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Hans Mark in 1998 with a model of the tiltrotor aircraft that he helped develop. Mark, a University of Texas aerospace engineer and former deputy director of NASA, also served as secretary of the …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-12-19/hans-mark-former-secretary-air-force-nasa-deputy-dies-4026983.html

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Jun 18, 2024WASHINGTON — The chief of the National Guard Bureau said Tuesday that stationing Guard members on the U.S.-Mexico border detracts from their military mission and underutilizes troops.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-06-18/national-guard-mexico-border-senate-14224099.html

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Mar 30, 2023The El Paso County Coroner’s Office completed an autopsy, but police said the cause of death has not been determined. The shooting occurred in the eastern part of town about 10 miles from Fort …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-03-30/fort-carson-soldier-killed-9656223.html

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Cmdr. Ronald Cappellini, the Naval Air Station Sigonella executive officer, receives his coronavirus vaccine booster Dec. 7, 2021, from Lt. j.g. Aracely Duerkop during a mass-immunization exercise …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-12-15/navy-coronavirus-vaccine-mandate-sailors-separation-exemptions-3979588.html

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Caitlin has a Bachelor of Science in journalism from the University of Kansas and master’s degree in defense and strategic studies from the University of Texas at El Paso. related stories Art …

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Midshipman 2nd Class Luke Gabriel Bird, 21, was found dead July 17, 2022, “in a lagoon of the Salto El Agua waterfall in Placilla in the Valparaíso region of Chile,” according to a statement …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-07-18/naval-academy-midshipman-death-6689881.html

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The bases are Fort Polk in Louisiana, Fort Benning and Fort Gordon in Georgia, Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Lee and Fort Pickett in Virginia, Fort Rucker in Alabama, and Fort …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-08-09/army-bases-confederate-generals-renaming-6930458.html

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To qualify for Army service, potential male soldiers can have a maximum of 20-26% body fat and female soldiers can have about 30-36%, depending on their age.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-07-26/army-soldiers-recruiting-new-courses-6775273.html

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Caitlin has a Bachelor of Science in journalism from the University of Kansas and master’s degree in defense and strategic studies from the University of Texas at El Paso. previous coverage

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-08-31/commendations-military-units-afghanistan-withdrawal-7170981.html

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This undated photo shows children at Hoikuen Milk day care in the town of Ishinomaki, Japan, receiving book donations from military families involved in the Helping Hands for Tohoku charity.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/military-families-grassroots-charity-still-supports-japan-tsunami-victims-eight-years-after-disaster-1.587978

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It’s not the first time a new Marine One helicopter program was pitched. In 2009, then-President Barack Obama directed the Pentagon to cancel plans to build 28 VH-71 Kestrel helicopters that …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2021-08-05/marine-one-helicopters-president-biden-pentagon-2462077.html

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The State Department on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, announced a reward of up to $10 million for information about Sanaullah Ghafari, also known as Shahab al-Muhajir, the leader of the Afghanistan branch …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-02-08/isis-khorasan-terrorist-bounty-afghanistan-kabul-airport-attack-4841907.html

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YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A Navy police officer was sentenced to 39 years in prison after his conviction Friday of seven child sex crimes involving an acquaintance’s 6- and 8-year-old children.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2019-07-23/Navy-cop-convicted-of-raping-child-after-Super-Bowl-party-1483333.html

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Apr 5, 2024A Texas National Guard soldier, deployed in support of the state’s mission at the border with Mexico, faces human smuggling charges after leading police on a high-speed car chase, state law …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-04-05/texas-national-guard-human-smuggling-mexico-border-13495781.html

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Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, the director of public affairs for the Air Force, was named as the next chief Pentagon spokesman by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-08-04/pentagon-press-secretary-air-force-6876033.html

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Caitlin has a Bachelor of Science in journalism from the University of Kansas and master’s degree in defense and strategic studies from the University of Texas at El Paso. related stories

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WASHINGTON — Two B-52 strategic bombers have arrived in the Middle East as the latest additional forces to support the U.S. drawdown in Afghanistan, chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/two-b-52s-arrive-in-middle-east-aircraft-carrier-to-stay-in-region-during-us-drawdown-from-afghanistan-1.670926

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WASHINGTON — The Fort Bliss soldier who was hailed as a hero for saving children during the El Paso mass shooting was arrested Thursday for desertion, according to police. … Heights Police on …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/fort-bliss-soldier-hailed-as-a-hero-of-el-paso-mass-shooting-has-been-arrested-for-desertion-1.601770

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Col. Robert Schuck, a judge in the Army’s 4th Judicial Circuit, issued a continuance late Friday for Sgt. Justin Cope, who is charged in the death of a child in El Paso in 2019.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-01-10/fort-bliss-texas-solider-murder-charge-court-martial-4248171.html

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Other law enforcement partners include the Department of Homeland Security, Texas Rangers, El Paso Police Department, Customer and Border Protection, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2020-10-23/Mother-of-missing-Fort-Bliss-soldier-says-Army-needs-to-do-more-to-find-him-1787817.html

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