Kirsten Gillibrand

U.S. service member examines a Manual for Courts-Martial. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Nicholas Rau)

DoD trying to balance changes to sexual assault prosecution without giving up large UCMJ authority

The Defense Department is trying to walk a fine line in its support for taking certain crimes out of the military chain of command.

Defense

(Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Defense in Washington on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)

Military leaders push back on taking crimes out of chain of command

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After Fort Hood review, Army adding civilian leadership to criminal investigations

Army

(AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa)

FILE - In this April 2, 2014, file photo, members of the media wait outside of the Bernie Beck Gate, an entrance to the Fort Hood military base in Fort Hood, Texas. Federal agents have seized more than 20 vehicles and the money in 10 bank accounts from a couple of U.S. Army veterans in Texas, who they say used personal information stolen from soldiers to defraud the military out of as much as $11 million. In an affidavit filed in court in June 2020 seeking to search the couple's home in Killeen, near Fort Hood, investigators described how they allegedly used a transportation reimbursement program to swindle the Army out of $2.3 million to $11.3 million. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa, File)

Calls to move military sexual assault cases to independent prosecutors reach a boiling point

DoD Reporter's Notebook

In this image from video, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks on the House floor, Thursday, July 23, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ocasio-Cortez's objections to a Republican lawmaker's verbal assault on her expanded Thursday as she and other Democrats took to the House floor to demand an end to a sexist culture of “accepting violence and violent language against women.” Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., is seated right. (House Television via AP)

House, Senate Dems want to allow Postal Service to do more banking activities

Federal Newscast

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PHILIPPINE SEA (June 8, 2019) The amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force amphibious transport dock ship JS Kunisaki (LST 4003) sail in formation during a training exercise with other U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force warships. Ashland is underway conducting routine operations as part of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/Released)190608-N-WI365-1036

Watchdog: Ex-Navy auditor sexually harassed female workers

Navy

DoD commission on sexual assault promises it will bring fresh eyes to an old issue

Defense

Senators concerned by military leadership of DoD, but will their votes reflect it?

Defense

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone Lawrence, right, places a temporary teal ribbon tattoo on a Soldier's hand at the Koele dining facility at Bagram Airfield in Parwan province, Afghanistan, April 2, 2014. The teal ribbon was the symbol of sexual assault survivors and awareness. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Kelly Simon, U.S. Army/Released)

Military sexual assault reform pledge backed by majority of presidential candidates

Defense

TSP reviewing planned I fund changes amid bipartisan congressional concern

TSP

A Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Program pin is worn by a U.S. Army Soldier at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, April 25, 2018. The SHARP team members aimed to provide a more lighthearted environment for Soldiers to engage in a discussion about sexual assault prevention. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monica Roybal)

DoD starts new program to empower sexual assault victims

Defense

Lawmakers battle over letting US Postal Service offer financial services

House lawmakers are offering different visions of U.S. Postal Service plans to begin offering financial services to help balance its budget.

Federal Newscast

Pentagon struggles with change management, governance during EHR rollout, as VA looks on

The Pentagon says it’s seen progress since the department’s independent testing office found the military’s electronic health record system is not “operationally…

Technology

The darker side of the Pentagon’s sexual assault report

Defense

Anti-sexual assault groups are concerned by DoD low prosecution rates.

Kirsten Gillibrand

DoD trying to balance changes to sexual assault prosecution without giving up large UCMJ authority

Military leaders push back on taking crimes out of chain of command

After Fort Hood review, Army adding civilian leadership to criminal investigations

Calls to move military sexual assault cases to independent prosecutors reach a boiling point

House, Senate Dems want to allow Postal Service to do more banking activities

Watchdog: Ex-Navy auditor sexually harassed female workers

DoD commission on sexual assault promises it will bring fresh eyes to an old issue

Senators concerned by military leadership of DoD, but will their votes reflect it?

Military sexual assault reform pledge backed by majority of presidential candidates

TSP reviewing planned I fund changes amid bipartisan congressional concern

DoD starts new program to empower sexual assault victims

Lawmakers battle over letting US Postal Service offer financial services

Pentagon struggles with change management, governance during EHR rollout, as VA looks on

The darker side of the Pentagon’s sexual assault report

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