More troops are reporting unwanted sexual contact, but numbers still fall, Pentagon says - AP News

More troops are reporting unwanted sexual contact, but numbers still fall, Pentagon says  AP News

Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication

The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence.

By Minho Kim

Pentagon fires military newspaper staffers for insubordination

Defence department dismisses Stars and Stripes editor-in-chief and Middle East reporter

Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders who criticized DOD’s interference

The Defense Department earlier this year railed against the publication, which has long enjoyed editorial independence, as “woke.”

By Scott Nover, Liam Scott

Pentagon reportedly fires publisher and editor of US military news outlet Stars & Stripes

Max Lederer and Erik Slavin receive termination notices after publication reported on crew conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln The Pentagon is reported to have fired the publisher and the editor of Stars & Stripes, the US military news outlet that has clashed with the Trump administration and armed forces brass over its partially taxpayer-funded reporting. Publisher Max Lederer and editor Erik Slavin received termination notices, CBS News reported on Friday. The cause cited was insubordinat...

By Edward Helmore

Editor of US newspaper Stars and Stripes reportedly fired under Trump

Editor-in-chief Erik Slavin has suggested his firing was retaliation for speaking out about editorial independence.

Pentagon fires longtime publisher, editor, reporter from military newspaper Stars and Stripes

The Pentagon fired three staffers from the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, including longtime publisher Max Lederer, for alleged insubordination.

Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders amid Hegseth pressure campaign - CNN

Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders amid Hegseth pressure campaign  CNN

Pentagon fires U.S. military newspaper leadership

The editor-in-chief of the Stars and Stripes U.S. military newspaper said on Friday that he was being fired for insubordination.

National Press Club Statement on the firing of Stars and Stripes editor - Morningstar

National Press Club Statement on the firing of Stars and Stripes editor  Morningstar

More US troops report sexual assaults as rates fall, Pentagon finds

The report marks another year of improving trends in the effort to tackle sexual assault in the military

By Ben Finley and Konstantin Toropin

Stars and Stripes editor says he has been fired for insubordination after doing interview

Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders after they criticize interference

The firings came after the paper, which is partially funded by the Pentagon but has long had editorial independence, reported on grim conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Pentagon fires editor-in-chief of US military newspaper, reportedly for opposing censorship

"According to the notice, I am being fired for stating in a CBS interview that hypothetical censorship of news for service members would constitute a personal red line," Erik Slavin said.

Pentagon Fires Editor Of Stars And Stripes After He Gave An Interview To CBS News And Called Potential Censorship A “Red Line”

The editor in chief of Stars And Stripes, the publication that covers the U.S. military and is partially funded by the U.S. government, said that he was was being fired following an interview he gave to CBS News Sunday Morning in which he talked of censorship being a “red line” for him. Erik Slavin told […]

By Ted Johnson