Fort Drum News

Ever since Fort Drum soldier Sgt. Janell J. Emerson-Farina began writing short stories as a youngster, her tales have raised eyebrows.

The ad, starring Lt. Chuck Nadd of the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, was shot as he and his girlfriend Shannon Cantwell were welcomed with a surprise parade in Lt.

A combination of bad navigational software and timing led to the November crash of the MQ-9 Reaper drone crash into Lake Ontario, the Air Force colonel who investigated the crash said.

Members of the Fort Drum Regional Liaison Organization briefed Kenneth Adams, Empire State Development president, CEO and commissioner, on Wednesday about the Army's latest study on potential soldier reductions at Fort Drum.

In a formal ceremony at the Niagara Falls Veterans Memorial in Hyde Park Monday, U.S. Army Staff Sgt.

The pair, who replaced Lts. Zeb and Summer Hough after their transfer last month to Niagara Falls, began their duties a week and a half ago.

Army bases and surrounding communities across the country would lose up to 80 percent of their military and civilian workforces if maximum cuts in both budget and force size go into effect at the end of the decade, according to worst-case scenario projections.

The worst-case scenario study that outlined the effects of an 85 percent cut in Army personnel at Fort Drum would mean up to a 60 percent reduction in the number of students at area public schools and a 37 percent cut to enrollment at Jefferson Community College, Watertown, local officials say.

The prospect of hundreds of refugee children being placed at Fort Drum seems unlikely, according to U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer.

Army bases and surrounding communities across the country would lose up to 80 percent of their military and civilian workforces if maximum cuts in both budget and force size go into effect at the end of the decade, according to worst-case scenario projections.

A court-martial panel has found a soldier on post not guilty of murder and other charges in connection with the death of his stepson in December 2012.

Air Force officials said that GPS and guidance system malfunctions led to the crash of a multimillion-dollar MQ-9 Reaper drone into Lake Ontario in November.

Vacant space on the base has been identified as a possible location for housing refugee children who arrive in the United States unaccompanied by an adult.

A courts martial panel has found the soldier who was accused in the death of his stepson in December 2012 not guilty.

Representatives of the Fort Drum Regional Liaison Organization will be gathering signatures from the community on a petition urging Army officials to keep the post's mission and manpower intact.

On the 100th anniversary of the spark that began World War I, Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans of the New York Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division, gathered here yesterday, to mark their own historic 10-year commemoration of the unit's historic mobilization, in 2004.

A report conducted by the U.S. Army showed how a worst-case scenario would impact the region.

His kidneys are diseased, threatening his life. But it was his heart that captivated the staff of North Country Animal Health Center, 16760 state Route 3, Watertown, when he was brought in by his concerned out-of-state owners in May. Now, Gabriel is battling to recover at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in Boston.

Oyster Bay High School senior Destiny Martinez, 17, said her boyfriend, Kyle Whitelaw, a 2013 Oyster Bay graduate, couldn't attend her prom with her on Thursday, June 26, 2014, because he is in the Army, but he has inspired her to enlist in the Marine Corps after graduation.

An Army study released Thursday warns that a worst-case scenario of defense cuts, slashing 16,000 soldier and civilian positions on post by 2020, would cause a $1.6 billion economic catastrophe across the region.