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May 2, 2024A U.S. military drone strike last year that targeted a top al-Qaida leader in Syria killed a civilian instead, the Pentagon admitted Thursday. An investigation launched in the wake of the May 3 …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-05-02/drone-strike-syria-terrorist-civilian-killed-military-13732627.html

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Avadon A. Chaves, 20, of Turlock, Calif. died Wednesday at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq’s Anbar province, the military said in a release. Chaves, who joined the Army i 2015, was assigned to the Fort …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/dod-identifies-soldier-killed-in-iraq-1.503696

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Chief Master Sgt. Tresse King speaks during a Women’s History Month luncheon at Yokota Air Base, Japan, in March 2019. King died Aug. 3, 2021, in a noncombat incident at Ali Al Salem Air Base in …

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Colonel Eric A. McCoy accepts the colors from MG Darren L. Werner, commanding general of the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, during the Change of Command ceremony on July 29, 2021 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-07-30/New-Commander-Anniston-Army-Depot-Col.-Eric-McCoy-2367891.html

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Nov 6, 2023The U.S. began operating out of Al Udeid, now the largest American air base in the Middle East, in 2001. Berrios’ death is under investigation, the statement said. J.P. Lawrence.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-11-06/soldier-death-qatar-11956068.html

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Rossi, 55, was found dead July 31 at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. Since 2014, he was the commanding general for the Army Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill in Oklahoma.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/general-s-death-casts-light-on-rare-suicides-of-older-troops-1.436248

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Apr 11, 2024Within 72 hours of receiving notice of their deployment, the troops of Bravo Battery and their Patriot systems had finished the journey from Fort Liberty in North Carolina to al Asad in Iraq, said …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-04-11/patriot-al-asad-attack-13529905.html

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Gen. Joseph Martin, the vice chief of the Army, speaks at Kord Technologies headquarters in Huntsville, Ala., where the company is working with the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/fast-and-furious-army-to-test-laser-weapon-as-it-looks-to-field-rapidly-developed-system-next-year-1.673296

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U.S. Army Capt. Miles Gabrielson and South Korean army Capt. Ha Neul, both assigned to Camp Casey north of Seoul, married on Feb. 20, 2021. The union is the first between active-duty officers in …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2021-06-22/historic-alliance-marriage-between-us-south-korean-army-officers-is-first-of-its-kind-1772945.html

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As violence tore across U.S. cities in the wake of a black man’s death, the top enlisted member of the Air Force on social media Monday urged his countrymen and women to acknowledge the plight …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/air-force-s-top-enlisted-leader-speaks-out-on-black-rage-urges-change-1.632076

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PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors recommended a 30-year prison sentence for the woman accused of killing a U.S. soldier’s 3-year-old boy left in her care in September.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-12-23/south-korea-murder-trial-30-year-prison-sentence-4064956.html

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CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — A U.S. Army infantryman died at a South Korean army base on Oct. 17, the 2nd Infantry Division announced in a news release Wednesday.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-11-03/us-army-infantryman-dies-south-korea-3478801.html

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Staff Sgt. Nicholas Sodano, a California Army National Guardsman who was an active duty recruiter in Southern California from 2012 to 2015, said most American teens and young adults don’t answer …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/army-recruiter-s-group-text-that-revealed-phone-numbers-leads-to-mass-confusion-warning-1.523042

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He served in the U.S. Army and California Army National Guard. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles. previous coverage North Korea calls allies’ latest joint military …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-08-27/south-korea-military-cost-sharing-14989742.html

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(Tribune News Service) — A California man was sentenced on Monday, Nov. 4 to a year in prison after pleading guilty in hoaxes claiming various women planned mass-casualty attacks at U.S …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-11-05/california-military-facilities-attack-hoaxes-15751670.html

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HONOLULU, Hawaii (Tribune News Service) — At the biennial Exercise Rim of the Pacific, the world’s largest naval training exercise, disaster response operations are growing in scale and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-07-16/disaster-response-training-rimpac-hawaii-14505445.html

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The commander of the 18th Wing, Brig. Gen. David Eaglin, commander of 18th Wing, speaks to reporters about America Fest at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Friday, April 21, 2023.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-04-21/america-fest-returns-kadena-okinawa-9873146.html

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SEOUL, South Korea — Police plan to recommend assault charges against a U.S. soldier accused of throwing a 73-year-old taxi driver to the ground after complaining his fare was too high.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-09-20/army-soldier-taxi-driver-assault-15240006.html

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CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — A 2nd Infantry Division soldier stationed near the border with North Korea died at a local hospital on Sept. 19, the command said in a press release Wednesday.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-09-30/us-army-soldier-dies-south-korea-camp-casey-3074549.html

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A 1997 U.S. Naval Academy graduate, McGrath completed flight school in 1999 and flew the first of her more than 85 combat missions in her career while deployed to Kyrgyzstan for Operation Enduring …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2021-06-04/The-Marine-Corps%E2%80%99-has-pinned-the-wings-on-one-of-its-last-FA-18-%E2%80%98back-seaters%E2%80%99-1635660.html

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