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WASHINGTON - Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan will be tried in a military court-martial, and prosecutors are expected to seek the death penalty, officials said yesterday.

Greg Jaffe, co-author of "The Fourth Star," talks about four generals who rose to power following the Vietnam War and ended up playing crucial roles in the planning and execution of the current Iraq War.

If history is any judge, the Army will find it difficult to impose the death penalty on the accused killer in the bloodiest mass shooting on a U.S. military base in history.

This time of year conjures up some vivid memories for a World War II veteran from Topeka.

"The speculation could heighten the backlash. . . What happened at Fort Hood is a tragedy and I believe it would be a greater tragedy if diversity became a casualty here." ~General George Casey, Jr.; US Army Chief of Staff "I mean does every soldier who shows discontent with the war and every soldier that has had a bad performance report - what are ...

Maj Nidal Malik Hasan could become the first person to be sentenced to death by a military court in almost 50 years.

Texas billionaire and two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot has pledged $6.1 million to a private foundation to pay for programs at Fort Leavenworth's Command and General Staff College.

Maj Nidal Malik Hasan could become the first person to be sentenced to death by a military court in almost 50 years.

Military justice in the case of Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan, suspected in Thursday's shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, will be swift, efficient and open to public scrutiny, a local lawmaker and Army veteran said Friday.

Lieutenant Michael Behenna says he killed the suspect Al-Queda terrorist in self-defense. Herbert MacDonnell, the nation's leading expert on blood spatter and crime scene evidence, found evidence that supported Behenna's story.

By APRIL CASTRO and DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writers FORT HOOD, TX -- A military mental health doctor facing deployment overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, setting off on a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded, Army officials said.

Major Smith and Iraqi children during a humanitarian mission with Iraqi forces. During this mission the advisor team and Iraqi soldiers distributed clothing and toys donated by people in the United States, medicine, and school supplies.

The economic engine that drives St. Joseph can be likened to a patchwork quilt, and one piece people don't often think about is Fort Leavenworth.

If the world's press had been more attentive to events in Mexico City in the early fall of 1968, and if the Mexican government had not been so successful in covering up its army's murderous response to one particular student demonstration, the 1968 Olympics might never have occurred.

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV will be leaving his position as the Fort Leavenworth and Combined Arms Center commander on Monday .

A top Army general said Friday that training Afghanistan's struggling military and police forces is critical if the U.S. wants to succeed after eight years of war, and he's confident President Obama will OK sending more troops there to do that.Lt. Gen.

By Matthew Cox and Michelle Tan - Staff writers Posted : Saturday Oct 31, 2009 10:56:11 EDT The attack on Combat Outpost Keating in the Kamdesh district of Nuristan province felled eight American soldiers and wounded 24 others before the enemy was finally pushed out of the camp's perimeter.

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He looks like something out of the animated movie Wall-E but technology like this is closer to being used in the real world than you think.

In dawn's fog at Fort Leavenworth Army base in Kansas, dozens of Army majors grunted and sweated through pushups, jumping jacks, sprints and power walks -- leaving most of our band of embedded journalists trying to keep up but huffing behind.