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Vets calling crisis line get lost in system, whistleblowers warn
A government watchdog group has promised to investigate the claims.
Will Pentagon whistleblower Yevgeny Vindman retire as a colonel?
Army Col. Yevgeny Vindman will need a waiver from the White House to retire at that rank when he leaves the service on Wednesday.
Taliban kill, abduct dozens of ex-officers: rights group
Human Rights Watch said the promised amnesty has not stopped local commanders from retaliating against former members of the army, police and intelligence services.
By Lee Keath
Georgia National Guard brigade commander suspended amid two investigations
The Georgia National Guard has suspended Col. Brian Ellis amid a toxic leadership investigation and a follow-up investigation into reprisal allegations.
By Davis Winkie
‘Welcome home’: Evacuation flight brings 200 Afghans to US
Family members are accompanying the interpreters, translators and others on the flights out.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Troops may face retaliation whether they report a sexual assault or not, study finds
Roughly a third of sexual assault survivors feel their peers or leadership have retaliated against them.
Appeals court overturns MSPB precedent in performance-based removals
Agencies must prove that an employee was performing poorly prior to an improvement period in order to justify firing that employee, under a U.S. Court of Appeals decision.
By Jessie Bur
Blumenthal seeks probe amid whistleblower claims at VA facility where 2 workers died in accident
Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he received 75 pages of documents from two whistleblowers that include “powerful evidence that complaints of unsafe conditions were either disregarded or dismissed.”
Iran vows ‘hit’ on all involved in US killing of top general
The chief of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened Saturday to go after everyone who had a role in a top general’s January killing during a U.S. drone strike in Iraq.
Navy ‘gray-zone behavior’ study part of military sexual assault prevention and response effort
In an effort to get ahead of potential sexual misconduct, the Navy has been using research and training models to learn more about “gray-zone behavior,” or acts that don’t meet the Navy’s definition of sexual harassment or sexual assault.
By Jared Morgan