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Sep 13, 2024Marine Corps Forces Pacific, headquartered at Camp Smith, Oahu, includes the I Marine Expeditionary Force based in California and Arizona and the III Marine Expeditionary Force based in Hawaii and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-09-13/pacific-marines-new-commander-15160222.html

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A flyer depicts U.S. Army Pvt. Richard Halliday, who has been missing from Fort Bliss, Texas, since July 2020. (Daniel Borunda, The El Paso Times/TNS)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-02-05/Too-many-deployments-to-blame-for-stress-on-Fort-Bliss-battalion-investigation-finds-1517135.html

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Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, who represents Houston, tells media gathered outside the gate to Fort Hood, Texas, on June 23, 2020, that Army investigators believe Spc.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-06-14/Army-considers-increasing-public-affairs-staff-training-in-aftermath-of-Guillen-case-1692007.html

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Retired Navy admiral William McRaven speaks to service members during a leadership seminar at Joint Base San Antonio in Lackland, Texas, Jan. 10, 2018.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/retired-navy-admiral-explores-tragedy-and-forgiveness-in-latest-book-hero-code-1.669501

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The choice to serve came to Natasha Aposhian as she was feeling restless attending college in Tucson. She enlisted in December as an aircraft parts store apprentice because in military service …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/family-of-airman-killed-at-grand-forks-afb-see-same-issues-in-military-as-army-spc-vanessa-guillen-s-family-1.637674

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Army Sgt. Christopher Sutton, 26, a truck driver with the 47th Brigade Support Battalion at Fort Bliss, Texas, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, after participating in a training exercise.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-10-30/fort-bliss-soldier-death-training-15677217.html

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A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 23rd Bomb Squadron at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., flies over Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, July 15, 2024.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-07-17/minot-afb-agile-warbird-14517174.html

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The Marine Corps announced Sunday afternoon that two pilots were killed in a helicopter crash that occurred during a routine training mission Saturday near Yuma, Ariz.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/officials-investigate-cause-of-marine-helicopter-crash-in-arizona-that-killed-two-pilots-1.575131

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Sep 29, 2024The last U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender and two F-15Es Strike Eagle assigned to Fresno Air National Guard Base, Calif., fly in formation during the KC-10 farewell ceremony at Travis Air Force Base …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-09-29/last-air-force-kc-10-extender-15344161.html

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Dec 19, 2022An Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., flies over Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., on Nov. 15, 2022.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-12-19/air-force-b2-fleet-grounded-8479718.html

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Air Force Thunderbirds perform during The Great Texas Airshow on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. The Thunderbirds perform for audiences around the world.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-04-08/texas-show-san-antonio-randolph-air-force-base-13512260.html

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WASHINGTON — Thirteen U.S. service members were killed and 18 others were wounded Thursday in a terrorist attack at the airport in Kabul, where U.S. and coalition forces have been evacuating …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2021-08-26/explosion-kabul-airport-evacuation-afghanistan-troops-2670379.html

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The Defense Department has agreed to spend about $52.5 million to operate and maintain observation blimps at the U.S. border with Mexico as part of an ongoing mission in the region.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-01-18/military-blimps-mexico-border-homeland-security-pentagon-4338532.html

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Feb 13, 2023Staff Sgt. Cody Reichard trains on the maneuver short-range air defense, or M-SHORAD system, at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Feb. 9, 2023.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-02-13/new-army-air-defense-battalion-9125192.html

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Jan 1, 2024About 12 additional B-52 are in storage at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Air Force Base near Tucson, Arizona. Gary Warner. Gary Warner. Gary Warner covers the Pacific Northwest for Stars and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-01-01/air-force-audit-b52-modernization-failure-track-spare-parts-12505723.html

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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson • January 29, 2022 An F-35A Lightning II flies over the flightline at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Aug. 21, 2017. (Jensen Stidham/U.S. Air Force)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-01-29/air-force-supersonic-flight-rules-arizona-4453783.html

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Aug 25, 2023The new entrance sign at Fort Cavazos, Texas. (Christian Nevitt/U.S. Army) Three soldiers at Fort Cavazos in Texas have died by suicide in recent weeks, a death toll that has prompted leaders to …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-08-25/fort-cavazos-army-soldiers-suicides-11161036.html

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The 23-year-old Fernandes was found dead Aug. 25 in Temple, Texas, about 30 miles from the central Texas Army base where he served as a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist in …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-04-21/cid-found-little-was-done-to-find-sgt.-elder-fernandes-in-first-48-hours-after-he-disappeared-1518974.html1

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Spc. Stephen Franklin, deployed to the peninsula with the Fort Hood, Texas-based 1st Cavalry Division, was among hundreds of soldiers who packed into the food court Monday for the first lunch rush.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/soldiers-pack-camp-humphreys-new-food-court-during-first-lunch-rush-1.495235

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Space Force’s 71 newest guardians marched in two flights across a heat-scorched parade field Thursday morning, bringing yet another first to the youngest branch of the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/space_force/2022-06-23/space-force-guardians-graduation-texas-6437296.html

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