Military News

Jun 12, 2024South Korea requires all able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 28 to serve between 18 to 21 months in the military or social service, but it revised the law in 2020 to let globally recognized …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-06-11/bts-south-korea-military-service-14155072.html

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Aug 1, 2024Divers and military personnel who work with explosives have some of the highest suicide rates in the armed forces, the Defense Department found. … only sailors in law enforcement had evidence of …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-08-01/suicide-military-defense-department-study-14690009.html

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Nov 3, 2022The U.S. government recouped nearly $500,000 in improper payments and soldiers paid some $60,000 in fines for their roles in the scam, but Defense Secretary Ash Carter in 2016 suspended Pentagon …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-11-03/army-soldiers-fbi-recruiting-investigation-7912895.html

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Jul 5, 2024Hitoshi Asato, director of the prefectural police criminal affairs division, on Monday told the special committee of the three prior arrests of U.S. military members on suspicion of sexual crimes.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-07-05/okinawa-us-military-sexual-crimes-air-force-marines-14391940.html

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Mar 7, 2023Military entrance stations conducted 215,000 medical exams in fiscal 2022, which ended Sept. 30, according to the Defense Department. Of all applicants, nearly 30% are disqualified during the exam.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-03-07/military-medical-waivers-recruitment-9417905.html

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Sep 19, 2024A recent study by the Institute for Defense Analyses found that there is no evidence to support the notion that violent extremism is widespread in the U.S. military, though extremism may be rising …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-09-19/lawmakers-plan-mass-casualty-event-15233786.html

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Jul 17, 2024MILWAUKEE — Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, recounted his hardscrabble Ohio upbringing and his post-Sept. 11 military service as he introduced himself and his young …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-07-17/vance-focus-military-service-republican-national-convention-speech-14519263.html

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The draft law does not specify what kinds of weapons the coast guard would use, but the typical Type 218 Chinese patrol boat carries twin 14.5 mm machine guns, according to a Jan. 9 report by the …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/chinese-law-would-allow-coast-guard-to-fire-on-foreign-vessels-in-its-waters-1.651073

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Jun 21, 2023Critics called it the “Don’t Say Gay Law.” There are numerous military bases in Florida, including Eglin Air Force Base in the panhandle, which is one of the service’s largest bases …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-06-21/air-force-racism-discrimination-lgbtq-10506299.html

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May 24, 2024Duggan’s lawyers had previously argued there is no evidence the Chinese pilots he trained were military, and that he became an Australian citizen in January 2012, before the alleged offenses.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-05-24/former-marine-pilot-extradition-13960410.html

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Jun 23, 2023Hunt Military Communities said in a statement that it acknowledges the verdict and is committed to providing quality housing to military families. … Lawyers for the Vinales family recommended in …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-06-23/military-housing-lawsuit-mold-10531711.html

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Italian law requires military dependents to give up their SOFA rights and protections if they want to work for a private American, Italian or other employer while living in Italy. Had Sloan taken …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-02-07/us-military-spouses-in-italy-have-few-options-for-work-2967238.html

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WASHINGTON — Army investigators and local police in Virginia are probing the sudden death Tuesday of a Fort Belvoir-based senior enlisted soldier, military officials said Friday.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/army-local-police-investigating-senior-enlisted-soldier-s-death-in-virginia-1.634449

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Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., is shown at a Feb. 5, 2020, hearing on Capitol Hill. Speier is the chairwoman of the House Armed Services Committee’s subpanel on military personnel.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-11-19/jackie-speier-congress-military-sexual-assault-reform-retire-3683969.html

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He said that although the Italian government enacted a law guaranteeing employees would be absorbed into public sector jobs if they lost employment due to a foreign military base closure, it didn …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/la-maddalena-says-goodbye-to-base-after-35-year-u-s-navy-presence-on-sardinia-1.74043

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Jun 21, 2023The bill, co-sponsored by Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, would impose an array of new restrictions, including a prohibition on troops negotiating post-retirement …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2023-06-21/retired-military-work-foreign-powers-10504654.html

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Japan first enacted a law restricting drone flights after one crashed onto the roof of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s residence in April 2015. Drone flights were also restricted over the Imperial …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/people-who-fly-drones-over-a-military-base-in-japan-may-soon-face-hefty-fines-jail-time-1.640678

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Sep 30, 2024Hurricane Helene hit Thursday in Florida’s Big Bend region with wind speeds up to 140 mph before storming across the southeast U.S. and leaving more than 100 dead. 6,200 National Guard troops …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-09-30/national-guard-troops-hurricane-helene-15357148.html

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Apr 22, 2024ATLANTA — An Air Force student pilot was killed last week when he was struck by a train in Del Rio, Texas, near Laughlin Air Force Base, where he was stationed, military and law enforcement …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-04-22/pilot-train-dead-laughlin-air-force-texas-atlanta-13627772.html

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Dec 7, 2023A military spouse learns about employment opportunities at a job fair held at Ramstein Air Base on March 3, 2023. (Jordan Lazaro/U.S. Air Force) … And it did so in violation of federal law.

https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2023-12-07/texas-education-agency-military-families-12288493.html

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