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E-9 admitted to agents he ‘crossed the line’
Chief Master Sgt. William Gurney told Air Force investigators that he had improper relationships with six female airmen, then conceded his behavior would almost certainly end his career. Gurney, then the command chief of Air Force Materiel Command, made the admission Nov. 13, 2009, during a two-hour interrogation conducted by two agents from the Office…
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Court-martial proceedings for Chief Master Sergeant William Gurney
Court-martial proceedings have arrived in southwestern Illinois for an Ohio-based chief master sergeant accused of sexually harassing 10 female subordinates. William Gurney’s trial at Scott Air Force Base near Mascoutah was to begin Monday, with expectations it will last about a week. Gurney, a 27-year Air Force veteran, had been the top-ranking enlisted man at…
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My Duty to Speak. Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma silence no longer.
According to the Department of Defense, they have a total of 3230 reported rapes in the military for fiscal year 2009 or roughly a rape is reported every four hours. According to experts from the Department of Defense, the Military Rape Crisis Center and the Department of Veterans Affairs many more rape cases go unreported…
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article imageMarine arrested, charged with rape
Jebidiah James Stipe, a 27-year-old Marine, has been charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree sexual assault along with other crimes. Fox News is reporting that a Marine from Twentynine Palms, California has been charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree sexual assault amongst other crimes. Jebidiah James Stipe made his first appearance in a Wyoming court…
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Deputies: Army staff sergeant charged in Pasco rape
LAND O’ LAKES – A 34-year-old U.S. Army staff sergeant is charged with sexual battery in the rape of a 25-year-old woman, deputies said. Louis A. Cortese Sr., of 18643 Gracie Lee St. in Spring Hill, was arrested Tuesday and remained in the Land O’ Lakes Jail today. The woman told Pasco County sheriff’s investigators…
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Witness: HIV-positive airman's wife condoned sex
ROXANA HEGEMAN An HIV-positive Air Force sergeant accused of having sex with multiple unwitting partners was encouraged by his wife, who had talked about opening a bed-and-breakfast for swingers, witnesses told a military judge Tuesday. Tech. Sgt. David Gutierrez also repeatedly denied being infected when partners asked about his HIV status, several witnesses testified during…
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Pentagon lagged on pursuing porn cases
by Bryan Bender WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s investigation of defense and intelligence employees who downloaded child pornography is being criticized in Congress after the Department of Defense acknowledged that its investigators failed to check thoroughly whether its employees were on a list of suspected porn viewers. In 2006, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which…
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Sacked Navy captain once had a bright future
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Navy Capt. Owen Honors was an officer with a bright future, a hotshot fighter jock who rose to become commander of one of the most storied ships in the fleet, the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. His undoing was a sense of humor that seemed a throwback to the Navy’s raucous, macho…
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US calls Japan base delay decision unfortunate
US calls Japan base delay decision unfortunate By FOSTER KLUG (AP) – Dec 16, 2009 WASHINGTON — The United States is frustrated by Japan’s delay in relocating a major U.S. military base, even as the U.S. signals a willingness to be patient with Tokyo’s new government. The moderate approach reflects the Obama administration’s desire not…
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Mother of One Dead Soldier Suspects Sex Assault
By John Lasker When Diana Morgan saw her daughter’s body for the first time after her death in Iraq in February of 2008, she thought U.S. Army Spc. Keisha Marie Morgan looked angry in her coffin. “She looked like she was not at peace. She didn’t look like the child I had known,” said Morgan,…
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