Former Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper will become the first African American to achieve the rank of U.S Army Reserve lieutenant general.

The United States Army’s first female infantry officer has spoken up about the dangers of lowering fitness standards to accommodate women in combat roles for the sake of political correctness- particularly if they aren’t physically up for the task.

Federal prosecutors are seeking a 17-year prison sentence for a former Green Beret who pleaded guilty last year to providing classified information to Russian military intelligence for over a decade.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a bill meant to reimburse Michigan National Guard soldiers who deployed to the U.S. Capitol earlier this year and paid for their own meals.

A female soldier from Fort Bragg is dead and another charged in a shooting Friday in a neighborhood off Raeford Road, according to the Fayetteville Police Department.