EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump ’s vainglorious birthday parade masquerading as a celebration of the 250 th anniversary of the U.S. Army may get drenched in a rainy DC this Flag Day, but the financial sun is shining a bit brighter for some suffering Hollywood vendors.

But it was nothing like the extravagant affair planned for Washington to honor the Army on what also was President Donald Trump's birthday.

A 40-year-old Army pilot was killed, and a second pilot was injured, in a helicopter training accident Wednesday evening at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, the Army post said. The soldier killed was identified Friday by the 101st Airborne Division as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dustin K. Wright.

It's the U.S. Army's birthday. Originally created as a small force, its soldiers have played a major role in the U.S.'s growth and defense.

Army rope climbs. Humvees and choppers. And plenty of ice cream trucks. On the playlist: Jay Z’s Empire State of Mind, Miley Cyrus’s Party in the U.S.A., and Drake’s Nokia. This is the early scene at the Army festival on the National Mall.

Charles Levine was blindsided in February when he was about to retire from the Army and found out it would not cover more than $40,000 in final moving costs — an end-of-service benefit given to retire

Iowa, discusses the foreign policy effects of the Israel-Iran strikes and the upcoming DC military parade on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’

The parade is expected to include about 6,600 soldiers, 50 helicopters and 60-ton M1 Abrams battle tanks, as well as possibly 200,000 attendees and heightened security to match.