Fort Jackson Relocation

FORT JACKSON, S.C. — The first woman commandant of the Army’s elite drill sergeant school, who had been suspended for six months by the Army and later reinstated, bid a tearful farewell Thursday to her supporters, students and fellow soldiers as she bowed to Army pressure to leave her historic position.

WASHINGTON — The House endorsed the continued war in Afghanistan on Thursday despite acknowledgment from Republicans and Democrats that the American people are war-weary after more than a decade of conflict.

Soldiers now have more chances to get certifications in their job fields, which can mean faster promotion and a better shot at a job after the Army.

WASHINGTON — Leslie Sabo’s Vietnam War ended in the flash of his own grenade, hurled at an enemy bunker in Cambodia to save surrounded comrades. Forty years later — and a dozen years after the long-lost paperwork turned up in military archives — he was honored by President Obama on Wednesday with the nation’s highest award for gallantry.

WASHINGTON — Army leaders say a combat brigade will be assigned to the Pentagon’s Africa Command next year in a pilot program that will send small teams of soldiers to countries around the continent to do training and participate in military exercises.

A generation of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans exposed to explosions may be at risk for early-onset dementia, according to a new study that looked at the autopsied brains of four former combat service members and four athletes.

The vision for an enduring U.S. presence in Afghanistan will move forward in coming days during a NATO summit, said Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON — The United States and Pakistan on Wednesday raced to conclude a deal to reopen key supply routes for the Afghanistan war before next week’s NATO summit, with Washington hopeful of an imminent deal but Islamabad insisting that the U.S. pay more to repair relations and end the blockade.

TAMPA, Fla. — A 24-year-old soldier assigned to U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base was beaten up by four men while walking — and the brutal attack was caught on video.

Congressional analysts say a House plan requiring older Tricare beneficiaries to fill their long-term prescriptions by mail would not generate the huge annual savings anticipated by lawmakers, but over time it still would be enough to meet a goal of raising $1 billion to offset reduced pharmacy co-pay fee increases for all Tricare beneficiaries.