A lieutenant colonel said because he suffers from kleptomania he should not be court-martialed for shoplifting last year at Fort Benning, Ga. Lt. Col. Rodney Page, a 28-year Army veteran, admits to stealing $37 worth of challenge coins at the post exchange, but he blames the Army for mistakenly reducing…
A Hohenfels-based soldier was sentenced to 8½ years in prison Thursday in a knife attack on a German family last summer. Racine, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, was originally charged with one count of attempted premeditated murder, along with several lesser charges, according to the official Army…
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today that he has forwarded recommendations to the Army for disciplinary action against supervisors of the accused Ft. Hood shooter. The LA Times reports. The report recommends clarifying for unit commanders their responsibility in identifying people who could pose a threat. Unit commanders, according…
Larson said Hutchinson’s command did offer her child-care options when her plan fell through, but did not specify if those options included foster care, as was alleged by Courage to Resist. "So far, Spc. Hutchinson has chosen not to take advantage of any of those options," Larson said. "A well-known…
You’ll have seen various reports about the pending prosecution of CPT Bjork for allegedly ordering some Iraqi officers to shoot two Iraqi civilians (I have few here, and here). There is a report in The US Report. [T]he accusers are 3 former Iraqi police and a former Iraqi intel officer…
Reporting from Washington – Between five and eight Army officers are expected to face discipline for failing to take action against the accused Ft. Hood shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, over a series of behavioral and professional problems in the years leading up to the November rampage. Reports the LA…
A southwestern Oklahoma woman faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to taking a 12-year-old girl to a hotel for sex with Marines from nearby Fort Sill. Still pending are rape charges against three Marines and charges of enabling child neglect against the girl’s parents. Police say…
A 69-year-old San Diego County man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge for posing as a decorated Marine major general. Navy Times reports. Fort Lewis says an Army private will be court-martialed Tuesday in the death of a 16-year-old high school student in the barracks. Seattle 911 reports.
GALESBURG, Illinois – Tonight a Quad City area soldier is in Afghanistan being forced to stay to face charges connected to pictures his mother sent to him. The mother says the pictures were designed to ease the homesickness of life on the warfront but she had no idea they would…
In interesting development. Neal Puckett, McCabe’s civilian defense lawyer, had opposed delaying the trial but reluctantly agreed to it after three other SEALs expected to testify notified the court they’ve retained their own lawyer. Kate Wiltrout of The Viginian-Pilot