Retired Lieutenant Colonel Charged with Leaking Classified Information on Dating Platform
A civilian employee at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska was arrested and charged with providing classified information through an online dating app to someone claiming to be a woman in Ukraine, according to federal prosecutors. David Franklin Slater, a 63-year-old Air Force employee and retired Army lieutenant colonel assigned to U.S. Strategic Command, was […]
Army Suspends Ranger Training Battalion Commander as It Investigates Use of Online Dating App
A Ranger School commander was suspended in January amid an investigation into his conduct over online dating. Lt. Col. Nathan E. Showman was suspended Jan. 26 from his position as commander of the 5th Ranger Training Battalion at Camp Merrill in Dahlonega, Georgia, according to a service spokesperson. The suspension was first reported by Army […]
US Set to Destroy Its Last Chemical Weapons, Closing a Deadly Chapter Dating to World War I
RICHMOND, Ky. — At a sprawling military installation in the middle of the rolling green hills of eastern Kentucky, a milestone is about to be reached in the history of warfare dating back to World War I. Workers at the Blue Grass Army Depot are close to destroying rockets filled with GB nerve agent that […]