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Apr 11, 2024 – The 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 26, 2023 – The 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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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, 2023 – KAISERSLAUTERN, 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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Eventually, Congress amended military law so that soldiers who joined the military voluntarily and receive military pay are subject to the UCMJ, Fidell said.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/judge-said-army-or-jail-but-military-doesn-t-want-him-1.44417

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Jul 23, 2024 – An Army battalion command sergeant major at Fort Novosel, Ala., has been arrested by local police on child pornography charges, police and military officials said Tuesday.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-07-23/fort-novosel-command-sergeant-major-child-porn-army-14571802.html

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The North Carolina General Assembly approved eliminating the state’s tax on military pension income in the fiscal budget that was signed into law by Cooper in November. (Juli Leonard, The News …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2021-12-28/north-carolina-military-retirees-state-tax-break-4113071.html

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Military law experts polled this week by Stars and Stripes agreed Trump had every constitutional right to pardon the servicemembers, but several of them warned that granting clemency to the people …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/pardons-for-war-crimes-could-harm-commanders-influence-former-military-lawyers-warn-1.582277

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The court approved a similar settlement agreement with the Army during the spring. At the time, lawyers with the Yale Law School Veterans Legal Services Clinic, which represented veterans in the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-10-21/navy-marines-bad-paper-discharges-lawsuit-settlement-3327306.html

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The decision left the military as the sole jurisdiction allowing split guilty verdicts, a situation ripe for defense lawyers to litigate. “And I don’t think this would be limited to (sexual …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-02-02/judge-army-sexual-assault-unanimous-verdict-4521558.html

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Mar 29, 2023 – Of 155 claims to which the Army has responded since the law took effect in 2019, 144 have been denied, said Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C. “What happened to Rich Stayskal with this misdiagnosis …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-03-29/military-medical-malpractice-claims-congress-9645283.html

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Tasha Lowery, JBM-HH Command Sgt. Maj … and it is open to all authorized military personnel, retirees and DoD civilians 24 hour a day, seven days a week with attendants on site from 8 a.m …

https://www.army.mil/article/278492/jbm_hh_opens_newly_renovated_fort_myer_fitness_center

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The Military High Command on Friday declared that aftermath of the protest against bad governance and call by certain interests/groups for a change of government, “the military stands firm and resolute to preserving the nation’s hard earned democracy and oppose any form of unconstitutional change of government”.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/08/protests-army-vows-to-preserve-nigerias-democracy/

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The Short SC.7 Skyvan, nicknamed the “Flying Shoebox,” is still in military service today with armed forces in Guyana and Oman. The Convair F2Y Sea Dart is the only hydroplane to ever break the …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rare-beasts-5-military-aircraft-that-you-might-not-have-heard-of/ar-AA1fAbgA

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Croatia’s defense minister says the government will reintroduce a two-month compulsory military service starting January 1, 2025. The move comes amid heightened tensions in Europe following the Russia

https://kesq.com/news/2024/08/16/croatia-to-reintroduce-compulsory-military-draft-as-regional-tensions-soar/

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Here, the congresswoman expresses outrage to deny military healthcare in July 2023 … Maya Ball Court What Does GTO Stand For On The Pontiac Muscle Car? ‘You’re like a Hallmark movie!’:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-outrage-to-deny-military-healthcare-july-2023-cw39-houston/vi-BB1qjwza

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The Brazilian government announced Sunday that it is sending military aircraft to combat wildfires ravaging Brazil’s southeastern state of Sao Paulo. #XinhuaNews

https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/274523190/xinhua-news–military-planes-heading-for-sao-paulo-to-fight-wildfires

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The province borders neighboring countries Mozambique and Swaziland and is an area of … South Africa and show “why they are here doing military training in our country.”

https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/world/95-libyan-nationals-arrested-in-south-africa-at-suspected-secret-military-training-camp/ar-BB1qG5NK

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The Barrett M82 is an anti-material rifle of U.S. origin, etching its place in military history. Designed in the early 1980s by Ronnie Barrett, this rifle holds a special place as the first modern anti-material rifle to gain wide acceptance in active service.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/the-barrett-m82-revolutionizing-military-sniping/ar-AA1oMd2F

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‘Leading from the front’ is a military virtue that decides the fate of battles. When enemy fire has pinned down attacking troops and brought heavy casualties, when fear is pervasive and …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/stop-obsessing-over-leading-from-the-front-it-doesn-t-justify-sacrifice-of-army-officers/ar-AA1ltLZL

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