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She arrived on Kwaj about 10 months ago from Washington state with her husband, Ben, an Army major who works in operations; daughter, Madison, 11; and son, Noah, 7.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2017-03-12/under-the-radar:-life-is-low-tech-at-army-missile-defense-base-in-the-pacific-1523128.html

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“Since 9/11, the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan has largely defined my service,” Nicholson told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday during his nomination hearing.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/army-s-nicholson-career-largely-defined-by-afghanistan-1.390906

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MARINETTE, Wisconsin (Tribune News Service) — The first U.S. Navy ship to honor Nantucket in 150 years was christened Saturday in a ceremony that included Navy, shipbuilding and island officials.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-08-12/uss-nantucket-navy-littoral-combat-ship-commissioning-2530487.html

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Dec 20, 2023Patriot Point is a nonprofit organization that serves as a retreat center for veterans, their family and caregivers. The Military Bowl Foundation, which runs the Military Bowl being played Dec. 27 …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2023-12-20/patriot-point-military-bowl-12402482.html

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Aug 2, 2024Raj Iyer speaks at the Pentagon on Feb. 10, 2023, as the Army’s chief information officer. His transition from that job to the private sector in March 2023 is the subject of a Justice Department …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-08-02/army-investigation-contracts-14711647.html

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The entire Lackland training campus has already been outfitted with Wi-Fi so trainees can access course materials from anywhere, and all 107 modules of the training curriculum are available online.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-04-08/ipads-tablets-air-force-bmt-cerego-basic-training-5621949.html

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Aug 24, 2023Brig. Gen. David May, Wisconsin’s deputy adjutant general for Air, and Maj. Gen. Paul Knapp, Wisconsin’s adjutant general, welcome Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, to …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-08-23/military-training-exercise-northern-lightening-11142943.html

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Jan 25, 2024Wi-Fi will be installed in 12 unaccompanied housing barracks at Naval Station Norfolk, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth and Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth. The 12 barracks house roughly 4,000 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-01-25/navy-free-wi-fi-pilot-program-12796438.html

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Oct 31, 2024A 21-year-old Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., soldier on Wednesday was charged with murder in the death of a sergeant whose body was found last week in a dumpster near the base barracks, service officials …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-10-31/soldier-charged-murder-fort-leonard-wood-15692957.html

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Jan 2, 2024UPDATE: Madison Marsh was crowned Miss America 2024 on Jan. 14. She is the first active-duty service member to receive the title. Madison Marsh was shooting for the stars four years ago when she …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-01-02/air-force-officer-miss-america-12355421.html

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“We are grateful for the continued support and understanding of Central Wisconsin communities as we train to protect our nation and simulate combat conditions,” Staats said. … UH-60, F-16B50, F …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-08-12/northern-lightning-counterland-returns-volk-field-2535717.html

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Jul 20, 2023PETA’s letter comes five months after the animal-rights group claimed a small victory when the Navy stopped funding similar lab tests on sheep at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The purpose …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-07-20/peta-pentagon-navy-animal-testing-10802956.html

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Feb 26, 2024The Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing has completed the first training deployment of the unit’s F-35A Lightning II aircraft. … The two-week program allowed Madison, Wis …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-02-26/wisconsin-115th-fighter-wing-f-35-training-13124619.html

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Chalkley heads to Washington, D.C., to serve as inspector general of the Marine Corps. Brian McElhiney He has worked as a music reporter and editor for publications in New Hampshire, Vermont, New …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-08-29/marine-corps-logistics-okinawa-guam-15010013.html

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Watts married while he was an Anglican clergyman, prior to his conversion in 2011. He served as a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force from 2002-2011, according to a June 2013 story in Sigonella’s The …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2024-04-24/sigonella-priest-navy-chaplain-13643581.html

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A sergeant at Joint Base Lewis-McChord has been sentenced to 5½ years in prison for child rape and assault, the Army said Wednesday. Sgt. Dakota J. Brodsky, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-05-22/jblm-soldier-child-rape-13943000.html

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Members of the U.S. 7th Fleet band perform for the USS Antietam as it departs Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Jan. 26, 2024. The guided-missile cruiser is shifting its homeport to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-01-26/antietam-homeport-shift-japan-hawaii-12799548.html

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WASHINGTON — House lawmakers on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Shereef Elnahal, undersecretary for health at the Department of Veterans Affairs, for withholding information from the VA …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-06-04/republicans-veterans-affairs-senior-managers-bonuses-pact-act-14079764.html

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The death of Army Sgt. Sarah Roque, 23, whose body was found Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in a dumpster at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., is being treated as a homicide, according to service investigators.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-10-24/fort-leonard-wood%C2%A0soldier-homicide-15615315.html

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The Ticonderoga-class guided missile-cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) passes the USS Arizona memorial as it arrives at its new homeport at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Friday, April 5, 2024.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-04-07/uss-antietam-arrives-homeport-hawaii-13506401.html

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