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Skelly, a 12-foot-high Halloween decoration sold for $299 at Home Depot, is so popular it’s been written about in USA Today, the New York Post and other publications.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-10-23/skelly-halloween-decoration-marines-japan-15607474.html

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He has a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. previous coverage Soldier who died at JBLM lake was veteran of 2 deployments to Iraq; related …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-08-16/lewis-mcchord%C2%A0swimming-ban-drowning-soldier-14883050.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/former-army-commander-pleads-guilty-to-charges-of-bigamy-adultery-fraud-1.179986

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Basic training followed for the company before sailing out of New York harbor in September 1942 for 20 months of training for the Europe campaign. Flag of Capt. Taylor Fellers on the main …

https://www.stripes.com/special-reports/featured/d-day/2024-06-02/bedford-boys-dday-wwii-virginia-army-normandy-14056070.html

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A portion of the lake is outside Lewis-McChord. American Lake North Park & Marina and Harry Todd Park are public-use areas. The military recreational swimming ban does not pertain to civilians at …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-07-19/jblm-soldier-drowning-swimming-ban-14539164.html

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He 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 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-10-28/marine-synthetic-drugs-okinawa-15651118.html

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Banks continued to interrogate the admiral over specific quotes from Kendi’s book, which was a No. 1 New York Times best seller in 2020, and statements he had made elsewhere in the past.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-06-16/Top-US-admiral-bristles-at-criticism-of-woke-military-We-are-not-weak-1707091.html

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Marine Lance Cpls. Alize Reyes, left, and Austin Walker, check IDs at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, March 27, 2024. Sobriety checks are scheduled at all Marine bases in Japan …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-07-12/marine-corps-imposes-sobriety-checks-at-all-okinawa-bases,-more-changes-coming-14461455.html

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A new era has begun for the 106th Rescue Wing: The HH-60W Jolly Green II search and rescue helicopter has arrived. The Wing accepted its first Jolly Green landed last week at the Francis S …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-06-23/106th-rescue-wing-jolly-green-14273463.html

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He 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 …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-10-29/navy-expeditionary-medical-facilities-15671323.html

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WASHINGTON — Two Navy destroyers helped defend Israel against a barrage of nearly 200 ballistic missiles launched Tuesday by Iran as the Middle East teeters on the brink of a regional war.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2024-10-01/navy,-destroyers,-iran,-israel,-missile-attack-15371733.html

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He 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 …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-07-12/okinawa-convenience-store-robbery-marine-14460706.html

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There, he met fellow former Marine Jason Thomas, and they helped rescue two New York Port Authority police officers trapped in the rubble. Five years later, both men reflect on the day that they …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/five-years-later-retired-marines-felt-compelled-to-help-rescuers-at-ground-zero-1.53939

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He 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 …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-07-10/ie-shima-kadena-air-force-okinawa-tamaki-14440008.html

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Members from the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club of West Point pose in front of the newly unveiled Buffalo Soldier Monument Statue on Sept. 10 at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, NY.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-06-23/buffalo-soldier-remains-identified-14279070.html

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Spokesman for the 101st Airborne Division Lt. Col. Martin Meiners, seventh right, poses for a photo with Dutch reenactors on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in Mesch, Netherlands.

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-09-12/netherlands-anniversary-wwii-liberation-army-15153344.html

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As vice president, he twice addressed a graduating class of cadets at the academy about 40 miles (64 km) north of New York City, but this was the first time as president.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-05-25/biden-commencement-speech-west-point-13973779.html

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The indictments led Okinawa prefecture to deliver formal complaints to the U.S. Embassy and the Japanese government calling for changes to the status of forces agreement for U.S. troops on the island.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-07-29/blinken-austin-japan-okinawa-crime-14638966.html

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A New York City ferry drafted into Union service was named the USS Hunchback. The Union fleet included the USS Snowdrop, USS Hibiscus, USS Switzerland and other unique warship names.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-04-14/navy-ship-names-traditions-politics-congress-13549248.html

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Jul 25, 2024The U.S. military grounded its fleet of about 400 Ospreys Dec. 6 through March 8 as it investigated the Nov. 29 crash of an Air Force tiltrotor off the southern coast of Japan that killed eight …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-07-25/japanese-governors-military-bases-14589901.html

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