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People stroll beneath the cherry blossoms during the Sakura Spring Festival at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Saturday, April 6, 2024. (Jeremy Stillwagner/Stars and Stripes)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-04-08/cherry-blossom-sakura-yokota-japan-13509551.html

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Machinery Repairman 1st Class Brandon Smith from Fort Scott, Kan., poses in 2016 for a photo aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Tattoo policies in the military need to be updated to …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-08-18/military-tattoo-policy-recruitment-7029517.html

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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — A former Misawa airman was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison for killing his Japanese ex-wife, an Aomori District Court spokesman said.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/former-airman-sentenced-for-killing-ex-wife-1.74411

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Mar 5, 2024WARSAW, Poland — A military tracked vehicle ran over two Polish soldiers, killing one and seriously injuring the other, at an army test range in northwestern Poland, officials said.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2024-03-05/polish-soldier-army-accident-13213310.html

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Apr 11, 2023Malone is about 80 miles north of Panama City Beach and 75 miles from Tyndall, where Larry was stationed, according to police. Tyndall is about 20 miles south of Panama City Beach. Joseph Ditzler

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-04-11/mma-fighter-tyndall-airman-death-9775942.html

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The nearly 100 soldiers in each of three active-duty companies attached to three Corps commands at Fort Hood in Texas, Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington will …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/army-quietly-deactivates-its-small-team-reconnaissance-units-1.450392

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Lasers pointed at aircraft can create a major safety hazard for pilots, 31st Fighter Wing officials at Aviano Air Base in Italy said recently, in response to a rise in such incidents.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-12-01/lasers-safety-helicopter-aviano-12212858.html

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https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-08-02/lithuania-army-soldier-dead-6849944.html

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Team Red White & Blue’s Old Glory Relay started at Ground Zero on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and will end on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2021-09-27/veterans-maryland-team-red-white-blue-relay-transition-military-3039596.html

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Aug 8, 2024Housing in Poland is modern, but you’ll have the option of selecting historical apartments and houses as well. Houses and apartments in Poland may be a different size or layout than you are used to; however, the Housing Office will assist you in finding something that fits your needs.

https://europe.stripes.com/military-life/housing-in-poland.html

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A Washington Post investigation found that the former U.S. Navy officials have benefited financially from a tangle of overlapping interests in their work for a longtime ally of the United States.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-10-20/retired-admirals-advise-australia-on-nuclear-submarines-7754375.html

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Cpl. Jordan Kuzniak, an air support operator with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, orders lunch through the Mobile Feeding Pilot Program at the Camp Foster, Okinawa, Nov. 29, 2023.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-12-13/marines-retention-okinawa-food-trucks-12352979.html

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Marines watch the arrival of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima in Souda Bay, Greece, on May 27, 2021. A new defense pact between the U.S. and Greece could give U.S. forces access to an …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2021-09-24/us-navy-military-greece-bases-defense-mediterranean-3001852.html

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The service’s personnel center will continue accepting applications for the Base of Preference program through May 31, Air Force spokeswoman Laurel Tingley said.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-04-28/air-force-ending-program-that-gave-airmen-shot-at-dream-base-in-us-5826948.html

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Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, 41, of Arlington, Va., was arrested early Sunday morning, according to the Arlington police. He’s accused of approaching a woman in a parking lot and grabbing her …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/air-force-sex-assault-prevention-chief-charged-in-sex-assault-1.migrated

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The Air Force now requires narrative-style writing on all award forms starting October 2022. The change removes line limits for bullet statements and allows airmen more text to outline their …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-10-07/air-force-evaluations-awards-narrative-7607366.html

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FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — A teacher at an elementary school on a Hawaii Army base has been barred from campus after Army officials became aware of misconduct allegations against him, according to U …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-05-14/teacher-solomon-grade-school-fort-shafter-army-base-misconduct-allegations-5997600.html

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FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii – The Navy on Hawaii has identified the well contaminated with petroleum products that prompted outcry from thousands of military households and left them without a water …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2021-12-03/hawaii-contaminated-water-us-navy-red-hill-wells-3841797.html

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FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — The spouse of a soldier living in post housing at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, was discovered dead Wednesday morning by military police, the Army said in a news release.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/army-investigating-death-of-soldier-s-spouse-at-schofield-barracks-in-hawaii-1.658432

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Nov 18, 2022FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — Service branches in Hawaii are urging active-duty troops to complete a cost-of-living questionnaire by month’s end that could adjust a drastic reduction in service …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-11-17/hawaii-cost-of-living-survey-us-military-8096191.html

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