SAN DIEGO — Marine Corps prosecutors were scrambling Tuesday to save numerous cases tied to a human smuggling investigation after a military judge ruled it was illegal for the military to arrest the Marines during a morning battalion formation and accuse them in front of their peers.
Maj. Gen. Antonio Aguto said the deadly crash happened shortly before 3:30 a.m. Sunday as the brigade was training for a rotation early next year.
The soldiers were with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team and were in a Bradley fighting vehicle.
A pilot with more than 7,000 hours of experience flying a B-17 and his co-pilot were among seven people killed when the bomber crashed and burned at a Connecticut airport, officials said Thursday.
The suit says the sheriff’s office “demonstrated hostility” to his military leave in 2016, then fired him in 2018.
The 27-year Air Force veteran, a resident of Las Vegas for more than 30 years, died on Sept. 16 in Illinois at the age of 90.
Clarence Smoyer was denied a Bronze Star at the time due to a minor disciplinary issue.
Vice Admiral Andrew Lewis said in a statement that the ships will remain at sea until the threat from the storm subsides.
The USS Arizona Memorial welcomed large numbers of visitors to its reopening after 15 months of repairs, officials said.
BEAUFORT, S.C. — A former commercial helicopter pilot has become the first female Marine to pilot the F-35, a next-generation joint strike fighter aircraft.
Officials say the figures could change before an estimate finally reaches Congress.
The Pentagon says Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer died after being engaged by enemy small-arms fire while conducting combat operations.
Currently, women represent about 22% of cadets at West Point, 27% of Naval Academy students and around 22% of Air Force Academy cadets.
Neil Armstrong’s astronaut training in Nevada went much more smoothly than his disastrous stops here in 1962, which ended with a stuck fighter jet and a hard landing.
The Air Force said the fishermen were hurt when their boat’s crane collapsed 1,300 miles southwest of San Diego.
