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By Meghann Myers on March 25, 2013 Army

Tuition assistance saved through Sept. 30 but may not stay free Tuition assistance has been rescued by Congress after thousands of troops complained when most of the services suspended the popular education benefit as a cost-cutting move. Under the 2013 federal spending bill passed March 21, the Air Force, Army and Marine Corps must restart their TA programs; the Navy, which never closed its program, is prohibited from dropping its benefits. TA must keep running through Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year. The legislation ordering TA to be reinstated covered only the Defense Department, according to congressional…

The Army Blotter: ‘One-man jihad,’ gangster airman, and MP ‘assassinated’ in today’s headlines

By Joe Gould on November 16, 2010 Outside the wire

A self-described jihadist who killed a soldier outside a Little Rock recruiting station speaks. He had a history of addiction and violence before he turned to radical Islam. He said he was arrested in Yemen, and came to the attention of the FBI and CIA, which he said, “dropped the ball with me,” even after he returned to the U.S. to plot terrorist acts. The Memphis Commercial Appeal describes his “one-man jihad” and how he slipped through the cracks. [via Commercial Appeal] A federal jury in Washington Monday convicted a former Air Force senior airman in the fatal beating of…

The Army Blotter: Today's rape, murder and war crime headlines [UPDATED]

By Joe Gould on November 10, 2010 Outside the wire

A 44-year-old Anchorage veteran charged in a series of rapes was sentenced to five years in connection with an assault on a woman at a grocery store in 2006. The vet, already in jail, faces 12 more charges. [via Anchorage Daily News] Jury selection continues in the Alabama trial of a 26-year-old Iraq War vet who kidnapped, robbed and shot an 18-year-old Auburn University freshman in 2008. Defense attorneys questioned potential jurors about their views on the military and PTSD, possibly preparing for an insanity defense. The defendant, who served three years in Korea and Iraq before a discharge over…

Advanced warning lacking?

By Joe Gould on November 9, 2010 Outside the wire

Stars and Stripes blogged the following e-mail, sent Tuesday morning to Army employees at Kleber Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, a German city that is home to more than 50,000 Americans: From: Benyo, Nicholas S SFC MIL USA [mailto:***.***@eur.army.mil] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 11:31 AM Subject: *****EXERCISE*****EXERCISE******EXERCISE******** (UNCLASSIFIED) Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Ladies and Gentleman, The individuals you see in full PPE and the individuals you see in “Arabic attire” armed with AK-47’s, pistols and IEDs are role players and/or USAG-K reaction force personnel who are conducting TRAINING. Please stop calling the German Police, Military Police and hiding in your buildings.…

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