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Top military court rules troops don’t have right to unanimous verdicts
U.S. troops are the country’s only constituency not afforded the same constitutional rights as defendants in civilian courts.
Military wary that shakeup could upend its apolitical nature
“We are unique among militaries,” said Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Top policy, intelligence civilians resign amid Pentagon shakeup
Anderson joins Defense Secretary Mark Esper in exiting the building.
By Aaron Mehta
Trump’s troop drawdown from Germany will take ‘years,’ says Inhofe
President Donald Trump’s plans to withdraw 10,000 U.S. troops from Germany will take years to execute, according to the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Decades after World War II, DoD struggles to clear unexploded ordnance at Navy and Air Forces bases on Guam
The problem was laid out in a Defense Department Inspector General report released last month
20 empty seats: Coronavirus may slow Pentagon’s push to fill vacancies
Of the empty political spots in the Pentagon, 13 have no announced nominee.
Al-Qaida, ISIS affiliates team up in West Africa, says US Special Operations Command Africa leader
The only place in the world where fighters linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group are cooperating is in West Africa’s sprawling Sahel region, giving the extremists greater depth as they push into new areas, according to the commander of the U.S. military’s special forces in Africa.
Coast Guard probing dock explosion
A Coast Guard statement emailed to Navy Times early Tuesday announced rescuers in Alaska have suspended the search for the 49-year-old Cordova man who went missing after the Delong Dock explosion.
SEAL skipper defends restrictions on special warfare chief freed by Trump
But Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher's legal team continues to say the SEAL commodore isn't following the law.
By Carl Prine
That time a Navy jet shot itself down
In this season of the practical joke, let's talk about some very bad mistakes unique to the world's military services.
By Alan Green, Military History Quarterly Magazine