(Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant stationed in Hawaii has been indicted on charges of trying to provide material support to Islamic State, allowing the case to move to a federal trial without a preliminary hearing, officials said on Saturday. 
 
 Ikaika Erik Kang, 34, is being held in jail and is scheduled to appear in court in Honolulu on Monday to face charges. He was arrested on July 8. 
 
 The indictment, from a U.S. grand jury, accuses the military air traffic controller of four counts of attempting to provide material support or resources to a “foreign terrorist organization.” 
 
 Islamic State, a militant group that has claimed responsibility for suicide bombings and other attacks on civilians around the world, controls territory in Syria and Iraq. Earlier this month, Iraq’s prime minister declared victory in a battle to drive Islamic State out of the city of Mosul. [nL8N1K12DD] 
 
 Kang’s arrest followed a year-long probe involving undercover agents and other “confidential human sources” who posed as Islamic State operatives and sympathizers, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
 
 He is accused of trying to provide classified military documents, a small drone and training in firearms and hand-to-hand combat to people he thought were associated with Islamic State, according to court documents. The alleged contact occurred in June and July, court papers state. 
 
 He also swore allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, FBI officials have said. 
 
 If convicted, Kang faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on each criminal count, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement. 
 
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 His attorney, Birney Bervar, has said Kang was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or other mental problems the Army failed to address after he returned from deployments to Iraq in 2011 and Afghanistan in 2014. FBI agents exploited those mental issues when they targeted him in the undercover operation, Bervar told reporters earlier this month. [nL1N1K11SO] 
 
 Bervar could not be reached for comment on Saturday. 
 
 Kang was raised in Waimanalo, Hawaii, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. ||||| HONOLULU (AP) — An active duty Army soldier has been arrested by the FBI in Hawaii on terrorism charges after he allegedly attempted to provide classified documents and a drone to the Islamic State group, officials said Monday. 
 
 A criminal complaint filed by the FBI said Ikaika Kang attempted to provide classified and unclassified military documents and a drone to the organization. It said Kang also tried to teach the group combat techniques. 
 
 FBI spokesman Arnold Laanui said SWAT team special agents arrested the 34-year-old on Saturday. Laanui said Kang is scheduled for an initial appearance in federal court on Monday afternoon. 
 
 His military service record said Kang was an air traffic control operator at Wheeler Army Airfield. His rank was sergeant first class. 
 
 Kang enlisted in the Army in December 2001, just months after the Sept. 11 attacks. He served in Iraq from March 2010 to February 2011 and Afghanistan from July 2013 to April 2014. 
 
 Kang was assigned to the headquarters of the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade. 
 
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 Baldor reported from Washington.
– An active-duty soldier who said he wanted to kill a "bunch of people" has been arrested on terrorism charges after allegedly trying to provide assistance to ISIS, the FBI says. FBI spokesman Arnold Laanui says Ikaika Kang, a 34-year-old air traffic control operator at Hawaii's Wheeler Arm Airfield, was arrested on Saturday night, the AP reports. According to a criminal complaint filed Monday, Kang is accused of trying to provide the militant group with military documents and a drone. He is also accused of making a video to try to teach the group combat techniques. At a court hearing Monday, agents said Kang was arrested after telling an undercover agent he wanted to kill people and pledging allegiance to ISIS. The FBI says Kang appears to have been a "lone actor" whose attempt to pass classified materials to ISIS failed. Kang, a sergeant first class, enlisted a few months after 9/11 and has served in Iraq and Afghanistan. His father tells the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that Kang began studying the Islamic faith during a deployment a few years ago. Clifford Kang says he is stunned by the allegations. He says his son is "a great kid, a normal kid" who grew up in Hawaii. The father and defense lawyer Birney Bervar say Kang may be suffering from PTSD. Kang "may suffer from service-related mental health issues, which the government was aware of but neglected to treat," Bervar tells Hawaii News Now.