Fort Drum News

If the disease is the war, and a culture of trauma, anger and violence at Fort Hood , applying meditation and stress management techniques sends the message to the soldier that the distress lies within the individual mind -- when, in fact, the problem is the political, cultural and programmatic insanity imposed on the person from the outside, by ...

A U.S. army soldier pass by a burning fuel truck on a road outside Jalalabad, Nangarhar province,... A U.S. army soldier pass by a burning fuel truck on a road outside Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov.

In September, as 10th Mountain Division soldiers were engaged in one of their toughest Afghanistan deployments in recent years, Maj.

The sentencing of Alan Jones for the murder of Erin Maxwell has been delayed after allegations of improper jury deliberations.

Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 4:44 p.m. FORT DRUM -- T he afternoon shooting at Fort Hood, Texas has soldiers and staff concerned at Fort Drum just north of Watertown, but it has not changed any security procedures on the North Country post.

Thursday, November 05, 2009 at 11:39 p.m. I t wasn't long before news of the dead and A dozens A wounded at A F ort A H ood started to spread to the thousands of soldiers stationed at A F ort A D rum.

Under the bright lights inside Buckner Physical Fitness Center on Fort Richardson Army Post Oct.

For the first time since the mid-19th century, a Democrat will represent Northern New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

President Barack Obama's decision in June to appoint a Republican congressman to a Pentagon post has paid dividends in November now that Democrats have gained the House seat by capitalizing on a split between moderates and conservatives in the GOP.

While praising Democratic Congressional candidate William L. Owens as a man of values, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

The new Army secretary received an official welcome from Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and the Armya s top uniformed officer today at a ceremony held in Conmy Hall at Fort Myer, Va.

Earmarks have become a bit of an issue... not raised by a candidate... but because of assertions by reporters.

DoD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of seven soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Fort Drum officials say a 10th Mountain Division soldier from Missouri has died in a German hospital from non-combat related injuries.

It was a long time coming, but it finally happened five days before Election Day.

A soldier from Clinton County was among the nine U.S. military personnel killed in action Tuesday, according to numerous non-official sources.

Rep. John M. McHugh won a reputation as a friend of Fort Drum by securing tens of million of dollars in congressional earmarks that may have helped save the post from closure in 2005.

Getting the Armya s personnel aspects right is the most important job for its leaders, Army Secretary John M. McHugh said today.

Scozzafava will continue McHugh's legacy. John M. McHugh, now serving as the secretary of the Army, will long be remembered for his unfailing support of the north country, Fort Drum, and our 10th Mountain Division soldiers and their families.

Members of the armed forces who served extra time under the Pentagon's stop-loss program can now begin applying for retroactive, additional compensation, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday.