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Survivors of a Iranian drone strike on a U.S. Army operations center in Kuwait that killed six troops say warnings about Port Shuaiba’s vulnerabilities were ignored by senior leaders; an Army investigation found no fault, while soldiers voice anger over defense gaps and medical care and question why troops were deployed to the site.
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has forced out General CD Donahue, the top US Army officer in Europe, who will retire early amid a broader purge of senior officers and a planned reorganization of Europe command; Donahue is known for his role in Ukraine support and as the last US soldier to leave Afghanistan, and his removal comes after the earlier firing of Army Chief of Staff General Randy George, signaling a sweeping shake-up under Hegseth.
A U.S. soldier and a British soldier were killed in a training accident at an air base in Irbil, northern Iraq. U.S. officials said the U.S. service member’s identity would be released after next-of-kin notification, while the British soldier’s family has been notified. No further details were released. The incident underscores ongoing Western military presence in the Kurdish region, which hosts a new U.S. consulate in Irbil, and follows recent American deaths abroad during multi-national exercises (notably Morocco during African Lion).
The U.S. Army and Moroccan partners completed the search and rescue for two missing soldiers from Africa Lion 26 near Cap Draa, confirming the recovery of Spc. Mariyah Symone Collington and repatriation of both soldiers’ remains (alongside 1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr.); the operation involved 1,000+ personnel across air, sea, and land and is now under investigation.
The U.S. Army says 1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr.’s body was recovered along the Moroccan shoreline after he went missing during the African Lion 26 training exercise; a second U.S. soldier remains missing as hundreds of U.S. and Moroccan personnel continue the multinational search.
The remains of 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr. were recovered from the Atlantic near Cap Draa, Morocco, after he and a second soldier disappeared during the African Lion exercise; a large-scale search by U.S. and Moroccan forces continues for the second missing soldier, while Key’s family mourns his loss.
The body of 1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., a US Army platoon leader, was recovered from the water off Cap Draa, Morocco, after he went missing during a May 2 training exercise. A second soldier remains missing and search operations continue as part of African Lion, the U.S. Africa Command’s largest joint exercise involving US forces, NATO allies, and partner nations.
The body of 1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., a 27-year-old U.S. Army artillery officer from Richmond, Virginia, was recovered by a Moroccan search team along the shoreline about a mile from where two soldiers disappeared during African Lion 2026 training in Morocco. The second missing soldier remains unaccounted for as US and Moroccan forces continue ground, air, and maritime searches. Key, who entered service in 2023 after studying marketing and business at Methodist University, earned an Army Achievement Medal and Army Service Ribbon. The Army grieves his loss and will repatriate his remains; it remains unclear whether Key was the first or second to fall into the ocean during the sunset-viewing hike that preceded the incident.
The body of 1st Lt. Lamont Key Jr. was recovered by a Moroccan search team after he and another U.S. servicemember disappeared during a sunset hike near Cap Draa during the African Lion exercise; the second service member remains missing and search operations continue with more than 1,000 personnel involved. Key, 27, from Richmond, Virginia, was an air defense artillery officer; remains will be repatriated as leadership mourns his loss and supports his family.
The U.S. military is searching for two U.S. Army personnel who disappeared in Morocco during the Africa Lion multinational training exercise; they were last seen near sea cliffs and were not conducting training at the time, as about 10,000 participants from 20 nations take part. A joint U.S.-Moroccan search, including aerial and naval assets, is ongoing.
The Pentagon will withdraw about 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany over six to twelve months after a feud between President Trump and German Chancellor Merz over U.S. Iran policy, following a review of Europe’s force posture.
Federal prosecutors charged Special Forces soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke with using confidential government information to win roughly $400,000 through bets on Polymarket about the seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The case alleges insider trading and cites commodities and wire fraud charges, marking the first prosecution tied to prediction-market bets and spotlighting calls for tighter regulation of prediction markets.
Two US Army soldiers were injured during a land-navigation training exercise in Arctic Valley near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, after encountering a brown bear. They used pepper spray and are receiving medical care; conditions have not been released. The incident is under investigation, the base area is closed to recreational activity, and Alaska Fish and Game says the bear appeared to defend itself after emerging from a den.
The U.S. Army is reviewing why an AH-64E Apache helicopter conducted a training flight outside Kid Rock’s Tennessee home and near No Kings rallies; an Army official said the flyby was not part of a sanctioned mission and appropriate action will be taken if safety standards or regulations were violated.
The U.S. Army codified a 2023 policy to raise the enlistment age to 42 across the Army, National Guard, and Reserve and to remove the waiver requirement for a single marijuana conviction. The move, intended to bolster recruitment and align with Navy/Air Force, does not imply a draft; Selective Service remains the path for conscription if needed.