Fort Drum News

Changes to the military's tuition assistance program are expected to limit the number of college courses that active-duty students can take during the year.

VICTORVILLE Joe Mincieli was 21 years old on Dec. 7, 1941. He was working in the mess hall at Pine Camp in New York - later to be renamed Fort Drum.

As part of the Health of the Force trip, Gen. John F. Campbell, vice chief of staff of the Army, visited Fort Drum on Wednesday and Thursday to review Fort Drum's Ready and Resilient Campaign, known as R2C.

Fort Drum is projected to lose about 2,800 soldiers and civilian workers over the next few years, according to an Army analysis outlined Thursday.

After nine months apart, the first group of soldiers from the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade were able to hold their loved ones again Wednesday evening.

A World War II-era M4A3 "Sherman" tank staged at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs for the past decade was transported Nov. 22, to Fort Drum, where it will undergo a complete makeover before being returned to the museum next year.

The Watertown Urban Mission is busy around the holidays. Along with running its regular programs like the food pantry and thrift store, it also distributes warm winter coats and Thanksgiving turkeys, puts on a craft fair, and holds a sale of Christmas items.

As the 174th Attack Wing restarted its MQ-9 Reaper flight operations this week, the unit's commander vouched for the safety of the unmanned aircraft.

As part of the Health of the Force trip, Gen. John F. Campbell, vice chief of staff of the Army, visited Fort Drum on Wednesday and Thursday to review Fort Drum's Ready and Resilient Campaign, known as R2C.

A state Supreme Court judge has ordered a retired salvage yard operator to document for the state attorney general's office how he acquired several military vehicles, including 10 Army jeeps.

Navy divers are searching Lake Ontario for a N.Y. Air Guard MQ-9 Reaper that crashed Nov. 12. Navy salvage divers are combing Lake Ontario for the remains of a military drone that crashed Nov. 12 during a New York Air National Guard training mission.

The soldiers of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 277th Aviation Support Battalion were allowed to return to their homes and families Monday night after being confined in a seven-day lockdown in a cold hangar during a search for missing inventory.

Nearly two weeks after a military reaper drone crashed into Lake Ontario, the New York Air National Guard's 174th Attack Wing will resume local area training flight operations from its base at Fort Drum.

As part of the Health of the Force trip, Gen. John F. Campbell, vice chief of staff of the Army, visited Fort Drum on Wednesday and Thursday to review Fort Drum's Ready and Resilient Campaign, known as R2C.

A former Army pilot who stole more than $1 million worth of goods in Iraq and Afghanistan and then shipped some of the loot to Fort Drum has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for the act.

New York Air National Guard and other crews are continuing the search for a missing MQ-9 Reaper drone Wednesday, eight days after it crashed into Lake Ontario.

Indian River School District officials say a $33.2 million capital project that taxpayers will decide on in January will not cause school taxes to climb, thanks to a $10 million capital reserve fund that will cover the district's out-of-pocket share.

The mission to find a crashed MQ-9 Reaper drone in Lake Ontario likely will be transferred Wednesday to a special Air Force investigation group.

A safety board has arrived in Syracuse to begin the investigation into the MQ-9 Reaper done that crashed over Lake Ontario on Tuesday.

United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that in federal court today United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced Kurt Allen Bennett, 41, of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to 36 months' imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release.