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Jan 25, 2023Army structures in Hawaii — at Schofield Barracks, Fort Shafter and Tripler Army Medical Center — and at Fort Bragg accounted for a “significantly larger” share of both deferred …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-01-25/army-hawaii-mold-deteriorating-barracks-8881222.html

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FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — The Rim of the Pacific maritime exercise kicked off Wednesday in Hawaii, one day after the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln steamed into Pearl Harbor for the biennial …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-06-29/rimpac-california-hawaii-navy-exercise-6503256.html

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Mar 27, 2023Army Sgt. Daniel Perry, 35, told police that he shot and killed Air Force veteran Garrett Foster, 28, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Austin, Texas, on July 25, 2020, because Foster pointed …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-03-27/army-murder-air-force-protest-9621624.html

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A local employee at the Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, takes a selfie in front of an M1A2 Abrams tank, Wednesday, June 25, 2015. Two U.S. Army tanks manned by soldiers of the 3rd Infantry …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/crews-ready-army-tanks-for-live-fire-exercise-in-bulgaria-1.354330

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May 9, 2024Here is what to know about U.S. military aid to Israel. What weapons has the U.S. provided to Israel since Oct. 7? Since Oct. 7, the Biden administration has made public two major military sales …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2024-05-09/us-military-aid-israel-biden-warns-of-cut-13808339.html

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NAPLES, Italy — The commander of a U.S. Navy Growler squadron assigned to an aircraft carrier strike group deployed to the Mediterranean Sea since December has been relieved of his duties, the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-06-09/commander-of-growler-squadron-on-deployment-in-mediterranean-relieved-of-duty-6283491.html

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NAPLES, Italy — The Navy relieved the commander of the USS Taylor on Tuesday, about two weeks after the Florida-based frigate ran aground in the Black Sea.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2014-02-25/navy-relieves-uss-taylor's-commander-after-ship-ran-aground-1829833.html

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Hernandez Perez, 23, of Naples, Fla., is an intelligence analyst assigned to the 500th Military Intelligence Brigade. He had filed for divorce from Roth in October, according to Hawaii court records.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2021-02-05/Army-specialist-charged-with-murder-after-death-of-his-estranged-wife-at-Hawaii-base-1517109.html

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Courtney Dwyer grew up mostly in Naples, Florida, but came to Newport News in 2007 at age 14, attending Menchville High School. The family moved here, she said, after Dwyer’s grandfather, David …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2021-06-07/Woman%E2%80%99s-alleged-killer-in-murder-suicide-received-Navy-burial-and-honors-her-family-wants-his-body-out-of-veterans%E2%80%99-cem-1651558.html

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A U.S. Coast Guard cutter seized millions of dollars in illegal drugs this week in the Gulf of Oman, the latest in a string of maritime drug busts in the Middle East that have netted more than $1 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/coast_guard/2023-01-31/drugs-navy-meth-8965620.html

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Mar 8, 2024Stars and Stripes • March 8, 2024. The U.S. Army Reserve logo. (U.S. Army) AUSTIN, Texas – The South by Southwest Conference and Festival kicks off Friday, but some artists are saying they …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-03-07/army-futures-command-texas-sxsw-festival-13244593.html

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Gen. Montgomery Meigs, seen here as U.S. Army Europe commander in 2002, was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Jan. 25, 2022. He died July 6, 2021, at age 76. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-01-26/meigs-arlington-national-cemetery-civil-war-4421597.html

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Sailors pause for prayer at the annual Navy Gold Star Program’s Bells Across America for Fallen Service Members event at the Kosano Park on Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on Sept. 21, 2023.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-09-21/bells-across-america-yokosuka-gold-star-navy-11434423.html

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Mar 30, 2023U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Andrew Gray, 71st Fighter Squadron commander, taxis one of the first two 71st Fighter Squadron’s F-22s to arrive at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-03-30/f-22-raptor-langley-eustis-9654168.html

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The Army is relocating its THAAD missile defense battery on Guam from Andersen Air Force Base to the nearby Marine Corps base still under construction, according to military officials.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-05-10/guam-us-army-thaad-missile-defense-battery-marine-corps-camp-blaz-5952276.html

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Dec 21, 2023Last week we learned of the stunning lack of transparency and accountability by the U.S. Coast Guard and its decades-long culture of cover-up regarding sexual harassment and sexual assault.

https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2023-12-21/coast-guard-accountability-sexual-assault-12429532.html

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Aug 18, 2023Airmen from the U.S Air Force’s Yokota Air Base, Japan, and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force discuss upcoming operations for Pacific Airlift Rally 2023 at Clark Air Base, Philippines, Aug. 14, 2023.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-08-18/pacific-airlift-rally-philippines-typhoon-11082104.html

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The U.S. government has asked a New Jersey federal court to pause a lawsuit that alleges the Navy’s negligence led to a civilian engineer’s rape aboard a transport ship so the woman can …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-03-07/navy-ship-rape-lawsuit-13243686.html

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Apr 23, 2024MacDill Air Force Base in Florida wrangled with an uninvited guest Monday when an alligator was spotted hiding near the wheels of a KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-04-23/alligator-macdill-afb-13633975.html

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An organization on a quest to find and memorialize all 52 U.S. submarines lost during World War II has located the wreck of the USS Harder, a sub credited with sinking the most enemy warships …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-05-24/world-war-ii-submarine-harder-south-china-sea-13958683.html

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