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AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — A clinic that opened three weeks ago at Aviano aims to reduce the number of airmen who are forced to take medical retirement or miss work by helping them to prevent and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/aviano-clinic-does-its-bit-to-boost-air-force-readiness-by-reducing-time-off-for-injury-1.660992

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Mar 8, 2024WASHINGTON — The Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force on Friday lifted the flight ban on grounded V-22 Ospreys following a deadly crash in November, the services announced.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-03-08/osprey-grounding-lifted-marines-navy-air-force-13250892.html

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“We all mourn his loss,” Lt. Col. Steven Miska, commander of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, said at the service.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/schweinfurt-holds-service-for-soldier-killed-in-standoff-1.77079

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https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-02-07/vilseck-dfac-cavalry-regiment-f-rating-4780145.html

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Nov 17, 2023CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — The mayor of a South Korean city where two major U.S. military bases are located called for the loosening of building codes to alleviate aircraft noise pollution.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-11-17/osan-humphreys-aircraft-noise-south-korea-mayor-12079675.html

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Sep 29, 2023AUSTIN, Texas — An Army Reserve veteran who was the driving force behind last year’s sweeping reform of health care for toxic exposure was awarded nearly $2.5 million in a Texas courtroom …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-09-29/pact-act-burn-pits-army-veterans-lawsuit-toxic-exposure-11540114.html

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May 22, 2024Originally from Knoxville, Tenn., he holds a journalism degree from the University of North Florida. He previously covered crime and the military in Key West, Fla., and business in Jacksonville, Fla.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-05-22/black-ship-japan-commodore-perry-13935529.html

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Army Education Plus is the service’s latest effort to shore up its lagging recruiting program, which has suffered from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and what the recruiters say is an …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/army-program-aims-to-help-recruits-get-their-geds-1.38851

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Mar 15, 2024A Japanese court on Friday sentenced an Okinawa-based Marine to a one-year suspended sentence for a drunken driving collision over the summer.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-03-15/marine-sentence-dui-crash-okinawa-13326594.html

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The first was established at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. A similar task force is expected to be set up in the Pacific next year. … Fort Liberty soldier charged in 2022 killing …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-09-16/Army-Germany-Europe-new-2908149.html

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Keith Lewis was a special operations medic based at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Facebook ) An Army special operations combat medic killed himself over the weekend after an altercation that left his pregnant …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/army-special-operations-medic-pregnant-wife-dead-after-domestic-dispute-1.656100

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Apr 14, 2023The front gate at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., where Pfc. Jahcorrie Nealy, 22, was sentenced on Thursday, April 13, 2023 in the death of a young girl in May 2022.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-04-14/lewis-mcchord-soldier-10-year-sentence-childs-death-9804279.html

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WASHINGTON — A man who was arrested last week for allegedly spraying chemical agents at police during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was able to enlist in the Army months later, officials said …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-10-14/fort-bragg-soldier-charged-capitol-insurrection-3239276.html

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Feb 8, 2023A new commercial airport built near Joint Base Lewis — McChord would be incompatible with the military’s aviation operations and mission-readiness requirements, a JBLM official told The News …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-02-08/three-sites-airport-lewis-mcchord-deal-breaker-9080518.html

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Jan 13, 2024The Patriots had a number of players throughout Bill’s tenure from Navy, including long-time long snapper Joe Cardona who played at Navy and is an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserves.

https://www.stripes.com/sports/2024-01-13/navy-man-bill-belichick-father-steve-coach-naval-academy-12659073.html

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These days the Green Knights, a club geared toward active-duty riders with branches worldwide, is active on base. Keisho is well known to motorcyclists, said Evan Hall, vice president of the Green …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-07-25/bike-land-keisho-yokota-japan-10847056.html

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It was the third Iraq tour for Swanson, a 25-year-old native of Rose Haven, Md. He wasn’t just an able soldier, said those who saluted him Friday at H.D. Smith Barracks.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/soldier-s-fast-rise-through-the-ranks-was-ended-by-a-sniper-s-bullet-1.migrated

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Former Air Force airman Bryce Carter Studebaker, 25, of Moncks Corner, S.C., was sentenced Thursday, July 28, 2022, to 15 years in federal prison for producing child pornography, the U.S. Justice …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-07-28/air-force-child-pornography-prison-6802518.html

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Nov 29, 2023FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — As much as 2 million gallons of fuel may have leaked and spilled into the ground under the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility since it was built during World War II, an …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-11-28/navy-red-hill-fuel-water-hawaii-12199758.html

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However, for a friend moving from Germany to Hawaii, it took four months for household goods to arrive and about five months for their final vehicle to show up. Depending on your circumstance, you may be entitled to ship things to a non-temporary storage location back in the States. Likewise, you may also be able to release goods currently …

https://europe.stripes.com/military-life/navigating-consecutive-oconus-assignments.html

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