FREDERICK, Maryland, June 30 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By Phil Fountain For nearly 80 years, the heart of U.S. Army medical research has been beating in central Maryland, at Fort Detrick. The post gates opened in 1931, then known as Detrick Field, named in honor of Frederick Louis Detrick, a Frederick County native and an Army flight surgeon who served in Belgium during World War I. Fort Detrick currently hosts a cadre of multi-disciplined scientists and researchers  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on June 30, 2021: By Terri Moon Cronk and Jim Garamone Donald H. Rumsfeld, who died today at age 88, was the only defense secretary who served twice in the role of Pentagon leader and principal assistant to the president on defense matters. Rumsfeld also was the youngest and the oldest person to hold the office, serving at age 43 as the 13th secretary under President Gerald R. Ford from 1975 to 1977, and then as th  more