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Independent offices have been set up for each branch of the military to handle serious felony crimes such as sex crimes, domestic violence and murder.
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From fugitive to shackled prisoner, 'Fat Leonard' lands back in US court and could face more chargesLeonard Glenn Francis has faced a federal judge for the first time since snipping off his ankle monitor in 2022 and disappearing weeks before a sentencing hearing on charges that he offered over $500,000 in cash bribes to Navy officials, defense contractors and others.
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'Fat Leonard,' a fugitive now returning to the US, was behind one of the military's biggest scandals"Fat Leonard" was arrested in a San Diego hotel in September 2013 as part of a federal sting. He faced charges of buying off dozens of top Navy officers.
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A Navy officer jailed in Japan over a deadly car crash is transferred to US custody, his family saysLt. Ridge Alkonis of Dana Point had been serving a three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to the negligent driving deaths of a woman and her son-in-law in 2021.
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A Camp Pendleton Marine was killed Tuesday in a rollover on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, according to Marine officials.
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Veterans, service members and families marked the 82nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, with a ceremony at the museum Thursday.
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The Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps took the extraordinary step of grounding hundreds of aircraft after a preliminary investigation of last week’s crash indicated that a material failure — that something went wrong with the aircraft — and not a mistake by the crew led to the deaths.
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They wanted to share their experience with students so that history wouldn’t repeat itself, especially with the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
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The crash happened in the Mediterranean Sea during a routine air refueling mission on Saturday morning, defense officials said.
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The Woody Williams Foundation and a volunteer committee will unveil the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument at Miramar National Cemetery.
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