May 3, 2016 2 Guard Soldiers Charged in Virgin Islands with Fraud, Theft Two Virgin Islands National Guard soldiers have been indicted by a grand jury, arrested and charged with wire fraud, theft of government money and making false statements to the government. Lt. ...
May 3, 2016 Military Sexual Assault Reports Increased 11 Percent Last Year The SAPRO report said the increase was a positive sign showing that more victims were willing to come forward to report the crime.,Sexual assaults reported by military personnel rose by 11 percent last year but the overall trend on assaults and unwanted sexual contacts decreased, Pentagon officials said Friday. In addition, "men are less likely to report and more likely to experience" sexual assault.
May 3, 2016 Trial underway for Marine in Va. charged with multiple counts of hazing A decorated Marine accused of humiliating and intentionally physically abusing fellow Marines — ordering one to punch another hard enough to make him urinate blood — is facing a court-martial in Virginia.
May 3, 2016 Navy sailor waives investigative hearing on charges he videotaped female officers on submarine A Navy sailor charged with videotaping female officers in stages of undress aboard a submarine has waived a hearing that would have allowed his attorneys to argue against sending the case to a court-martial.
May 3, 2016 Official: US military to charge Bergdahl with desertion, avoiding military service The Army sergeant who abandoned his post in Afghanistan and was held captive by the Taliban for five years will be court-martialed on charges of desertion and avoiding military service, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
May 3, 2016 Military has broad discretion on Bergdahl charges; law includes various levels of desertion Army and Pentagon officials said Tuesday there has been no decision on what, if any, criminal charges will be filed against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who left his post in Afghanistan and was held by the Taliban for five years before being released in a prisoner exchange.
May 3, 2016 Army Clears Commanders in 2014 Fort Hood Shooting Rampage An Army probe cleared the commanders of failing to monitor a GI who killed three soldiers and himself and wounded 12 at Fort Hood.,The Army lacked a system for alerting commanders to the threat posed by Spec. Ivan Lopez under treatment for depression before his shooting rampage on Fort Hood, the investigation concluded Friday.
April 12, 2016 Navy officer charged with espionage now held in brig The U.S. military has charged a Taiwan-born Navy officer with espionage for allegedly passing military secrets to China or Taiwan, U.S. defense officials said Monday.
March 17, 2016 Bergdahl had psychiatric disorder when he left post, documents say Investigators concluded Army Sgt Bowe Bergdahl had a psychiatric disorder when he walked away from his Afghanistan post in 2009, according to documents made public late Wednesday.
March 2, 2016 Ex-Gitmo detainee nabbed in Spain latest on growing list of terrorists returning to battle A terror suspect nabbed last week in North Africa is the latest in a mounting and alarming list of former Guantanamo Bay detainees to return to the battlefield, say experts who have tracked Gitmo prisoners in and out of the facility for the last 14 years.