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Oct 31, 2023U.S. Marines deployed to Australia are back home after concluding a six-month training rotation, the Marine Corps announced Monday. The 2023 iteration of Marine Rotational Force-Darwin — the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-10-31/marines-rotational-force-darwin-australia-11890074.html

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An upstate New York native who served three years in the U.S. Army before graduating from the University of Arizona, she previously worked at The Anchorage Daily News and The Seattle Times. Over …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/report-lieutenant-colonel-in-sex-assault-case-to-retire-as-major-1.247732

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A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, displays a bat insignia during a flight at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-07-01/iwakuni-marine-242-f-35b-bat-japan-14352032.html

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Most of his career was spent as an aerial combat photojournalist with the 3rd Combat Camera Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He is also a Syracuse Military Photojournalism Program and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-10-29/air-force-maintainers-nda-mishaps-15670871.html

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Fort Hood soldier Cpl. Nakealon Keunte Mosley, 24, was indicted Wednesday by a grand jury in Bell County, Texas, on a charge of murder in the death of a fellow soldier who was the mother of his …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-11-12/fort-hood-soldiers-murder-charge-3596758.html

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Radio calls to the combat operations center in Camp Lejeune took place from across the Southern United States, including stops in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Texarkana, Texas, and the Grand Canyon.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2021-06-04/Marines-return-to-Camp-Lejeune-from-record-setting-convoy-across-the-country-1638065.html

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Brig. Gen. Steven Carpenter, the former deputy commanding general for the 1st Cavalry Division in Fort Cavazos, Texas, took command of the 7th Army Training Command from Brig. Gen. Joseph Hilbert.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-06-20/7th-atc-change-of-command-10494238.html

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Rose L. Thayer is based in Austin, Texas, and she has been covering the western region of the continental U.S. for Stars and Stripes since 2018.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-01-10/military-spouses-defense-department-employment-leave-policy-12624737.html

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AUSTIN, Texas — A Fort Bliss soldier agreed Monday to be extradited “as soon as possible” to Mexico, where he has been charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-02-06/fort-bliss-soldier-murder-charge-mexico-12921627.html

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F-35A Lightning IIs from the U.S., Danish and Dutch air forces fly in formation over Arizona on May 5, 2021. Germany plans to replace its fleet of Tornado jets with F-35s and base them at Buechel …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-06-14/german-air-force-transitions-to-f-35s%C2%A0-6338614.html

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The families of Chief Warrant Officer 4 Keith Yoakum and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jason DeFrenn on May 4, 2023, unveil the new sign at the airfield at Fort Cavazos, Texas, in honor of the two …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-06-07/fort-cavazos-hood-airfield-army-pilots-10364294.html

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AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas teenager who said a Marine Corps recruiter sexually abused her while she was high school senior eager to enlist filed a $5 million claim Thursday against the service …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-02-15/marine-corps-recruiter-teenager-sexual-abuse-13017689.html

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The branch’s newest bomber aircraft will be located at Whiteman AFB, Missouri, and Dyess AFB, Texas. The Air Force announced the second and third bases for the B-21 Raider. The branch’s newest …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-09-15/air-force-announce-bomber-locations-15182549.html

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U.S. Air Force trainees guard a tent during a scenario at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas, on Oct. 26, 2022. PACER FORGE is the new field training component for Air Force …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-11-23/air-force-changes-basic-training-field-deployment-8159771.html

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The base called the Sasebo city fire department at 12:07 p.m. to report two men found in a 16-foot-deep tank and an odor of gas at the site, a spokesman for the city’s fire bureau said by phone …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-04-10/sasebo-deaths-japanese-contractors-13521465.html

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Spc. Michael Leonard Moore, 35, was arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of his 34-year-old girlfriend. Moore, a soldier assigned to the 68th Engineer Construction Company at …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-09-22/fort-hood-soldier-murder-charge-7432216.html

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Roughly two dozen volunteers in Texas packed 240 boxes filled with dry goods, toiletries and household supplies to help military families who have just arrived at Fort Cavazos. The boxes of …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-09-11/fort-cavazos-food-military-families-sept-11-15143827.html

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Dec 29, 2023A 40-year-old Air Force master sergeant in Arizona is accused of pointing a gun at a teenage driver in suburban Phoenix during a recent road rage episode, and video footage from the driver’s …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-12-29/air-force-first-sergeant-road-rage-12497906.html

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19, Tucson, Ariz., 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment Killed April 6 in Baghdad when a roadside bomb hit his truck. The youngest man in his unit, Lopez-Rodriguez had only been with his unit for …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/remembering-the-fallen-dagger-brigade-soldiers-killed-in-action-1.migrated

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Oct 13, 2023A U.S. Air Force attack jet known for close air support in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is being deployed to the Middle East as Israel ramps up operations in Gaza in response to the invasion by Hamas.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-10-13/warthogs-israel-gaza-11689028.html

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