By Debbie Gregory. The nation’s highest military court has thrown out the 2012 rape conviction of a Coast Guard enlisted man because admirals and prosecutors packed the seven-member jury with five women, four of whom held jobs as advocates for victims of sexual assault. In a 5-0 ruling that could change how the military conducts […]
By Debbie Gregory. Once again, a military court has voided the conviction of former Marine Staff Sgt. Joe Chamblin, who was filmed urinating on Taliban corpses during a 2011 deployment to Afghanistan. The video was first posted by TMZ in January 2012, prompting an international backlash. Chamblin was sentenced to 30 days’ confinement. The resulting […]
By Debbie Gregory. The USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51) was a U.S. Navy flight-I Ticonderoga-class cruiser that was named after Thomas S. Gates, Secretary of Defense in the last years of the Eisenhower Administration (1959–1961). The ship was the only vessel of the class to be named after a person; all of the other cruisers […]
By Debbie Gregory. A fitness app’s heat map could pose risks for security forces around the world by revealing the location of where they are exercising, causing the U.S. Central Command to refine its privacy policies. “The coalition is in the process of implementing refined guidance on privacy settings for wireless technologies and applications, and […]
By Debbie Gregory. Due to federal restrictions, the Department of Veterans Affairs will not conduct research on the effectiveness of medical cannabis on post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain. Although doing so would not be illegal, there would be a lot of red tape to cut through. The announcement is a huge setback for those […]
By Debbie Gregory. Following his honorable discharge from the military, a former Marine was convicted of a crime and deported to Mexico. At 19 years old, Marco Antonio Chavez enlisted in the Marine Corps and served for four years. The son of Mexican immigrants, he grew up in the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant. In […]
By Debbie Gregory. Accused ISIS sympathizer Sgt. Ikaika Erik Kang, a former air traffic control operator with the 25th Infantry Division at U.S. Army Pacific Command was planning to join ISIS and attack Schofield Barracks as a suicide bomber, according to documents unsealed Monday in U.S. District Court. The 35 year-old Kang has been charged […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched a new online wizard that will assist veterans who are seeking to upgrade their military discharges. By going to the VA’s Vets.gov benefits website, participants go through a series of questions that guides them, step by step, through the upgrade process based on their […]
By Debbie Gregory. A former Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee was arrested for stealing the personal information of veterans and fellow VA employees in order to sell the information for personal gain. Phillip Hill of Benton, Arkansas, has been charged with aggravated identity theft, attempting to traffic social security numbers, and possessing “device-making equipment.” […]
President Trump signed a bill to award a Medal of Honor to 80-year-old Vietnam veteran, retired Marine Sergeant John Canley. The move upgrades the Navy Cross Sgt. Canley had previously been awarded to the highest U.S. military decoration. The decision was approved by Defense Secretary James Mattis. Canley, a quiet, tall Marine lifer from Arkansas, […]
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