A cruiser skipper who was fired for cruelty and mistreatment of her crew will go before a Navy board of inquiry Tuesday that will recommend whether she can continue her Navy service.

A Behanna update by Army Times:

The Army Clemency and Parole Board in Arlington, Va., will review First Lt. Michael Behenna’s case on Thursday, The Oklahoman reported Monday. It will be the second time this year the board has reviewed the case. After the first review, it reduced his sentence by five years. It was not immediately clear why the board was looking at the case again. On Dec. 9, the Army Court of Criminal Appeals will hear oral arguments in Behenna’s appeal. Behenna has said he failed to receive a fair trial because an expert witness retained by prosecutors never testified, but had information that could have cleared him. The NewsOK has a fuller report including some of the details of the offenses.

LA Times reports:

Pfc. David Lawrence faces a military hearing in Ft. Carson, Colo. His parents and attorney say he showed signs of mental instability before last month’s slaying in Kandahar.

Dayton Daily News reports:

A court-martial scheduled next week in Illinois for the Air Force Materiel Command’s former top enlisted man is being postponed, an Air Force spokeswoman said Monday. No new date for the court-martial of Chief Master Sgt. William C. Gurney was immediately announced. The Air Force’s charges against Gurney include adultery, dereliction of duty, maltreatment, indecent conduct, wrongful sexual contact, failure to obey an order or regulation, and misuse of official position.

Military.com reports:

A senior noncommissioned officer with the North Carolina National Guard will be leaving the service a stripe lighter as a result of a Guard and Army investigation into his wearing unauthorized unit patches, tabs, decorations and badges.

Army Times reports:

Staff Sgt. Francisco Carrillo was a squad leader on patrol in Iraq searching for weapons and insurgents, riding in the lead vehicle of a convoy when an improvised explosive device ripped through one of the Humvees, injuring his platoon sergeant, another squad leader in his company and the gunner. That was five years ago. Today, Carrillo is locked in a battle with the Army. He says he has suffered symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder since he returned from the deployment in 2005. The Army says he’s lying. Carrillo, who has 18 years of service, is seeking medical retirement. But a panel of doctors at Madigan Army Medical Center said the California National Guardsman with the 649th Engineer Company lied in his Fit for Duty Evaluation and faked PTSD symptoms to collect the benefits that come with medical retirement.

The Press-Register reports:

The flight sergeant on duty when Airman Cory McCord of Troy, Alabama, shot himself to death Aug. 6, faces a court martial on charges she failed to keep McCord out of a secure building at the Grand Forks Air Force Base.

A Navy doctor pleaded guilty to two counts of wrongful sexual contact and two counts of conduct unbecoming an officer, in exchange for dropping 29 other counts of criminal allegations at a Yokosuka Naval Base court-martial Wednesday. Grant Okubo/Stars & Stripes Under the terms of a pretrial plea agreement, Lt. Cmdr. Anthony L. Velasquez, 48, will not serve more than seven days of confinement at the Yokosuka Naval Base brig. Military judge Cmdr. David Berger sentenced Velasquez to two years in prison, a $28,000 fine and forfeiture of all pay and allowances, but the convening authority suspended the punishment in accordance with a pre-trial agreement. Stars & Stripes also has a piece.

Dayton Daily News reports:

The Air Force began hearing evidence Wednesday, May 26, to determine whether the Air Force Materiel Command’s former top enlisted man should be court-martialed for alleged sexual harassment of subordinates, adultery and other offenses under military law. Air Force/AF Times Gurney faces allegations including extramarital relationships and that he sent semi-nude images of himself to Air Force women, requested pictures of their breasts, and touched their breasts and buttocks. The charges against him also include indecent exposure; dereliction of duty; having unprofessional relationships with female Air Force subordinates; misuse of his Defense Department computer; failure to obey an order, and attempting to influence the Air Force to assign airmen to jobs where he could have access to the women.

In accordance with R.C.M. 405(j)(2), Discussion:

On Wednesday, the government’s lawyers asked O’Sullivan to consider additional charges that he had sexually assaulted one airman and may have obstructed justice by telling two women he had sex with that they shouldn’t tell anyone about it.

Military.com reports that:

A U.S. Soldier who blew the whistle on his comrades over possible drug use and the deaths of three civilians in southern Afghanistan suffered a severe beating in retaliation, officials said Tuesday. The Soldier was beaten after telling authorities about illicit drugs and then, while recovering in hospital, recounted his comrades’ alleged role in the deaths of three Afghan civilians, said two officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Military.com reports that:

Both the Montgomery and Post 9/11 GI Bills are worth over $49,000. This money is not a loan and will help you cover the costs of getting a degree. Full-time students receive up to $1,368 a month no matter how much tuition costs. The Post 9/11 GI Bill may even give you a monthly housing stipend of $1,200.

An Army captain from Colorado charged with killing two Iraqi civilians has been convicted of lesser charges in Iraq. Military officials say Capt. Carl Bjork was found guilty of reckless endangerment and negligent homicide in a general court-martial on Tuesday. He was reprimanded and will lose a third of his salary for one year.

Army Times reports:

The mother of an Army specialist from Oshkosh who was fatally shot at Fort Hood in Texas says she’s disappointed in the sentence given to the soldier who killed her son. Armando Baca will spend 20 years in a military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for shooting 30-year-old Ryan Schlack during a party at the base.

Air Force Times reports that: Chief Gurney’s Article 32, UCMJ, hearing is scheduled for 26 May 2010, at Wright-Patt AFB, OH. bnd.com also has a post.

Air Force Times reports:

Two special operations pilots flying across Africa took a gamble that cost them big time. Even though they had six passengers, a crew member and not a clue where to find an emergency landing strip, they decided to risk flying on fumes to stay on schedule. Call them fuel-hardy, refusing twice to fill up with Jet-A gas. The twin-engine DHC-8 crashed in remote scrubland, wounding all nine onboard. Five had broken bones. A few simply suffered bruises. Three had back injuries so serious that they couldn’t walk. As for the $7 million plane, the Air Force wrote it off as a total loss.

And no disciplinary action.