World & Nation
Attorneys for a former drill sergeant charged with 25 counts of rape asked a judge Monday for permission to question three top Army officials to try to show that they have prejudiced the case.
April 1, 1997
Three high-ranking civilian managers at the Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground near Baltimore were sentenced to three years’ probation each for illegally disposing of hazardous chemical wastes in a case that has riveted the attention of environmentalists and federal employees nationwide.
May 12, 1989
Military: In the mid-’90s Aberdeen Proving Ground was rocked by improprieties and became a symbol of shame for the service. Its leadership is determined not to repeat past mistakes.
May 14, 2000
A former civilian operations analyst at the Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland pleaded guilty Tuesday to spying for South Africa in the first espionage case involving that country to be prosecuted in the United States.
Oct. 12, 1988
Military: Onetime drill instructor gets 6 months for misconduct with five female trainees. He had begged to be allowed to stay in Army.
May 31, 1997
Cecelia Marie Port, a former civilian guard at Aberdeen Proving Ground who sued the Army after being sexually harassed on the job has settled her case for $60,000, a lawyer for the Army said.
Nov. 26, 1996
Three soldiers charged in connection with allegations of sexual misconduct by training personnel at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland have been recommended for courts-martial, an Army spokesman said.
Nov. 27, 1996
A drill sergeant was demoted and two others were discharged Monday in sexual abuse cases at the Aberdeen Proving Ground.
Aug. 19, 1997
Archives
A military jury acquitted a drill sergeant of sexually assaulting a female trainee at Aberdeen Proving Ground and committing adultery with another.
Aug. 16, 1997
Allegations of racial bias against the Army’s criminal investigators in two recent cases “were without merit,” the service reported Friday after a seven-month investigation by its inspector general.
Jan. 16, 1999