U.S. Army

Harbaugh to be honored by U.S. Army

2012-05-22 16:15:00

Ravens coach John Harbaugh will be honored tomorrow for his support of the U.S. Army. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the Chief of Staff of the Army, will present Harbaugh with one of five Outstanding Civilian Service Awards during a ceremony at Joint Base...

Jesse L. Thomas, Colts player

2012-05-22 16:32:00

Jesse L. Thomas, a Baltimore Colts defensive back in the 1950s who then spent four decades at Morgan State University, serving for several years as its head football coach, died of dementia complications May 16 at his Columbia home. He was 83. Born in...

Edgewood Chemical Biological Center Forms Technology Commercialization Partnership with Allied Minds Federal Innovations

2012-05-21 12:33:00

In a move to more efficiently commercialize laboratory-produced technologies and services, the Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center partnered with Allied Minds Federal Innovations, Inc., earlier this year. The new partnership is among the first to...

City cops testing new automatic rifle

2012-05-15 07:09:00

The Baltimore Sun's Gus Sentementes reports today on a Highlandtown company building a possible replacement rifle for the M4. The new gun could be used by the Army, as well as by municipal police in Baltimore. While most Baltimore police officers carry...

Baltimore firm develops automatic rifle for military, SWAT

2012-05-14 17:07:00

The Army's next-generation carbine may come out of a Highlandtown machine shop best known for making high-volume bottling equipment for major drink makers. Adcor Industries Inc. learned this month that it was among a handful of weapons makers selected to...

Spartan Death Race may be 'brutal,' but it gains in popularity

2012-05-12 13:27:00

Katy McCabe spent six years in the Marines, including a 13-month tour in Iraq and two shorter stints in Afghanistan. So when she signed up for last year's Spartan Death Race, McCabe didn't think it would be more difficult than being in the military. "I...

Aberdeen Proving Ground salutes the armed forces

2012-05-11 10:07:00

Starting Monday, Aberdeen Proving Ground will continue a long-standing American tradition this year with an Armed Forces Week celebration (May 14-19) and a concentrated Armed Forces Day celebration this Wednesday, May 16. This year's celebration will...

4 local football players nominated for U.S. Army All-American Bowl

2012-05-07 13:30:00

Four players from last fall’s top two varsity football teams were among 13 from Maryland schools nominated to play in the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Gilman linebacker Micah Kiser and defensive lineman Henry Poggi and Calvert Hall defensive...

APG to observe Armed Forces Day on May 16

2012-05-08 14:51:32

Aberdeen Proving Ground will host an Armed Forces Day Celebration on the grounds of the APG Museum on Wednesday, May 16, as part of Armed Forces Week, May 14-19. APG's Armed Forces Week theme, "Heroes on the Home Front," recognizes local heroes, both...

Army chemical weapons disposal agency plans End of Operations ceremony at APG

2012-05-08 14:55:00

TheU.S. ArmyChemical Materials Agency is hosting a ceremony on May 17 to celebrate what it calls the End of Operations. The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency, or CMA, recently marked the end of its stockpile operations, destroying nearly 90 percent...

9/11 defendants refuse to participate in arraignment

2012-05-05 18:03:00

Before self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was brought into court Saturday, Carole Reuben of Potomac said his arraignment would mark "the beginning of the end of the process." Her son, Todd Hayes Reuben, was a passenger on American...

WHAT JUST HAPPENED

2012-05-02 00:00:00

Maryland authorities have stopped collecting DNA samples from suspects arrested on violent crime and burglary charges after the state's highest court ruled the crime fighting tool that has helped solve dozens of cold cases unconstitutional. On Friday,...

U.S. Army veteran Quadiir Mattox, right, of Atlantic City, N.J. learns to shoot a cross bow with the help of Tom Forman, left, president of the Izaak Walton league during an event for veterans at the Izaak Walton League in Clear Spring Saturday.

2012-05-19 00:00:00

A U.S. Army soldier of 3/1 AD Task Force Bulldog prepares to hit a golf ball from the rooftop of a building at Combat Outpost Boston in Kherwar district in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan.

2012-05-18 00:00:00

PFC Michael Metcalf, during a burial service for PFC Metcalf at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

2012-05-17 00:00:00