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This was preplanned,” says PM’s spokesman for legal affairs on May riots, says Army Act is applicable.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1854426/imran-khans-military-trial-over-may-9-cases-entirely-possible-pml-ns-barrister-malik

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The Army’s Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga. Kaiserslautern, Germany, where she writes about the Air Force, Army and DODEA schools.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/army-infantry-school-is-doing-away-with-mean-nasty-shark-attack-methodology-at-basic-training-1.645608

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When came to Congress two years ago and joined the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, was cautiously optimistic that lawmakers would put aside their differences to serve the needs of veterans. The past 18 months on the committee have been marked by dysfunction, division, and slew of damaging policy proposals. House Republicans used the committee not as space to come together for veterans, but instead as battlefield for their right-wing culture war.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/opinions/2024/08/12/republican-project-2025-takes-dead-aim-veterans-health-and-disability-benefits.html

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Dick, who is touring Europe with his wife Lee and two daughters, began drawing Hubert in 1942, when he was member of the London edition of Stars and Stripes. Dick Wingert, creator of the Hubert cartoon, sketches his favorite character.

https://www.stripes.com/special-reports/dick-wingert-syndicated-cartoonist-chronicled-plight-of-common-soldier-1.462085

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District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, No. The lawsuit covers tens of thousands of service members with credit card and other loans at USAA Savings Bank and USAA Federal Savings Bank in various periods since May 4, 2009. They accused USAA of violating the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, Military Lending Act and Truth in Lending Act by failing to cap interest rates at 6% during active duty and permanently forgive interest above 6%.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/usaa-pay-624-million-resolve-military-fee-lawsuit-2024-08-05/

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Wreckage of airplane in rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines. Two Russian Su-27 Flanker fighter jets, one of which is seen here, escort pair of Tu-95 Bear bombers in international airspace north of Norway on Feb.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-10-11/military-ketamine-tech-11667658.html

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The Army did not identify all the items stolen or the unit targeted, citing the active investigation. The break-in, which occurred earlier this month, comes at time of heightened security concerns in Germany in the wake of wave of high-profile terrorist attacks.

https://www.stripes.com/news/weapons-stolen-from-arms-room-on-us-military-base-in-stuttgart-1.421510

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Training Squadrons Airman Training Complex on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Airmen and guardians now can file restricted or unrestricted reports for sexual harassment, similar to sexual assault reporting.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-10-13/new-reporting-options-sexual-harassment-7674417.html

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An F-35 Lightning II of the Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Wing takes off from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, in 2023. The F-35, despite its technological advances and price tag, has more criticism than accolades, with one analyst describing it as “part-time fighter jet.

https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2024-07-01/air-force-ngad-warplane-program-14357694.html

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Arizona, Oregon and California, he’s an alumnus of the Defense Language Institute, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Arizona State University. Wreckage of airplane in rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2022-01-19/marines-killed-crash-camp-lejeune-4350158.html

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United States Naval Academy, and it will end Saturday morning at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The traditional Army Navy Game Ball Run began Tuesday on the Annapolis, Md.

https://www.stripes.com/sports/2023-12-05/army-navy-game-ball-run-12266349.html

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The service did not identify the man who was killed, but base officials said he was not member of the military. Members from the 56th Security Forces Squadron deployed an Automated Vehicle Barrier, which stopped the moving vehicle,” it said.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-04-23/gate-runner-killed-at-luke-air-force-base-5774651.html

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Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, drive assault amphibious vehicles at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Released Wednesday, the report does not excuse those Marine Corps officials whose lack of oversight was faulted previously in the sinking of 26-ton amphibious assault vehicle during pre-deployment training off the California coast, but it scrutinizes what senior military leader determined were other contributing factors.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2021-10-07/commanders-overloaded-pandemic-camp-pendleton-3157035.html

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Members of the 321st Training Squadron end physical training with formation run during the filming of the docuseries “Basic,” which will stream on the Air Force Recruiting YouTube channel beginning Thursday. The eight-episode series follows five trainees who attended training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, between October 2019 and January 2020.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-10-26/air-force-documentary-basic-training-3384113.html

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sign reading “Enter to learn” at the entrance of the 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Camp Normandy in Grafenwoehr, Germany. sign greets people at the entrance to the 7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Camp Normandy in Grafenwoehr, Germany.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-10-30/army-nco-academy-celebrates-anniversary-15676425.html

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WASHINGTON — Huntington Ingalls Industries, one of the Navy’s main shipbuilders, announced plans to hire about 3,000 full-time workers to build ships at its Pascagoula, Miss. Caitlin Doornbos covers the Pentagon for Stars and Stripes after covering the Navy’s 7th Fleet as Stripes’ Indo-Pacific correspondent at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-06-10/One-of-the-Navys-top-shipbuilders-to-hire-3000-full-time-workers-amid-services-push-toward-355-ship-fleet-1672552.html

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Burke has been reporting from Grafenwoehr, Germany, for Stars and Stripes since 2024. The Massachusetts native and UMass Amherst alumnus previously covered Okinawa, Sasebo Naval Base and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, for the news organization.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-12-18/okinawa-dui-crash-arrest-marine-12394898.html

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President Joe Biden on Thursday, Dec. Congressional Gold Medals to the 11 Marines, one sailor and one soldier who died in suicide bombing Aug.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-12-16/congressional-gold-medals-biden-military-afghanistan-kabul-airport-3994641.html

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The Defense Department’s new elementary school in Grafenwoehr, Germany, has open conjoined classrooms that can be divided by glass wall for individual instruction. ribbon cutting for the fully completed facility was held Tuesday, although the school has been hosting students since the spring, while construction was wrapping up.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-09-12/elementary-school-grafenwoehr-opening-11351001.html

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The Atlantic Power, 250-foot anchor handling ship, floats idle off Government Cut in Miami Beach Tuesday, Oct. Wreckage of airplane in rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-10-23/captain-airlifted-cargo-ship-fall-15602000.html

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