Publication: Military Times

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Town turns out to welcome injured Ranger home

PHOENIX — Tossed like a rag doll by an exploding 500-pound bomb, Army Ranger Cory Remsburg landed face down in a canal. He lay motionless as his buddies scrambled to find him.Gunshots rang out, and the company took cover in a fresh crater formed by the ... [Published Military Times - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Afghanistan, Military/Armed Forces, IED Improvised Explosive Device, Joshua Chamberlain

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Destroyers to be named for MoH recipient, former SECNAV

The two newest destroyers will be named for a highly decorated soldier-turned-senator and a former Navy secretary, the Navy’s top civilian announced Thursday.DDG 117 will be named the USS Paul Ignatius for the former defense official, who was a Navy secretary ... [Published Military Times - May 23 2013]

Entities: Daniel Inouye, USS Paul (FF-1080), Ray Mabus

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Soldier was target of brutal attack in London

The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital. ... [Published Military Times - May 23 2013]

Entities: London, Terrorism, emergency

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Lawmakers make pre-Memorial Day calls to fix vet claims backlog

In a pre-Memorial Day push to show their concern about the backlog of veterans’ disability claims, House Republicans are calling for an independent task force to recommend a solution while House Democrats pushed the idea of providing temporary benefits ... [Published Military Times - May 23 2013]

Entities: Jeff Miller, Bill Enyart, Disability, Paul Rieckhoff, Task Force

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

West Point sergeant charged with filming naked female cadets

A sergeant first class on the staff of the United States Military Academy at West Point faces charges for allegedly filming numerous female cadets without their consent, sometimes when they were in the shower, according to the Army.The suspect, Sgt. First ... [Published Military Times - May 22 2013]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Allegation, John F. Campbell

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

US Department of Veterans Affairs

GAO: VA should warn vets that GI Bill benefits may be delayed

Student veterans applying to use GI Bill benefits would be better served by the Veterans Affairs Department if they were warned of how long it might take to receive those benefits, according to a new congressional report.Last fall, it took an average ... [Published Military Times - May 22 2013]

Entities: gastrointestinal, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Government Accountability Office, Call Center, Constructive Eviction

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Patty Murray

McConnell, Pease chosen to host KC-46A tanker

The Air Force has selected the first three bases that will host the KC-46A tanker.McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., and Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., will serve as the main operating bases for the new tankers, and Altus Air Force Base, Okla., will ... [Published Military Times - May 22 2013]

Entities: Patty Murray, James Inhofe, 157th Air Refueling Wing, Altus Air Force Base, McConnell Air Force Base

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Sexual assault prevention workers will not be furloughed

Hundreds of civilians who provide sexual assault prevention and counseling services will be exempted from the 11-day furloughs that most Defense Department employees will face later this year, a Pentagon official said.The decision to grant rare exemptions ... [Published Military Times - May 22 2013]

Entities: Sexual Assault, Chuck Hagel, Workers, Cynthia Smith

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Group files lawsuit over former Marine's detainment

RICHMOND, VA. — A civil liberties group has filed a federal lawsuit against law enforcement and mental health officials on behalf of a former Marine who was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting strident anti-government messages on Faceboo ... [Published Military Times - May 22 2013]

Entities: Lawsuit, Custody, Anti-Government, Facebook Inc

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Retired commandant's son handled dead insurgents after urination incident: NCIS documents

The son of a retired Marine Corps commandant told military investigators he handled the bagged remains of dead insurgents urinated on by scout snipers in Afghanistan, contradicting assertions from senior officers that he had no contact with those Mar ... [Published Military Times - May 22 2013]

Entities: Corroboration, US Marine Corps, Afghanistan

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

House panel approves changes to military's sexual assault laws

A House panel passed sweeping changes in sexual assault prevention programs on Wednesday, with less command flexibility in reducing or dismissing rape and assault charges and wider support for victims.The House Armed Services subcommittee on military ... [Published Military Times - May 22 2013]

Entities: Sexual Assault, Joe Wilson, Rape, Dismissal, Conviction

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Bradley Manning sympathetic star of WikiLeaks doc

Julian Assange's reign as the star of the WikiLeaks story could be coming to an end. ... [Published Military Times - May 22 2013]

Entities: WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning, Julian Assange

Quotes

The commandant of the Marine Corps must "keep the moral and ethical health of our institution front and center" and therefore will confront poor command climates with new climate surveys, he said in a letter to all Marines published Thursday

Commandant links bad behavior by Marines with poor command climates [Published Military Times - May 15 2013]

"If you do not submit, he will severely judge you and on the day of judgment you will enter hellfire" Sherifi warned Britt

Sentencing set in U.S. plot to behead terror witness [Published Military Times - May 10 2013]

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