The part is critical in allowing the aircraft to conduct short take-offs and vertical landings. Lt. Cmdr. Ronald Kolpak faces two counts of aggravated assault by strangulation in Georgia in connection to an incident last month. Watchdog American Oversight is suing for documents it believes could illustrate the full scope of white supremacist activity and ideology among troops. An F-35B Lightning II jet recently arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. A preliminary report by the NTSB doesn't blame the foggy conditions for the April 6 crash that killed former Navy SEAL Howard Wasdin. The sheriff told media the pilot who died had been identified as Howard Wasdin, who served in the Navy as a member of the elite SEAL Team 6. A jury found that Gunnery Sgts. Josh Negron and Danny Draher had violated a lawful general order by consuming alcohol while deployed to Iraq. Gunnery Sgts. Josh Negron and Danny Draher were acquitted on charges of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide. “I found a brain that was severely traumatized,” he said, describing the blood, hemorrhaging, bruising and dead tissue. Defense lawyers worked to sow doubt about the prosecution’s theory that former Green Beret Rick Rodriguez died because of his head injury. Load More