Sturgill was serving as command master chief and assigned to the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C., when he was arrested on Aug. 29, 2023. At trial, questions were raised about the timing of the alleged assault, inconsistencies in the girl’s statements, and her mental health. 

A spokeswoman for the Army’s Office of Special Trial Counsel said the Army could have prosecuted Pvt. David Andres Mayoral under the Uniform Code of Military Justice or have the case filed by federal prosecutors. Mayoral was charged in federal court, which entails a mandatory minimum sentence.

Quinterius Chappelle, 24, made his first court appearance Monday on one count of second-degree murder in the killing of Sahela Sangrait, 21.

An observant school bus driver helped send a former Navy sailor to prison for trying to induce three girls to send pornographic material of themselves, according to the Justice Department.

The new filings brings the total to 29 cadets and prospective cadets have filed complaints, and lawyers expect more claims will come. The former cadets claim they were assaulted or abused by their peers while attending the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and blame academy rules.

Japanese prosecutors dropped their case against a U.S. airman accused of breaking into and smashing up an Okinawa liquor store last year, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Japanese authorities are investigating a U.S. Navy sailor suspected of injuring an 87-year-old Japanese man crossing a Yokosuka city street last month, according to the city and the Navy.

A sailor with the U.S. 7th Fleet was charged Thursday by Japanese prosecutors with causing the death of a motorcyclist in a traffic collision in September near a gate at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan.

Japanese police are holding Marine in custody in Iwakuni city on allegations he stole a car, drove drunk and crashed it before intruding into a man’s home last month.

A Navy reservist has been accused of trying to buy Defense Department identification cards for two unauthorized people, including a Chinese national, who authorities say were looking to access U.S. military installations.