Mar 25, 2024As a former military attorney has noted, the “door has been cracked” for military survivors to pursue sexual assault claims in the wake of the Spletstoser decision. Hopefully the courtrooms …
https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2024-03-25/military-me-too-reckoning-13427772.html
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Dec 5, 2022The military has certified at least a dozen attorneys in each service branch to serve as a special victim counsel to work in these offices, military officials told lawmakers in September during a …
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Dec 7, 2022The military attorney leading each office reports to the civilian secretary of the service. The 11 crimes included were murder, manslaughter, rape and sexual assault, rape and sexual assault of a …
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The family of an Indiana veteran who died by suicide after a Department of Veterans Affairs facility mismanaged his care will receive $1.7 million to settle a wrongful death claim, attorneys with …
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-03-27/veteran-suicide-lawsuit-settlement-13441171.html
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A Newport News attorney has agreed to pay the IRS $869,000 in back taxes after admitting to federal tax fraud. Nosuk Pak Kim, 61, pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of felony tax evasion in U.S …
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On July 9, the docket shows he pleaded not guilty and invoked his right to be tried by a military panel that included enlisted soldiers. Legal motions finished Oct. 9, and the trial was scheduled …
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Among the soldiers in Varhola’s battalion are at least one veterinarian, economist, lawyer, water management specialist, public health expert, college professor, sewage plant director and …
https://www.stripes.com/migration/army-launches-first-europe-based-civil-affairs-unit-1.119012
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At the bitter end, the pilots kneeled and sang out the reverential portion of this song about a fighter pilot who didn’t make it home from Vietnam. It was first recorded as “Bronco” (for the OV-10 Bronco airframe flown in the song) by Dick Jonas, an F-4 / F-16 Vietnam-era fighter pilot and military folk musician.
https://europe.stripes.com/military-life/video-why-do-fighter-pilots-burn-pianos.html
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. enacted on Friday two laws bolstering his nation’s maritime claims, drawing criticism from Beijing as South China Sea tensions persist.
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Duran has served in law enforcement in the military and as a civilian since about 2007, according to his police records. He served in the Army from 2003 to 2014, including a 2008 deployment to …
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Khan got a Purple Heart and Bronze Star for rescuing fellow soldiers trapped in the wreckage caused by a suicide truck bomb that killed two Americans and badly injured some three dozen troops in …
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-06-25/army-veteran-lawsuit-nypd-gun-charges-14296082.html
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Some German establishments said they don’t believe the military really wants to work with them, though. Dr. Eduard Klement, a pharmacist at the Stadt Apotheke in Kaiserslautern, said he was …
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In this episode of Military Matters, Celina, the ex-wife of a 7th Special Forces Group soldier, shares with co-host Jack Murphy her horrific story of abuse at the hands of her ex-husband and how …
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Capt. Daniel Mode, a Catholic priest who became the Coast Guard’s top chaplain in April 2022, was reassigned April 24 for failing to act appropriately when he learned of another chaplain’s …
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The latest survey also found confidence in law enforcement similarly dropped from 50% in 2018 to 39% in 2021. … “the military remains the most trusted institution by a large margin,” the …
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Maj. Asia Pastor, logistics plans officer for U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific, takes a question about a new U.S. military site from a Peleliu resident in Koror, Republic of Palau, May 15, 2024.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-05-22/palau-military-site-china-13935392.html
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The case has sparked demonstrations on Okinawa, official complaints to high-ranking U.S. military commanders and made the agenda at a meeting of Cabinet members from both countries in late July …
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West has a military defense attorney, Capt. Caitlin Quvus. He has also hired Jason Wareham, a Denver-area attorney and former Marine Corps Judge Advocate, to represent him.
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The Office of Professional Responsibility said it concluded that opening an investigation into a complaint filed against Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Pletcher by a defense lawyer last August would …
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A soldier with the 25th Infantry Division looks down the sight of an M240B machine gun during a joint artillery mission at Makua Military Reservation, Hawaii, Aug. 11, 2020. (Effie Mahugh/U.S. Army)
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