Navy Times reports: Second Lt. Douglas Sofranko has spent the last year impressing his fellow soldiers in the Florida Army National Guard with stories of his days as a Navy SEAL, while proudly wearing the distinctive Trident insignia on his Army uniform. He even had the SEAL Creed hung on…
Navy Times reports: Big Navy is trying to work around a recent military court decision striking down a fleet-wide rule forcing sailors to report any drunken-driving or other civilian arrests to their command. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus revised a high-level Navy regulation July 20 in response to the case of…
Dayton Daily News reports: A base airman has been ordered to face a special court-martial after allegedly leading military police on chase and crashing a vehicle in Fairborn on May 16. Fox News has a piece on the research misconduct investigation. The Pentagon is probing allegations that Navy medical personnel…
I’m aware of one case in the military where the NCIS used GPS tracking (after getting a warrant). Fourthamendment.com recommends: The D.C. Circuit held on Friday that a warrant is needed for prolonged GPS surveillance, recognizing People v. Weaver from New York and limitingKnotts. [This is a highly important decision.…
On 28 July 2010, ACCA issued a memorandum opinion and decision for the government appeal in United States v. Kirk, ARMY MISC 20100443 (A. Ct. Crim. App. 28 July 2010). At trial the accused blew providency on an AWOL plea. The prosecution decided they wanted to go forward on the…
World News Daily has this report: At the conclusion of the arraignment, Lakin was ordered not to speak with the press and was taken back to Reed under military escort, surprising and disturbing a civilian lawyer who has been working on his case. “This was completely inappropriate. Col Lakin was…
I had to go to the bank, pet store, and commissary today so I stopped off to watch the arraignment. There was a standard R.C.M. 802 conference. The Army script was followed. LTC Lakin exercised his right to retain MAJ Kemkes and Mr. Jensen, and did not ask for IMC.…
onenewsnow.com reports: The retiring Marine officer believes it was God’s will that the final board of inquiry ruled he must retire from the Marine Corps at the same rank. "I’m not glad about the way things ended, but I’m thankful that God closed the door on the Marine Corps for…
The Boston Globe reports: The Department of Defense is investigating whether 80 wounded American service members in Iraq were improperly used as subjects in a test of a possible treatment for brain injuries, according to the Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General. In addition to the defense investigation, the US Navy…