5 Things to Start Your Week Here are five news stories and events to start your week, from the editors at Military.com.
Army Paratrooper Charged in 2013 Kidnapping and Rape of Minor A soldier in the 82nd Airborne was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl.
Former Navy Sailor Pardoned by Trump Says He's Suing Comey and Obama A former sailor who received a pardon from President Trump plans to file a lawsuit against Obama administration officials.
Veteran Who Allegedly Strangled Fellow Patient at Florida VA Hospital Charged with Murder Christopher Schweikart, a patient at the facility, has been charged in the death of another patient, according to court...
Watchdog Warnings of VA Employees with Criminal Backgrounds Prompt Key Senator to Push for Fixes Following years of watchdog reports revealing shortfalls in background checks for Department of Veterans Affairs employees...
Air National Guardsman Teixeira Pleads Guilty to Leaking Classified Info, Faces Up to 16 Years in Prison As part of Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira's plea agreement, prosecutors will ask a judge to impose a sentence of no less than...
2 Marines Charged with Hate-Related Crime After Slurs Found at University of Maryland Dorm The University of Maryland's police department announced Feb. 20 that it had charged Lance Cpl. Hayden Pritchard, 22, and...
Army Doctor Charged with Sexually Abusing Dozens of Victims Appears in Court, Plans to Plead Not Guilty An attorney for Maj. Michael Stockin said the anesthesiologist and pain management specialist intends to "fight against every...
'Pros and Cons': Senators Receive Coast Guard's Reasons for Failing to Release Academy Sex Assault Investigation Leaders of a Homeland Security Committee investigations panel say the service has not provided the information they seek.
Coast Guard Sexual Assault Victims Can Now Report the Crime Without Being Punished for Minor Misconduct The regulation is known as "Safe-to-Report" and the other military service branches under the Defense Department adopted it...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...