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Military.com reports: A US special forces member suspected of having accidentally killed a British aid worker held hostage in Afghanistan could face disciplinary action, officials said Thursday. Reuters reports that: Col. James Pohl, the presiding officer at Hasan’s hearing, denied a request from Hasan’s lawyers to delay the Article 32 evidentiary hearing to determine if…

Inside Bay Area has a piece about corruption in the California National Guard. From 1986 until her retirement last year, Jaffe’s job with the California Army National Guard was to give away money — the federally subsidized student-loan repayments and cash bonuses — paid for by federal taxpayers nationwide — that the Guard is supposed…

ACCA has released an opinion in United States v. Martinez. Here is the first issue: WHETHER A REASONABLE PERSON WOULD QUESTION THE TRIAL JUDGE’S IMPARTIALITY WHEN A SENIOR MILITARY JUDGE, WHO APPEARED TO HAVE ASSISTED THE GOVERNMENT DURING TRIAL, ENTERED THE TRIAL JUDGE’S CHAMBERS DURING RECESS AND DELIBERATIONS, IN VIOLATION OF APPELLANT’S RIGHT TO DUE…

All service members are encouraged to vote. You can make donations. You can attend political functions, but not in uniform. Here the Marine Times points out that there are some considerations and limits on political activity. DoDD 1344.10. In short, you are barred from doing online what you can’t do in person. Sgt. Gary Stein,…

AP reports: Two women testified at a military hearing Tuesday that they would not have had sex with an airman had they known he was HIV positive, and one said she believed him when he said he wasn’t because he was in the Air Force. Professor Friedman has put up the transcript of argument in…

AP reports: A U.S. Coast Guard investigating officer has found no legal justification for the deadly collision of a Coast Guard boat with a smaller vessel in San Diego Bay that killed an 8-year-old boy, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. San Diego 6 reports: [The] investigating officer has rejected claims by three crew members…

The Seattle Times reports (on a Ramrod Five/Stryker Brigade case): The Army has postponed a hearing that had been scheduled for Tuesday for Staff Sgt. David Bram, who faces charges of conspiracy, striking another soldier, cruelty, dereliction of duty and impeding an investigation while serving in southern Afghanistan. Military.com reports (no surprise here, the surprise…

Thanks to DMLHS who pointed out that Neal was also denied today along with Loving.

Here is a case of interest for those who do security clearance work. As part of that practice it’s not unusual to have a civilian employee or contractor with a position of public trust issue or background investigation and an SF85. CAC cards don’t always get issued without a favorable SF 85 determination. On Tuesday,…

Navy Times reports: Nearly four years after Navy officials nixed a mandatory degree requirement for advancement to senior chief, a rating has made an associate degree mandatory for all its sailors. In September, some of the 487 sailors in the legalman rating started their studies. This move is expected to transform the Navy’s legal community,…