January 8, 2015 Army investigating hundreds in recruiting fraud scheme Hundreds of soldiers and others are under criminal investigation in what the military describes as a widespread scheme to take fraudulent payments and kickbacks from a National Guard recruiting program. The fraud cost the U.S. at least $29 million and possibly tens of millions dollars more, officials said Tuesday.
January 8, 2015 1 killed, 2 injured in Army helicopter 'hard landing' in Georgia A military spokesman says one member of an elite Army helicopter unit is dead and two crew members suffered injuries when their aircraft slammed into the ground while trying to land at a Savannah, Ga., airfield.
January 8, 2015 Suicides rise among youngest military vets, VA says A new government analysis shows a sharp increase in the suicide rate among the youngest male veterans and a smaller jump among women who served in the military.
January 8, 2015 Fresh Perspective for Guard Soldier Victimized in Wake of Rape An National Guard sergeant who in the last six years has survived two sexual assaults, an abusive husband and a year of workplace harassment is finally seeing the system work.
January 8, 2015 Defense Department to investigate fatal Idaho Army Guard helicopter crash; 2 killed The Defense Department will investigate the crash of an Idaho Army National Guard helicopter during a training mission that killed both people aboard, a military spokesman says.
January 8, 2015 Army drops use of term "Negro" from document governing soldier behavior and personnel policies The Army has dropped the term "Negro" from a policy document that called the word an acceptable alternative to "Black" or "African American." The term appeared in a lengthy document called Army Command Policy, covering personnel standards and policies.