98 Military Families Silenced by Nondisclosure Agreements with Private Base Housing Companies According to the Department of Defense, companies negotiated with military families to ensure they wouldn't badmouth their...
One-Third of Military Veterans Have Been Arrested. To Help, We Need to Identify Them at the Justice System's Front Door. One in three of our 19 million veterans report having been arrested and booked at least once, and roughly 181,500 are behind...
This Soldier Led the Charge for Troops to Be Able to File Malpractice Cases. The Army Just Denied His Claim. Master Sgt. Richard Stayskal will appeal, and lawmakers say efforts are underway in Congress to reinforce the intention of...
The Tragic, Conflicting and Now Politicized Tale of a US Sailor Sitting in a Japanese Prison Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis is far from the only American military employee to face a Japanese legal system that places a high...
Airman Accused of Insider Attack at Syrian Base Acquitted of All Charges A jury found Tech. Sgt. David W. Dezwaan Jr. not guilty of charges ranging from dereliction of duty and destroying military...
Ohio Guard Quietly Removed Guardsman Guilty of Making Ghost Guns Last Year Thomas Develin was arrested in June 2022 on charges stemming from his efforts to make so-called "ghost guns" -- untraceable...
Many Vets Get Lost in Criminal Justice System, Group Led by 2 Former Defense Chiefs Says The Council on Criminal Justice released its findings and recommendations, including that criminal justice agencies need to...
Veterans Group Pushes Cap on Attorney Fees in Camp Lejeune Water Cases Despite Political Divide on Limits The American Legion identified limits on attorneys fees related to Camp Lejeune Justice Act claims as one of its top goals.
Supreme Court Rejects Case Tied to Families Being Removed from VA Caregiver Program A lower court said the Department of Veterans Affairs was free to adopt its own rules in regard to the program that provides...
Military Justice Reforms Still Leave Some Criminal Cases to Commanders With No Legal Expertise The military resisted reforming its justice system for decades. Major congressional changes passed in 2021 promised to...
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...