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Devil’s bargain: How sex crime plea deals let these soldiers retire and avoid registries

Each of the accused received a favorable plea deal from the Army allowing them to retire, and neither were convicted of a crime that would require sex offender registration in virtually any state.

By Davis Winkie

21 months ago

Former Navy chief convicted for Bahrain sex crimes faces new rape allegations

Calvin Halfacre has faced similar charges before.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

3 years ago

Navy chief convicted in Bahrain sex crimes seeks to overturn his sentence

Chief Logistics Specialist Calvin Halfacre pleaded guilty last year to paying three Thai prostitutes for sex while stationed in Bahrain, but the initial sexual assault charges were dropped.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

4 years ago

Watch coalition aircraft pummeling ISIS cave complexes in Iraq

In March, two Marine Raiders — Gunnery Sgt. Diego D. Pongo, 34, of Simi Valley, California, and Capt. Moises A. Navas, 34, of Germantown, Maryland — were killed while advising Iraqi Security Forces on a mission against ISIS in the southern Makhmur Mountains in Iraq, about 60 km south of Erbil.

By Shawn Snow

4 years ago

Seeking the Military Suicide Solution Podcast, Episode 14: Cheree Tham

Cheree Tham is the principal investigator with America’s Warrior Partnership for Operation Deep Dive (OpDD). OpDD is a community-based study of veteran suicide, asphyxiation, drowning, death by law enforcement and single driver high speed car accident.

By Military Times staff

4 years ago

US troops deployed to lend a hand in Thai soccer team’s rescue from cave

The U.S. sent a search-and-rescue team to the cave to assist in the rescue, officials said.

By Victoria Leoni and Andrew C. Jarocki

6 years ago