Category: U.S. Army

Meet the first woman to lead elite Army Rangers in combat

Army Capt. Shaina Coss, USMA2016, is the first woman to lead elite Army Rangers in combat.

After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 2016 where she competed on the powerlifting team, Coss completed Army Ranger School — one of the first 10 women to ever do so.

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Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue – commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, West Point class of ‘92 – last boots off the ground in Afghanistan

In awe of our Sky Dragon Soldiers.

This was an incredibly tough, pressurized mission filled with multiple complexities, with active threats the entire time. Our troops displayed grit, discipline and empathy.

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Austin, Milley Understand the Personal Nature of Afghan War

Austin spoke directly to the force during his press conference. “I know that these are difficult days for those who lost loved ones in Afghanistan and for those who carry the wounds of war,” he said. “Especially now, we mourn those who made the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan. Let me say to their families and loved ones, our hearts are with you. And the U.S. military stands as one to honor those we’ve lost.

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Fort Benning Memorializes Soldier Lynched 80 Years Earlier at the Post as Army Acknowledges an Injustice

Hall’s body, bound at the hands and feet and already beginning to decompose, would not be located for six weeks, hanged from a small tree in a shallow ravine in a wooded section of Fort Benning’s training grounds less than a mile from where he was last seen. The 19-year-old had been the victim of a lynching…

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