Новости за 29.10.2017

A Pentagon shuttle left for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Sunday morning without three civilian lawyers who quit the USS Cole case, setting the stage for a showdown Monday with the military judge who ordered them to the remote U.S. Navy base in Cuba.

The USS Merrimack was once considered the most important ship at Gosport – what is today known as Norfolk Naval Shipyard. In April 1861, the month that included the bombardment of Fort Sumter, setting the Civil War in motion, shipyard commander Charles McCauley had been ordered to get the Merrimack out of the port to prevent its capture.

Justice Department officials don't believe they have enough evidence to bring charges against an American citizen and suspected member of the Islamic State who was captured in Syria last month, but the U.S. faces immediate legal challenges if he is not released and is detained without trial.

After her husband was medically retired from the Marine Corps in 2015, Patricia Ochan set aside her career as a lawyer with a cybersecurity degree to become a full-time caregiver to her husband while raising their young child.

An apparent security lapse enabled a convicted murderer to access Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's sentencing hearing last week, where the individual made threatening remarks about the former Taliban prisoner, who has pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.

Shortly after Platoon 3036’s graduation on May 15, 2015, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island received a letter from a father. The letter alleged numerous instances of abuse or mistreatment of his son and other recruits – some that allegedly resulted in injury – and prompted a preliminary investigation on Parris Island.

In the upcoming week, in perhaps the highest-profile court-martial spotlighting Marine Corps recruit training since Sgt. Matthew McKeon’s, Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Felix will stand trial at Camp Lejeune, N.C., for allegedly abusing two Muslim recruits, one of whom — Raheel Siddiqui — leaped to his death on March 18, 2016, after a reported altercation with Felix.

Puerto Rico's governor on Sunday demanded that the board of the island's power company cancel the $300M contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings amid increased scrutiny of the Montana company's role in Hurricane Maria recovery efforts.

The head of Puerto Rico's power company said Sunday the agency will cancel its $300 million contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings amid increased scrutiny of the tiny Montana company's role in restoring the island's power system following Hurricane Maria.

President Donald Trump last month agreed to send more of the Pentagon's "strategic assets" to South Korea on a rotational basis to deter North Korean provocations, but what exactly that means remains something of a mystery.

While the military is mainly worried about its satellites, commercial birds could figure in enemy attack plans. Taking out satellite television or jamming phone calls could frustrate American aims.

Most of the players kneeling on the Bulldogs sideline are black, but there are white Yale football players supporting them, such as Karl Marback, a semifinalist for the William Campbell Trophy.

While participating in an 18-mile run during his Advanced Infantry Training, Cpl. Matthew Dillon broke his foot. He finished the remaining 9 miles of the run despite his injury.

Experts estimate that hundreds of thousands of troops would be needed to mount search operations - and even more to put the desert under permanent control.

The Education Department is considering only partially forgiving federal loans for students defrauded by now-defunct for-profit colleges, a reversal of an Obama policy granting full forgiveness for the loans, which were popular with veterans.

U.S. policy has been aimed at forcing Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear ambitions. but North Korea has defiantly persisted with its efforts despite punishing economic sanctions and diplomatic pressure.

A new campaign mailer paid for by the Republican Party of Virginia repeatedly refers to Danica Roem, a transgender woman seeking election to the state House of Delegates, as a man and accuses her of making her identity part of the race.

Delta Air Lines says a charter flight carrying the Oklahoma City Thunder from Minneapolis to Chicago apparently encountered a bird early Saturday when it was landing, causing damage that prompted some players to post photos on social media showing the caved-in nose of the plane.

A Mississippi man faces aggravated assault charges after a shooting following a Jason Aldean concert in Tupelo. Aldean was on stage during the mass shooting at a Las Vegas music festival which killed 58 people less than a month ago.

More than 150 3rd Special Forces Group soldiers gathered along Yadkin Road early Friday to remember Sgt. Jalisha Tucker, who was struck by a vehicle during a morning run on Oct. 24, 2016. She died four days later.

A company that regularly works with the military agreed to pay over $150,400 Friday to settle an ongoing dispute with the Army, the Department of Justice announced.

The FBI counterterrorism division's identification of a movement it calls "black identity extremists" is the latest addition to the list of protesters and dissidents the agency puts under the "domestic terrorism" umbrella.

A Filipino veteran of World War II spoke this week at a ceremony honoring him and his fellow vets in Washington, where they were awarded a Congressional Gold Medal after fighting in a real war, then fighting a long battle to be recognized for their service.