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He then diverted his military plans to become a lawyer, attending law school at the City University of New York. He fought alongside Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois and others for …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2019-04-24/immigrant%E2%80%99s-18-year-dream-to-join-us-military-finally-becomes-reality-1485470.html1

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The case involves an October 2020 video between the soldier and civilian, which resulted in two separate military law enforcement probes after allegations emerged that the recordings were passed …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-08-03/military-sex-tape-scandal-6861079.html

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Aug 13, 2024Law enforcement officials could not verify whether Daraev served in the Russian military, they said. Investigators wrote that the Green Beret returned to his home at that point to retrieve a handgun.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-08-13/fort-liberty-soldier-chechen-shooting-killing-14854670.html

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FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Tribune News Service) — After a series of legal motions, a judge agreed last week to dismiss portions of a class action lawsuit alleging poor management of Fort Bragg housing …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-09-21/class-action-lawsuit-fort-bragg-housing-poor-management-corvias-2972795.html

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a bill into law that invests $15 million to improve maternity care for female veterans. The new law orders the Department of Veterans Affairs …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2021-11-30/veterans-affairs-maternity-care-biden-law-3810680.html

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Oct 1, 2024Advocates say the pact, reached in June, lacks specificity on legal, tax and other obligations that U.S. companies need to hire family members and others living with U.S. military service members …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2024-10-01/military-spouses-remote-work-spain-15368791.html

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Staff Sgt. Ryan Neville of the Army Reserve’s 739th Multi Role Bridge Company in Illinois was separated from the Army on Oct. 1, 2022, for a reprimand based on sexual assault charges determined …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-10-07/army-soldier-sex-charges-discharged-7608141.html

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May 31, 2024Nearly 250 Coast Guard members who were unlawfully forced into retirement under the guise of a force reduction could be entitled to millions of dollars in back pay and benefits, according to a …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/coast_guard/2024-05-31/coast-guard-lawsuit-retirees-backpay-14040606.html

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Young, now 37, separated from the military in 2010 and entered law school at the University of Virginia. He now works as an attorney in Atlanta. Young said he is proud of his military service, and …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-09-10/war-on-terror-americans-military-service-attacks-2838073.html

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Fidell supports a proposal by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., to remove prosecution authority in serious cases away from the victim and defendant’s military commander and give it to an …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/sinclair-reprimanded-fined-case-likely-to-reignite-battle-over-military-justice-1.273689

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Nov 15, 2023Under military law, service members have the option to reject nonjudicial punishment and face charges for UCMJ violations during a court-martial or other proceeding.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-11-15/navy-article-15-nonjudicial-punishment-12049400.html

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In the meantime, judges and lawyers retired or moved on; the case moved at a glacial pace. Eventually, in 2015, Judge J. Thomas Marten denied most of Gray’s appeal, according to court documents.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/federal-military-courts-proceed-cautiously-in-ronald-gray-death-penalty-case-1.447291

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Mar 29, 2024WASHINGTON – A lieutenant commander with the Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center Northwest in Washington state was arrested this month on charges he paid for sex with a 14-year-old boy, according to …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-03-29/navy-lieutenant-commander%C2%A0sex-teenage-boy-13451876.html

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Apr 11, 2024The Army Criminal Investigation Division has hired more than 355 civilian agents in the three years since an independent report called for the agency to improve professionalism, trust and its …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-04-11/army-criminal-division-investigators-soldiers-hiring-13531504.html

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Jun 12, 2023The Women’s Armed Services Integration Act was enacted June 12, 1948, and it permitted women for the first time to have careers in the military. Before the law took effect, women could only …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-06-12/women-military-anniversary-pentagon-10416197.html

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Jun 23, 2024Since the military began accepting medical malpractice claims in 2020, the Army has received 258 claims, the Navy and Marines have received 193, and the Air Force 134.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-06-23/military-lawsuit-supreme-court-feres-doctrine-14273529.html

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Jun 26, 2023The embattled commander of the Army’s 5th Security Forces Assistance Brigade was fired last week after a service investigation into toxic leadership claims, according to an Army statement Monday.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-06-26/army-colonel-fired-security-brigade-chung-10559042.html

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An 82nd Airborne Division soldier was arrested and charged at Fort Liberty, N.C., for a killing that he is accused of committing in Indiana two years ago before he joined the Army, military and …

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For their part, Pentagon officials say the deletion of bestiality is a legal technicality and does not represent any fundamental change in the military’s moral code for servicemembers (and service …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/sex-with-animals-still-not-ok-in-us-military-1.migrated

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Jul 17, 2023KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — A U.S. soldier initially listed as missing was spotted at a base in Germany under an assumed name, military law enforcement officials said.. Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lane …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-07-17/awol-soldier-missing-germany-10764231.html

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