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Army veteran, hit man in killing of Navy officer, awaits new sentencing hearing on death row

Army veteran David A. Runyon, convicted of being the hit man in a 2007 murder-for-hire slaying of a young Navy officer in Newport News. A jury in U.S. District Court in Norfolk sentenced Runyon to death in 2009. But in December 2020, a panel for the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that the case be sent back to Norfolk for a hearing on whether one of Runyon’s trial attorneys was “ineffective” when he failed to fully explore Runyon’s brain damage at trial.

Lee Elder, Army veteran and barrier-breaking golfer, dies at 87

Lee Elder, an Army veteran who shattered one of golf’s last racial barriers when in 1975 he became the first African American to compete in the tradition-bound Masters tournament in Augusta, Ga., has died at 87.

WWII soldier from NJ identified after 76 years was high school football star, avid golfer

Now in her 80s, Barbara Loock finally received closure over the summer when scientists used DNA, dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence to conclude the remains found by German woodcutters seven years after the war concluded were those of her father, U.S. Army Sgt. Larry S. Wassil.

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A still image from the U.S. Marine Corps' new recruiting commercial "Full Circle" released Nov. 11, 2021. The video shows the journey from one Marine generation to the next.

New recruiting campaign seeks to rekindle old Marine Corps spirit in veterans

The Marine Corps has the highest turnover in the military, releasing 75% of Marines after their first enlistment each year — many of whom are targeted by recruiters from other services like the Army National Guard. The Corps hopes to change that.

The Washington D.C. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center is shown in this undated file photo.

Biden signs VA hospital camera bill into law

The bill is aimed at improving the quality of care provided at VA health care facilities, by ensuring the required video camera systems are in working order and requiring VA medical centers to report to Congress regarding these patient safety measures.

Ian Fishback, a former Army officer who in 2005 raised concerns about the treatment of detainees in the Global War on Terror, died Nov. 19 at an adult treatment facility in Michigan. He was 42 years old.

Army officer who wrote to McCain about detainee torture in Iraq, Afghanistan, dies at 42

In 2005, while a captain in the 82nd Airborne Division, Ian Fishback wrote to Sen. John McCain about his concerns over the treatment of detainees and whether the Geneva Convention applied to Iraq and Afghanistan. Later that year, the Senate passed legislation from McCain to prohibit inhumane treatment and Time magazine named Fishback to its list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Washington veteran continues to serve through junk-hauling business

To expand his workforce, Joshua Coleman plans to partner with the Vancouver Veterans Affairs campus and its work therapy program to employ up to 10 fellow veterans.

WWII veteran and wife’s love letters donated to Massachusetts historical society

Love letters, photos and greeting cards were sent between Mel and Jane Atherton while Mel was serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. Mel and Jane's four children — Paula, Janet, Mel and Connie — donated six two-inch three-ring binders containing 350 letters, many photographs and cards, and a digital flash drive to the Scituate Historical Society on Nov. 20 — a day before what would have been Mel and Jane's 80th wedding anniversary.

Supporters of former President Donald Trump attack the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Capitol Riot probe turns to extremist group members linked to attack, including Army veteran

The subpoenas announced Tuesday were issued to Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes, a former Army paratrooper and Yale Law graduate; Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, who was chairman of Proud Boys at the time; and Robert Patrick Lewis, chairman of a group that calls itself 1st Amendment Praetorian.

Supporters of military justice reform marched Thursday in Washington to call for justice for Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen, who was killed at Fort Hood, Texas, in April 2020. The group has called on Congress to pass legislation that would create an independent prosecutor to decide whether or not cases of sexual assault and harassment should be tried. They also called for service members who are injured or killed by other service members in such crimes be able to file a claim for compensation.

Veterans groups urge Congress to stick by changes in the way sexual assault is handled within the military

In letters sent to leadership of each chamber and of their armed services committees, the groups call for full passage of the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention, which would overhaul how the military handles non-military felonies, including sexual assault.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection met on Oct. 19, 2021.

House Jan. 6 committee intensifies focus on law enforcement failures that preceded Capitol attack

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is increasingly focused on law enforcement failures that preceded the insurrection, scrutinizing in particular multiple warnings of possible violence that went unheeded by the FBI, according to people familiar with its work and individuals who have been contacted by the committee.

FILE - In this June 25, 2019, photo, Marcella LeBeau, is photographed on Capitol Hill in Washington. LeBeau, an Army nurse who was honored for her service during World War II and leadership in the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, has died at the age of 102. Family members said she "passed on to journey to the next world" late Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, in Eagle Butte, S.D., after experiencing problems with her digestive system and losing her appetite. (AP Photo/Kali Robinson, File)

Marcella LeBeau, WWII nurse and tribal leader, dies at 102

Marcella Rose LeBeau, an Army nurse who was honored for her service during World War II and leadership in the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, has died. She was 102.

Justin Billard of Brighton Township exhibits one of his more prized restorations, a Columbian bench vise perhaps dating back to pre-1949. Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. Billard is launching a Brighton Township business that will employ and support his fellow returned soldiers. Tools for Veterans is housed in a workshop that Billard, 42, set up in his home garage. (Gillis Benedict/Livingston County Daily Press & Argus via AP)

Iraq War veteran launches business to employ former soldiers

Tools for Veterans is housed in a workshop that Iraq War veteran Justin Billard set up in his home garage. There, he collects old hand tools, cleans and restores them and sells them online or at local events

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