Military News

Marine officials are optimistic about the program. “The mission is to get that wayward Marine to serve their initial contract obligations,” said Gunnery Sgt. Loren Ortiz, staff noncommissioned …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/new-marine-correctional-unit-goes-against-stereotype-with-mindfulness-and-goal-setting-1.552041

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Nov 21, 2023 – An appeal by an Okinawa-based Marine seeking to reduce his four-year jail sentence for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 2021 has been denied by a military court.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-11-21/okinawa-marines-sex-scheme-minors-12132078.html

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Jan 13, 2023 – Military judge Lt. Col. Lance Smith ordered an official reprimand, forfeiture of $2,400 in pay and 35 days of confinement as punishment for Arizpe, who has been an Air Force nurse for 18 years …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-01-13/court-martial-arizpe-8751795.html

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Army Spc. Raul Hernandez Perez, 23, has been charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice with murder and failure to follow a lawful order following the January 2021 death of Selena Roth, 25 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-05-20/Army-prosecutors-allege-Hawaii-based-soldier-bludgeoned-wife-in-premeditated-killing-1555792.html

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AUSTIN, Texas — The death of a Fort Hood soldier who was found unresponsive Thursday in his post residence is now under investigation, according to a news release from the Texas base.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/fort-hood-soldier-is-found-dead-in-his-post-residence-1.621916

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The Navy and Marine Corps have until April to launch a study into how facial hair affects gas mask functionality, one of several efforts the Navy secretary has directed to help improve diversity …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-01-25/court-oversee-navy-marine-gas-mask-facial-hair-study-4410015.html

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May 31, 2024 – He was initially charged with violating Article 103a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which covers espionage and attempted espionage. The charges included seven specifications of espionage …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-05-31/navy-sailor-prison-sentence-espionage-14034409.html

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Apr 7, 2023 – Sgt. Carmen J. Ironhawk, who is assigned to Fort Bliss, Texas, is accused of shooting and killing another Army sergeant assigned to Fort Bliss on Dec. 22, 2019, at or near the base, according to …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-04-07/fort-bliss-soldier-murder-charge-shooting-death-sergeant-9734878.html

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Jan 20, 2023 – Three active-duty Marines were arrested this week on charges they illegally entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot more than two years ago with a throng of then-President Donald Trump’s …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-01-20/marines-capitol-riot-congress-trump-8831867.html

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Starting Monday, U.S. Forces Korea will raise to 21 the legal drinking age for all military personnel, contract workers, civilians and family members assigned to USFK, according to an announcement …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/usfk-s-legal-drinking-age-for-military-personnel-civilians-going-up-to-21-1.25487

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Jul 3, 2023 – The Uniform Code of Military Justice “expressly authorizes” conviction with at least three-fourths of the jury members present when the vote is taken, the court said.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-07-03/military-court-unanimous-verdict-10626768.html

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A crewmember of the Navy’s fire-decimated USS Bonhomme Richard has been charged with starting the blaze under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the service said Thursday.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-07-29/Navy-charges-USS-Bonhomme-Richard-sailor-with-setting-blaze-that-destroyed-ship-2364755.html

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Because of his higher rank and because Norris was separated, but still married, a relationship between the two was outlawed under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Nonetheless, their …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2019-04-19/army-reopens-case-of-2007-murder-suicide-that-was-originally-called-'friendly-fire'-1489745.html

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The age was changed from 20 to 21 and other liberty restrictions, such as a ban on “typhoon parties” and a limit on how much alcohol a Marine could possess in the barracks or buy at …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/drinking-age-lowered-to-20-for-marines-in-japan-1.53894

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The code of military justice for the Alaska National Guard is getting an update, two years after a scathing report into alleged misconduct found a lack of confidence in the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/governor-to-sign-update-to-alaska-s-military-justice-code-1.422621

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Two-thirds of senators voted to include the full Military Justice Improvement and Prevention Act in the upper chamber’s version of the NDAA, and it has 220 supporters in the House, Gillibrand said.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-12-08/military-justice-reforms-senate-ndaa-gillibrand-ernst-3900129.html

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Apr 26, 2024 – An Army National Guardsman who admitted to pepper spraying police during the Jan. 6, 2021 – , attack on the U.S. Capitol and later sparked an FBI manhunt has pleaded guilty in federal court.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-04-26/jan-6-national-guard-guilty-13665882.html

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Apr 27, 2023 – Army Col. Jon Meredith, who was fired last year from command of a brigade at Fort Hood, Texas, will face a court-martial for charges of abusive sexual contact, base officials said.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-04-27/army-colonels-fort-hood-courtmartial-9937516.html

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Khawam and other legal experts agree the Uniform Code of Military Justice already allows the military to prosecute sexual harassment through a court-martial, but commanders rarely choose judicial …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-07-30/sexual-harassment-army-guillen-fort-hood-crime-reform-2376130.html

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Jun 24, 2024 – The general is accused of sexual assault and flying an aircraft after drinking at Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma in April 2023, according to the charge sheet.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-06-24/air-force-general-court-martial-sexual-assault-14283537.html

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