Senators criticize CFPB for dropping action on troops’ overdraft fees
CFPB ordered Navy Federal in November 2024 to pay $80 million to service members unfairly charged overdraft fees. CFPB terminated that mandate this month.
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Two charged in death of soldier who was stabbed nearly 70 times
Pfc. Katia Dueñas Aguilar, 23, was a member of the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division.
There’s a movement building to reverse DoD’s policy on LGBTQ pride flag and other banners
Critics have questioned Esper’s reasoning for banning so many flags in the interest of rooting out one.
1 Marine dead, 8 missing after AAV accident off Southern California coast
One Marine has died and eight troops are missing after an amphibious assault vehicle mishap in California.
Marine gunnery sergeants start accelerated online courses in wake of travel restrictions
The accelerated course will only last eight weeks, nearly cutting in half the normal 15-week course.
COVID-19 positive Marine assigned to president’s helicopter squadron ‘quarantined and recovering’
The squadron, based in Quantico, Virginia, operates “Marine One” and tasked with transporting the president when traveling short distances.
2 ‘isolated clusters’ are the source of COVID-19 outbreak on Okinawa, Japan, Marines say
A total of 225 Marines in Okinawa, Japan, have tested positive on the two Marine Corps bases since the July Fourth weekend.
More than 2,000 Veterans Affairs patients have now died from coronavirus
About 17 patients a day have died from the fast-spreading illness over the last four months.
More military bases increase health protections due to virus
The U.S. military has increased health protection requirements in at least 21 bases in recent weeks, particularly across Texas and Florida, as the COVID-19 rate continues to spike among service members, more than doubling in the last month.
Federal officers in Portland break former Navy Seabee’s hand
A former Seabee attending the protest in Portland was attacked by federal officers. They broke his hand and pepper sprayed him.
More than 20,000 troops have contracted COVID-19, as numbers continue to rise
The military has twice the number of cases today that it had six weeks ago.
