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WASHINGTON — A growing debate over the ability of the armed services to investigate sexual assault and harassment provides a backdrop of controversy to President Joe Biden’s commencement address this week at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. It comes amid a high-profile case at the academy. Legislation is being drafted in both chambers of Congress that would put an independent body in charge of ...

8 WASHINGTON – Gen. Paul E. Funk II, commanding general, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, shared his thoughts with joint service interns during their first in-person Leader Professional Development session on May 13, 2021 at the Pentagon. The Joint Chiefs of Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Army Staff Internship Program is a broadening opportunity for qualifying, post-command Army captains. Participants in this three-year program begin by earning a master...

The military has a massive sexual assault crisis — but Congress is actually on course to address it Credit: Gage Skidmore TomDispatchMay 24, 2021 Given the more than 60 Democratic and Republican votes lined up, the Senate is poised to move forward with a new bill that would change the way the military handles sexual assault and other felony crimes by service members. Sponsored by Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Joni Ernst (R-IA), the new law would assign decision-making on se...

NationofChange Or how not to leave the fox guarding the henhouse. Given the more than 60 Democratic and Republican votes lined up, the Senate is poised to move forward with a new bill that would change the way the military handles sexual assault and other felony crimes by service members. Sponsored by Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Joni Ernst (R-IA), the new law would assign decision-making on sexual-assault cases and a host of other felonies, including some hate crimes, to a sp...

Raul Hernandez Perez is the Army soldier accused of killing Selena Roth, and dumping her body in a trash can.

By MARK SATTER | CQ-Roll Call | Published: May 23, 2021 WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — Christopher Warnagiris became the fifth service member, and the first on active duty, arrested for participating in the Jan. 6 pro-Trump insurrection at the Capitol. The Marine Corps major is charged with a slew of federal offenses after video and photographs showed him violently storming the Capitol, pushing through a line of police officers guarding the East Rotunda doors and using his body to keep...

Raul Hernandez Perez is the Army soldier accused of killing Selena Roth, and dumping her body in a trash can. The post Soldier Googled How Many Blows It Would Take to Kill Someone with Bat, Then Murdered Wife: Prosecutors first appeared on Law & Crime.

Military officials are waiting to take action against accused Capitol rioters, but they could face other punishments, officials said.

Commanders are waiting for legal proceedings at the Justice Department before they make administrative decisions for charged troops

U.S. Army recruits march during basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C., in 2006. (Staff Sergeant Shawn Weismiller/US Army) An Army administrative procedure is being abused to further the ambitions of some at the expense of the leaders we need most. At a time when the United States is facing worldwide threats and the first near-peer adversary in a generation, the Army is purging commanders without due process. For the Army to work, there must be trust among different le...