A U.S. Marine whose adoption of an Afghan war orphan has spurred a yearslong legal battle and raised alarms at the highest levels of government will stay in the Marine Corps.
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FILE - U.S. Marine Corp Major Joshua Mast, center, talks with his attorneys during a break in a hearing in an ongoing custody battle over an Afghan orphan, at the Circuit Courthouse in Charlottesville, Va., March 30, 2023. A three-member panel of Marines found Tuesday that while Maj. Joshua Mast acted in a way unbecoming of an officer inLawyers for the Marine Corps argued Mast abused his position, disregarded orders of his superiors, mishandled classified information and improperly used a government computer in his fight over the child who was found
But because the board substantiated misconduct, a report will be entered into Mast's file, which could affect promotions and assignments, the Marines said Tuesday. The board’s report will be sent up the ladder to the Secretary of the Navy, who will close the case against Mast.. The Afghan couple who raised the child for 18 months in Afghanistan is seeking to have Mast’s adoption of her undone. The U.S.
Stephanie Mast wept as she described her husband’s decision to work to bring the girl back to the United States as exemplary of his commitment to Marine Corps values.
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