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I posted a while back about an ongoing issue with the dog-handling unit in Bahrain. Here’s an update from NPR Youth Radio. Since then, a Navy officer familiar with the case has told NPR that the report recommended courts-martial for both Toussaint and another noncommissioned officer from the unit. The recommendation for courts-martial was never…

This is a piece on a soon to be released documentary on the “Pendleton 8.” The blogosphere and twitter have been all-a-twitter. The documentary is intended to be a look on the Hamdania prosecutions, plus. The plus appears to be: The film is called Article 32, its title referring to the part of the U.S.…

If you’ve been following Miller (sex offender registration issues) and Denedo (immigration issues similar to Padilla)(link to SCOTUSWiki documents), you’ve been following Padilla v. Kentucky. Here’s a link to United States v. Miller, 63 M.J. 452 (C.A.A.F. 2006). Here’s a link to an LA Times editorial on Padilla. Here’s a link to Padilla on SCOTUSWiki.…

The DoD Joint Service Committee on Military Justice (JSC) will hold a public meeting on new proposals. The notice of the meeting and the proposals can be found at 74 Fed. Reg. 47785. For those not attending the meeting comments can be submitted in writing /NIMJ.

Supreme Court. On Tuesday, October 13, the Court will hear arguments in No. 08-651, Padilla v. Commonwealth of Kentucky. At issue in the case is whether a criminal defendant’s guilty plea can be set aside because his defense counsel affirmatively misadvised him with regard to the deportation consequences of the plea, and whether such misadvice…

Army tests anonymous treatment for alcohol abuse By Teri Weaver, Stars and Stripes, Saturday, October 10, 2009 TOKYO — For better and sometimes worse, alcohol is a common battle buddy. Troops use it to celebrate after a long deployment and to self-medicate when the euphoria fades, leaving only stress, emotions and memories. To combat that…

Air Force Academy Censors Professor for Discussing Gays in the Military New Data Show Lesbian Discharges in Air Force Are Disproportionate; Lt. Col. Is Reprimanded and Removed From Classroom SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Palm Center has learned that a Lieutenant Colonel who taught at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs,…

For those who like to drill down into the why’s, here is a link to the (660 page) Conference Report on the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2010, with the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of the Conference. For example here is one item, at page 83 (or 134 if viewing .pdf in…

Here is how the blog Suits & Sentences reports United States v. McPherson. Army deserter lands honorable discharge, somehow An odd case recently resolved by the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals shows how a soldier convicted of desertion can still take home an honorable discharge. It’s all a matter of timing and regulatory ambiguity.…

Eyewitness 9 News article by Amy Kibler, October 6, 2009 A Camp Lejeune Marine’s court-martial proceedings begin tomorrow. Public Affairs says Gunnery Sergeant William Augurson, Jr. faces child endangerment and drunken disorderly conduct charges. The Marine Corps is not elaborating on the circumstances surrounding these charges. II MEF Officials say on Wednesday the Court will…