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Senate repeals Iraq War authorizations, sending bill to House Senators voted 66-30 to rescind a 2002 authorization that approved the eight-year Iraq War to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein and a 1991 authorization that sanctioned the U.S.-led Gulf War after Iraq invaded Kuwait. Read more >

Soldier who has law named for him that allows troops to sue DOD for medical malpractice has his claim denied After an Army hospital failed to alert Richard Stayskal of his lung cancer, Congress created a new malpractice system in his name. It hasn’t helped. Stayskal had his own claim denied this month. Read more >

Classifying information for no good reason is hurting military effectiveness, report warns Overclassification has hobbled collaboration on security issues in space, protected wasteful military programs and limited America’s innovation edge over its adversaries, the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center wrote in its 125-page study of governmental secrecy. Read more >   US, South Korean marines resume amphibious training after five-year lull Dozens of U.S. Marines and their South Korean counterparts took part in an amphibious landing drill Wednesday near South Korea’s port city of Pohang, the largest exercise of its kind in five years. Read more >   US, Philippine forces to sink ship in April exercise in South China Sea Soldiers will fire at a 200-foot-long target vessel from shore with a HIMARS and Philippine weapons, a Philippine army official said. Read more >

More Air Force stealth fighters from Alaska arrive on Okinawa to replace retiring F-15s F-35A Lightning II multi-role fighters touched down at Kadena Air Base, Japan, this week as part of a rotating force of advanced fighters replacing an aging fleet of F-15 Eagles. Read more >   Japan plans Tomahawk upgrade for Aegis destroyers The Japanese government plans to upgrade its eight Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyers over coming years with Tomahawk cruise missiles purchased from the U.S., a Japanese news agency reported recently. Read more >   First service members file claims over 2021 fuel spill in Hawaii Two soldiers and a sailor filed claims with the Navy seeking compensation arising from fuel-contaminated tap water in homes near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in late 2021, making them the first active-duty personnel to pursue legal action in the matter. Read more >   Soldier found dead in Pentagon parking lot was intel specialist for Joint Staff, Army says Master Sgt. Juan Paulo Ferrer Bordador, 42, was found unresponsive inside his vehicle in the North Parking lot on March 14. Read more >   Navy doctor pleads guilty to scheme involving kickbacks for faked injuries Cmdr. Michael Villarroel, 51, admitted to taking $180,000 in kickbacks in exchange for signing off on medical records he knew were fraudulent, a statement from the U.S. attorney in the Southern District of California said. Read more >   USS Montana sailor who died identified as electronics technician Devon Jeffrey Faehnrich, an electronics technician navigation 3rd class, was found unresponsive on the pier adjacent to the fast-attack submarine by another crew member. Read more >

 

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