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The Transgender American Veterans Association is suing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, two years after the department said it would provide gender affirmation surgery. -
In voice memos Bryce Henson claims the Navy cleared him of extremism accusations before using a saying associated with the Proud Boys hate group. -
Former USS Lake Erie captain cultivated a "culture of fear" on the ship with subordinate officers saying they had to "walk on eggshells" due to her explosive temper, investigation says. -
A long-term study hopes to shed light on an array of vague symptoms that can affect veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. -
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. -
'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. -
San Diego, for instance, has several male-dominated military bases, which is reflected in the sex ratio. -
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. -
A Camp Pendleton Marine was killed Tuesday in a rollover on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, according to Marine officials. -
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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