Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Army drill sergeants encourage a trainee on the first day of Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. (Spc.

WASHINGTON — Matt Vitale had just completed air assault school with the Missouri National Guard in 2017 and was weeks away from mobilizing to the Middle East, when he noticed blood in his stool.

Dave Brown is a retired Army first sergeant and a board member of the Yakima Valley Veterans Coalition. His 21-year career in the Army took him around the nation, from Alabama, to New Jersey, to ...