Earlier this year, the story of four Air Force pilots who received controversial letters of reprimand for unbecoming texts sent to one another made headlines. Now, as the future careers of the pilots still remains uncertain, Air Force Times took a close look at the case against the pilots and spoke to legal experienceds about Air Force’s … Read more

For years now, the story of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and his alleged desertion has captured headlines and incensed the public. However, he is not the only U.S. Army soldier to go missing in 2009 and, as Stars and Stripes pointsout in a new profile, one case in particular has significant similarities to Bergdahl’s own. THE STORY OF … Read more

The Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has announced it will launch a new investigation into certain “personality and adjustment disorder” diagnoses in military personnel since 2009. The announcement comes after long-standing suspicion that the diagnoses—which enforces an immediate discharge from the service—were used as retaliation against military members who came forward with … Read more

As Congress continues its efforts to finalize the National Defense Appropriations Act—which will dictate all military spending in 2016—one issue has been met with heated contention: military sex crimes. As Stars & Stripes reports , frequent allies Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Senator Clair McCaskill of Missouri are now at odds over potential reform to military’s response … Read more

One of the hot-button topics concerning the military has been cases of sexual assault and preventing these incidents in the future. The latest studies even suggest that occurrences of sexual assault against military members are more prevalent than previously thought. Another such story made headlines recently, as a Fort Leonard drill sergeant is being court-martialed … Read more

The Bergdahl desertion case is currently up-in-the-air after the former-Sergeant Bergdahl’s defense attorneys argued a fair trial was now impossible due to repeated statements from Donald Trump that labeled their client as a “traitor”. During a pretrial hearing in mid-February 2017, the defense showed a five-minute video compilation of all the times the now-POTUS defamed … Read more

Should Bowe Bergdahl have been accepted into the Army? That is the question at the heart of most recent episodes of the Serial podcast (titled “Hindsight” Parts 1 and 2), in which Sarah Koenig and her team delve into Bergdahl’s childhood, his military aspirations, and even his state of mental health. As Stars and Stripes recaps, Bergdahl—who currently … Read more

The United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals (ACCA) has recently reviewed Military Rule of Evidence (MRE) 513 and how it relates to petitions for extraordinary relief in the nature of a writ of mandamus. The review began after it was argued that MRE 513 did not provide military judges adequate instruction when determining if … Read more

A new development has emerged in the controversial case of Mark Thompson, a Marine Major who, in 2013, was convicted of carrying out an inappropriate relationship with a U.S. Naval Academy student. Now, the military has launched a new investigation of Thompson over his testimony in a controversial 2014 board of inquiry hearing. As Stars and Stripes reports, … Read more

In a confusing move, a three-judge panel of the Army CCA granted a petition for a writ of mandamus for an alleged victim under Article 6B, which reversed a military judge’s ruling that ordered the alleged victim’s mental health records be produced for an in camera review (when a hearing is held before the judge in private … Read more