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Pentagon extremism adviser lays out challenge facing military after two commanders deny a problem exists Updated 5:27 PM ET, Wed April 21, 2021 (CNN)One day after two four-star military commanders told Congress they did not have problems with extremists in their ranks, the top adviser on the issue to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took a different view and stated plainly that he believes the opposite. "It would be remiss if we didnt admit that there is a problem with extremist behavior in th...

Today marks one year since former Fort Hood soldier, Spc. Vanessa Guillen, was last seen alive. On April 24, 2020, Fort Hood officials sent the initial news release of her disappearance, saying that she had last been seen around 1 p.m. April 22, 2020. In the following days, weeks and months, details surrounding her disappearance, and subsequent grisly end, began to surface. During a press conference on June 23, 2020, following a meeting with Fort Hood officials, U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houst...

Air Force to court martial a general for the first time in its 74-year history: Decorated two-star leader to face sex assault charges for forcibly kissing and touching a civilian woman Major Gen. William Cooley will face court martial for a sexual assault charge stemming from a 2018 incident in New Mexico This is the first time in the Air Forces 74-year history that an active general will face court martial A court-martial is the militarys highest level trial court that tries service members f...

Major General William Cooley faces court-martial for sexual assault charges, the service announced Tuesday regarding the two-star general, who previously headed the Air Force Research Lab.

By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 22, 2021 Former Air Force Research Laboratory commander Maj. Gen. William Cooley will face a court-martial on sexual assault charges, making him the first general officer to be prosecuted by the service. Cooley is accused of making unwanted sexual advances by kissing and touching a civilian woman during an off-duty incident in Albuquerque, N.M., in August 2018. The woman is not a service member or Defense Department employee. Gen. Arnold W...

By Clare Hymes, Cassidy McDonald, Eleanor Watson Updated on: April 22, 2021 / 5:54 PM / CBS News Capitol Hill Police watchdog testifies about January 6 attack America watched as hordes of rioters broke into the U.S. Capitol on January 6 — crushing through windows, pressing up stairways, and sending lawmakers and law enforcement running for their lives. The flood of protesters who streamed into the Capitol that day left federal authorities with an equally immense tas...

April 22, 2021 Sgt. Melissa Lessard/U.S. Army (WASHINGTON) — It has been one year since Army specialist Vanessa Guillen was last seen alive at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. On the anniversary of her death, her family gathered in Washington, D.C., to push members of Congress to pass a bill to reform the way the military handles sexual assault and harassment allegations. Guillen, 20, was allegedly killed by another solder at the Killeen, Texas, base on April 22, 2020. Her family says sh...

A National Policy Blueprint To End White Supremacist Violence April 21, 2021, 12:01 am Getty/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Stanton Sharpe A member of the Proud Boys guards the front stage during a rally in Portland, Oregon, on September 26, 2020. Sam Hananel Subscribe White supremacist violence is not new, but in recent years, it has become a primary national security threat in the United States. 1 Notions of racial superiority, hostility toward immigrants and minorities, and the myth of an embatt...

Air Force Two-Star General to Face Court-Martial on Sexual Assault Charge Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, then-Air Force Research Laboratory commander, speaks during the FIRST LEGO League Tournament closing ceremony at the Wright State University Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio, on Feb. 3, 2019. The state competition was sponsored by the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Educational Outreach office. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez) 21 Apr 2021 The former head of the Air Force Research Laboratory a...

Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. April 19, 2021. Editorial: Wait and see right approach on Foxconn Monday’s announcement that Gov. Tony Evers had negotiated a new deal with Foxconn wasn’t entirely a shock. The state had long expressed dissatisfaction with the company’s follow through on the original 2017 deal, and there had been strong signals it would be significantly altered. According to Evers, the new agreement “works for everyone.” That’s an optimistic ...