We The People: Fort Leonard Wood has been training soldiers for more than eight decades in Missouri

Fort Leonard Wood in south central Missouri is known for training our U. S. Army and specialized military. 85 years ago it ...

Four Polk restaurants had double-digit violations. See why

Four Polk County restaurants failed to meet standards with double-digit violations in the last half of December, according to ...
San Antonio Express-News

Pete Hegseth thinks boot camp got too soft. He wants to make it 'scary, tough.'

Fresh off long flights from all over the country, the recruits spilled out of a bus, backpacks in hand, and dashed through the rain toward a reception center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. "Let's ...
WFAA8

2 injured in helicopter crash at Bell's Fort Worth training facility, officials say

FORT WORTH, Texas — A helicopter crashed at Bell's Fort Worth training facility on Friday morning, fire officials said. Two people were transported to the hospital with minor injuries, Fort Worth fire ...
Task & Purpose

Army wants to overhaul dining at basic training

Starting this month, the Army has begun closing some dining facilities at major bases to begin renovations that will overhaul and privatize how soldiers eat on base. But according to documents posted ...
usace.army.mil

Security Cooperation at the Tactical Level: Combat Training Center Interoperability with the Brazilian Army

Since 2021, the U.S. Army and the Brazilian Army have conducted combined military exercises as part of Exercise Southern Vanguard (SV), known in Brazil as the Combined Operations and Rotational ...
Stars and Stripes

‘A little taste of home’: Fort Benning leaders serve up Thanksgiving meal to basic trainees

FORT BENNING, Ga. — It came as a surprise for Army Pfc. Jesse Knight to find his hard-nosed drill sergeants behind serving stations Wednesday afternoon at Fort Benning’s Kouma dining facility, piling ...
The Business Journals

$2 billion data center with six-figure jobs moves ahead in Polk County

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Hyperscalers, companies that ...
insider.si.edu

Rock commemorating basic training at Fort McClellan during World War II

This media is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's ...
The Shreveport Times

Louisiana military economy soars with massive impact at Barksdale, Fort Polk, Bollinger Shipyards

Louisiana's military economy generated $17 billion in statewide activity in 2024, a 77% increase since 2021. Military-related employment accounts for one in every 20 jobs in the state, totaling about ...
The Ledger

Polk Commission approves $140 million tax break for Fort Meade data center

Polk County commissioners unanimously approved a 10-year, $140 million tax break for a new data center in Fort Meade. The project promises to create 50 new jobs with an average annual salary of ...
Wall Street Journal

The Guy Veterans Call to Talk

For Americans today is a special day of appreciation within a season of Thanksgiving. This Veterans Day also happens to fall in a year when the U.S. finally expressed appropriate gratitude for a ...