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Col. Robert Rice<br>U.S. Army

Military appeals court to hear double-jeopardy challenge in child-porn case

An Army colonel convicted in military and federal courts of possessing child pornography is challenging his military conviction based on double jeopardy, in an appeal to be heard Wednesday.

Lance Cpl. Suzanne Collins<br> Lance Cpl. Suzanne Collins<br>
Executed man’s daughter asks Tennessee court to order DNA testing in Marine's murder
A bullet hole could be seen Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in a back window outside the Fort Worth, Texas, home where a 28-year-old black woman was shot to death by a white police officer on Saturday. <br>Jake Bleiberg/AP A bullet hole could be seen Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in a back window outside the Fort Worth, Texas, home where a 28-year-old black woman was shot to death by a white police officer on Saturday. <br>Jake Bleiberg/AP
Texas officer resigns after fatally shooting black woman in her home
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marine corps

Jose Segovia Benitez<br>U.S. Marine Corps
Jose Segovia Benitez<br>U.S. Marine Corps

US Marine veteran who fought in Iraq faces imminent deportation

A large tattoo of the Statue of Liberty is spread across the left side of Jose Segovia Benitez’s body. A second tattoo memorializes his service to the U.S. Marines. Neither will serve him well in El Salvador.

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air force

Workers assess debris from Typhoon Hagibis that collected along the water's edge at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. <br>Caitlin Doornbos/Stars and Stripes
Workers assess debris from Typhoon Hagibis that collected along the water's edge at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. <br>Caitlin Doornbos/Stars and Stripes

American bases near Tokyo escape deadly Typhoon Hagibis with minimal damage

By 5:30 a.m. Sunday, all bases in the region — including Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokota Air Base, Camp Fuji, Camp Zama and Naval Air Facility Atsugi — had issued the all-clear for residents to safely leave their homes.

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army

Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, prepare to sling load their M777 howitzer onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a two-gun raid air assault exercise October 10, 2019 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.<br>Thomas Calvert/U.S. Army
Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, prepare to sling load their M777 howitzer onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a two-gun raid air assault exercise October 10, 2019 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.<br>Thomas Calvert/U.S. Army

Army zeroes in on rapid artillery raids in new era of 'great power' competition

The U.S. Army is racing to increase the range of its artillery — and have the ability to move it in a hurry so that enemy systems can’t hit back.

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navy

The Chinese destroyer Taiyuan anchors at Yokosuka Port, less than a mile from Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. The ship was scheduled to participate in Japan's international fleet review, which has been canceled after Typhoon Hagibis.<br>Christian Lopez/Stars and Stripes
The Chinese destroyer Taiyuan anchors at Yokosuka Port, less than a mile from Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. The ship was scheduled to participate in Japan's international fleet review, which has been canceled after Typhoon Hagibis.<br>Christian Lopez/Stars and Stripes

Japan cancels international fleet review to focus on disaster relief after Typhoon Hagibis

Monday’s review would have involved 46 vessels and 40 aircraft from Japan and seven other nations, including the U.S., Canada, Singapore, the United Kingdom, India, Australia and, for the first time, China.

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coast guard

Coast Guard reopens bid on new class of cutters

Portland Press Herald reports that in 2016 Bath Iron Works lost an estimated $10.5 billion bid to build 25 off-shore cutters.