bedford, va. Unlike many of the units that hit the shores of Normandy on D-Day, Company A of the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, was a National Guard outfit of men from the same hometown.
https://www.stripes.com/special-reports/featured/d-day/2019-06-03/'bedford-was-hit-hard,’-but-military-legacy-remains-strong-in-town-torn-apart-by-d-day-1791418.html
…
Aug 28, 2024Attorneys for Nizar Trabelsi, 54, said he has been confined in an immigration detention facility in Farmville, Va., as attorneys in immigration court wrangle over his next steps. He spends 23 …
…
Oct 31, 2023He lied to the VA again in 2021, when he said he could not drive because of his injuries, according to court documents. As of December 2022, monthly benefits for a 100% disability rating range …
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-10-31/army-vet-said-paralyzed-charged-fraud-11891547.html
…
Mar 19, 2024The newest Virginia-class, fast-attack nuclear submarine is one step closer to beginning its Navy career. The future USS Idaho (SSN 799) was christened Saturday at Groton, Conn. Idaho is the 26th …
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-03-19/uss-idaho-submarine-christened-13363870.html
…
ARLINGTON, Va. The work of the intelligence services is by nature secret, but veterans of the Army Security Agency which served in World War II through the Cold War are hoping to find …
…
Nov 13, 2024ALEXANDRIA, Va. A Marine Corps veteran who pleaded guilty to making ricin after his contacts with a Virginia militia prompted a federal investigation was sentenced Wednesday to time served …
…
A self-described “Army brat” in Virginia is collecting military-themed limericks to raise money for a charity that helps veterans overcome post-traumatic stress disorder through music.
…
Mar 21, 2023In addition to its combat training mission, the fort is also home to Virginia National Guard’s 183rd Regiment, the Virginia Department of Military Affairs and the U.S. State Departments Foreign …
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-03-21/fort-pickett-sheds-confederate-name-9564039.html
…
A Fairfax County, Va., man was found guilty of first-degree murder Thursday for killing his next-door neighbor, who was a member of the Maryland Army National Guard.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-10-15/guilty-verdict-killing-soldier-virginia-3250985.html
…
Feb 27, 2023The Defense Department’s Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee, a group convened by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in 2022 to find ways to reverse a 15-year upward trend …
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-02-27/military-veterans-suicides-gun-safety-9273892.html
…
Mar 20, 2024The commodore of Naval Special Warfare Group 8 was relieved of his command Wednesday, the service announced. Capt. Richard A. Zaszewski was relieved by Rear Adm. Keith Davids, commander of Naval …
…
Apr 26, 2024Friends and family of sailors onboard the USS George Washington watch as it departs from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on April 25, 2024. (Billy Schuerman, The Virginian-Pilot/TNS)
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-04-25/uss-george-washington-deploys-japan-13661086.html
…
Apr 25, 2024The Navy has received the New Jersey, its 23rd Virginia-class fast-attack submarine. Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division delivered the sub, the company announced in …
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-04-25/new-jersey-submarine-delivered-navy-13655086.html
…
The Navy Exchange Service Command in Virginia Beach, Va., is making plans to replenish its stock of rank tabs, a spokeswoman said.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-09-20/navy-rank-tabs-exchange-insignia-7398688.html
…
May 15, 2023Sage, a 3-year-old yellow Labrador retriever is now deployed aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford. The military working dog is part of Mutts With A Mission, a Virginia Beach, Va.-based nonprofit that …
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-05-15/navy-carrier-military-dog-health-10125154.html
…
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Tribune News Service) A Navy helicopter with three people on board crashed after the pilot attempted an emergency landing Wednesday morning in Isle of Wight County …
…
May 15, 2024The entrance sign of Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. Marines prevented two individuals from breaching the base May 3, 2024, and turned them over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
…
Bourgeois, who was commanding officer of SEAL Team 8, was injured during a training exercise held Saturday off Virginia Beach. Details of the accident are under investigation, but initial …
…
Lt. Cmdr. Charles Milton Cranston Jr., shown in an undated police photo. The Navy security officer, who was arrested on sex trafficking charges in Virginia in November 2021, has pleaded guilty …
…
Nov 6, 2024It is headquartered at Naval Station Newport, R.I., with subordinate locations in San Diego and Virginia Beach, Va. Brown assumed command in San Diego in September 2022.
…