Court-Martial Trial Practice

The Arizona Star net reports: Air Force personnel “scattered like cockroaches” when deputies were called to a rowdy house party on Tucson’s south side that left one airman dead and another accused of his murder, a military jury heard Tuesday.

Military.com reports: Prosecutors brought felony charges Monday against an Army reservist who allegedly stalked Ryan Seacrest, including showing up at the “American Idol” host’s studio and attacking one of his bodyguards. Uzomah is a sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve and serves as a combat medic[.] Uzomah could be subject to Army discipline and may…

Navy Times reports: A senior Coast Guard official was charged Tuesday with multiple offenses, including sodomy, indecent acts and conduct unbecoming of an officer and gentleman. Newsminer.com reports: He is accused of sexual improprieties involving multiple women – some identified as enlisted Coast Guard personnel – in numerous locations around Alaska and the Lower 48.…

The Local (TL), Germany’s News in English reports: As thousands of people celebrated the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, Victor Grossman feared he might be arrested. Brett Neely meets the American defector who fled to communist East Germany after deserting from the US Army.

Arizona Star is reporting: Court-martial proceedings got underway today for a Davis-Monthan airman accused of killing another D-M airman in 2007.

Military.com reports: Airman 1st Class Apryl Sanders, a weapons manager for the 16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., was named Miss Military last month by a nonprofit organization in California. Wednesday, she e-mailed the contest organizer to refuse the crown. Smith said that the unit’s Judge Advocate General’s staff…

For those following developments in United States v. Blazier, here are some status updates on Briscoe v. Virginia, from Prof. Friedman. In Blazier (and a somewhat similar case) CAAF has granted the following issues: No. 09-0441/AF. U.S. v. Joshua C. BLAZIER. CCA 36988. Review granted on the following issue: WHETHER, IN LIGHT OF CRAWFORD v.…

A former Army soldier who claims he put child pornography on his cell phone to help law enforcement catch those who produced the images was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison. www.azstarnet.com

According to an alarming new report, 75 percent of young people ages 17 to 24 are unable to enlist in the military because they fail to graduate high school, have a criminal record, or are physically unfit. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and some of America’s top retired military brass will hold a news…

If you are following the military officer involvement in the “birther” challenges to President Obama, you will be aware of the status of the litigation. But what about this: Army recommends ‘birther’ for promotion Army ‘birther’ Major Stefan F. Cook gets a job at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Both items are reported in examiner.com. So, those…