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On Thursday, the two-year anniversary of Brandon Caserta’s death, Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., introduced a bill in his name: the Brandon Act.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/lawmaker-introduces-brandon-act-to-improve-troops-access-to-mental-health-care-1.635251

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Aug 15, 2024The brigade’s Abrams tanks and M109 Paladin howitzers were left at Fort Bliss, Ruether said. Instead, the brigade requisitioned military hardware on standby in Daegu city, about 130 miles south …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-08-15/army-no-notice-south-korea-deployment-14870594.html

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SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — For the frequently rotating cadre of U.S. soldiers and airmen with Joint Task Force-Bravo in Honduras, success can be a tricky thing to measure.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/americas/us-military-s-oldest-joint-task-force-toils-in-the-land-of-coffee-and-caravans-1.575590

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Col. Scott Green, the director of the Army’s Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, was found unresponsive in his office on Tuesday, and pronounced dead.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-06-18/Army-investigating-death-of-colonel-found-unresponsive-at-Fort-Leavenworth-1730773.html

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Jan 5, 2023MANHATTAN, Kansas (Tribune Content Services) — U.S. Army Reserve brigadier general Michael J. Silva has died at age 66. Silva, a 1974 MHS graduate, died Monday at his home in Olathe, Kansas.

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/obituaries/2023-01-04/army-reserves-michael-silva-obit-8651956.html

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Col. Brandon Newton, garrison commander of Camp Red Cloud and other bases north of Seoul, South Korea, stands in front of a color guard during the garrison’s inactivation ceremony, Thursday, June …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/army-takes-step-toward-closing-camp-red-cloud-with-inactivation-ceremony-1.534025

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They reminisced with him about their adventures in Europe during his visit to their home outside Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. “We took pictures, but we didn’t take enough of Clint at home …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/clint-lamebear-s-family-struggles-with-pain-of-losing-young-soldier-to-brutal-murder-1.10037

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Nov 6, 2022MASON CITY, Iowa (Tribune News Service) — Final inspections are complete. Their gear is packed. The Army National Guard’s 1133rd Transportation Company is shipping out.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-11-06/1133rd-iowa-national-guard-poland-7945470.html

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Oct 15, 2024(Tribune News Service) — A retired Navy veteran was killed in a hit-and-run as he walked his dog in Missouri, his family says. Officers said the 62-year-old man, identified as Rick Alsept, was …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-10-15/navy-veteran-dog-found-dead-road-15516654.html

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Oct 17, 2024Morning traffic slows near the Langley Air Force Base gate off of North Armistead Avenue on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, in Hampton, Virginia. (Kaitlin McKeown/Daily Press/TNS)

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-10-16/pentagon-drones-langley-air-force-year-15533560.html

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Pictured here on Qayara Airfield West, Iraq, are U.S. Army Master Sgt. Michael Pike, left, and 1st Lt. Brayton Kline, both of the 282nd Engineer Company, Nov. 21, 2016.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/army-engineers-built-key-west-2-0-after-islamic-state-destruction-1.444797

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Jul 5, 2023Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Anthony Long, 40, was indicted June 27, 2023, by a federal grand jury for first-degree murder in the death of a 2-year-old girl in 2019 at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. (Greene …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-07-05/fort-leonard-wood%C2%A0daycare-child-murder-soldier-10651181.html

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Dec 5, 2022He was accused of stabbing to death Sgt. Stacy Subotich, 30, on Aug. 6 in Junction City, a town about 5 miles from Fort Riley, according to local police reports. At least two other people were …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-12-05/fort-riley-soldier-killed-8311248.html

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Mar 27, 2023Rosecrans, who is from Kimberling City, Mo., entered the Army in May 2018 as a quartermaster and chemical equipment repairer and had been assigned to the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-03-27/fort-hood-army-soldier-murder-9623593.html

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• Seaman 1st Class George Stanley Abbott, Bedford, Ky. • Seaman 2nd Class Eugene Clifford Batson, Kansas City, Kan. • Gunner’s Mate 1st Class William Alexander Haynes, Homedale, Idaho

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-05-26/uss-indianapolis-missing-sailors-navy-6144214.html

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Sep 24, 2024The USS Missouri, Kentucky and Michigan last docked there on Dec. 16, July 17, 2023, and June 16, 2023, respectively. One of those, the Ohio-class USS Kentucky, is capable of carrying nuclear …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-09-24/submarine-visit-busan-south-korea-15282986.html

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Army celebrates after a 24-22 victory against Missouri in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas, on Dec. 22, 2021. (Army Football/Twitter)

https://www.stripes.com/sports/2021-12-23/army-football-defeats-missouri-armed-forces-bowl-4067182.html

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Dec 20, 2022During the past 50 years, only two Army players have been drafted — quarterback Ronnie McAda in 1997 and defensive back Caleb Campbell in 2008.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-12-20/army-football-west-point-carter-8489576.html

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Jul 8, 2024The National Guard Bureau has launched a second pilot program to offer soldiers in certain states child care during drill weekends after the first attempt launched nearly two years ago failed.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-07-08/national-guard-child-care-troops-drill-weekends-14424183.html

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Oct 3, 2023Army soldiers with the Wichita Recruiting Company hosted a recruitment booth at Hutchinson, Kan., on Sept. 9, 2023. The soldiers hosted the booth at the Kansas State Fairgrounds to interact with …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-10-03/army-recruiting-new-specialty-general-11581949.html

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