Fort Sam Houston News

In early October, Army Spc. Brian Meindl was lying beside a dirt road in the Afghanistan desert wondering whether he was still alive or getting his first glimpse of the afterlife.

Roger Barillas is back and open for appointments. By trade, Barillas is an advanced registered nurse practitioner at Mercy Services in West Liberty.

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After being severly injured by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in 2007, Antonio Solorio is on his way to recovery.

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan faces a pretrial confinement hearing Saturday at the San Antonio Army post where he lies paralyzed in a heavily guarded intensive-care unit.

San Antonio City Manager Sheryl Sculley has appointed Brian James as the new assistant director of the Center City Development Office.

The Pentagon is launching an urgent review of whether military procedures hinder the identification of servicemembers who pose a threat to their fellow troops.

Life has taken Matt Murphy far from Camano Island, where his family's roots run deep.

While the military still is reeling and recovering from the massacre at Fort Hood, my wife, Gena, and I decided to boost the morale of military personnel by visiting the cadets at West Point and the wounded warriors at Brooke Army Medical Center, at Fort Sam Houston.

Brooke High School students on Monday showed their appreciation to area veterans and learned of the experiences of several who served in various eras, from World War II to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Maj. Nidal M. Hasan exchanged e-mails late last year and this year with a radical cleric in Yemen, but the contact did not lead to an investigation, federal law enforcement officials said Monday.

On Nov. 5, at about 1:30 p.m., a gunman killed 12 people, including a pregnant woman, and wounded 31 others at Fort Hood, a U.S. Army post outside of Killeen, Texas.

Photo credit Robert Ramon, U.S. Army South Public Affairs Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser , commander, U.S. Southern Command, transfers the unit colors to Army Maj.

The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee says he plans to begin a congressional investigation of the shootings at Fort Hood.

Dwarfed by a wall of steel containers and watched by troops around the world, President Obama addressed thousands of mourners yesterday at a memorial service for victims of last week's "murderous and craven" massacre at Fort Hood, Texas.

Veterans Day organizers at Fort Sam Houston were quick to point out that the national holiday honors all those who have served in the military.

A U.S. Army hospital spokesman says the man suspected in a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, is conscious and able to talk.

A Texas defense attorney said Wednesday that he is concerned that President Obama's appearance at a memorial service for 13 people killed in a shooting spree at Fort Hood could make it difficult for his client to get a fair trial.

As the war continues in Iraq, the U.S. military continues to deal with combat injuries, including burns.

A U.S. Army spokesman says the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood is in critical but stable condition.