Army Times reports that: The impolitic comments that torpedoed Gen. Stan McChrystal’s career were “almost all” made by his most junior staff — men who “make tea, keep the principal on time and carry bags” — who had no reason to believe their words would end up in print, according…
Air Force (and the other) Times reports: The unemployment rate for veterans rose slightly in June, to 8 percent overall and 11.5 percent for Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans, a sign that expanding programs aimed at helping veterans find work are not working in a stagnant job market. June employment statistics…
Navy Times reports that: The former cruiser skipper who was relieved of command in January after years of “cruelty and maltreatment” toward her crew will be required to show a Navy board why she should continue her career, a Navy spokesman said Thursday. Capt. Holly Graf, who was fired as…
Mountain Home News reports that: The stepfather of the five-year-old child who accidentally shot and seriously wounded a Mountain Home high school student in February was convicted of reckless endangerment during a court-martial June 22[,] and sentenced to six month’s confinement and ordered to forfeit $500 pay per month for…
Navy Times reports: The AP A sprawling financial scandal at the Naval Academy — involving extravagant parties and a “slush fund” — was an embarrassment that helped lead to an early exit for the school’s superintendent, Navy Times has learned. Vice Adm. Jeffrey Fowler faced “administrative action” in April as…
CAAF has decided United States v. Graner. Graner loses. We granted review in this Abu Ghraib case to determine whether the military judge abused his discretion in (1) refusing to compel the Government to produce certain memoranda requested by the defense; (2) excluding the testimony of, and an e-mail from,…
Army Times reports that: Three officers given letters of reprimand for the deadly July 13, 2008, battle in Wanat, Afghanistan, have been exonerated and the letters withdrawn, the Army announced June 23. Gen. Charles Campbell, who recently relinquished command of Forces Command and is preparing to retire, “withdrew, cancelled and…
Army TImes reports that: An Oregon Air National Guard senior master sergeant has been charged with stealing three motorcycles from the military and selling them on Craigslist. North Country Times reports that: Larry Hutchins III spent Sunday like many fathers, relaxing and surrounded by members of his family. But for…
Rapid City Journal reports: A jury of five officers found an Ellsworth Air Force Base airman accused of attempted murder guilty of aggravated assault Friday. Senior Airman Vinicus "Vinnie" Santana received a dishonorable discharge, demotion to airman basic and was sentenced to three years in prison at the conclusion of…
Fox news reports that: MyFox TampaBay.com The AWOL soldier accused of trying to enter MacDill Air Force Base with weapons and ammunition in his car is not a terrorist and was merely “trying to impress” his girlfriend during the incident, his father said in an exclusive interview with FoxNews.com. .…