He was honorably discharged in December 1945 after the deactivation of the 2nd Ranger Battalion. Drake returned to Hawley and worked for the Ashland Tree Company.

Joseph Drake, 100, of Hawley, is one of five surviving U.S. Army Rangers who served in World War II. He received a Congressional Gold Medal recently.

Since their inception in the 1st Ranger Battalion in 1942, this group has taken on high-risk missions from airborne raids to direct combat.

Two of the five surviving Army Rangers, among the 6,500 who served in World War II, attended a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at the Capitol on Thursday.

Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Karpati and Staff Sgt. Dillon Barbour, Ranger instructors with the 6th Ranger Training Battalion, Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade, participate in a reptile demonstration ...

Travis Decker is suspected of killing his 3 daughters near Leavenworth. Decker, of the Wenatchee area, was previously stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Decker was in the 2nd Ranger Battalion ...

The U.S. Army is investigating after a Black Hawk pilot was found dead while off base in Honduras. 1st Lt. Marciano Parisano, a 25-year-old from Cibolo, Texas who was assigned to the 1st Battalion ...

A female Army Ranger for the first time competed in the annual Best Ranger Competition, and her two-soldier team finished the grueling three-day event in 14th place overall.