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House panel moves to curb military sexual assaults
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of a House panel angry over the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the military took a key step toward tackling the problem by passing legislation Wednesday that would strip commanding officers of their longstanding authority to unilaterally change or dismiss court-martial convictions in rape and ...
Fallen Ohio soldiers honored
Sixteen fallen Ohioans, including nine from southwest Ohio, were posthumously honored at the Ohio Statehouse Tuesday for their sacrifices on the battlefield.The 16 were awarded the Ohio Military Medal of Distinction, presented by state legislative leaders to family members who attended. Afterward, the fallen were recognized again during a wreath-laying ...
Hagel orders review of military sex-abuse prevention program
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify every person involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon’s control. He said this step is one among many that will be taken to fix the problem ...
Wright-Patterson bracing for another round of base closures
Facing massive spending cuts and excess infrastructure, high-ranking Pentagon leaders have urged at least one more round of military base closures, which could start in 2017, the former chairman of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission said Thursday. The Air Force has 500 fewer aircraft and about 20 percent ...
Wright-Patt employees will face 11 furlough days starting in early July
Thousands of Wright-Patterson civilian employees won’t spend as much time off the job without pay after the Pentagon dropped the number of furlough days to 11 from 14 on Tuesday. The reduction cut in half the 22 furlough days that 13,000 local civil service workers originally faced earlier this year, ...
Millions meant for veterans pocketed by suspect ‘charities’
Millions of dollars meant for veterans has been stolen by con men or misspent by charities in recent years, according to Ohio officials who tell the Dayton Daily News they are stepping up enforcement. Recently a sweeping investigation by the Ohio Attorney General of AMVETS found 59 locations around the ...
Hypersonic jet hits over 3,300 mph, started at Wright-Patt
An unmanned experimental aircraft, that traces its genesis to the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson, has made history by reaching five times the speed of sound during the longest air-breathing, scramjet powered hypersonic flight. On its fourth and final test May 1, the $300 million X-51 Waverider program reached ...
Jordan, Turner question security in Benghazi incident
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Wednesday said that Gregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, had been treated well and praised for outstanding work for more than two decades only to see ...
Ohioan is center of sexual abuse investigation
The Air Force has removed a Fairfield, Ohio, native who led the service branch’s sexual assault and prevention and response unit after he was charged with groping a woman in a parking lot Sunday morning in Arlington, Va. Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Krusinski, 41, worked at the Pentagon as chief ...
Wright-Patterson furlough notices on hold
Thousands of Wright-Patterson civilian employees remain in a months-long waiting mode, after it was announced Monday that furlough notices were on hold. The base had said 14-day furlough notices could be sent early this week to about 13,000 employees, but that plan is on hold while Secretary of Defense Chuck ...
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