Fort Irwin News

Sitting helplessly in the back of a bombed armored troop carrier as soldiers scrambled to tend the wounded, the diplomat had to ask himself: Was his meeting with Iraqi officials worth this? It is a question that instructors at the Army's National Training Center at Fort Irwin, in the Mojave Desert, hope diplomats always ask themselves before ...

By Kelsey Palmer news@jacksonvilleprogress.com Forth of July is always a great time to honor the brave men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces, but this Independence Day is especially important for the Ray family of Jacksonville because their son is home for a two-week break before his first deployment to Iraq.

Rangers from the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment parachute from a C-130 Hercules flying at 500 feet during training exercise over the ocean near Tybee Island.

Sgt. James Jordan has served with Fort Benning's 3rd Brigade on each of its three combat tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Don't tell his wife, Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas, but she's not the preferred robot-bashing mood music for Josh Duhamel.

As the back ramp of the C-17 Globemaster opened, swirling clouds of dust parted to expose the baked, cracking earth that came alive with airmen unloading the cargo and greeting those on board.

Lynn Beadles helms his 40-foot motor home where he will spend the better part of the next two months providing a support vehicle for Keela Carr who is running and walking cross-country to benefit military veterans.

Cavalry unit makes a stop in commander's hometown Members of the 4-6 Air Cavalry unload after landing on Tuesday.

A California lawmaker is set to become the new ranking Republican member on the House Armed Services Committee, a post that will make him the House's top critic of the Obama administration's defense policies.

Kenni Kinsey digs through her craft boxes looking for ways to decorate her graduation cap.

The race is on for the top Republican slot on the House Armed Services Committee that is expected to be vacated by Rep.

FORT IRWIN, Calif. a ' Leaders from the Greater Fort Riley Region are getting a glimpse of what 1st Infantry Division soldiers will face when they head to the Middle East for combat operations.

The Navy and Army have a new weapon in their battle against improvised explosive devices - the Daugherty Memorial Assessment Center.

Two 25th Infantry Division aviators were killed when their 0H-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter crashed this afternoon at Wheeler Army Airfield at Schofield Barracks.

Six-year-old Emma Coulter watches an Army helicopter fly-over in the 50th annual Armed Forces Day Parade in Torrance Saturday.

Yesterday's Torrance Armed Forces Day Parade was the 50th in its line. It's the longest-running and one of the last of its type, a parade that somehow survives the tectonic push/pull of a militarily conflicted nation.

The 3rd Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division is one of the most deployed units in the Army.

The Department of Defense announced the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 8. Pvt.

A 21-year-old soldier from Fort Irwin died in Iraq from a non-combat related incident on Friday, according to a report from the Department of Defense released Monday.

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.