Heavy rain overnight helped firefighters gain more control over a forest fire burning at Warren Grove Range. The Coast Guard made the rescue after Portnoy’s boat went adrift off Nantucket, Massachusetts. The gains-based recommendation will now await a Senate decision in order to become law. Brig. Gen. John Pogorek oversaw all operations at Pease Air National Guard Base. Fifty thousand Army enrollees are using the service since that effort began as a pilot program in 2022. New Treasury Department rulemaking would expand a little-known committee's jurisdiction to review land sales near 56 additional military sites. Two alleged sexual assaults by U.S. troops on Okinawa have again stoked resentment of the heavy U.S. troop presence on the island. By Mari Yamaguchi
3 weeks ago Air Force Maj. Gen. Philip Stewart was found not guilty on charges that he sexually assaulted a woman during a 2023 work trip. Fifteen current or retired Joint Base Lewis-McChord troops are each seeking $5 million in damages for the emotional distress they say they've suffered. Japan’s government has protested to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving U.S. troops on Okinawa. By Mari Yamaguchi
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