Soldiers and units running past the park seemed surprised to encounter a mass of children in matching gray Army T-shirts dancing to the "Cha Cha Slide," in drenched grass, at 6:30 a.m.

Two Army noncommissioned officers were able to mark Father's Day early this year with a rare event: a father-and-son airborne jump. Sgt. Maj. Jason Towns, the command sergeant major of 3rd Special ...