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Dec 21, 2023The fiscal year 2024 Air Force high year of tenure program is the same as it was in fiscal year 2023, which is an extension up to 24 months, Heitzman said.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-12-20/air-force-retention-2024-high-year-tenure-12424528.html

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The commander of an Air Force special operations medical squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., was relieved of his duties this week about one year after he took command of the unit, base …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-07-15/cannon-air-force-commander-fired-6663850.html

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Apr 13, 2023SCRANTON, Pa. (Tribune News Service) — The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant machinery rumbles, hums, sparks and sprays as it churns out a major weapon of war.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-04-13/scranton-army-ammunition-plant-weapons-war-9792312.html

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Sep 18, 2023The battalion, based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., has flown several types of balloons to “extend the [sensor] network depth,” he said, adding that high-altitude operations take place …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-09-18/army-balloons-intelligence-high-altitude-11413633.html

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Nov 3, 2022The Wingo Inn will no longer be run by Air Force Inns but will transfer 20 of its rooms to the base outdoor recreation department for operation, Arnold Air Force Base officials said Friday.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-11-03/air-force-base-lodges-closing-7911385.html

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Mar 21, 2024House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., shakes hands with Bernie Bluestein while presenting the Congressional Gold Medal at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on March 21, 2024, during a ceremony …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-03-21/ghost-army-congressional-gold-medal-13385232.html

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May 18, 2023Bacon, a Nebraska Republican, is a retired Air Force brigadier general who previously served as wing commander at Ramstein Air Base and Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. In a statement, he noted …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-05-18/michigan-pentagon-selfridge-fighter-jets-10161101.html

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LeHew’s father landed on Omaha Beach with the Army’s 29th Infantry on June 6, 1944. … Kinzer said he’s looking forward to the plains of Nebraska and Iowa before they have to tackle the …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2022-06-12/marines-raise-awareness-mia-6316789.html

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Lahti, in addition to his tenure in Washington, D.C., has served as a submariner and also commanded the ballistic-missile submarine USS Nebraska, stationed at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-07-15/seasoned-submariner-takes-helm-at-naval-forces-japan-navy-region-japan-2148458.html

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Jul 2, 2024Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Hayes speaks with 173rd Airborne Brigade soldiers in Vicenza, Italy, on July 1, 2024, about the 2008 Battle of Wanat in Afghanistan.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-07-02/battle-of-wanat-lessons-learned-14363063.html

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Jun 13, 2024Lt. Col. William Hogan on June 6, 2024, at an observation point overlooking Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, where his father, Lt. Col. Samuel Hogan, landed during World War II.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-06-13/task-force-hogan-remembered-14167534.html

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It was at this moment that photographer Jeff Bundy of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald snapped the photo that would be seen on office walls, refrigerators, screensavers, Web sites and newspapers …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/marine-bomb-expert-shaken-but-not-deterred-by-ied-1.43618

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May 25, 2023Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Allen Amos-Dixon, 25, has been charged with attempted murder of his fiance’, a fellow soldier. He was charged March 17, 2023, with first-degree murder in the killing of …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-05-25/soldier-charged-attempted-murder-10237333.html

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The Swimming Sherman tanks were released too far from shore, resulting in most sinking into the sea. The few tanks that did make it onto shore got stuck in the clay. Omaha beach had the most casualties at approximately 2,500, compared to Juno beach with the second highest number of casualties at approximately 1,063.

https://europe.stripes.com/military-life/hobart%E2%80%99s-funnies.html

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However, their sister forces at Omaha Beach met heavy German artillery and sustained staggering losses. With mounting casualties and escalating death toll, on June 8, 1944, the American St. Laurent Cemetery was established as the first American cemetery in Europe during World War II, just a stone’s throw from where the first waves of the U.S. …

https://europe.stripes.com/military-life/visiting-the-normandy-american-cemetery-and-memorial.html

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Over several days more than 1,000 marines and sailors were killed, including Cooper, and more than 2,000 were wounded in what was deemed a U.S. military success, according to the agency.

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2022-03-05/Tennessee-marine-killed-wwii-burial-arlington-national-cemetery-5240110.html

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Marine Pfc. Ali Al-kazahg, shown here on July 8, 2017, was sentenced Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, to three years in prison for attempting to bring illegal weapons onto an Air Force base in Nebraska.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/marine-private-sentenced-to-three-years-after-attempting-to-bring-illegal-firearms-onto-offutt-afb-1.614843

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Jan 15, 2024Welcome home, soldiers. Nebraska Army National Guard soldiers returned Saturday from a 10-month overseas deployment to Grafenwoehr, Germany, as part of the Joint Multinational Training Group.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-01-15/nebraska-guard-soldiers-home-from-deployment-12681618.html

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Page, 26, was born in Omaha and lived his first five years in Red Oak, Iowa, before moving with his family to Omaha. He enlisted in the Marines in 2017 and was deployed to numerous locations …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2021-09-18/marine-cpl-daegan-page-kabul-bombing-funeral-2928110.html

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AUSTIN, Texas — The noncommissioned officer set to take the top enlisted position at Fort Bliss will no longer get the job after an Army investigation found allegations that he misused …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-03-17/fort-bliss-army-nco-allegations-9526483.html

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