http://www.mail.com/subjects/7650-military-legal-affairs.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/7650-military-legal-affairs.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2092592-hagel-orders-review-sex-abuse-prevention.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon's control. He said this step, which also applies to the military's approximately 19,000 recruiters and must... Fri, 17 May 2013 21:40:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2092592-hagel-orders-review-sex-abuse-prevention.html 2013-05-17T21:40:14Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092384-soldier-life-without-parole-iraq-killings.html JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq. A military judge, Army Col. David Conn, found Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder on Monday and imposed the sentence Thursday morning. The only o... Fri, 17 May 2013 04:07:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092384-soldier-life-without-parole-iraq-killings.html 2013-05-17T04:07:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2092146-head-fort-campbell-harassment-program-arrested.html FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — The manager of the sexual harassment and assault response program at Fort Campbell, Ky., was arrested in a domestic dispute and relieved of his post, authorities said Thursday. Lt. Col. Darin Haas (HAHZ') turned himself in to police in Clarksville, Tenn., late Wednesday on charges of violating an order of protection, and stalking... Fri, 17 May 2013 01:36:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2092146-head-fort-campbell-harassment-program-arrested.html 2013-05-17T01:36:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089628-obama-vows-sustained-effort-military-sex-abuse.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday the nation's military leaders told him they are "ashamed" of their failure to end sexual abuse in the armed services. Obama pledged to "leave no stone unturned" in the effort to halt the abuse, which he said undermines the trust the military needs to be effective. Obama also said he has asked Defense ... Thu, 16 May 2013 23:42:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089628-obama-vows-sustained-effort-military-sex-abuse.html 2013-05-16T23:42:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091218-afghans-tell-us-soldiers-killing-rampage.html KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Sitting on a dirty straw mat on the parched ground of southern Afghanistan, Masooma sank deeper inside a giant black shawl. Hidden from view, her words burst forth as she told her side of what happened to her family sometime before dawn on March 11, 2012. According to Masooma, an American soldier wearing a helmet equipped with... Thu, 16 May 2013 18:42:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2091218-afghans-tell-us-soldiers-killing-rampage.html 2013-05-16T18:42:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2088518-sexual-abuse-cases-pentagon-under-fire.html WASHINGTON (AP) — One after another, the charges have tumbled out — allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders to Capitol Hill and the Oval Office. But for a Pentagon under fire, there seem to be few clear solutions beyond improved training and possible adjustments in how the military prosecutes such ... Thu, 16 May 2013 02:05:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2088518-sexual-abuse-cases-pentagon-under-fire.html 2013-05-16T02:05:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2083746-gitmo-prisoner-obama-abandoned-detainees.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Guantanamo Bay detainee says he feels abandoned by President Barack Obama and the world after more than 10 years at the U.S. prison. "I believe that President Obama must be unaware of the unbelievably inhumane conditions at the Guantanamo Bay prison, for otherwise he would surely do something to stop this torture," Yemeni prisoner Musa... Tue, 14 May 2013 19:22:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2083746-gitmo-prisoner-obama-abandoned-detainees.html 2013-05-14T19:22:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2082592-marine-faces-trial-urination-corpses.html CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A Marine officer in charge of snipers shown in a 2011 video urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters Afghanistan will be court-martialed. The U.S. Marine Corps announced Monday that Capt. James V. Clement will be tried for dereliction of duty, conduct unbecoming an officer and failure to stop misconduct by those under his com... Mon, 13 May 2013 21:24:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2082592-marine-faces-trial-urination-corpses.html 2013-05-13T21:24:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073660-american-stabbed-us-embassy-cairo.html CAIRO (AP) — An assailant stabbed an American man on Thursday while they were standing outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, security officials said. The area around the U.S. Embassy has been the site of anti-American incidents and violence in the past, but stabbing attacks are uncommon despite political unrest that has roiled Egypt since the 2011 uprising. ... Thu, 09 May 2013 17:56:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073660-american-stabbed-us-embassy-cairo.html 2013-05-09T17:56:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073694-ugandan-general-questions-museveni-succession-plan.