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Congress passes defense spending bill after months of delays
Congress has passed an $825 billion FY24 defense spending bill, but the plan to get Ukraine military assistance across the finish line remains uncertain.
Colorado Guard JAG officer suing superiors over his participation in BLM protests
Army Capt. Alan Kennedy, a part-time JAG in the Colorado National Guard, is suing his superiors for giving him discipline and reprimands he claims limited his off-duty freedom of speech.
By Davis Winkie
Guard officials say troops’ march on Republican congresswoman’s office wasn’t a political statement
Officials say the display by a large group of uniformed troops was not meant as a partisan attack, but instead an informational visit.
The Spouse Angle Podcast — Up this week: Why Many Military Families With Special Needs Aren’t Using a Program Designed for Them
The military offers dedicated resources for families with special medical and educational needs. Yet according to a new survey, many families don’t know about it.
By Military Times staff
Philippines deports US Marine pardoned in 2014 transgender killing
A U.S. Marine convicted of killing a Filipino transgender woman was deported Sunday after a presidential pardon cut short his detention in a case that renewed outrage over a pact governing American military presence in the Philippines.
Top House Armed Services Republican ‘dismayed’ at Trump’s attack on military leaders
The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee says it was wrong for President Trump to have said Pentagon leaders want to go to war to satisfy the defense industry.
By Joe Gould
Philippine president pardons US Marine in 2014 transgender killing
The Philippine president pardoned a U.S. Marine on Monday in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked anger in the former American colony.
Philippines blocks release of US Marine convicted in killing of transgender Filipino woman
The court order has rekindled perceptions that American military personnel who run afoul of Philippine laws can get special treatment under the allies’ Visiting Forces Agreement.
Philippine court orders early release for US Marine convicted in 2014 killing
A Philippine court has ordered the early release for good conduct of a U.S. Marine convicted in the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino which sparked anger in the former American colony.
Woman previously charged with trespassing at CIA, asking for ‘Agent Penis’ arrested once again
One does not simply get a meeting with Agent Penis.
By Jon Simkins
The GI Bill should’ve been race neutral, politicos made sure it wasn’t
While white veterans got into college with relative ease, black service members faced limited options and outright denial in their pursuit for educational advancement.
By Joseph Thompson, Mississippi State University