Robert John Lanoue, 72, who pleaded guilty this week, will likely spend the rest of his life in prison for the 1982 rape and murder of a five-year-old. The girl’s body was accidentally discovered by military police at Fort Ord (closed in 1994) who were investigating something else. There were no suspects for decades.

Two former Navy captains who went to prison for taking bribes as part of the “Fat Leonard” corruption scandal have asked federal prosecutors to dismiss their felony convictions and instead allow them to plead guilty to misdemeanor crimes.

Sgt. Jonathan M. Lee, 27, is charged with first-degree murder and remained in the Geary County Detention Center on Wednesday with bond set at $1 million.

Lance Cpl. Zayne Melton, 22, was charged by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office with statutory rape, another statutory sex offense and taking indecent liberties with a child under the age of 15.

Spc. Gregory Shafe, 35, had stayed home from a deployment to Poland with the 1st Infantry Division when he was shot Feb. 19, 2024, by his wife, Margaret Shafe, 31, according to court documents.

A U.S. service member was driving drunk Thursday when he crashed a vehicle that later exploded on a highway just beyond Kadena Air Base’s fence, according to Japanese police.

The Army on Wednesday referred five charges, including murder and killing an unborn child, against a Hawaii-based soldier in connection with his pregnant wife’s disappearance last year.

Pvt. Gage Kaiser, 20, pleaded guilty to driving drunk and killing an off-duty police officer on a rural Kansas road last year.

Spanish police say they have arrested a hacker responsible for more than 40 cyberattacks against the U.S. military, NATO and other organizations.

Alexandra Gehrke, 39, and Jeffrey King, 46, admitted to running medical companies from 2022 to 2024 that submitted more than $1.2 billion in false claims to Medicare and insurance programs that cover active-duty service members, disabled veterans and their families.