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Roux has been reassigned to the headquarters of Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., which is about 24 miles east of St. Louis, Mo.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/air-force-commander-is-fired-for-fraternization-1.668136

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Feb 17, 2023 – ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was hunted down by U.S. forces in a raid in October 2019. In October, the leader of ISIS, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was killed in battle with Syrian …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-02-17/us-islamic-state-commander-killed-9175206.html

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https://www.stripes.com/migration/battle-group-in-poland-is-the-only-army-unit-to-use-upgunned-strykers-1.633340

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Apr 30, 2024 – The Lexington Armory, according to information provided by the state, is a nearly 35,000-square-foot facility found along the eastern side of Route 4 that sits on just over four acres of green …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-04-29/migrant-families-national-guard-armory-13702300.html

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Sen. Mazie Hirono, R-Hawaii, speaks at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023 – , flanked by the merchant tanker Empire State, which will be used to carry fuel being emptied from the …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-10-13/navy-red-hill-defueling-hawaii-11697384.html

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Feb 14, 2023 – Two UH-60 Black Hawks and one CH-47 Chinook from 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, at Schofield Barracks, Oahu, were dispatched to the training area Monday morning, the Army said.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-02-13/wildfire-hawaii-army-training-area-9131039.html

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A soldier with the 25th Infantry Division assembles an M240 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, June 25, 2020 – , during preparation for the Lightning Forge exercise that runs through July 21.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/army-mounts-first-large-scale-training-in-hawaii-since-pandemic-began-1.636571

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Apr 19, 2023 – Construction of a $44.7 million development center at Schofield Barracks in central Oahu and a $53.1 million center at Aliamanu Military Reservation in Honolulu is expected to be completed by 2026.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-04-19/hawaii-army-child-care-centers-9847993.html

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The VA did not respond to questions Tuesday morning. A spokeswoman said the department is working on a response to Coffman. Last month, a whistleblower from the appeals board, Kelli Kordich …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/lawmaker-questions-va-exec-s-management-of-benefit-appeals-1.307133

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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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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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Apr 11, 2023 – Malone 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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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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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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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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