US Marine Maj. Joshua Mast stays on active duty amidst adoption controversy, as legal challenges delay proceedings.

U.S. Marine Maj. Joshua Mast will remain on active duty despite a military board substantiating misconduct related to his adoption of an Afghan war orphan. The panel found he acted unbecomingly but did not warrant his separation from the service. The adoption remains in legal limbo, as the child's Afghan family seeks to reverse it, and the U.S. Department of Justice alleges Mast misled authorities to justify the adoption. The case is stalled in the Virginia Supreme Court.

October 08, 2024
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