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In an April 27, 2021 photo, a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to Joint Base Charleston, S.C., parks on the flight line at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. C-17s and other mobility aircraft around the U.S …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/60-planeloads-of-us-military-equipment-leave-afghanistan-as-drawdown-begins-centcom-says-1.672257

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Apr 9, 2024Task Force 99 is headquartered at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar and was founded in 2022 with the goal of field-testing unmanned systems and artificial intelligence technologies in the Middle East.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-04-09/air-force-drones-tf99-13517063.html

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The highest was 0.41 micrograms per liter and came from a well right outside the base, the spokesman said. The town’s tap water, which is a mixture of groundwater from the wells and water from a …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2021-10-14/okinawa-pfos-pfoa-toxins-water-marine-corps-3238698.html

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Apr 28, 2023To design the Army pilot program, service officials visited Louisiana State University, Duke University and the University of Alabama to see how their athletic programs feed athletes through …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-04-28/army-soldiers-dining-facilities-meals-9950599.html

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Nov 20, 2023They were deployed from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar for Operation Allies Refuge, assisting in the evacuation of more than 124,000 people in the final weeks of the Afghan war.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-11-20/airmen-bronze-stars-afghanistan-12112152.html

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Jan 23, 2024The U.S. Navy’s drone boats in the Middle East are moving out of testing and into combat-ready roles under a new unit based in Bahrain. Experimental unmanned surface vessels operated by the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-01-23/navy-drone-middle-east-12754472.html

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Nov 9, 2023CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The U.S. Air Force has completed a transfer of MQ-9 Reaper drones to Okinawa from a Japanese air force base farther north, a Japanese defense official said this week.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-11-09/air-force-reaper-drones-okinawa-11989119.html

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U.S. forces have left Kandahar Airfield, a southern Afghanistan base that was once one of the largest NATO and coalition installations in the country, Afghan and U.S. officials said.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/us-forces-leave-kandahar-airfield-as-drawdown-continues-in-afghanistan-1.673297

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The attacks inflicted minimal damage to the Khawr Al Amaya and Al Basrah oil terminals, located about 20 miles from Iraq’s main port of Basrah. Each terminal, surrounded by an approximately …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/u-s-marines-guarding-oil-terminals-in-persian-gulf-1.20070

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AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — An Air Force engineering unit whose airmen wore red baseball caps while building up many of America’s bases in the Middle East put a capstone recently on two heavy …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-10-18/red-horse-qatar-7730077.html

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Dec 28, 2022The al-Shabab fighter behind the wheel drove right into it. Minutes later, the militants remotely detonated the immobilized truck, causing an explosion that shook the base and blew a hole in the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-12-28/new-jersey-national-guard-somalia-8565947.html

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The 11-year-old civil war in Syria has turned the country into a shooting gallery. The United States last conducted an airstrike there on June 27, killing Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, a senior leader of …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-08-23/biden-directed-airstrikes-target-iran-backed-groups-in-syria-7086286.html

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Oct 18, 2023A U.S. Air Force Task Force 99 airman, right, briefs Lebanese Armed Forces Brig. Gen. Michel Assad Al-Saifi, Air Force commander, center, during a tour of the TF-99 facility during a visit Sept …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-10-18/qatar-drones-tf99-11747088.html

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The brigade has been in Iraq and Syria since August, supporting U.S. special operations units and advising, assisting and enabling Iraqi and Syrian partner forces’ counter-ISIS missions.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/soldiers-in-iraq-recognized-for-role-in-fighting-isis-and-everyday-badassery-1.612661

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Dec 15, 2022Jay Bertsch, a commander at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea, Col. Douglas DeMaio, commander of the Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing, and Lt. Col. Kenneth Beadle, …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-12-15/keesler-air-force-commander-fired-8431659.html

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Feb 9, 2024As of Friday morning, the nine government-run dams were at 50.8% capacity, the prefectural Kurashiki dam at 48.1% and Yamashiro dam at 50.5%, according to the enterprise bureau.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-02-09/okinawa-water-shortage-military-12948677.html

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Nov 4, 2024The USS The Sullivans, an Arleigh Burke-class, guided missile destroyer based in Florida, deployed to the Middle East after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered more U.S. warships, bomber …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-11-04/navy-destroyer-sullivans%C2%A0middle-east-deployment-15734502.html

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Nov 7, 2022Pfc. Denisha Montgomery, shown during an exercise in an undated photo from social media, was found dead in her barracks room in Wiesbaden, Germany, Aug. 9, 2022.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-11-07/denisha-montgomery-death-suicide-wiesbaden-clay-7909258.html

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May 7, 2024He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Troy University in Alabama. Just days before his death, Moultrie had been recognized by installation officials for his volunteer work in the Fort …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-05-07/army-officer-alaska-shooting-death-13777291.html

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Sep 10, 2024Marines from the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company conduct dive operations with Ohio-class, guided-missile submarine USS Georgia while underway in the Mediterranean Sea on July 31, 2024.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-09-10/georgia-submarine-centcom-middle-east-israel-iran-15133814.html

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