Join the Army and see the world fittingly plays off a Navy recruiting slogan for many soldiers. ...more

December 31, 2008

As sergeants go, Paul Ray Smith was part Vince Lombardi, part Michael Phelps and part Gary Cooper. Which is to say, Paul Smith was, from his helmet to his boots, all-Army. ...more

November 2, 2008

A soldier was detained in Iraq after he allegedly opened fire on a superior and another unit member, killing them both, the Army said Wednesday. ...more

September 18, 2008

A member of the Florida National Guard who stole a Stinger missile-firing simulator because he thought it would make a great "garage ornament" was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 18 months of probation. ...more

September 4, 2008

An Army National Guard member who stole a Stinger missile-firing simulator because he thought it would make a great "garage ornament" was sentenced in federal court today to 18 months of probation. ...more

September 3, 2008

TAMPA – An Army National Guard reservist who stole a simulator used to train Stinger missile gunners faces up to 10 years in federal prison when he is sentenced Wednesday. ...more

September 2, 2008

TAMPA A combat veteran wounded during his third tour of Iraq was awarded the Purple Heart on Thursday during a ceremony at the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital. ...more

July 17, 2008

A former Army medic made famous by a photograph that showed him carrying an injured Iraqi boy during the first week of the war has died of an apparent overdose, police said. ...more

July 7, 2008

"When my stepdad went to Iraq, half of my heart went with him," says Michael, a teenager who lives on the Army base at Fort Stewart, Ga. ...more

July 6, 2008

More than a week before Memorial Day, when the nation honors the men and women who have died in military service, past and present members of the U.S. Armed Forces were celebrated in South Shore. ...more

May 24, 2008