A 55-year-old lieutenant colonel assigned to U.S. Army Central Command died while exercising Sunday in Sumter, South Carolina.
Two Army aviation battalions in Alaska will now fall under a local command, as the service looks to cement its capabilities in the High North.
A 10th Mountain Division soldier is accused of allegedly killing another soldier serving in the same battalion.
The four new companies will train 3,840 soldiers for the service annually.
Some soldiers without dependents will now serve two years on the peninsula rather than the typical unaccompanied one-year tour length.
The helicopter flight instructor was killed in the crash.
A Hawaii headquarters will run a simulated battle with the North Carolina-based unit as its lead.
Col. Yolanda Gore will be the 89th commander in Fort Meade's 107-year history.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has made the second-most trips to the Indo-Pacific region of any secretary this century.
The three brigade-sized deployments follow seven unit deployments in recent months.
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