Army Officer Gropes 16-Year-Old on Flight, Then Assaults Another Passenger, Feds Say
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A former U.S. Army officer will serve prison time after he was convicted of groping a 16-year-old — and then an 18-year-old — on separate flights to Seattle last year, federal prosecutors said. James Benecke, 42, was a chief warrant officer stationed in Alaska when he sexually assaulted the teen in April 2023 and then […]
Army Reveals It Fired Female Commander in Troubled Brigade After Claims of Sexual Assaults on Male Soldiers
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A female Army officer was fired from command of a unit based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord amid allegations of multiple sexual assaults against several male subordinates and a pattern of sexual harassment, according to a service spokesperson. Col. Meghann Sullivan served as commander of the 5th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade, at […]