Caron Nazario, an Army lieutenant, says he was hesitant to pull over when a patrol car triggered its siren and emergency lights behind him in December. That stretch of road, just west of Norfolk, Virginia, was dark, and there didn’t appear to be any safe places to pull over. According …
Read More »Military Branches Are Updating Their Hair Requirements For Women
Two of the six military branches have announced that they have made changes to their grooming regulations for women. The Air Force released new standards in Air Force Instruction 36-2903, February 10 set to be effective upon publication. Among the new set of regulations, women in the Air Force will …
Read More »Army Chaplain Under Fire For Calling Transgender Soldiers “Mentally Unfit” For Service
A Texas Army chaplain is under investigation after comments he wrote on a social media post suggested that transgender soldiers were “mentally unfit” and “unqualified to serve.” According to NBC News, Maj. Andrew Calvert, a chaplain with the 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade in Fort Hood, made controversial comments on …
Read More »Army, San Antonio Police Investigate Shooting Death Of Drill Sergeant
The San Antonio Police Department is currently investigating the mysterious death of an Army Drill Sgt after she was found shot to death in her car on New Year’s Day, Fox San Antonio reports. Early morning on Jan.1, fire responders responded to what they had believed to be a car …
Read More »14 Senior Officials Fired Or Suspended Over Violence at Fort Hood
On Tuesday, the Army announced that 14 officers and soldiers were either suspended or fired at Fort Hood in Texas. The move follows a comprehensive investigation that began after the murder of a soldier and several other deaths at the base this year. According to the Associated Press, sweeping policy changes were …
Read More »Women Allege Harassment, Assault And Rape By Soldiers On Fort Hood Base
In 2006, at Fort Hood, U.S. Army Base, Maria Valentine said that months into her training, a sergeant with a history of alleged harassment towards soldiers wrote her up after she told him she didn’t want him touching her during body mass measurements. She said that authorities promised her that …
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