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When Commanders Play Judge and Jury

The Crisis Destroying Military Justice Imagine facing criminal charges where your commanding officer-not evidence, not law-determines your fate. For thousands of service members, this isn't a ...
What the US military is doing to alleged drug boats in waters off South America is the nautical equivalent of police officers ...
Col. Christopher Meeker pleaded guilty to charges of fraternization and disobeying a superior officer's orders in a plea deal announced April 15, 2025. (Jaima Fogg/Air Force) The former installation ...
A former commander at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio was sentenced to 21 days in confinement and forfeiture of pay after he pleaded guilty to having an inappropriate relationship with a staff ...
New memos from the Air Force and the Navy warn troops to watch their political speech online and in person, and even mentioned Uniform Code of Military Justice violations for certain criticisms of the ...
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — The judge in the first case involving a group sexual assault of a Reserve Officers Training Corps student has ordered the trial to start over on Friday. Pvt. Deron J.
Having served as a captain and judge advocate in the Army Reserve, graduated from Stanford Law School and deployed overseas in Iraq, I have thought deeply about military command and the obligations ...
The court-martial for an Army major charged with raping or sexually assaulting more than a dozen women in the Washington, D.C., region between 2019 and 2023 is set to begin this week at Fort Meade, Md ...
Sgt. Quornelius Radford faces multiple charges, including attempted murder and aggravated assault, for the Fort Stewart shooting. Five soldiers were injured in the shooting incident at the 2nd Armored ...