I have noticed an alarming trend in recent news. There seems to be an increase in violent crime, especially crimes against women. Even more alarming is the fact that many of these crimes go unreported, and when they are reported it is all too often women who have taken action, while men stood by refusing to get involved. ...more

November 8, 2009

Army Sgt. Samuel Valdez has been missing since he fell overboard in a Feb. 22 training exercise, but he will never be forgotten, friends, family members and fellow soldiers say. ...more

July 20, 2009

The U.S. Army Reserve soldier who died Sunday in St. Petersburg during a training exercise has been identified as Sgt. 1st Class James Bailey Jr. of Belzoni, Miss., military officials say. ...more

January 15, 2009

As genealogy researchers, we want our reports to be factual, but not stiff and boring. A family narrative should show some feeling for the experiences of an ancestor. ...more

August 24, 2008

All five of my Civil War ancestors were poor, illiterate dirt farmers. Some knew how to scribble their names and others made an "X" when a signature was needed. Not one of them could write a letter home to be treasured and passed down. ...more

August 17, 2008

A Florida soldier was found dead in his barracks at Fort Hood, the third soldier to die at the Army post in two weeks. ...more

August 16, 2008

Samuel Snow, an 83-year-old black World War II veteran from Leesburg who had traveled across the country to receive an apology from the Army for being unfairly convicted of rioting in 1944, died Sunday, hours after a ceremony honoring him and 27 of his fellow soldiers. ...more

July 28, 2008

There's no fast way of getting back to normal for soldiers who are deployed away from home for more than a year. Separation from loved ones and friends, along with an accustomed way of life, can be hard for even the toughest GI. ...more

July 16, 2008

If Army Pfc. Norman "Ehren" Murburg III left a legacy for his family and friends to follow, his father says, it was this: ...more

June 20, 2008

SAN ANTONIO - Family, friends and fellow soldiers gathered today to pay their final respects to Army Pfc. Norman "Ehren" Murburg III, who died more than a week ago in a training accident at Fort Bragg, N.C. ...more

June 19, 2008