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Breaking ranks with the military high command, a general is accusing President Yoweri Museveni of trying to ensure his son replaces him, the first top official to raise concerns about the purported succession plan. David Sejusa, one of only six generals in the Ugandan military and a member of its high command, said in a recent lette... Thu, 09 May 2013 15:48:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073694-ugandan-general-questions-museveni-succession-plan.html 2013-05-09T15:48:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070520-us-official-describes-libya-attack.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A former top diplomat in Libya on Wednesday delivered a riveting minute-by-minute account of the chaotic events during the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi last September, with a 2 a.m. call from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and confusion about the fate of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. In a slow, ha... Thu, 09 May 2013 04:28:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2070520-us-official-describes-libya-attack.html 2013-05-09T04:28:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2072062-soldier-faced-harassment-muslim.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim — she's a Catholic. But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and they would taunt her, calling her "Sgt. Hussein" and asking what God she prayed to. So before deploying to Afghanistan last year for her second war tour, she legally changed her name — to Naida Christian Nov... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:47:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2072062-soldier-faced-harassment-muslim.html 2013-05-08T21:47:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071052-un-girls-young-6-raped-congo-troops.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Congolese troops fleeing the M23 rebels last November raped at least 97 women and 33 girls, some as young as 6, a U.N. report released Wednesday said. The U.S. Africa Command trained one of the units involved, Commando Battalion 391, in 2010 to be "a model for future reforms within the Congolese armed forces," according to the AFRICO... Wed, 08 May 2013 17:28:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2071052-un-girls-young-6-raped-congo-troops.html 2013-05-08T17:28:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070676-japan-pulls-denials-wwii-sex-slavery.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan has acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no official evidence that its imperial troops coerced Asian women into sexual slavery before and during World War II. A parliamentary statement signed Tuesday by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acknowledged the government had a set of documents produced ... Wed, 08 May 2013 13:49:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070676-japan-pulls-denials-wwii-sex-slavery.html 2013-05-08T13:49:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2068520-military-sex-assault-reports-up-changes-ordered.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sexual assaults in the military are a growing epidemic across the services and thousands of victims are still unwilling to come forward despite a slew of new oversight and assistance programs, according to a new Pentagon report. Troubling new numbers estimate that up to 26,000 military members may have been sexually assaulted last year, ... Tue, 07 May 2013 22:58:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2068520-military-sex-assault-reports-up-changes-ordered.html 2013-05-07T22:58:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067946-prosecutors-soldier-cigarette-then-killed.html JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — Shortly before beginning a shooting rampage through a mental health clinic in Iraq, an Army sergeant sat in a vehicle outside the building and smoked a cigarette, prosecutors said. The government on Monday began laying out its case against Sgt. John Russell during the opening of his court-martial, arguing Russell was... Tue, 07 May 2013 07:58:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067946-prosecutors-soldier-cigarette-then-killed.html 2013-05-07T07:58:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057298-navy-charges-2-deaths-2-divers-md-pond.html HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Two members of a Virginia-based Navy dive unit face military criminal charges of involuntary manslaughter and dereliction of duty in the February drowning deaths of two divers at an Army facility test pond near Baltimore, officials said Wednesday. Navy officials said the two defendants, whom they haven't identified, are a chief warr... Thu, 02 May 2013 01:13:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2057298-navy-charges-2-deaths-2-divers-md-pond.html 2013-05-02T01:13:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2054338-military-court-reverses-suicide-attempt-conviction.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military's highest court has reversed a discharged Marine's criminal conviction for slitting his wrists in a case that raised questions about whether suicidal service members should be prosecuted. The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ruled in a 3-2 decision released late Monday that a military judge shouldn't have accepted ... Wed, 01 May 2013 00:23:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2054338-military-court-reverses-suicide-attempt-conviction.html 2013-05-01T00:23:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2052882-outraged-lawmakers-to-change-military-justice.