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18 Army instructors charged with sexual abuse since 2019, data shows 1 hour ago Hats are stacked up to be presented to graduating drill instructors at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. (Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton/Army) Between January 2019 and January 2021, the Army charged 18 soldiers under a new law designed to protect trainees, cadets and applicants from sexual abuse, according to data the Army provided to Military Times. Article 93a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice criminalizes ...

Last month, Connecticut became one of a growing number of states to make race-based hair discrimination illegal. Yamiche Alcindor reports on how Black Americans often face discrimination because of the way they wear their hair, especially in school and at work. Read the Full Transcript Judy Woodruff: Last month, Connecticut became one of a growing number of states to make race-based hair discrimination illegal. Yamiche Alcindor reports on how Black Americans often face discrimination because of...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On March 2, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) introduced a bill, the Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act (H.R. 1491), proposing to amend two sections of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA or the Act) - namely Section 805 of the FDCPA (15 U.S.C. § 1692c) and Section 808 of the FDCPA (15 U.S.C. § 1692f) - to afford additional protection to servicemembers from certain deb...

Prosecutors have charged at least 312 people for their alleged roles in the assault on the U.S. Capitol.

The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Wikipedia image 17 Mar 2021 The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, or CAAF, heard arguments March 9 in the case of a retired Navy sailor who is challenging the constitutionality of his conviction by court-martial after he left military service. Attorneys for retired Chief Petty Officer Stephen Begani say the current laws are flawed because they treat retired members of the active and reserve forces differently when it comes to recalling them for co...

Roy Exum: Armies Discard Bums Tuesday, March 16, 2021 - by Roy Exum Roy Exum When I try to think of ways to turn more kids into winners, I find I am just as perplexed as those far smarter and brighter than me. Really, how can a nation as strong as ours come up with the vaccines to stop the deadliest pandemic in the history of mankind in less than a year, and then watch our public education system dumb down our children year after year? I am immeasurably proud of the way our government, o...

  This story has been updated. An airman who spent 16 days as a fugitive after he assaulted police and fled a Texas base last spring was found guilty at a court-martial and sentenced to 30 months confinement earlier this month. Airman 1st Class Erland Injerd, 38, was convicted of desertion, resisting apprehension, assault of a superior noncommissioned officer, failure to obey an order or regulation, carrying a concealed weapon, assault upon law enforcement and two counts of disorderly condu...

Trumps Own Acting Defense Secretary Blames Him For The Capitol Riot "Its pretty much definitive" that the storming of the Capitol would not have happened without Trumps speech, Christopher Miller said in a Vice interview. Donald Trump’s former acting defense secretary Christopher Miller blamed the deadly Capitol riot on Trump’s incendiary speech in Washington before the building was stormed by his supporters, he told Vice News in a startling interview revealed Thursday. “Would anybody hav...

| Credit: Joshua Roberts-Pool/Getty In his upcoming appearance on VICEs show, Miller also addresses criticism that the military didnt respond rapidly enough to the breach, ultimately leaving Capitol Police overwhelmed. "It comes back to understanding how the military works," Miller says. "This isnt a video game. Its not Halo, its not ... Call of Duty." Miller pushed back on that criticism in the weeks following the insurrection, releasing a statement on Jan. 15 that the Department of Defens...

Soldiers with the 36th Engineer Brigade at Fort Hood underwent a new sexual assault prevention training course March 1. The course, called S.W.A.T., which stands for Supporting Warriors Action Team,