US Army News

Share + Nov 11, 2009 1:00 pm US/Central ST. PAUL, Minn. Hundreds of Minnesota military veterans and their families heard words of thanks from state political leaders on Veterans Day.

THE FIRST ARMISTICE DAY, on Nov. 11, 1919, marked the one-year anniversary of the end of World War I, what many proclaimed, with an optimism that turned out to be wildly misplaced, "the war to end all wars." It became a U.S. national holiday in 1938 and in 1954 was renamed Veterans Day to honor all veterans.

Sgt. Amy Krueger made her last trip home Tuesday. The Kiel native killed in the Fort Hood shooting rampage arrived in her hometown after being escorted by area law enforcement on state Highway 57.

Far from winding down, the numbers of wounded U.S. soldiers coming home have continued to swell.

An Idaho soldier has been killed in Iraq, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.

There's more evidence that the military knew some worrisome details months ago about the man who's now accused of killing 13 people last week at Fort Hood in Texas.

There's a difference between sensitivity and stupidity. If there were indeed signs that Maj.

Family members listen to music Monday during a vigil in front of the home of Pvt.

A spokesman for the U.S. Army Reserves says three of the four soldiers from a Wisconsin-based combat stress unit who were wounded in the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting have returned to duty.

The Army is appealing a federal judge's ruling that rejected its plans to increase operations at a disputed training site in southeastern Colorado.

President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there, as Pentagon planners work to make room for the influx.

The Army's 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley says another soldier from the Kansas post has died in Iraq.

Share + Nov 9, 2009 6:56 am US/Central FORT HOOD, Texas 1 of 3 Major Nidal Malik Hasan, seen in this undated photo, is accused of killing 13 people in a shooting spree at Ft.

EASTPOINT N When he was growing up, Kenneth Tucker dreamed of flying airplanes. Years later, his daughter, Wanda Tucker Goodwin, had dreams of becoming a writer.

In this combo, victims killed during a shooting at Fort Hood, Texas on Nov. 5, 2009 are shown.

A top official at the Pine Bluff Arsenal says it could be only about a year before the Army chemical-weapons destruction operation in Arkansas finishes its task.

MOUNTAIN CITY, Tenn. - Relatives of a Tennessee soldier who was killed in the shooting spree at Fort Hood say he was a loving family member who exemplified the Army's values.

A U.S. Army spokesman says the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood has been taken off a ventilator but still remains in intensive care at a military hospital.

KIEL - A candlelight tribute service for Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger, killed Thursday at Fort Hood, Texas, will begin at 7 p.m. today at Veterans Memorial Park, 28 Water St.

The House has passed a resolution honoring the victims of the attack at Fort Hood, Texas.