'I've Never Heard of Someone Flying Into a Home Before'
A training exercise for two Special Forces paratroopers went awry this week, sending them both into a North Carolina residential area instead of their intended drop zone 8 miles away. One of the...
View ArticleRussian Soldier, 21, Thrown in Prison for Life for War Crime
In a big first in the ongoing war in Ukraine, a Russian soldier has been convicted of a war crime and sentenced to life behind bars. The Washington Post reports that 21-year-old Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin...
View ArticleUnknown Soldier Is Unknown No More
For more than a century, the British soldier lay in an anonymous grave, one of so many unidentified victims buried beneath the killing fields of World War I. But now, his headstone finally bears a...
View ArticleHe Died in 1984 Avalanche. His Body Was Just Found
An Indian soldier who disappeared in an avalanche in the Himalayas almost 40 yers ago will finally be laid to rest. The body of Chandrashekhar Harbola was discovered Saturday on the Siachen Glacier...
View ArticleUkrainian Soldier's Case 'Will Go Down in Medical Textbooks'
Imagine living with an unexploded grenade, at risk of going off at any moment, lodged just below your heart. That was the reality for a Ukrainian soldier until recently. Doctors succeeded in removing...
View ArticleTaiwan Soldier Vanished During Roll Call. He Just Reemerged
During roll call on Thursday on the island of Erdan, located just a few miles off of China's coast, a Taiwanese soldier was reported missing. Now, he's apparently reemerged, and not on Erdan, part of...
View ArticleSoldier's Suicide Involved 2 Helicopter Crashes
An Army officer crashed a Black Hawk helicopter in an attempt to kill himself but, failing to do so, ran to a second helicopter, which he subsequently launched and fatally crashed. That's according to...
View ArticleOn New Year's Eve, a Secret Operation in Gaza
The mother and American uncle of a US service member were safe outside of Gaza after being rescued from the fighting in a secret operation coordinated by the US, Israel, Egypt, and others, a US...
View ArticleSoldier Surrenders After 4 Shot Dead in Germany
Four people are dead and a suspect has turned himself in after shootings in two locations in northern Germany—and that suspect is reportedly one of that nation's soldiers. Police on Friday said the...
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