Tag: Military legal affairs
Senator: Military justice changes must go beyond sex cases
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is on the brink of success in her yearslong campaign to get sexual assault cases removed from the military...
General ‘shocked’ by AP report on AWOL guns, considers fix
Shocked by an Associated Press investigation into the loss and theft of military guns, the Pentagon's top general signaled Thursday that he will consider...
For years US Army hid, downplayed extent of firearms loss
The U.S. Army has hidden or downplayed the extent to which its firearms disappear, significantly understating losses and thefts even as some weapons are...
German platoon ordered from Lithuania amid misconduct probe
BERLIN — Germany's Defense Ministry said Wednesday it has ordered a platoon stationed in Lithuania as part of a NATO mission to return home...
US military guns keep vanishing, some used in street crimes
Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police.
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A guide to the US military guns most often lost or stolen
An Associated Press investigation has found that at least 1,900 U.S. military firearms were lost or stolen during the 2010s. Civilians later used some...
Military stumped by stolen box of armor-piercing grenades
The green, metal box was stuffed inside a bright pink pillowcase and stashed in the bushes behind Christopher Zachery’s house. He hauled it out...
Stolen Army assault rifles keep showing up in California
Authorities in California’s agricultural heartland weren’t looking for a military assault rifle when they went to investigate the domestic assault case, but they found...
Takeaways: AP’s investigation into missing US military guns
In the first public accounting of its kind in decades, an Associated Press investigation has found that at least 1,900 U.S. military firearms were...
With Massachusetts armory theft, military guns went public
The young barber was walking to the car after the first Saturday night party of the new year when a robber put a pistol...