A former Green Beret and his son can be extradited to Japan to face charges for smuggling the former chairman of the Nissan Motor Co. out of the country.
The merger comes on the heels of some combat incidents at outposts on the Horn of Africa, including a May 9 attack on U.S. soldiers assigned to a coordination cell in Mogadishu, Somalia.
"Senior commanders at every installation have the flexibility to implement what is needed to best protect the health of the force, and again, they’re working with the local communities," the Army surgeon general said.