/tags/united-states-army United States Army en-US Copyright Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:09:58 GMT /military/2023-12-22/highlighting-legacy-army-first-all-black-world-war-ii-paratrooper-unit Over 80 years ago, Walter Morris created the 555th Airborne Platoon, also known as the “Triple Nickles.” There is an exhibit about them at a museum on Fort Liberty - formerly known as Fort Bragg. There’s another exhibit at a Fayetteville Museum that will soon serve as one of 50 markers on the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 18:09:58 GMT /military/2023-12-22/highlighting-legacy-army-first-all-black-world-war-ii-paratrooper-unit Sharryse Piggott /news/2023-03-25/goldsboro-to-unveil-civil-war-trail-marker-in-honor-of-all-black-infantry-regiment Civil rights activists and community leaders will celebrate the 158th anniversary of the 135th U.S Army Colored Infantry regiment, which was part of the Union Army formed in Goldsboro in 1865. Sat, 25 Mar 2023 13:30:39 GMT /news/2023-03-25/goldsboro-to-unveil-civil-war-trail-marker-in-honor-of-all-black-infantry-regiment Sharryse Piggott /military/2022-07-07/why-fort-liberty-community-leaders-explain-fort-braggs-proposed-new-name Of the nine Army bases the government plans to rename, Fort Bragg is the only one that won't carry the name of a person. Thu, 07 Jul 2022 11:13:05 GMT /military/2022-07-07/why-fort-liberty-community-leaders-explain-fort-braggs-proposed-new-name Jay Price /military/2017-11-29/us-army-ordered-to-notify-soldiers-used-in-chemical-experiments Starting in at least the 1920s, the U.S. Army recruited soldiers to test the effects of dangerous and powerful chemicals. In response to a lawsuit… Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:36:17 GMT /military/2017-11-29/us-army-ordered-to-notify-soldiers-used-in-chemical-experiments Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-11-29/us-army-ordered-to-notify-soldiers-used-in-chemical-experiments Starting in at least the 1920s, the U.S. Army recruited soldiers to test the effects of dangerous and powerful chemicals. In response to a lawsuit… Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:36:17 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-11-29/us-army-ordered-to-notify-soldiers-used-in-chemical-experiments Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /military/2015-11-27/the-push-for-transgender-troops-in-the-united-states Note: This is a rebroadcast from earlier this year.The American military permits people to serve regardless of sexual orientation, but there are still… Fri, 27 Nov 2015 17:06:00 GMT /military/2015-11-27/the-push-for-transgender-troops-in-the-united-states Andrew Tie /show/the-state-of-things/2015-11-27/the-push-for-transgender-troops-in-the-united-states Note: This is a rebroadcast from earlier this year.The American military permits people to serve regardless of sexual orientation, but there are still… Fri, 27 Nov 2015 17:06:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-11-27/the-push-for-transgender-troops-in-the-united-states Frank Stasio /military/2015-10-14/the-push-for-transgender-troops-in-the-united-states The American military permits people to serve regardless of sexual orientation, but there are still policies precluding military service based on gender… Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:19:38 GMT /military/2015-10-14/the-push-for-transgender-troops-in-the-united-states Andrew Tie /show/the-state-of-things/2015-10-14/the-push-for-transgender-troops-in-the-united-states The American military permits people to serve regardless of sexual orientation, but there are still policies precluding military service based on gender… Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:19:38 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-10-14/the-push-for-transgender-troops-in-the-united-states Frank Stasio /military/2015-06-24/stubborn-and-proud-to-the-end-mule-mascot-remembered-at-ft-bragg The discipline of military service, as it does for many young men, changed John Blackjack’s life."He was a wild child with us," said Roseanne Wray, whose… Wed, 24 Jun 2015 21:30:45 GMT /military/2015-06-24/stubborn-and-proud-to-the-end-mule-mascot-remembered-at-ft-bragg Jay Price