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Spc. Richard Guevarra, left, and Spc. Christopher Crisostomo, of the Guam Army National Guard, return from hooking a slingload to a Task Force Sinai Aviation Company UH-60 Blackhawk, at a …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/combat-patches-approved-for-us-soldiers-in-saudi-arabia-since-oil-facilities-attack-1.634830

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Sep 26, 2023A soldier at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for a drunken-driving crash that killed a member of his unit who had enlisted less than a year earlier, the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-09-26/army-soldier-fatal-crash-alaska-11490814.html

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Jun 30, 2024Tech Sgt. William Nielson explains the role of the Boom Operator on a KC-135 Stratotanker as part of the Warriors over the Wasatch air show at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, June 29, 2024. (Jack …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-06-30/warriors-over-the-wasatch-air-show-14344399.html

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Feb 13, 2024An AH-64 Apache helicopter takes off from West Jordan, Utah, during a training exercise in 2019. Two soldiers were injured Feb. 12, 2024, when their Apache crashed near the Army Aviation Support …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-02-13/apache-helicopter-crash-utah-guard-12990950.html

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Jul 27, 2023An Air Force F-35A Lightning II lands at a base in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility July 25, 2023. An F-35 squadron from Hill Air Force Base in Utah arrived this week for a Middle …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-07-27/f35-middle-east-10872387.html

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Feb 8, 2024Katherine is flying in from Provo, Utah, just for the show, Madeline said by phone Wednesday. “I look forward to dancing and hanging out with my sister,” she said.

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Aug 11, 2023Law enforcement investigate the scene of a shooting involving the FBI on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Provo, Utah. A man accused of making threats against President Joe Biden was shot and killed by …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2023-08-11/air-force-veteran-killed-fbi-biden-threats-11015477.html

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The al-Tanf military outpost in southern Syria is seen on Oct. 22, 2018. Three American troops were killed and dozens more were injured in an overnight drone strike at Tower 22 in northeast Jordan …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-01-29/soldiers-killed-jordan-drone-attack-fort-moore-reservists-12834214.html

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A Utah-based Army Reserve colonel has been indicted by a federal grand jury for charges that he stole more than $62,000 from the Army through a property rental scheme while on orders during the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-02-27/army-reserve-colonel-fraud-pandemic-13139825.html

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Adm. Lisa Franchetti, vice chief of naval operations, pictured during a tour of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 13, 2022. President Joe Biden on Friday, July 21, 2023, nominated Franchetti to be …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-07-21/biden-female-admiral-lead-navy-10812836.html

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Military casket bearers carry the remains of an unknown American soldier from World War I to his final grave site at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in Seringes-et-Nesles, France, on Wednesday, June …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2023-06-07/wwi-unknown-american-soldier-burial-france-10367278.html

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Franchetti toured Task Force 59 during her trip to the Middle Eastern nation, which included meetings with sailors, Bahraini naval leaders and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. Franchetti …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-06-05/navy-top-officer-bahrain-technology-14089715.html

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Feb 22, 2024He died in Alabama in 2011 at 59. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Chairman of the White Earth Indian Reservation Michael Fairbanks joined Del Toro for the ceremony. Fairbanks was born and raised on …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-02-22/naming-navjo-class-ship-james-fairbanks-13082022.html

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May 5, 2024A 39-year-old Fort Jackson soldier died last week during basic training, according to a news release Thursday. Pfc. Veronica L. Wynn of Hurtsboro Ala., was engaged in a boot camp training exercise …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-05-05/fort-jackson-soldier-dies-training-13760074.html

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Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams tanks of the 2nd Tank Battalion left Camp Lejeune, N.C., for the last time this week as part of the service’s sweeping modernization plan that envisions a more agile force.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/a-farewell-to-armor-marine-corps-shuts-down-tank-units-hauls-away-m1a1s-1.639355

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Alabama Sen. Richard C. Shelby, the panel’s top Republican, wondered if a bigger budget would allow the Pentagon to reduce the number of retirements it envisions.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-07-22/navy-air-force-service-life-planes-ships-2224046.html

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Army Sgt. 1st Class John Hartley Robertson went missing following a helicopter crash over Laos in 1968. Dang Tan Ngoc, who claimed to be the missing soldier, is an imposter, according to Robertson …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/dna-test-proves-vietnam-man-is-not-missing-army-sergeant-1.282643

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PORTLAND, Maine (Tribune News Service) — It’s a true story, told so many times it feels like sacred Maine mythology. A mild-mannered Maine college professor leads a band of citizen soldiers in …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-10-18/military-bases-named-confederates-maine-joshua-chamberlain-3285125.html

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Col. Jon Meredith, left, and Col. Anthony Wilson were relieved as commanders of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and 1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade, respectively, at Fort …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-10-06/fort-hood-commanders-fired-7599616.html

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Aug 10, 2023A hearty “oorah” to the 20th senior enlisted Marine. Sgt. Maj. Carlos A. Ruiz assumed responsibility as sergeant major of the Marine Corps from Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, who had been in the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-08-10/ruiz-sergeant-major-marine-corps-11007344.html

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