The military has reportedly punished six troops for their roles in the October 2017 Niger ambush that resulted in the deaths of four Americans and four Nigerien soldiers.
A series of auctions involving some 2,000 artifacts and mementoes owned by Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, begins Thursday and runs through November 2019.
Some military kids have been barred from service because of the contents of their dependent medical records. The group, which includes enlisted leaders and other high-ranking personnel, wants to know how those records are accessed and used.
The Pentagon released an extended video Thursday of its re-creation of the Niger attack last October that took the lives of four US service members, revealing new details about the soldiers’ final minutes.
The Pentagon on Thursday will release the final report on the Niger attack that killed four Americans last October, concluding that the Army Special Forces team did not get required command approval for the initial risky mission to go after a high-level insurgent linked to the Islamic State group.
Vivieca Wright Simpson, who had served at the department for 32 years, has been under scrutiny since an IG report accused her of doctoring emails last summer.
David Shulkin is pushing back against accusations in a scathing IG report about an overseas trip, but says he will go along with investigators' recommendations.