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Areizaga-Soto also served as Virginia’s deputy secretary for veterans and defense affairs from 2014 until January, serving under and advising former Govs. Terry McAuliffe and Ralph Northam.

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2022-04-21/veterans-affairs-appeals-board-nominee-army-national-guard-5756201.html

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Mar 29, 2024 – The year-over-year increase spanned every state, with Texas topping the list with approximately 41,200 new enrollees, followed by California at 33,500, Florida with 33,000, Virginia with 20,500 …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-03-29/veterans-affairs-pact-act-enrollment-burn-pits-13452173.html

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Apr 9, 2024 – Access to affordable housing, reliable child care and top public schools in communities near bases where military families reside contribute to military readiness and retention, said Sharene Brown …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-04-09/military-child-care-schools-housing-summit-13519397.html

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According to papers filed in a 1994 Congressional subcommittee hearing on the prison labor issue, Japan ratified the convention Nov. 31, 1932. Harp was a 22-year-old Marine private first class …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/ex-marine-decries-nature-of-japan-prison-work-1.21905

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TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba renewed a pledge Saturday to build up his country’s military and deepen its alliance with the United States under President-elect Donald Trump.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-11-09/japan-military-buildup-deeper-us-ties-15789126.html

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Mar 2, 2023 – CHING CHUAN KANG AIR BASE, Taiwan — This sprawling military installation in central Taiwan is likely the biggest reminder of an era when thousands of U.S. troops were deployed to the island.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-03-02/taiwan-cck-air-force-legacy-9328939.html

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May 10, 2023 – Maj. Gen. Philip Stewart was fired Tuesday, May 9, 2023 – , as commander of the 19th Air Force at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, for alleged misconduct, according to service …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-05-10/air-force-general-fired-misconduct-10077903.html

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Mar 6, 2024 – AVIANO, Italy — The child of an airman was found dead Tuesday morning at the family’s off-base residence, according to Aviano Air Base officials and local Italian media.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-03-06/aviano-elementary-student-found-dead-13225562.html

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Nov 14, 2024 – WASHINGTON — Suicides in the U.S. military increased in 2023, continuing a long-term trend that the Pentagon has struggled to abate, senior defense officials said.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-11-14/military-suicides-2023-increase-15845476.html

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Apr 16, 2024 – The U.S. Army has temporarily deployed its newest missile launcher to the Philippines for training purposes amid ongoing tensions over Beijing’s claims to Taiwan and the South China Sea.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-04-16/army-typhoon-launcher-philippines-13562617.html

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Signed by President Joe Biden, the bill implements a new policy on service dog therapy for veterans, exactly what Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.-based K9s for Warriors has been pushing for in recent …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2021-12-09/k9s-for-warriors-pushed-new-law-therapy-dogs-veterans-3911210.html

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Dec 14, 2023 – Originally from Knoxville, Tenn., he holds a journalism degree from the University of North Florida. He previously covered crime and the military in Key West, Fla., and business in Jacksonville, Fla.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-12-14/army-2011-tsunami-beach-cleanup-12363534.html

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May 14, 2024 – Originally from Knoxville, Tenn., he holds a journalism degree from the University of North Florida. He previously covered crime and the military in Key West, Fla., and business in Jacksonville, Fla.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-05-14/zushi-beach-assault-trial-navy-13849560.html

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Jan 3, 2024 – MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — U.S. forces have recovered at least a portion of the CV-22 Osprey that crashed in November off southwestern Japan, according to Air Force and Marine …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-01-03/osprey-crash-wreckage-recovery-japan-12541082.html

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Sgt. Monesha L. Burton died in a two-car traffic accident in Kaiserslautern, Germany, March 5, 2021 – , the Army said Wednesday. Public Health Command Europe is holding a memorial service for her Friday.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/us-soldier-killed-in-car-accident-came-from-long-family-line-of-service-1.665192

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Lt. Col. Craig Jones, 41, of Homer, Ark. — a 16-handicap golfer — said he was a member of the off-post Habsberg Golf Club but that he would also prefer to golf on-post.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/u-s-military-golfers-in-europe-want-on-post-courses-driving-ranges-1.50628

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Jan 23, 2024 – Kwajalein lies about 1,600 miles from Guam and more than 2,000 miles from Hawaii or Japan. The U.S. and the Marshall Islands signed a Compact of Free Association in 1983 that gives America full …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-01-23/army-flooding-evacuations-marshall-islands-12774157.html

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The Air Force has received its first delivery of brand-new explosive ordnance disposal robots to replace its nearly 20-year-old bomb defusing robot fleet.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-12-19/eod-robots-air-force-l3-harris-8471711.html

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The crash involved a moped and a jeepney, said Morton, 27, of Camden County, Ga. A jeepney is a type of bus modeled on jeeps left behind by U.S. forces at the end of World War II.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-10-14/philippines-jeepney-crash-marines-sailors-7686255.html

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John Travolta celebrates his daughter Ella’s 22nd birthday April 3, 2022 – , with a tea party in England. He said in an Instagram post that he is working on a short film based on the book “The …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-04-06/travolta-confirms-he-is-in-the-uk-doing-a-short-film-5596810.html

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