Fort Bragg News

With cigarette-stained fingers, he reaches into the right back pocket of his jeans and fishes out a worn black leather wallet.

The Fayetteville Area visitors bureau and a local volunteer group is teaming up with Hasbro to provide GI Joe action figures to children of fallen soldiers.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. The Army is hosting a free July Fourth celebration at Fort Bragg that includes concerts, carnival rides, food, a parachute demonstration and fireworks.

Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., on June 16 were the first to receive the Army's new 40mm M320 grenade launcher.

North Carolina-based troops are in the middle of a major operation in Afghanistan that is being called the largest Marine offensive since the one in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004.

An Army special operations battalion is holding a predeployment fair so families of soldiers who will be leaving for duty can prepare for their absence.

Spinal cord stimulation may be a viable approach to treating military personnel with chronic pain who wish to continue overseas deployments, according to research published in the July issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia .

The U.S. Army has contracted Lockheed Martin to manage the Field Logistics Readiness Center at Fort Bragg, N.C. U.S. company Lockheed Martin was awarded the contract as part of the Field and Installation Readiness Support Team contract vehicle.

By Army Sgt. 1st Class Alex Licea Special to American Forces Press Service June 19, 2009 - This Father's day weekend has special meaning for Army Maj.

Construction for military bases in North Carolina is one of the few games in town this season for many contractors in North Carolina and a seminar on how to get in line for a contract brought more than 200 representatives from regional businesses to New Bern on Monday.

Electrical spinal cord stimulation provides an option for military personnel with back pain and other chronic pain conditionsa 'in appropriate cases, allowing soldiers to return to combat and other strenuous duties, according to a study in the July issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society .

A San Diego-based sailor and experienced parachutist died early Thursday from head trauma sustained during a nighttime military freefall training jump in Arizona, Navy officials said Friday.

Just over a year ago, a YouTube video gave Fort Bragg the type of attention that nobody was proud of.

According to Winston Salem Journal Fort Bragg barracks will be torn down in North Carolina after Asbestos and other harmful material removal.

The first thing Lt. Col. Terry McDowell did when he took command of a recovery unit for wounded troops at Fort Bragg was establish a transition plan for each wounded soldier to work toward leaving the unit as soon as he or she arrives.

With North Carolina facing a record budget shortfall -- and painful cuts everywhere -- Dempsey Benton may have the most enviable job in state government: giving away more than $6 billion.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a four-star American general with a long history in elite special operations, took charge of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Monday, a change the Pentagon hopes will turn the tide in an increasingly violent eight-year war.

Retired Army Gen. H. Hugh Shelton will sign copies of his new book, "Secrets of Success: North Carolina Values-Based Leadership," at a North Carolina bookstore.

Dozens of "geeks" are taking over Lenovo's campus in Morrisville for what's called a Geek-A-Thon . Computer companies Lenovo and the Kramden Institute have partnered up for a free computer giveaway.

Soldiers and others who have earned college degrees this year are being honored with a graduation ceremony at a North Carolina Army post.