Military News

Lawyers for Timothy Hennis will argue in a hearing at the nation’s highest military court that Hennis shouldn’t have been court-martialed for the murders in the first place.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/soldier-on-death-row-will-ask-the-military-s-highest-court-to-overturn-his-conviction-1.603983

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Van Pelt received military and law enforcement honors at Friday’s funeral. Another service will be held Jan. 12 in the airman’s hometown. Dozens of family members, friends and fellow airmen …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-01-05/national-guard-air-force-reserve-minot-killing-north-dakota-12568931.html

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Markey and other senators requested data on overdoses from the Defense Department in September and last week received 12 pages from Pentagon officials that included statistics and prevention efforts.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-02-15/military-fentanyl-overdoses-troops-senate-9150259.html

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Rioters storm the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. New Army rules issued Wednesday, June 26, 2024, clarify soldiers cannot knowingly participate in or support any extremist activity …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-06-26/army-soldiers-extremism-gangs-14306596.html

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The House Armed Services Committee’s draft of the 2024 NDAA — the annual must-pass law that sets Congress’ policy and spending priorities for the Pentagon — would impart “sex-neutral …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-06-28/army-ndaa-fitness-test-congress-10581068.html

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The case is the first brought by the U.S. against a towing company under a section of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act that requires them to submit an affidavit as to whether the owner of a …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-12-27/gavel-marines-towing-12478549.html

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Three Christian members of the U.S. Coast Guard are suing government officials over the military’s coronavirus vaccine mandate, alleging they were unlawfully denied religious exemptions from the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/coast_guard/2022-09-22/coast-guard-lawsuit-vaccine-mandate-7432906.html

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Corey Dickstein covers the military in the U.S. southeast. He joined the Stars and Stripes staff in 2015 and covered the Pentagon for more than five years.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-04-18/army-fort-gordon-military-housing-9842570.html

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Military families and their advocates protested the changes, setting off a massive wave of political backtracking in a state that prides itself on having one of the nation’s biggest …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-07-18/virginia-restores-military-tuition-program-14531323.html

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WASHINGTON — U.S. military bases in the Indo-Pacific region are sorely lacking hardened aircraft shelters, leaving them vulnerable to devastating airstrikes in a potential conflict with China …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-05-09/republicans-pentagon-china-indopacific-shelters-military-bases-13807808.html

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He previously covered crime and the military in Key West, Fla., and business in Jacksonville, Fla. Hana Kusumoto She was born in Nagoya, Japan, and lived in Australia and Illinois growing up.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-09-26/navy-sailor-zushi-assault-sentence-15308045.html

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Air Force Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart, right, and his defense attorney Capt. Jordan Grande exit a courthouse following Stewart’s arraignment Jan. 18, 2024, at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-01-18/air-force-general-sexual-assault-court-martial-12719938.html

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WASHINGTON — The chronic neglect and underfunding uncovered in a recent investigation of substandard military barracks will take years to reverse and would cost the Army alone at least $6.5 …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-09-27/military-barracks-poor-living-conditions-11513089.html

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WASHINGTON — An Army Reserve military policeman who also worked as a Louisiana sheriff’s deputy was killed after falling off a tower while deployed to Saudi Arabia, Army and law enforcement …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/army-mp-falls-from-tower-dies-while-serving-in-saudi-arabia-1.594920

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WASHINGTON — The day President Joe Biden signed into law a bill to expand health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins, Marine veteran Jerry Ensminger filed one of …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2022-08-22/marine-veterans-lejeune-water-lawsuits-7073001.html

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Nineteen retired generals, admirals and former top civilian defense officials have filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court opposing former President Donald Trump’s bid for immunity from …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-04-08/military-leaders-supreme-court-trump-immunity-13513330.html

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The Army doctor charged with molesting 42 patients will be arraigned for court-martial next month at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington, the Army said Tuesday.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-01-23/lewis-mcchord%C2%A0army-doctor-sexual-abuse-jblm-12774368.html

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China’s law will not hinder U.S. military activities in the region, according to Pentagon spokespeople, who said Sept 1. that the Navy would sail “wherever international law allows.”

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-09-08/south-china-sea-us-navy-spratly-islands-mischief-reef-2811763.html

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The U.S. government is urging a judge to award only a fraction of the $7 million sought by 17 plaintiffs seeking compensation for a 2021 Navy fuel spill in Hawaii that contaminated their drinking …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-06-27/red-hill-navy-fuel-spill-pearl-harbor-lawsuit-14311482.html

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His story and those of four other military families are outlined in a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, claiming the Michaels …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/five-families-file-lawsuit-over-mold-in-military-housing-at-florida-s-macdill-air-force-base-1.609548

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