Navy Chaplain Gets Two Years for Sex Abuse

Staff / Truthdig Dec 7, 2007 A 42-year-old Navy chaplain has been sentenced for a range of sexual crimes committed at the Quantico Marine base and the Naval Academy. In one episode, Lt. Cmdr. John Thomas Matthew Lee forced oral sex on a 20-year-old midshipman. So much for moral superiority. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pentagon Sweeps 20,000 Veterans Under the Rug

Staff / Truthdig Nov 24, 2007 Roughly 20,000 soldiers who aren't on the military's list of combat wounded have signs of brain injury, according to an analysis of Army, Navy and Veterans Affairs data conducted by USA Today. The Pentagon's official tally of troops who've suffered brain trauma in combat is 4,471 -- one-fifth the total gleaned from military records. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Navy to Obscure Giant Swastika

Staff / Truthdig Sep 27, 2007 The Navy plans to spend $600,000 to obscure a San Diego-area building complex that happens to be shaped like a swastika. The buildings have been around since the 1960s and for years no one seemed to mind, but that was before the advent of Google Earth. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Texas Church Calls Off Gay Vet’s Funeral

Staff / Truthdig Aug 12, 2007 The family of Navy veteran Cecil Sinclair says it's deeply insulted because a Dallas-area megachurch reneged on its offer to hold a memorial for the 46-year-old Gulf War serviceman just 24 hours before the service was to take place. The reason? Sinclair was gay -- a fact that Sinclair's sister insists High Point Church leaders already knew, despite their denials. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran’s Trump Card

Staff / Truthdig Apr 5, 2007 Evidence of Iran's influence over the global economy appeared Wednesday as the oil-rich nation agreed to release 15 British captives and petroleum prices consequently fell. If a relatively minor diplomatic dispute can perturb investors, imagine how invading or bombing Iran would affect global markets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran Demands Mea Culpa in Exchange for Captives

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2007 The Iranian foreign minister has said if Britain admits it made a mistake and violated Iran's territorial waters, it would "facilitate" an end to the standoff over 15 captured British sailors and marines. Both countries say they have evidence to back up their conflicting claims. Update: A former British ambassador has challenged Britain's data. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Novel Approach to Homeland Security

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2007 The Navy is hoping to deploy a group of dolphins and sea lions to protect a base on the Puget Sound from the risk of scuba-diving terrorists. Seriously. Not surprisingly, PETA thinks it's a bad plan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Navy Warned Pentagon on Torture

Staff / Truthdig Feb 20, 2006 Two years before the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, the Navy's general counsel warned the Pentagon that its wink-and-nod policies on torture would invite abuse, reports The New Yorker. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )