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Stars & Stripes reports:  The Navy has thrown another skipper overboard.  Cmdr. Joseph A. Nosse is the second commanding officer fired within a week — and the 20th this year.

Army Times reports:  The Army has trimmed 2 1/2 years off the 12 1/2-year prison sentence of a soldier with mental health problems who pleaded guilty to killing a captured Taliban suspect in Afghanistan.

Army Times reports:  The former Army surgeon convicted of killing his pregnant wife and young daughters at Fort Bragg more than 40 years ago is being held in Wilmington awaiting a hearing.  Officials confirmed Friday that 68-year-old Jeffrey MacDonald is being held in the New Hanover County jail.

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