Military News

recent Gallup poll gauged public trust in the military at 60%, the lowest in 26 years. Service members march in the Yorktown Parade in Fort Eustis, Va.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-08-02/gallup-poll-confidence-military-10924263.html

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Event organizers called on participants to show up wearing all black, make-up, and skeleton or ghost masks for “dance of the dead. Europe for Stars and Stripes in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-06-26/peace-protest-dance-dead-ramstein-6463661.html

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Jon Tester (D-MT) arrives for Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Feb. About half the weapons-related projects are in the Senate Defense appropriations bill and half in the House bill, according to the review by Taxpayers for Common Sense, which is being made public Thursday.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-09-12/congress-military-defense-spending-bills-15153291.html

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Aaron Ahearn, 20-year-old native of Santa Cruz, Calif. surfer who joined the Navy to learn welding but instead says he was ordered to dump tons of plastic, broken equipment and toxic waste into the ocean faces court-martial for deserting his ship. If you’re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/05/02/surfer-sailor-faces-court-martial-he-says-he-was-told-to-pollute-sea/

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During ceremony at Pulaski Barracks, Higgins took over from Col. Military Academy, Higgins previously commanded 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment in Vilseck, Germany, and NATO’s Battle Group Poland.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-07-11/rheinland-pfalz-change-command-14452629.html

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Sailors march during recent boot camp at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. Wreckage of airplane in rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines.

https://www.stripes.com/news/making-a-sailor-documentary-reveals-what-boot-camp-is-like-in-modern-day-navy-1.557191

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Called Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Gimcheon, the site incorporates about 10 new buildings and other structures, plus scrap yard that takes up about third of facility, said Philip A. The Busan center, about 12 acres with eight employees, will relocate this fall or winter.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/military-property-disposal-operations-to-consolidate-in-daegu-area-1.116684

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The guided-missile frigate USS Taylor departed Naval Station Mayport, Fla. Jim Aiken, commander of Task Force 65, which controls surface ships in the Navy’s 6th Fleet waters in the Mediterranean and Atlantic.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2014-02-25/navy-relieves-uss-taylor%E2%80%99s-commander-after-ship-ran-aground-1829833.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/branches/army/2022-07-28/poznan-poland-army-base-6793321.html

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The US military cannot turn away enlistees who have HIV, federal judge ruled Tuesday, striking down the final part of controversial Pentagon approach to the condition that has been chipped away at in recent years.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/federal-judge-says-us-military-215141060.html

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He has been stationed in Japan, South Korea and Germany, with frequent assignments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Australia and the Philippines. Wreckage of airplane in rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-07-15/airman-dies-fiery-crash-japan-14490169.html

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Taiwan habu snake watches people from the corner of terrarium at the Entomology Pest Management Section at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, June 5, 2019. Burke has been reporting from Grafenwoehr, Germany, for Stars and Stripes since 2024.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/snakes-in-the-grass-poisonous-habus-spotted-at-okinawa-marine-bases-as-officials-negotiate-mowing-contract-1.597027

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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/marine_corps/2024-04-10/veteran-donates-kidney-pool-rival-13523308.html

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Brian Peter Sawyer, 33, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment at Wainwright, died at Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Wyatt Olson is based in the Honolulu bureau, where he has reported on military and security issues in the Indo-Pacific since 2014.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/army-helicopter-repairman-dies-of-injuries-sustained-at-on-base-home-in-alaska-1.568420

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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/living/spouse-calls-a-resource-for-military-widows-1.81594

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Wyatt Olson is based in the Honolulu bureau, where he has reported on military and security issues in the Indo-Pacific since 2014. Wreckage of airplane in rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-06-16/airmen-are-now-allowed-to-wear-baseball-style-tactical-camouflage-caps-1711913.html

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Just weeks after exercises in the Philippines, Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia is in Indonesia to train for the first time on Batam Island near the strategically important Singapore Strait. Members of Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia stand in formation with Indonesian marines to kick off the Keris Marine Exercise in Batam, Indonesia, on Nov.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-11-08/marines-indonesia-training-china-15778976.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/living/the_meat_and_potatoes_of_life/2024-10-18/molinari-military-spouse-humor-column-october-18-15515636.html

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He has been stationed in Japan, South Korea and Germany, with frequent assignments to Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Australia and the Philippines. Wreckage of airplane in rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/electric-military-dirt-bike-project-advances-1.471426

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Stephen Khou, 36, of Philadelphia died at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Wreckage of airplane in rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-05-25/airman-killed-kuwait-10236683.html

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