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The United States Army sponsors the World Class Athlete Program (WCAP). It allows elite Soldier-athletes to train for and compete in the Olympic and Paralympic Games while serving on active duty, in ...

Today’s U.S. Army Reserve is the most battle-tested and experienced in our nation’s history. As the Army’s dedicated federal ...

The bill would eliminate taxes on income earned during Inactive Duty Training, including monthly drill weekends and other readiness training.

One person is dead and two others are hurt in Thursday's shooting at ODU campus. Sentara Healthcare says one of the patients ...

A squadron operations chief who had recently earned her wings as a pilot, a major overseeing flight training for dozens of airmen, and a young boom operator remembered for his “million-dollar smile” ...

The electronic device that was used is manufactured to a standard of “one defect in a million,” and no human error was found, ...

An Army lieutenant colonel and Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instructor was identified as the victim killed when a gunman ...

Reserve Officers’ Training Corps classroom at Virginia’s Old Dominion University. He chose the wrong classroom to start a murderous rampage. Within moments, the cadets turned on the shooter and killed ...

Flags across Pennsylvania will be flown at half-staff on Saturday to honor Krystofer Lopez, a U.S. Army soldier who was killed in a training incident Thursday.

An Army lieutenant colonel who was shot and killed at Old Dominion University on Thursday is being remembered as a true hero ...

The soldier killed in a training accident at Letterkenny Army Depot has been identified, officials announced on Friday, March ...