Todd South has written about crime, courts, government and the military for multiple publications since 2004 and was named a 2014 Pulitzer finalist for a co-written project on witness intimidation. Todd is a Marine veteran of the Iraq War.
Gunnery Sgt. Mario Madera-Rodriguez was the final of four co-defendants to be sentenced for the strangulation death of Army Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar.
Chandra Moyer's novel follows an earlier memoir about sexual abuse and the foster care system, an experience that awakened memories of her own victimization.
An unknown fraction of service members who were punished for refusing the anthrax vaccine in the late 1990s and early 2000s have sought to have their records corrected, but only a few have had success.
The voluntary COVID-19 vaccine effort stands in stark contrast to the Pentagon’s mandatory Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program, which began in 1998. Those who refused often faced harsh penalties.
The trial of Marine Gunnery Sgt. Mario A. Madera-Rodriguez is expected to last about two weeks. Three other troops involved in the death of Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar have already been sentenced.