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New reforms target US military’s missing weapons problem

The Department of Defense is overhauling how it keeps track of its guns and explosives.

5 months ago

US military explosives vanish, emerge in civilian world

Explosives have been found in homes and storage units, inside military barracks and alongside roads, even at a US-Mexico border checkpoint.

6 months ago

Congress plans fixes for US military’s AWOL weapons problems

Congress is set to force America’s armed services to keep better track of their guns and explosives, imposing new rules in response to an Associated Press investigation that showed firearms stolen from U.S. bases have resurfaced in violent crimes.

Military units track guns using tech that could aid foes

RFID, as the technology is known, is infused throughout daily civilian life.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley

Top US general ‘shocked’ by report on AWOL guns, mulls fix

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff signaled Thursday that he will consider a “systematic fix” to how the armed services keep account of their firearms.

For years, the Army hid, downplayed extent of firearms loss

Army officials have hidden or downplayed the extent to which its firearms disappear, significantly understating losses and thefts.

Military stumped by stolen box of Marine Corps armor-piercing grenades

The Pentagon’s IG wrote that the disappearing grenades “further emphasized the lack of proper security for rail shipments” of military arms, explosives and ammunition.

US military guns keep vanishing, some used in street crimes

An Associated Press investigation has found that at least 1,900 U.S. military firearms were lost or stolen during the 2010s, with some resurfacing in violent crimes.

Pentagon watchdog: More child sex assault reforms are needed

For the second time this year, an independent federal review has faulted the U.S. Department of Defense for how it has responded when children on military bases sexually assault each other.

Military still struggles to handle kid-on-kid sex assaults

The U.S. Department of Defense is struggling to change how it handles the abuse of military kids, including cases involving sexual assault by other children, according to a report commissioned by Congress.

‘How is this OK?’ Sex assault case haunts Air Force mothers

For decades, justice has been elusive on American bases when the children of service members sexually assaulted each other. Help for victims and accountability for offenders was rare in the nearly 700 reports over a decade that an AP investigation documented.

Kids who assault on US military bases can still escape accountability

Despite new rules addressing sexual assault among the children of U.S. service members, the federal government failed to fix a flaw that on many military bases has let alleged juvenile abusers escape accountability or treatment.

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