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Outrage over an Air Force officer's decision to overturn a jury's guilty verdict in a sexual assault case has Republicans and Democrats joining forces on ambitious legislation to change the military justice system. On both sides of the Capitol, lawmakers have interpreted Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's recent proposal to essentially stri... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:47:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2052882-outraged-lawmakers-to-change-military-justice.html 2013-04-30T13:47:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2046216-air-forces-officer-transfer-draws-ariz-protest.html PHOENIX (AP) — The Air Force's decision to transfer an officer to Arizona after his sexual assault conviction was overturned drew dozens of people to a Tucson military base for a protest led by outraged family members of the woman who made the accusation. Thursday's 45-minute demonstration involved about 50 people who questioned why the military would tra... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:43:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2046216-air-forces-officer-transfer-draws-ariz-protest.html 2013-04-26T08:43:54Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043520-rally-held-to-protest-air-force-officers-transfer.html PHOENIX (AP) — Protesters rallied outside a Tucson military base Thursday to denounce the Air Force's decision to transfer a lieutenant colonel to Arizona after his sexual assault conviction was overturned by a commander, adding to the growing criticism of the military justice system. The 45-minute demonstration by about 50 people was led by outraged fami... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:57:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043520-rally-held-to-protest-air-force-officers-transfer.html 2013-04-26T02:57:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039380-court-to-review-overturned-terror-conviction.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court Tuesday said it will take another look at a three-judge panel's decision to overturn the military commission conviction of an alleged al-Qaida propagandist. In January, the three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia threw out the conviction of Ali Hamza al-Bahlul — who was ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:13:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039380-court-to-review-overturned-terror-conviction.html 2013-04-23T18:13:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038350-palestinian-ends-hunger-strike-israeli-jail.html JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian prisoner who refused food for eight months ended his hunger strike on Tuesday after reaching a deal with Israeli for early release, his lawyer and the military said. Samer Issawi began refusing food in August to protest his re-arrest last July. The 33-year-old Issawi became a symbol of the Palestinian struggle against Israel... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:12:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038350-palestinian-ends-hunger-strike-israeli-jail.html 2013-04-23T14:12:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2037242-iraq-vet-pleads-guilty-to-killing-fellow-soldiers.html JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — As family members of his victims looked on, Army Sgt. John Russell described on Monday how in 2009 he rampaged at a mental health clinic in Baghdad during the Iraq War, killing four soldiers and a Navy officer. The testimony was proved too much for one relative, who cried out and left the military court at Joint Base... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:18:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2037242-iraq-vet-pleads-guilty-to-killing-fellow-soldiers.html 2013-04-23T08:18:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2037430-boston-bomb-suspect-charged-religious-motive.html BOSTON (AP) — The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by a radical brand of Islam but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, U.S. officials said Monday after interrogating and charging Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with crimes that could bring the death penalty. Tsarnaev, 19, was charged in his hospital r... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:37:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2037430-boston-bomb-suspect-charged-religious-motive.html 2013-04-23T03:37:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2035842-boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-charged.html BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged by federal prosecutors in his hospital room Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill — a crime that carries a possible death sentence. Officials have said Tsarnaev, 19, and his older brother set off the twin explosions at last week's race that killed three people and... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:12:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2035842-boston-marathon-bombing-suspect-charged.html 2013-04-22T18:12:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2033838-prosecutors-move-to-build-marathon-case.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has a range of legal options in the Boston Marathon bombings, and they could include seeking the death penalty against the 19-year-old suspect in the case. The administration has indicated it intends to move quickly to build a criminal case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. But investigators plan to first question him w... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:15:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2033838-prosecutors-move-to-build-marathon-case.html 2013-04-20T21:15:13Z