Fort Drum News

There have been several horrific incidents shattering families of soldiers returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Major General Michael Oates speaks to troops in Fort Drum, N.Y., in this 2007 file photo.

Two fallen Fort Drum soldiers were being honored across the state Friday. Governor David Paterson directed that flags on state government buildings be flown at half-staff for Staff Sergeant Alex Jimenez and ...

A new Army program has come to the north country and could mean good things for farmers and landowners who don't want to get priced out by developers.

Nine-hundred 10th Mountain Division soldiers were given an opportunity that many employees would relish - a chance to train their future bosses.

The planned highway to connect Fort Drum to Interstate 81 received a boost Thursday as a Senate panel approved $1 million for the project.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Weary soldiers traveling through Syracuse's airport will soon have a special room to pass the time while waiting for rides and flights _ thanks to some local veterans.

WASHINGTON - Combat, bombings and sniper attacks in Iraq - along with U.S. casualties - have plummeted from the highest point of the war 13 months ago to a four-year low, new military statistics show.

A Senate committee has approved $1 million in funding for a new connector road between Interstate 81 and Fort Drum's main gate, according to U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer.

When Army Sgt. Alex Jimenez of Lawrence and two fellow soldiers were kidnapped in an ambush in Iraq, the military vowed to continue the search for them no matter how grim the discovery.

The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology has identified human remains found in Iraq as those of two 10th Mountain Division soldiers who had been missing since a May 2007 ambush.

In this undated file photo released by a colleague on May 24, 2007, Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich., of Delta Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment is seen in Quarghuli village near ...

The search is over for two 10th Mountain Division soldiers who have been missing for more than a year.

The 10th Mountain Division's commander, who deployed to Iraq in May, says he has seen a decrease in violence and an increase in Iraqi security control.

State police in Pennsylvania this morning found a military Humvee that had been stolen last week from an Army reserve center in Watertown.

Last weekend's celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first U.S. military use of Jefferson County's pine plains was a wonderful success.

Two Army brigades from Fort Hood have been ordered to deploy to Iraq early next year.

The following face charges of driving while intoxicated and related offenses: Richard A. Perillo, 25, Fort Drum, also was charged by Watertown police at 1:30 a.m. Friday with unsafe backing in the 700 block of ...

About 1,200 U.S. Soldiers are re-enlisting in a mass ceremony at al Faw Palace at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad July 4. Gen.

We're learning more about the two men accused of shooting Pastor Mark McCalla to death last month.