To tackle the ever-present problem of sexual assault in the U.S. military, Fort Bragg is hosting an "escape room"-style event this week during which a soldier will be chained to a chair.
John Shannon Simpson claimed he retired from the Marine Corps as a master sergeant after 20 years as an elite Recon Marine and drill instructor, and that his charitable organization was raising money to help recent Marine recruits and their families visit Disneyland.
In reality, Simpson never made it higher than an E-3 and was working as a basic disbursing clerk when he went AWOL for an entire year in the late 1990s, according to the Department of Justice — and most of the nearly half million he extracted from young Marines and their families over two years went straight into his pockets.
The Army Human Resources Command cake-cutting ceremony. Photo courtesy of the command's official Facebook.
Birthdays, anniversaries, celebrations — these are all places one might expect to find a ceremonial cake cutting.
Places you may not expect to find cake, but are going to find one anyway, now apparently include the Army's Sexual Assault Awareness Month kick-off event, because sure.
LAWRENCE — A prosecutor said an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, 10 magazines, 21 other firearms and "thousands of rounds of ammunition," were among items seized by investigators following the arrest of Lawrence, Massachusetts police officer Carlos Vieira on child rape charges this week.
A Marine staff noncommissioned officer has been disciplined after defending rap artist R. Kelly on Facebook by claiming that men are "biologically designed" to be attracted to underage girls.
Gunnery Sgt. Nicholas Russo received "appropriate administrative action" following a command investigation into his Jan. 10 Facebook comments, said Capt. Matthew Gregory, a spokesman for Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California.
