The dramatic hiring in southern New England over the last decade has elevated Electric Boat to the position of the number one private employer in both Connecticut and Rhode Island, which will …
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Naval Submarine Base New London on Wednesday announced partnerships with the Hartford, Conn.-based Capitol Region Council of Governments, Connecticut Department of Transportation and Groton …
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The Defense Department last year updated its policy on body composition standards, giving the service branches more freedom to tailor weight and body fat requirements to their own troops and mission.
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Airman Basic Douglas L. Saferite Jr. escaped base authorities in March 2000 prior to his originally scheduled court-martial. He was being held Thursday at the Mannheim Correctional Facility.
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The trial assessment gave Sailors an opportunity to test their physical readiness prior to the April implementation of the Navy Physical Fitness Assessment program. (Paul Gorman/U.S. Navy)
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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – A massive 72-year-old hangar that’s hosted B-29 bombers, countless change-of-command ceremonies and a troop talk by the sitting U.S. president is getting a $5.7 …
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Nov 7, 2023Cpl. Eniya Yanina of Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia uses a high frequency radio at Naval Station Julhasan Arasain in Legazpi, Philippines, Oct. 11, 2023.
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A golfer tees off at the Rheinblick Golf Course in Wiesbaden, Germany. Retirees and some veterans may now use Morale, Welfare and Recreation services and facilities on Army bases in Germany.
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May 22, 2023Friendship Festival visitors check out a C-130J Super Hercules and CV-22 Osprey at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo, Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Juan King/Stars and Stripes)
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Lt. Col. Paul K. Voss, left, and Capt. Ryan S. Phaneuf, shown here with his wife Megan Murat Phaneuf, died on Jan. 27, 2020, in the crash of a Bombardier E-11A aircraft in Ghazni province …
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Jun 13, 2024MCAS Futenma was the scene of a 38,000-gallon firefighting foam spill into a nearby stream and neighborhood in April 2020. Determining the exact origin of the contaminants is difficult and more …
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During his court-martial last month at the air station, Gunnery Sgt. Jarvis Raynor, 34, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and a bad-conduct discharge for adultery, indecent acts, fraternizing …
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This image shows the interior of an Isuzu Elf driven by Lance Cpl. Nicholas James-McLean, 21, who has been charged in the Nov. 21, 2017, crash that killed a Japanese national on Okinawa.
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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – A U.S. Air Force squadron of MQ-9 Reaper drones is moving south to Okinawa from the Japanese island of Kyushu, according to a spokesman at this airlift hub in western Tokyo.
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The field evacuated its MC-130J Commando II and MC-130H Combat Talon II airlifters and a AC-130J Ghostrider gunship to Wright-Patterson ahead of Ian’s landfall in Florida last week. Wright …
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Maj. Gen. Bernard S. Champoux. He was nominated in December 2012 for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and for assignment as commanding general of the 8th U.S. Army and chief of staff …
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Jun 9, 2024OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea Airmen stationed on this installation 30 miles south of Seoul are authorized to wear a Pride morale patch this month.
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Aug 19, 2024Buying and selling a car in Italy. By. Stripes Staff. Stars and Stripes August 19, 2024. New car keys () While stationed in Italy, you may register up to three vehicles. No road tax will be charged for your primary car, but it will need to be paid for additional vehicles. Fuel rations are only available on your primary car.
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Nov 29, 2023The USS Carney is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer that’s been in the region for weeks. The defense official also said the destroyed drone was an Iranian-made KAS-04.
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Geologist Ryan Bennett with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency collects samples of treated Lake Michigan water in a laboratory at the water treatment plant in Wilmette, Ill., on July 3 …
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