The Service Members Civil Relief Act of 2003 (SCRA) formerly known as the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 (SSCRA) is a federal law that gives all military members some important rights as they enter active duty and while on active duty. It covers such issues as rental agreements, security deposits, prepaid rent, [...]
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On November 13, 2009, the Department of Justice and Department of Defense issued joint decisions as to the forum, or the type of criminal trial that would hear the prosecution of ten detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Those ten detainees include five detainees accused of conspiring to commit the September 11, 2001 terror attacks and a [...]
Massachusetts, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and South Dakota have special programs that provide benefits directly to Veterans. These benefits are in addition to benefits offered by the federal Veterans Administration. Some of these programs are specifically for Veterans of the Persian Gulf I and II, Afghanistan, and Iraq conflicts and some states have bonus programs going back [...]
Robert Young, 57, a former captain in the U.S. Army, was sentenced today to 97 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to steal approximately 10 million gallons of fuel from the U.S. Army in Iraq. U.S. District Court Judge Claude M. Hilton sentenced Young to three years of supervised release to follow [...]
The Justice Department announced October 28, 2009 that it reached a settlement to resolve its suit filed on behalf of former Utah Army National Guardsman and current Air Force Reservist Matthew T. Denning against Stonescape Pavers, LLC. The settlement must be approved by the federal court in Las Vegas. The Department’s complaint, filed in June [...]





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