SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Army National Guard’s Brig. Gen. Michael Eastridge has been selected as the next Deputy Commanding General for U.S. Army South. Eastridge started as U.S. Army South’s Deputy ...

Michael Erik Kurilla was on the front lines of some of the fiercest fighting in Mosul, Iraq almost two decades ...

During a solemn ceremony at the American Legion Post 558 in Plains Twp., three local military veterans were recognized by the ...

Evelyn B. Pine, 77, of Tiverton, Rhode Island, died on June 14, 2025 at Charlton Hospital. She was the wife of the late SSG, ...

CENTCOM Commander Army Gen. Michael "Erik" Kurilla has said military options are on the table to prevent Iran from obtaining ...

General Michael Erik Kurilla is handling the US’ plans for the crisis in West Asia. The four-star general, nicknamed ‘Gorilla’, for his physique, has been overriding decisions from his seniors at the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is handing authority on the escalating Middle East crisis to a general nicknamed “The Gorilla, ...

More than a half-century ago, Kerrville resident Ed Hamilton received a small box in the mail from the U.S. Air Force.

The Bastrop Post Office was dedicated in honor of Sergeant Major Billy D. Waugh on Tuesday morning. Waugh’s family members, ...

On Friday, 42 years after U.S. Army Spc. Bernard L. Rustad saved the lives of three soldiers in a neighboring unit during the Vietnam War, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor.

The Rev. Francis A. Kelley Honor Society of the Capital District to honor veterans from Albany and Rensselaer counties.

On June 14, 1775, delegates voted to create a Continental Army, naming George Washington of Virginia as Commander-in-Chief.