Military Matters

Fallen Fort Drum soldiers were honored on post Tuesday. One Gold Star family makes the 850-mile journey every year to honor their son and join with other families who know the same loss.

Fort Drum’s 1st Brigade Combat Team has a new leader.

For some soldiers, Wednesday was more than just a normal day at the office.

If you see a lot of military helicopters in the sky Wednesday, it’s because Fort Drum soldiers are taking part in air-assault training.

The cemeteries on Fort Drum will be open for visitation on Memorial Day.

Professional songwriters from Nashville are in the north country to take part in Operation Song, an organization that has served the military community for a decade.

There will be rolling power outages over the next two weeks for people who work and live on Fort Drum.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is calling for a review of military helicopter crashes.

Fort Drum is one of 5 Army installations that could soon have a private company running its dining facilities.

If you drive onto Fort Drum, be aware of some temporary changes at the gates.

There’s a museum featuring pieces of local military history on the top floor of Lowville’s American Legion.

North country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is lining up more support for an East Coast missile defense site to be built at Fort Drum.

An investigation looked at 298 crashes between 2012 and 2021. It found 90 percent of the Army National Guard incidents were caused by human error.

“A little musical taste of home really puts the smile on our face.”

An Army reservist who lost both legs after being deployed from Fort McCoy in Wisconsin to Afghanistan more than a decade ago came to the north country recently to try snowboarding for the first time since his injury.

A possible missile defense system at Fort Drum has picked up support from the nation’s top military officer.

Fort Drum will experience a power outage early Friday morning as the post switches over to getting its power from National Grid.

It’s National Vietnam War Veterans Day and Fort Drum honored those veterans with a pin for their service.

The Department of Defense says 1 out of every 4 service members in the U.S. military experience food insecurity, meaning they don’t have enough money to put food on the table.

Harris had a store at Salmon Run Mall from 2014 to 2021, and many Fort Drum soldiers were scammed by the retailer.

Monday marks 20 years since the beginning of the war in Iraq. We discussed the anniversary with 10th Mountain Division leaders at Fort Drum who spent long parts of their careers overseas in the conflict.

Brunch and blood pressure checks. It’s an event held every Wednesday at the Carthage American Legion.

Saturday afternoon on Fort Drum, soldiers, veterans and family members gathered to commemorate the death of 11 soldiers who died in a helicopter crash 20 years ago.

The Adopt-A-Unit program is looking for 120 volunteers before the deployment of the First Brigade Combat Team this summer.

Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth says 2023 will be a pivotal year to train and equip soldiers to deter China from attacking Taiwan.

The Army Times reports that although the Army saw a decline in recent years, soldiers at 5 installations are dying of drug overdoses at more than double the rate of other Defense Department personnel.

The top Pentagon official for personnel sent a memo warning service members that eating poppy seeds could cause them to fail drug tests.

The north country’s two congressional representatives discussed energy resiliency on Fort Drum Wednesday.

There’s more open space and resources for the Joseph Dwyer Veteran Peer Support Center in Watertown.

A new way of welcoming soldiers to the 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum began in January with a formal “Powder Keg” Patching Ceremony.