DOD imposes burdensome rules, retaliation on home day cares, moms say
The Pentagon said military families can help solve the child care shortage, but providers say over-the-top rules are driving them away.
By Jennifer Brookland, The War Horse
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Former Guardsman charged with trying to provide weapons to al-Qaida
A 25-year-old former Army National Guardsman faces federal charges that he attempted to provide al-Qaida with 3D-printed weapons.
By Todd South
Australia says it won’t be hosting US missile site
Australian officials confirmed Monday that their country will not be used as a base for any planned U.S. mid-range missiles following talks with American officials in Sydney.
Navy orders probe into actions of Judge Advocate General Corps leaders
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson also dismissed all charges against a SEAL officer charged with covering up war crimes and stopped the ongoing probe of another special operator who confessed to murdering a detainee in Iraq in 2017.
By Carl Prine
Lawmakers want to boost Coast Guard’s land-based drone program to interdict more drugs
Spearheaded by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday that would allocate $5 million in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 for additional long-range maritime patrol aircraft within the Coast Guard’s land-based unmanned aircraft system program.
By Diana Stancy
Former lawmaker and Navy vet Scott Taylor announces US Senate bid in Virginia
Republican former Rep. Scott Taylor says he’s running for U.S. Senate in Virginia, hoping to unseat Democrat Mark Warner in a state that’s become increasingly hostile to the GOP.
Thanks to SEAL’s immunity deals, confessed killer unlikely to be charged
Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Corey Scott said that he killed the detainee, not the SEAL on trial for the alleged murder.
By Carl Prine
Vermont Air Guardsman charged in child porn case
The U.S. Department of Justice says a member of the Vermont Air National Guard has been charged with transporting and possessing child pornography.
Legal bombshell explodes on SEAL war crimes trial
SEAL medic says that Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher didn't kill an Islamic State prisoner of war. He did.
By Carl Prine
Witness at Navy SEAL trial admits killing Islamic State prisoner, not Gallagher
Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Corey Scott said Thursday that he asphyxiated the teenage Islamic State fighter after Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward Gallagher unexpectedly stabbed him.
Coast Guard picks homeport for new icebreaker fleet
The Polar Security-class vessels will be designed to conduct search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, environmental response and national defense patrols missions in areas often covered in heavy ice.
By Navy Times staff