The Defense Department’s Naming Commission for military assets has released 87 potential new names for nine Army installations that now honor Confederate generals from the Civil War, the group announced Thursday. Former President Dwight Eisenhower, former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell, and abolitionist Harriet Tubman are among the recommendations that the Naming Commission made after “deliberat[ing] extensively over the thousands of possible new names suggested,” according to the announcement.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-03-17/confederates-military-bases-army-naming-commission-defense-department-5376642.html
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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/branches/navy/carrier-air-wing-co-relieved-for-inappropriate-relationship-with-subordinate-1.242880
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Leigh Ishida, the project team chief for the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron, checks out renovation work for Hangar 15 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Monday, Nov. He has been stationed in Japan, South Korea and Germany, with frequent assignments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Australia and the Philippines.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/huge-historic-hangar-is-getting-5-7-million-dollar-upgrade-at-us-air-base-in-tokyo-1.653189
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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/branches/navy/2024-07-09/uss-abraham-lincoln-uso-center-unveiled-14431502.html
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Corps’ first active-duty and reservist soldiers to receive permanent change of station orders to Poland, Sgt. Class Kyle Stewart, pose for picture March 8, 2023, at Camp Kosciuszko in Poznan, Poland.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-03-09/v-corps-poland-army-9435671.html
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Kaiserslautern, Germany, where she writes about the Air Force, Army and DODEA schools. She’s had previous assignments for Stars and Stripes in Japan, reporting from Yokota and Misawa air bases.
https://www.stripes.com/newsletters/veterans-news/2024-02-01/former-soldier-steals-identities-12862510.html
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VA Secretary Denis McDonough speaks at the American Legion Convention in Milwaukee, Wis. She is graduate of the University of Maryland and has reported from Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia and Ukraine.
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2023-05-05/veterans-affairs-funding-house-republicans-10022689.html
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James Brantingham, the deputy chief of chaplains, gives an invocation at March 2022 event at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va. Brantingham, who had been in the post for about year, was removed at the end of January, service officials said.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-02-03/air-force-chaplain-fired-9030861.html
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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/2022-05-05/white-house-military-office-reviews-new-presidential-helicopter-5904490.html
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Robert Marin, who was removed from command in February, participated in “an unduly intimate affair” between June 2011 and January 2012 with the female director of Yokosuka base organization, according to the report. Wreckage of airplane in rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/cowpens-commander-sacked-for-adulterous-affair-report-shows-1.177162
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The USNS Carson City, an expeditionary fast transport ship, in 2016. Before that she was reporter for Killeen Daily Herald and freelance journalist for publications including The Alcalde, Texas Highways and the Austin American-Statesman.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-06-05/navy-ship-rape-lawsuit-merchant-marine-14092637.html
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Contrary to what you may have read, the Army has not embraced the more intimate term “warrior companion” to replace the platonic “battle buddy. The idea was addressed in letter to the editor in Stars and Stripes earlier this week, citing an online Army message as the source.
https://www.stripes.com/news/rumor-debunked-army-battle-buddies-won-t-become-warrior-companions-1.101771
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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/veterans/2021-03-03/Group-of-House-lawmakers-fights-for-greater-access-to-service-dogs-for-veterans-with-PTSD-1517663.html
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China is most likely to establish its next overseas military base in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia or Myanmar, according to new Rand Corp. He has been stationed in Japan, South Korea and Germany, with frequent assignments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Australia and the Philippines.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-12-09/china-overseas-military-bases-rand-report-8356537.html
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Jonathan Snyder is reporter at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Most of his career was spent as an aerial combat photojournalist with the 3rd Combat Camera Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-02-29/guam-port-cranes-military-security-13166297.html
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Based in Stuttgart, Germany, he previously worked for newspapers in New Jersey, North Carolina and Maryland. Wreckage of airplane in rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-06-28/army-special-operations-europe-command-6485241.html
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Martinez-Arguelles was dead on arrival at Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, the Army said. He joined the Army in June 2022 and since March was with the 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne).
https://www.stripes.com/sports/us/2023-05-31/soldier-killed-alaska-vehicle-collision-10297455.html
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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/branches/navy/navy-captain-relieved-of-duty-over-improper-relationship-1.227401
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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/branches/navy/2023-02-16/navy-blue-angels-pilot-frank-weisser-top-gun-9163277.html
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