The Pentagon’s watchdog agency says it found a “troubling” number of failures this year by the military services to alert the FBI to criminal history information.
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{FD} Navy disciplines aviators over lewd images in the sky
Two U.S. Navy aviators were placed on “probationary” status for six months, but were able to keep their wing insignia after appearing before disciplinary board for drawing lewd images in the sky with their aircraft earlier this month, according to a report.
{FD} Marine drill instructor gets 10 years for abusing recruits
A Marine Corps drill instructor convicted of physically abusing young recruits, one of whom killed himself, was sentenced Friday to 10 years in military prison.
{FD} Q&A: Texas gunman’s punishment spotlights military justice
Five years before Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire on a Baptist church in Texas, killing more than two dozen people, the former Air Force airman faced a military jury after pleading guilty to choking his then-wife and cracking her son’s skull.
{FD} Air Force: Texas shooter’s history should have been reported
The top U.S. Air Force official is publicly acknowledging for the first time that the domestic abuse charges for which the Texas church shooter was court martialed in 2012 should have been reported to the FBI.
{FD} The Latest: Prosecutor calls Marine drill instructor ‘bully’
The Latest on the court martial of a Marine Corps drill instructor on charges including cruelty and maltreatment of recruits(all times local): 4:40 p.m.
{FD} Trial of Marine drill instructor accused of hazing nears end
Closing arguments could begin soon for a former Marine Corps drill instructor facing court-martial on charges including cruelty and maltreatment.
{FD} Mass shooters exploit lapses, limited laws to get guns
Texas church shooter Devin Patrick Kelley’s history of domestic abuse barred him from legally buying guns, but he did so anyway because information about his crimes was never entered into a federal database used for background checks.
{FD} Texas church gunman had run-ins with the law before shooting
Wherever Devin Patrick Kelley went after graduating from high school, a trail of violence followed.
{FD} Air Force error allows Texas church shooter to buy guns
The gunman who slaughtered 26 people at a Texas church was able to buy weapons because the Air Force failed to report his domestic violence conviction to the federal database that is used to conduct background checks on would-be gun purchasers, authorities said.
{FD} Texas killer was able to buy guns because of Air Force lapse
A two-decade-old federal law is supposed to prevent people with a history of domestic violence from buying or owning a firearm.
{FD} Air Force failed to submit Texas shooter’s criminal history
Trump administration officials say the Air Force didn’t submit the accused Texas church shooter’s criminal history to the FBI, as required by Pentagon rules.
{FD} Church gunman was court-martialed, discharged from Air Force
The man officials have identified to The Associated Press as the gunman in a mass shooting at a Texas church was discharged from the Air Force for allegedly assaulting his spouse and child, according to an Air Force spokeswoman.
{FD} Man linked to Texas shooting faced military court martial
The man authorities have identified as the gunman in a mass shooting at a Texas church was discharged from the Air Force for allegedly assaulting his spouse and child, according to an Air Force spokeswoman.
{FD} Guantanamo judge orders Marine lawyer to confinement for disobeying orders
The Marine Corps general in charge of war court defense teams at Guantanamo Bay was reportedly found guilty of contempt Wednesday for disobeying orders by a judge and sentenced to 21 days confinement.
{FD} Prosecutor: Marine instructor’s hazing targeted Muslims
Military prosecutors say a former Marine Corps drill instructor facing court-martial on charges including cruelty and maltreatment was “drunk on power” and targeted three Muslim recruits for abuse.
{FD} Marine sergeant’s trial over recruit’s death due this week
A Marine Corps drill instructor is scheduled to face court-martial over charges he abused two Muslim recruits, one of whom leaped to his death last year after a reported altercation.
{FD} Bergdahl sentencing will feature how desperate search changed 3 lives forever
As the fate of Bowe Bergdahl rests in the hands of a judge this week, a military court is expected to hear dramatic testimony Monday from the soldiers and a Navy SEAL who were badly hurt in the search for the Army sergeant after he deserted his post.
{FD} Bergdahl due in court for a final pretrial hearing
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{FD} Marine charged after nude-photo sharing scandal
A Marine has been charged in the highly-publicized scandal in which Marines shared explicit images of female troops through a private Facebook group, Military.com