MAY 19, 2026 — Eighty New York Army National Guard Soldiers spent their annual training working alongside Swedish soldiers in Sweden’s sprawling forests. Instead of spending their two weeks of annual training at Fort Drum, New York, the New York Soldiers were in Sweden as part of New York’s State Partnership Program relationship with the Swedish military. The two-week … [Read more...]

MAY 19, 2026 - To most people outside the Army, field artillery is noise, firepower and destruction. The thunder of a howitzer firing can shake the ground beneath a soldier's feet, while the speed and precision required on the gunline can seem almost mechanical. For soldiers like Army Spc. Joshua Baizer, assigned to 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd … [Read more...]

MAY 19, 2026 - Since October 2025, when Secretary of War Pete Hegseth established the Barracks Task Force, the Army has accelerated efforts to improve soldier living conditions, modernize aging facilities and strengthen quality-of-life investments across installations. The initiative reinforced that barracks are not simply infrastructure; they are a readiness issue directly … [Read more...]

MAY 18, 2026 - Army Spc. 5 James C. McCloughan was drafted into military service as a combat medic Aug. 29, 1968, and served in South Vietnam from March 1969 to March 1970. However, it was the bravery he displayed at 22, during a three-day battle, that led to him receiving the Medal of Honor nearly 50 years later. McCloughan was born in South Haven, Michigan, April 30, 1946, … [Read more...]

MAY 18, 2026 — Above the pine forest of the Pabradė Training Area, roughly 30 kilometers from the Belarusian border, a small quadcopter rises into a sky shared with dozens of other drones. Friendly and adversary, sensor and strike, American and British. Below it, Soldiers are learning, in real time, what it takes to fight as a squadron in three dimensions. “Right now, we are … [Read more...]