Jun 17, 2023Lt. Gen. John B. Morrison Jr., who threw out the ceremonial first pitch, with the Nationals mascot and catcher Riley Adams during U.S. Army Day at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., on Friday …
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Jul 17, 2024U.S. military police “arrested a Japanese man who landed within the premises of White Beach on a yacht” and reported it to the coast guard at 1:25 p.m. Tuesday, a coast guard news release said.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-07-17/arrest-navy-base-okinawa-14512522.html
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Typical commercial white paint gets warmer rather than cooler. Paints on the market that are designed to reject heat reflect only 80% to 90% of sunlight and can’t make surfaces cooler than their …
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Last week, Sgt. 1st Class Javier Jaguar Gutierrez and Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Rey Rodriguez, both 28, were killed in a suspected insider attack in eastern Afghanistan. Air Force pilots Lt. Col …
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“We are following the crawl-walk-run method of training,” Parmer said. Every six months, the unit receives a new influx of Marines from island-based units, Camp Pendleton and Hawaii.
https://www.stripes.com/migration/camp-hansen-marines-dip-into-water-surviving-training-1.54087
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Oct 28, 2024· No visible tattoos above the line a standard blue tropical shirt in the back. 2024 was a landmark year for tattoos in the U.S. Army when Captain Isis Sake, originally from Apia, Samoa, received a waver for her traditional Samoan hand tattoos. These tattoos, or “malu” as they are known in Samoa, are hand-poked by a Samoan tattoo artist …
https://europe.stripes.com/military-life/2024-tattoo-regulations-in-the-military.html
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Although only 11% of all U.S. teenagers claim that they’ll join the military one day, and although only .7% of Americans actually do, the 2022 MTES showed that more than four times as many …
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Aug 15, 2024Though legal and common in most European countries, lane splitting is dangerous and should be avoided. Drive with headlights on. Proper foot pegs and backrest will increase safety and comfort for a passenger. Instruct a passenger in proper balance and ask them to refrain from sudden movements.
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The USS Wyoming, home-ported at Kings Bay, successfully completed a crew swap while at sea on Jan. 24. The crew exchange also included a fresh supply of food during the deployment.
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When it detected the cyberattack, Change Healthcare disconnected its systems to protect patient information, according to an updated news release Tuesday from Tricare, the military health care …
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Pfc. James Bayer tests and arms a claymore mine during training for the Expert Infantryman’s Badge at Camp Casey, South Korea, on Thursday. More than 300 soldiers will test for the coveted badge …
https://www.stripes.com/migration/more-than-300-soldiers-at-casey-seek-coveted-badge-1.47511
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Johnson said the new policy provides “clear-cut guidance” for Marines on when they can wear their utility uniform. “If you’re off base, out of our vehicle, in cammies, you …
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May 4, 2023The U.S. Navy, the bulwark in a potential armed conflict with China, suffers from failures in mission readiness that include maintenance backlogs, decaying shipyards and crew fatigue and shortages …
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-05-03/navy-maintenance-shipyard-problems-gao-10005908.html
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A sailor on board the carrier USS George H.W. Bush moves a jet to match its real-life counterpart on the flight deck using the “Ouija Board,” a tapletop model of the ship that has been used to …
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Mar 13, 2024The U.S. Navy plans to keep its gyms and fitness centers open around the clock, seven days a week, at bases worldwide. While some Navy gyms already operate 24/7, most do not, forcing sailors who …
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-03-13/navy-gyms-fitness-centers-13302668.html
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In 2020, the military recorded 384 active-duty service member suicides, a 33.5% rate increase since 2016, the GAO’s analysis found. The number dropped to 328 in 2021, according to DOD data.
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The F-35 represents the country’s most expensive weapons system with a Government Accountability Office review earlier this year estimating overall cost at more than $1.7 trillion – a sum that …
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Mar 29, 2023CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – F-35A Lightning II multi-role fighters touched down at Kadena Air Base this week as part of a rotating force of advanced fighters replacing an aging fleet of F-15 Eagles.
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Mar 20, 2024Alaska-based U.S. soldiers on an exercise in Norway carried out a rare flight over the North Pole and parachuted into the Arctic this week, all on short notice as a showcase of the Army’s …
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-03-20/alaska-soldiers-parachuting-arctic-13372321.html
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Sep 7, 2023Davis, assigned to a reserve unit, 1 st Battalion, 24 th Marine Regiment, in Selfridge, Mich., was found inside his vehicle on Saturday at Marine Corps Base Quantico, where he was attending a …
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-09-07/marine-found-dead-identified-11299154.html
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