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I am Vanessa Guillén Act reintroduced: ‘We must save those who are saving our lives’ The bill would take cases of sexual assault outside the military chain of command over a year after Guillén, a Houston native, went missing from Fort Hood. Mayra Guillen, second from left, and Lupe Guillen, second from right, sisters of 20-year-old murder victim U.S. Army Private First Class Vanessa Guillen, speak outside on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021, during an event to reintroduc...

‘I am Vanessa Guillen Act’ to reform sexual harassment in military is reintroduced in Congress WASHINGTON, DC -- A bill named after U.S. Army specialist Vanessa Guillen, who was murdered at Texas Fort Hood Army base last year, was reintroduced Thursday in Congress. Guillen, 20, was allegedly killed by another soldier at the Killeen base on April 22, 2020. Her family says she told them she’d been sexually harassed by a sergeant months before her death. California Rep. Jackie Speier a...

‘Old school rant’ bashing ponytails gets rejected by senior enlisted soldier’s command Children play with a U.S. soldiers hair during a mission in Afghanistan. (Sgt. Canaan Radcliffe/Army) Last week, the Army authorized ponytails and braids for female soldiers in all uniforms. While many troops celebrated the change, there has been backlash from some on social media. “How about females maintain the SAME standard as men instead of loosening the standards for one gender?” said one ...

Toggle open close Recent legislation proposed by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–NY), the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act, if passed, would strip the authority to decide whether to prosecute sexual assaults and other serious crimes such as murder and manslaughter from commanders and give it to military prosecutors.REF Since the founding of the American military, commanders, who are not lawyers, have had the authority to refer charges to courts-martial in order to en...

Drill sergeant married trainee, was reprimanded and is now out of the Army 5 days ago A Fort Jackson drill sergeant is no longer in the Army after he received a GOMOR for marrying one of his former trainees. (Army) A drill sergeant at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, who married one of his former trainees and had inappropriate relationships with two other trainees, is no longer in the Army after being punished late last year, post officials confirmed. The acknowledgment comes as the Army con...

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., says there are now enough votes in the Senate to pass legislation to move cases of sexual assault in the military out of the chain of command. Above, Gillibrand talks about the bill outside the U.S. Capitol last week. In a breakthrough for an 8-year-long effort, two senators behind legislation to revamp the way the military handles sexual assault cases and other serious crimes say the bill has the bipartisan votes to gain passage. New York Democratic Sen. Kirste...

How bad is DoD’s domestic abuse problem? Unclear, thanks to data gaps, auditors say 1 day ago DoD and the services need to shore up their programs in response to domestic abuse, auditors report. (Getty Images/Stock) Defense officials aren’t able to get a full picture of the level of domestic abuse in the military, because they’re not meeting all the requirements of the law in reporting the incidents, according to a new report from government auditors who conducted a sweeping, 21-mont...

By MATTHEW REISEN | The Albuquerque Journal | Published: May 6, 2021 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Tribune News Service) — An off-duty police officer accused of driving drunk and killing two men in a wrong-way, head-on crash in the Albuquerque area last weekend is also a captain in the New Mexico National Guard. Guard spokesman Joseph Vigil said the Guard is aware of the May 1 crash involving 29-year-old Capt. Brandon Barber — also a probationary officer with the Cuba Police Department — that left...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., says there are now enough votes in the Senate to pass legislation to move cases of sexual assault in the military out of the chain of command. Above, Gillibrand talks about the bill outside the U.S. Capitol last week. Stefani Reynolds / Getty Images In a breakthrough for an eight-year-long effort, two senators behind legislation to revamp the way the military handles sexual assault cases and other serious crimes say the bill has the bipartisan votes to gain...