Rose Thayer

6 days ago | stripes.com | Rose Thayer

Brian K. Ditch, 44, who allegedly abused his veteran uncle for years, was indicted Wednesday on four felony counts of wire fraud, four counts of aggravated identity theft, two counts of theft of government property and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

1 week ago | stripes.com | Rose Thayer

The Pentagon needs a streamlined policy on how and when to notify parents that their child might have experienced abuse or neglect in a military child care facility and to document the process, according to a Defense Department watchdog report.

1 week ago | stripes.com | Rose Thayer

Troops conduct screening and reconnaissance operations at the border near Yuma, Ariz., April 22, 2025. (Erica Esterly/U.S. Army) Three Marines deployed to the U.S. border with Mexico were following a Border Patrol vehicle with its lights on when the driver swerved to avoid a head-on collision and crashed into a ditch — killing both passengers, according to a local police report.

1 week ago | stripes.com | Rose Thayer

Soldiers and Border Patrol agents conduct detection and monitoring operations from an observation post near Wellton, Arizona, on April 23, 2025. (Erica Esterly/U.S. Army) AUSTIN, Texas — The Defense Department has received more land to establish a second military zone along the U.S. border with Mexico, this one in El Paso as an extension of Fort Bliss to allow troops to detain and search anyone found trespassing, U.S. Northern Command said Thursday.

2 weeks ago | stripes.com | Rose Thayer

Fort Campbell, Ky., Spc. Ryan J. Faubel pleaded guilty Monday, April 28, 2025, to negligent homicide in the death of Spc. Ivan Rios Segui, according to the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel. Faubel admitted he sold Rios Segui fentanyl-laced Percocet, a prescription drug used to treat pain. The pills were determined to be the soldier’s cause of death.