Military News

Oct 3, 2023Two Army soldiers were killed and a dozen more were injured when the tactical vehicle that they were riding in overturned on a dirt road 30 miles south of Fairbanks, Alaska.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-10-03/2-soldiers-killed-vehicle-crash-alaska-11581028.html

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Passenger terminals on U.S. military bases are moving their flight schedule information off Facebook and onto official Air Force public websites in February, according to Air Mobility Command.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-01-31/facebook-flight-schedules-patriot-express-pax-terminals-4471150.html

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Jun 13, 2024The decommissioned former USS Rodney M. Davis is hit and sunk during the Rim of the Pacific exercise in waters near Hawaii, July 12, 2022. (U.S. Navy)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-06-13/rimpac-navy-exercise-hawaii-14167007.html

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Nov 14, 2022Valenzuela, originally of New Mexico, is a supply administration and operations specialist who enlisted in 2020, Capt. Johnny Coronel, spokesman for 3 rd Logistics Group, wrote in an email Monday …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2022-11-14/marine-okinawa-alcohol-trespass-vandalism-8045431.html

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Aug 2, 2023Air Force Col. Kathryn Gaetke poses alongside her husband, Col. Matthew Gaetke, at Osan Air Base, South Korea, July 27, 2023. (David Choi/Stars and Stripes)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-08-02/air-force-husband-wife-command-change-10924224.html

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Jun 16, 2023He’s a native of Pennsylvania and has written for newspapers and websites in Alaska, California, Florida, New Mexico, Oregon and Pennsylvania. He studied journalism at Penn State and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-06-16/pfas-firefighting-foam-military-bases-japan-10455170.html

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Feb 9, 2023Previous tests of the experimental vehicles at Fort Bliss, in Texas and New Mexico, involved a convoy in which trucks used artificial intelligence to follow a lead vehicle driven by a person.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-02-09/army-middle-east-tech-gear-9087314.html

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Aug 14, 2024U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training trainees carry M4 rifles at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on Aug. 2, 2024. The reintroduced weapons program emphasizes constant weapon handling …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-08-14/trainer-weapons-air-force-basic-training-14860240.html

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He’s a native of Pennsylvania and has written for newspapers and websites in Alaska, California, Florida, New Mexico, Oregon and Pennsylvania. He studied journalism at Penn State and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/navy-relieves-uss-philippine-sea-skipper-less-than-two-weeks-after-massive-fuel-spill-1.630277

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Dec 11, 2023The Army has a new long-range missile at its disposal that can hit targets more than 100 miles farther away than its predecessor could. The first shipment of precision strike missiles was received …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-12-11/army-precision-strike-missile-12323575.html

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Sep 3, 2024Analytical Quality Associates, based in Albuquerque, said in its July 5 report that it “found the existing data to be very suspect and, thus, would qualify it as unusable for the purpose of …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-09-02/navy-water-testing-hawaii-15055047.html

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Oct 22, 2024The Burger King at Yokota Air Base, Japan, was closed indefinitely on Oct. 21, 2024, due to “allegations of unsatisfactory health conditions.” (Kelly Agee/Stars and Stripes)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-10-21/burger-king-closed-yokota-japan-15585336.html

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The 33-year veteran and adjutant general of the New Mexico National Guard announced his retirement in a quiet ceremony at the Guard’s complex just south of Santa Fe.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-12-04/new-mexico-national-guard-commander-announces-retirement-3854905.html

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Gregory Burris, 48, of Miesau, Germany, pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements before U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen B. Molzen of the District of New Mexico.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/former-air-force-civilian-pleads-guilty-to-lying-about-stealing-144-000-in-germany-1.610745

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U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine scientists, University of New Mexico emergency care providers, and 5th Engineer Battalion Soldiers return from a hike to Kachina Peak in Taos …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-10-24/army-tests-how-soldiers-high-altitudes-5th-engineer-battalion-3355247.html

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“The entire New Mexico National Guard is deeply saddened by the loss of Lt. Col. James Willis,” said Maj. Gen. Ken A. Nava, the state’s adjutant general, in a Facebook post Sunday.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-06-27/air-force-lieutenant-colonel-dies-qatar-1862319.html

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Tribune News Service) — An airman assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base who was accused of keeping a cache of unregistered weapons at his home on base — including an AR-15 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-07-21/kirtland-air-force-base-airman-prison-illegal-weapons-2217219.html

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ALAMAGORDO, N.M. (Tribune News Service) — A series of sonic booms thundered over Alamogordo skies at 9:10 p.m. Tuesday night that could be heard as far away as Cloudcroft, Mayhill and Ruidoso.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-01-26/sonic-booms-new-mexico-holloman-afb-night-flights-4425504.html

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Tribune News Service) — The U.S. Army is investigating at least one high-ranking civilian official at White Sands Missile Range and an El Paso contractor for allegedly …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-08-12/white-sands-missile-range-army-ball-bearing-theft-2530089.html

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Andrews and 30 other New Mexico residents gathered in Albuquerque for “Armed to Farm,” a weeklong program that teaches military veterans how to run an agricultural business.

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2022-04-04/program-trains-military-veterans-to-farm-and-ranch-5577670.html

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