A U.S. Army Ranger formerly stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for beating a security guard to death in downtown Tacoma after he went out drinking with other Rangers.
Staff Sgt. Gordon Black was detained by Russian authorities in the port city of Vladivostok on May 2 on suspicion he stole money from his Russian girlfriend.
The Alan Shepard was launched in 2006 and has space for a crew of more than 120, all of whom are typically civilian mariners licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard.