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Jul 18, 2024He has worked as a music reporter and editor for publications in New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and Oregon. One of his earliest journalistic inspirations came from reading Stars and Stripes as a …

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Jan 23, 2024A social media fitness influencer who served as a staff sergeant in the Arizona Army National Guard died by suicide last week in Prescott, Ariz., according to Guard and police spokespeople.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-01-22/michelle-young-death-army-influencer-12764005.html

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Sep 18, 2024The crew of the USS Indiana, a Virginia-class, fast-attack submarine that spent three weeks in the seas near the North Pole during Operation Ice Camp 2024, were awarded the Navy’s Arctic Service …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-09-18/navy-arctic-medals-sailors-submarines-15223811.html

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Jan 19, 2024The Navy plans to expand its partnership with Japanese shipyards to allow for more significant warship repairs, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Friday …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-01-19/navy-ship-repair-japanese-shipyards-12724715.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/army/2021-08-26/afghanistan-hines-173rd-paratroopers-kloepper-2664315.html

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Oct 29, 2024U.S. and Japanese Ospreys were grounded between December and March following the Nov. 29 crash of an Air Force Special Operations Command tiltrotor just off Yakushima, an island south of Kyushu in …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-10-29/marines-japan-osprey-mishap-15661683.html

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An event involving a drag queen reading to children at the Ramstein Air Base library in Germany was abruptly canceled by base authorities, sparking protests that the decision demonstrates a lack …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-05-27/drag-queen-ramstein-air-base-6147832.html

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Nov 12, 2023After returning from a family outing in March 1985, Col. Roland Lajoie, head of a U.S. military liaison team authorized to monitor Soviet forces in East Germany under a Cold War accord, was …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/obituaries/2023-11-12/roland-lajoie-army-general-dies-12022964.html

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Oct 30, 2024Lt. Gen. James Glynn, left, commander of Marine Corps Forces Pacific, and Lt. Gen. Roger Turner, right, head of III Marine Expeditionary Force, speak to a Marine on Japan’s Ishigaki Island, Oct …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-10-30/ishigaki-island-japan-marine-generals-15674251.html

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Nov 14, 2024NEW YORK — When Daniel Penny wrapped his arm around the neck of a homeless man on a Manhattan subway last year, the 25-year-old veteran appeared to be deploying a non-lethal chokehold long …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-11-14/marine-veteran-fatal-chokehold-nyc-subway-15848157.html

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Jun 9, 2023A drag queen brunch at Yokota’s Enlisted Club on May 7 completely sold out and drew 70 attendees. Drag queens from Tokyo performed, said Saint-vil, of New York, N.Y.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-06-09/drag-shows-military-bases-japan-10382694.html

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Staff Sgt. Liam A. Flynn, 33, of Queens, New York, was born in Reading, England. He enlisted in the Marines in 2002, and was assigned to Camp Lejeune. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan, earning …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/7-marines-killed-in-helicopter-crash-are-identified-1.334474

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Jun 4, 2024Two soldiers of the New York Army National Guard saved the life of a stabbing victim in New York City, according to a service news release. On May 20, Staff Sgt. Joel Strickland and Spc.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-06-04/national-guard-soldiers-save-civilian-14079341.html

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The construction contract was awarded to Hensel Phelps, a Colorado-based firm that maintains a district headquarters in Honolulu. The airfield was called Wheeler Air Force Base during the Dec. 7 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-01-20/wheeler-army-airfield-hawaii-high-tech-hangar-4363940.html

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Sgt. 1st Class Elizabeth Marks prepares for the women’s breast stroke finals, in which she took a gold medal, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex at Walt Disney World, Orlando, Fla., on May …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-07-21/olympics-paralympic-tokyo-army-soldiers-marks-swimmer-2220734.html

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Nearly 60 years ago, the U.S. military arrived in Verona, Italy, as part of the advance against Nazi forces in World War II. This summer, it is leaving.

https://www.stripes.com/living/sun-sets-on-u-s-military-s-60-year-stay-in-verona-italy-1.31754

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Marine Corps Community Services co-hosts the 1.9-mile event at Atago Sports Complex, a facility shared by Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and neighboring Iwakuni city.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-06-25/neon-fun-run-marine-corps-japan-10551690.html

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The Navy gave the contract to the Transoceanic Cable Ship Co. LLC of Baltimore, for work on submarine cables around the world, the Pentagon announced in a news release Jan. 18. This agreement is …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-01-28/transoceanic-cable-navy-contract-defense-department-4441296.html

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Cmdr. Cameron Dennis, then commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer USS Howard, receives his Command-At-Sea pin during a change-of-command ceremony in Yokosuka …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-02-06/navy-destroyer-commander-fired-japan-12918368.html

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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — The Navy has begun the most expensive building project in its history with construction of a $3.4 billion submarine-repair dry dock in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-02-16/navy-new-dry-dock-hawaii-13030318.html

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