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  Everything We Know About Missouri Army Sergeant Found Dead in Dumpster As 'Person of Interest' Taken into Custody

  Sgt. Sarah Roque, 23, was reported missing Monday when she failed to show up to morning formation at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, according to military officials.

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  Colombian car bombers who tried to murder 47 people, including 3 U.S. Soldiers, sentenced

  The men – documented members of the extremist faction of Las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias – were convicted of conspiring and attempting to murder U.S. soldiers in a June 2021 targeted attack.

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  Mischa Johnson update: Aunt pleads for missing mom-to-be to 'give a sign' of life as husband faces charges

  Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson II is accused of providing false official statements, obstruction of justice, and the production and distribution of child pornography, the U.S. Army said.

• US Army Grant Permission For Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline; Protesters Vow To Continue Resisting

  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer has granted permission to continue the Dakota Access pipeline. Following the USACE decision, protesters has promised to continue the protest against the project.

• U.S. doctor sanctioned for 'abhorrent and abnormal' troop training

  A state board revoked the license of a former U.S. Army doctor on Friday, finding that he plied students with hypnotic drugs during battlefield-trauma training and performed dangerous procedures, including intentionally inducing shock.

• NBC to investigate anchor Williams' Iraq war reporting

  NBC launched an internal probe on Friday into top-rated "Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams' debunked claim that he was aboard a helicopter that was downed by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) during the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.

• Two jailed in Puerto Rico over killing of military family

  Two men were jailed in Puerto Rico on Wednesday on charges of killing a retired U.S. Army sergeant and three members of his family, as well as attempting to kill the victims' 13-year-old son by beating him and throwing him off a bridge.

• U.S. hostage Peter Kassig is killed by Islamic State

  Islamic State militants have beheaded another American hostage, Peter Kassig, issuing a video claiming the killing on Sunday and warning the United States they would kill other U.S. citizens "on your streets."

• U.S. Army apologizes, will drop term 'Negro' from policy document

  The U.S. Army has issued an apology and will no longer use the term "Negro" in a document on policies and procedures as an acceptable alternative to African American.

• Erwin Antonio Rios Admits: North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Buying Gun With Plots to Commit Jihad on U.S. Soldiers

  Erwin Antonio Rios, a North Carolina man, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court for possessing a stolen firearm as part of a personal jihad to kill U.S. Army soldiers.

• Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Rips Top Pentagon Lawyers for Military Not Effectively Stopping Sex Crimes Within Ranks (Video)

  While chairing her first subcommittee hearing, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand made it a priority to go after the "problem of rampant rapes, sexual assaults and sexual harassment in the military." The estimated number of cases would be close to 19,000 if all subjects were to step forward, but officially 2,500 cases of sexual violence were reported in 2011.