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Nathan Phillips Post
The Nathan Phillips post was pulled due the TAH policy of not posting Stolen Valor articles unless the documentation confirming SV is in the possession of TAH leadership. The post will be back up for comments when the FOIA results and any other documents are in the hands of TAH. I am seriously sorry for […]
Ship owners to pay U.S. government for Fitzgerald collision
The guided-missile destroyer Fitzgerald was heavily damaged during a 2017 collision with a merchant vessel. (Navy) By: Geoff Ziezulewicz The owners of a massive merchant vessel that collided with the warship Fitzgerald in 2017, drowning seven sailors, have agreed to pay the U.S. government nearly $27 million as part of a settlement agreement. The two-page […]
Navy Acknowledges Railroading of Marine Operator Falsely Accused of War Crimes
U.S. Marines / Getty Images Article bY: Bill McMorris I recall my post about SOC Gallagher, and the possibility he was falsely accused of war crimes by an over zealous military legal system. Got shot in the face for that one, and had at least one depart the fix in a huff. Now there are […]
All The Major Changes To The UCMJ That Took Effect In 2019
Congress passed its most sweeping reforms to the Uniform Code of Military Justice in decades in 2016, but it didn’t take effect until Jan. 1 of this year. Other changes to the military process and offenses, such as domestic violence, were included in the recently passed 2019 National Defense Authorization Act. Nothing makes a POG […]
Jailed American, Paul Whelan, not exactly the Secret Squirrel Ivan was hoping for.
Russia’s deputy foreign minister is brushing back suggestions that an American being held in Moscow on suspicion of spying could be exchanged for a Russian. I have no idea how useless a Russian would have to be in order for me to exchange a guy with a Bad Conduct Discharge from the Corps for him. […]
U.S. court rules for Trump on transgender military limits
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (Reuters) – A U.S. court on Friday ruled in favor of a Trump administration policy barring certain transgender people from serving in the U.S. armed forces, handing the president his first legal victory on the issue after several defeats. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia […]
It Ain’t Just About Guns, You Know
Early in November this year, the Anne Arundel county police went to a private home at 5AM to serve a gun seizure order on a 61-year-old man, under Maryland’s newly-minted “red flag law”. https://www.capitalgazette.com/news/for_the_record/ac-cn-red-flag-folo-1106-story.html “The Anne Arundel County police chief defended Maryland’s new “red flag” protective law Monday, just hours after a 61-year-old man was […]
Settlement reached in infamous ‘Norfolk Four’ case
Infamous ‘Norfolk Four’ sailors wrongly accused of a woman’s rape and murder are paid $4.9million in settlement 21 years after their conviction, following a campaign by novelist John Grisham Four sailors were convicted in 1997 rape and killing of Michelle Moore-Bosko Eric Wilson, Danial Williams, Joseph Dick and Derek Tice were later exonerated The city […]
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