Joshua Mast

US Marine to stay on duty despite Afghan orphan adoption scandal

A U.S. Marine, Major Joshua Mast, embroiled in a legal battle over adopting an Afghan war orphan, will remain on active duty. A Marine panel concluded on Tuesday that while Mast’s actions were unbecoming of an officer, they did not justify his discharge. Military lawyers contended that Mast abused his position, ignored orders, mishandled classified information, and misused a government…