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The U.S. is sending an additional Army combat force of 800 soldiers to South Korea with tanks and armored troop carriers. A brief Pentagon announcement said the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment from the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, will deploy to two locations in South Korea on Feb. 1....

The Georgia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans will again sponsor their annual Robert E. Lee Birthday Commemorative on Saturday January 18, 2014 at the Old Capitol Building, 201 E. Greene St., Milledgeville, Georgia.

Cpl. Barrett Helzer from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, kneels in front of Canadian soldier Pvt. Alexandre Douville as he fires an 84mm high explosive anti-tank round from a Carl Gustav recoiless rifle. June 2013.U.S. Marine Corps Photo.

U.S. Army Sgt. Nick Andrews, Infantry squad leader with Company C, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, from Marshalltown, Iowa, looks into the valley from a mountaintop outside the village of Nengaresh, Afghanistan. Jan 2011.U.S Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Matson.

A World War II fighter pilot who gained fame for dramatically flying beneath the Eiffel Tower's arches to take down a German aircraft has died aged 92. William Overstreet Jr. died on Sunday at a hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, according to his obituary, but there was no indication of the cause of his death. Overstreet's famously flew his P-51C 'Berlin Express' beneath the Eiffel Tower in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944, which has been credited with lifting the spirits of French Resistance troops on the ground. For his valiant service, the French ambassador to the United States presented Overstreet with France's...

US soldiers gather near a destroyed vehicle and protect their faces from rotor wash, as their wounded comrades are airlifted by a Medevac helicopter from the 159th Brigade Task Force Thunder to Kandahar Hospital. Aug 2011.Johannes Eisele - AFP/Getty Images

<p>The Army got a stern warning from a Defense Department representative recently. Avoid the word “Christmas” under all circumstances.</p> <p>An equal opportunity officer delivered the message to leaders of the 158th Infantry Brigade at Mississippi’s Camp Shelby, according to Fox News.</p>

Tears of joy flow when more than 300 Soldiers from XVIII Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division reunite with their loved ones after serving a year-long deployment to Iraq during a ceremony at Pope Army Airfield on Fort Bragg, N.C. Dec 2011.U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. JaJuan S. Broadnax.

(CNN) -- A U.S. general who oversaw nuclear weapons boozed, fraternized with "hot women" and disrespected his hosts during an official visit to Russia this year, an investigative report shows. Maj. Gen. Michael Carey led the 20th Air Force responsible for three nuclear wings. He was relieved of duty in October because of loss of confidence in his leadership, the Air Force said at the time without providing specific details. But an Air Force Inspector General report released Thursday sheds more light into the case. It details the events of a July trip to Moscow in which witnesses recalled Carey...

MADISON, Wisc. – He was a little guy, not much bigger than James Madison in high school. Ryan Larson wrestled for his Adams-Friendship High School team at 103 pounds. He joined the Army in his junior year. Ellen Larson said her grandson made the minimum weight requirement, maybe, in uniform with a fully loaded backpack. He was a little guy, but like the fourth U.S. president, Ryan Larson, according to his family and friends, had an inner strength and perseverance that was unstoppable. That’s a big reason why he enlisted and looked forward to serving his country in Afghanistan. Larson’s...

Spc. John Bates, from the 453rd Inland Cargo Transfer Company, waves to a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft departing Forward Operating Base Shank, Logar Province, Afghanistan. June 2010.U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest.

"The questions as to why we load five rounds in a six-chambered revolver never dies. I attempt to give some graphic insight into why we do this. The S&W Top-Break replica is from Taylor's & Company, made by Uberti."

U.S. Army Spc. Adam Supino, M249 squad automatic weapon gunner assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, takes a break while on a security halt during an operation in the Alingar district in Afghanistan. Aug 2011.U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane.

The U.S. Army is sending roughly 19,000 active-duty captains and majors to a screening board for early separation this spring, the Army Times reported. Up to 20 percent of those screened — approximately 3,800 officers — could be scheduled to leave the service by the Officer Separation Board and Enhanced Selective Early Retirement Board. Officers with fewer than 18 years of federal active service will have their screening process done by OSB, and those with more than 18 years of service will see the E-SERB, according to the Army Times. “The Army’s drawdown plan is a balanced approach while maintaining

U.S. Army Spc. Vergil Droumer from Chicago, Illinois, pulls security with the 101st Airborne Division in the Dewagal valley of Chawkay province Afghanistan. Sep 2010.U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Cameron Boyd.

This year we will have a wintry game as in this photo in 2003. Good luck to both teams for a hard-fought game that is free of injuries in the anticipated bad weather at game time. And, by the way, GO NAVY, BEAT ARMY!

He may be 85 years old, but when Army sniper veteran (Battle of the Bulge) Ted Gundy was given the chance to show off the skills he used in World War Two, he proved he still could....(video 5min.)

In 1945, thousands of soldiers returned to the United States from combat on the Pacific and European fronts of World War II with severe mental trauma. Unable to treat their terrible injuries and illnesses, US Veterans Affairs hospitals lobotomized some 2,000 of them. Wall Street Journal:The Lobotomy Files Part One is telling the story of these soldiers and the misjudged medical process they went through as part of a special project called The Lobotomy Files, the first of which focuses on Roman Tritz. Tritz, a 90-year-old veteran who flew a B-17 Flying Fortress across Nazi Germany, began to hear voices...

December 12 marks the 28th anniversary of the crash of Arrow Air Flight 1285, carrying 248 Soldiers of the 101st Airborne and 8 crew members, in Gander, Newfoundland. Returning from peacekeeping duties in the Sinai Desert, all were killed. Above, soldiers fasten flags to caskets in Gander. Dec 1985.

The U.S. Army general in charge of training recently wrote about the service's examination of gender neutral standards to open the infantry and other combat-arms jobs to female soldiers. The piece by Gen. Robert Cone, commander of Training and Doctrine Command, appears in the November issue of Army Magazine, the same month three female Marines made history by graduating from Marine infantry training. Last January, former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ordered all services to open combat-arms roles to women that so far have been reserved for men.