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CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea – A soldier and his family were on hand Friday to help cut the ribbon for one of three new housing towers opening soon at the Army’s largest overseas base.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-05-13/camp-humphreys-south-korea-new-housing-towers-5987192.html

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Tribune News Service) — There might be some loud booms ricocheting across Orange County this week as Marines train with artillery rocket systems on Camp Pendleton.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2021-07-14/marine-corps-camp-pendleton-himars-rocket-training-2148075.html

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Aug 18, 2023Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base sign outside the main gate of the California base. (San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS) A Marine trainee at the service’s infantry school at Camp Pendleton, Calif …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-08-18/marine-dead-camp-pendleton-training-11086480.html

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The Netflix Original “Purple Hearts” was partially filmed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and at other spots in California. The 122-minute movie tells the story of Cassie Salazar and Luke …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-08-03/netflix-original-purple-hearts-marine-corps-6861024.html

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The family arrived at Camp Pendleton after leasing two other homes at California bases from Lincoln with no issues. Their troubles began at Camp Pendleton on the day they arrived in March 2017 …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/moldy-housing-conditions-at-camp-pendleton-spur-another-military-family-to-sue-1.622062

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Just before passing the flag – and command – of I Marine Expeditionary Force to Lt Gen. David Berger, the man who has led the 52,000 Marines and sailors of I MEF for …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/change-of-command-at-camp-pendleton-s-1st-marine-expeditionary-force-1.293038

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AUSTIN, Texas — Dealing drugs, stealing hand grenades and having an unregistered handgun are some of the charges facing the 13 Marines arrested at Camp Pendleton, Calif., in a human smuggling …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/charges-against-camp-pendleton-marines-arrested-in-human-smuggling-probe-include-drugs-theft-and-weapons-violations-1.600849

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Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade maneuver during Exercise Thunderbolt on June 10, 2021 in Setermoen, Norway.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-06-11/Exercise-Thunderbolt-%E2%80%98Fires-Shock%E2%80%99-artillery-drills-end-in-the-Arctic-1674909.html

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Pregnant airmen and guardians at 10 bases across the country and in Japan will soon be able to receive free maternity uniform items through the Maternity Uniform Pilot Program, or “Rent the Camo.”

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-06-22/air-force-maternity-uniform-program-6424133.html

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AUSTIN, Texas — The offices of housing company Balfour Beatty Communities at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma were raided Tuesday by Air Force and Environmental Protection Agency investigators …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/offices-of-housing-company-raided-at-tinker-air-force-base-in-probe-of-asbestos-exposure-in-base-residences-1.615150

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Spc. Bernard Hill Jr., 28, of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 15th Engineer Battalion, was killed in a convoy accident in Germany on April 24, 2012.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/soldier-killed-in-germany-convoy-accident-honored-at-memorial-1.176046

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German law treats e-scooters as motor vehicles, and riders are subject to the same blood alcohol limits. A blood alcohol content of .05% or above will result in a DUI on an e-scooter, Westpfalz …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-06-26/army-cid-dui-germany-scooter-10555671.html

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Vice Adm. George Wikoff, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet, delivered remarks that linked the tragedy 20 years ago to current events in the Middle East.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-04-24/firebolt-anniversary-navy-coast-guard-13643198.html

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Central and Eastern Europe dominate the list, with 11 of the 14 languages chosen for the bonus program. They include Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-05-09/one-time-foreign-language-bonus-13792236.html

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Jun 13, 2023Naval Support Activity Bahrain is home to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S. 5th Fleet. The Navy this week announced an agreement with Bahrain that will let U.S. military family members …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2023-06-13/military-spouse-employment-bahrain-10422677.html

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The BEAR program is unique because it “is the only way a soldier can get money for changing their MOS,” or military occupational specialty, according to Sgt. Maj. James Bragg, the Army …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/army-s-bear-program-aims-to-fill-understaffed-specialties-1.44913

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CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — South Korean authorities are investigating two U.S. soldiers accused of riding an electric scooter while drunk and then leaving the scene of an accident in Seoul …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2021-06-30/us-forces-korea-army-electric-scooter-hit-and-run-seoul-2004166.html

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Brig. Gen. Bryan T. Roberts, commander of the Army’s training center at Fort Jackson, S.C., was suspended Tuesday after allegations of adultery and a “physical altercation,” a spokesman said.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/commander-of-army-training-center-suspended-faces-adultery-charges-1.222031

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Apr 24, 2024Aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadrons 125 and 151 conduct a flyover at retired Lt. Cmdr. Lou Conter’s memorial service in Grass Valley, Calif., Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-04-24/lou-conter-arizona-survivor-service-13646047.html

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In the past two years, Iran has attacked, seized, or attempted seizure of nearly 20 internationally flagged merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping channel, CENTCOM said.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-07-20/iranians-hormuz-american-military-pentagon-10804810.html

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