-ship ballistic missiles, ASBMs, launched by the Houthis in mere seconds. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau). After a nearly eight-month deployment shooting down missiles and drones every week, Navy commander of the USS Carney told reporters that the crew was put to the test with the mere seconds it had to respond to anti-ship ballistic missiles, ASBMs, launched by the Houthis from Yem ..read more

FILE: Soldiers prepare to ruck to bring awareness to the Wounded Warrior Project. (Sgt. Jennifer Spradlin/U.S. Army). A woman claims in a lawsuit that the Wounded Warrior Project wrongfully fired her due to a disability caused by cancer and the medical care required by her cancer treatments. The Wounded Warrior Project is a nonprofit group and veterans service organization that offers several services to veterans of the post-Sept. 11, 2001 wars as well as military families. Christy Montoto worked for the Wounded Warrior Project from August 2021 to January 2024, and her job was to represent ve ..read more

Soldiers with the 173rd Airborne sleep ahead of a jump. (photo by Lt. Col. John Hall/U.S. Army). The 18th Airborne Corps wants its soldiers to sleep. No, seriously.  A memo shared with soldiers in the corps this past week and posted to social media issues a new sleep requirement for soldiers in the unit who are assigned to staff duty to get a minimum of four hours of sleep during their shift. Soldiers on staff duty will be required to essentially stop, drop and count sheep.  The memo also lays out ways for soldiers on staff duty to get the required rest without leaving the staff dut ..read more

An airman marshals a C-130J Super Hercules at Nigerien Air Base 201, Agadez, Niger, Aug. 3, 2019. (Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer/U.S. Air Force). The United States and Niger reached an agreement to withdraw the roughly 1,000 American military troops from the African country. The news came from a joint announcement by the U.S. and Niger. The “two nations reached a disengagement agreement to effect the withdrawal of U.S. forces, which has already begun,” they announced earlier on May 19. According to the agreement, all U.S. troops will leave by Sept. 15, 2024, ending a long presence in the country. Fo ..read more

Clarence "Bud" Anderson during World War II, next to his P-51 Mustang "Old Crow." (photo courtesy the American Air Museum/Imperial War Museum). One of the last masters of the air has died. Brig. Gen. Clarence Emil “Bud” Anderson, credited with downing 16 enemy planes over Europe in World War II, died this past week at his home in Auburn, California. He was 102. “On 17 May 2024 at 5:29pm, WWII Triple Ace Brigadier General Clarence E “Bud” Anderson passed away in his home peacefully in his sleep surround [sic] by his family. We were blessed to have him as our father,” his children wrote in an a ..read more

Jaggert Oakes in Germany in 2021. (photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Hammond/U.S. Army). A U.S. Army soldier stationed at Camp Humphreys in South Korea died on Wednesday, May 14. Spc. Jaggert Oakes, 22, was found unresponsive in his barracks at the base, according to an Army release. He was taken to a hospital on base and pronounced dead at 10:23 a.m. local time. At the time, Oakes was serving as a human resources specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 11th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade.  “The 11th Engineer Battalion is deeply saddened ..read more