Panel Likely to Order That West Point Pull Portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee

A panel is expected to hand the final death blow to an iconic portrait of former U.S. and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that has stood in West Point for more than 70 years, Politico reported Friday.

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U.S. Army soldier dies after bear attack in Alaska

A U.S. Army soldier died of injuries sustained in a bear attack Tuesday in Alaska.

The soldier was part of a small group in a training area west of the Anchorage Regional Landfill when the bear attacked.

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First Look at the Army’s New Patch for its Newest Airborne Division

U.S. Army Alaska will be redesignated as the 11th Airborne Division this summer, and the force will be reintroducing the patch used decades ago, but with an Arctic twist.

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Army’s first Advocacy Center opens on Fort Belvoir

“The opening culminates a vision that started three years ago,” said Michael Mulligan. “To create an advocacy training center to cultivate and refine the talents of the already-talented litigators of the Army. Mulligan, a former judge on the Army Court of Criminal Appeals, is the center’s first director.

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