May 8, 2018 USS Fitzgerald officer pleads guilty in collision that killed 7 sailors A junior officer on the destroyer USS Fitzgerald has pleaded guilty to a dereliction of duty charge in connection with a collision that killed seven sailors last year, the Navy announced Tuesday.
April 27, 2018 Texas church gunman vowed not to hurt anyone 5 years earlier A gunman who killed more than two dozen people in a Texas church last year had promised a military judge five years earlier that he would never allow himself to hurt someone again.
April 26, 2018 5 years before massacre, gunman promised not to hurt anyone The gunman in a mass shooting at a Texas church last year told a military judge in 2012 that he "would never allow myself to hurt someone" again while confessing to abusing his stepson.
April 6, 2018 APNewsBreak: Officer charged with soliciting graphic photos An Air Force officer who served on the president's security detail faces a possible court-martial in Texas for encouraging service members to send him photos of their genitals from locations around the world and rewarding contributions with commemorative T-shirts, patches and coins.
March 13, 2018 Marine officer pleads guilty for failures in recruit death A Marine Corps officer responsible for training recruits at a South Carolina base where a violently abused military volunteer committed suicide admits he's guilty of dereliction of duty and other charges.
February 16, 2018 Mass shooters use loopholes, lapses in checks to get guns Nikolas Cruz is just the latest U.S. mass shooter to legally obtain and own weapons because of limited weapons laws, lapses in the background check process or law enforcement's failure to heed warnings of concerning behavior.
February 16, 2018 Sheriff didn't pursue sex case against Texas church gunman Sheriff's deputies didn't pursue a sexual assault investigation against the man who shot and killed 26 people at a Texas church, even though the woman reporting it signed a complaint detailing the alleged attack.
December 5, 2017 Pentagon: 'Troubling' lapses in giving criminal data to FBI The Pentagon's watchdog agency says it found a "troubling" number of failures this year by the military services to alert the FBI to criminal history information.
December 2, 2017 Navy disciplines aviators over lewd images in the sky Two U.S. Navy aviators were placed on "probationary" status for six months, but were able to keep their wing insignia after appearing before disciplinary board for drawing lewd images in the sky with their aircraft earlier this month, according to a report.
