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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)

https://www.stripes.com/migration/navy-to-forgive-past-fitness-test-failures-end-most-fitness-discharges-1.503657

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Nov 7, 2023 – Cpl. Eniya Yanina of Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia uses a high frequency radio at Naval Station Julhasan Arasain in Legazpi, Philippines, Oct. 11, 2023 – .

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-11-07/marines-philippines-kamandag-china-11966814.html

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May 22, 2023 – Friendship 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)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-05-22/yokota-japan-friendship-festival-10194502.html

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Jun 13, 2024 – MCAS 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 …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-06-13/okinawa-pfas-water-marines-futenma-14175315.html

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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 …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/3rd-marine-sentenced-in-sex-case-1.79949

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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.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/okinawa-based-marine-indicted-in-fatal-crash-that-killed-a-japanese-national-1.501994

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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.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-10-06/reaper-drones-kyushu-okinawa-air-force-japan-11613613.html

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Jun 9, 2024 – OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — Airmen stationed on this installation 30 miles south of Seoul are authorized to wear a Pride morale patch this month.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-06-09/pride-morale-patch-air-force-14132681.html

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BAUMHOLDER, Germany — Soldiers and families of Company C, 4th Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment are struggling with the deaths of four of the unit’s members, who were killed when their …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/soldiers-families-come-together-after-deaths-of-4-gis-from-baumholder-1.147041

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Bethany Stillman and her children, Iliania, 7, and Avery, 3, wait Friday for Spc. Joseph Stillman before an early morning return ceremony for the 172nd Separate Infantry Brigade in Grafenwoehr …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/families-greet-returning-schweinfurt-grafenwo-hr-soldiers-1.179267

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A worker removes a container of blood-sample cards at the Armed Forces Repository of Specimen Samples for the Identification of Remains at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Jan. 30, 2019.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-11-09/tomb-of-unknown-soldier-dna-testing-3558864.html

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Jan 22, 2024 – MEXICO CITY — Mexico wants an urgent investigation into how U.S. military-grade weapons are increasingly being found in the hands of Mexican drug cartels, Mexico’s top diplomat said Monday.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/americas/2024-01-22/mexico-cartels-us-military-grade-weapons-12760229.html

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A Navy destroyer patrolling in the Gulf of Oman this week seized $39 million in methamphetamine from a fishing ship in waters used to smuggle people, weapons and narcotics, U.S. 5th Fleet said …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-05-17/navy-destroyer-seizes-39-million-of-meth-in-gulf-of-oman-6033065.html

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Vice Adm. Kevin M. Donegan, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, shakes hands with incoming 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade commander Brig. Gen. Francis L. Donovan’s during a change-of …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/donovan-assumes-command-of-5th-marine-expeditionary-brigade-1.416032

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A native of Laurel, Md., and a Naval Academy graduate, Kempisty bought a basic 3D printer, learned computer-aided design and cranked out a prototype of the nametag protector.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-01-04/invention-name-tags-navy-coveralls-flight-suit-uniforms-4184147.html

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DONGDUCHEON, South Korea – It took less than an hour and $40 in glasses of juice for the pretty young woman working at the noisy bar to offer up her cell phone number and a promise that “the …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/juicy-bars-said-to-be-havens-for-prostitution-aimed-at-u-s-military-1.migrated

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ARLINGTON, Va. — A Marine Corps commander who led Marines and coalition forces during Operation Enduring Freedom was unlawfully frocked to brigadier general, a violation of U.S. military …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/officials-find-marine-unlawfully-frocked-1.10896

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Dickstein holds a journalism degree from Georgia College & State University and has been recognized with several national and regional awards for his reporting and photography. He is based in Atlanta.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-01-12/pentagon-military-recruits-extremism-inspector-general-audit-4269533.html

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The volunteer assistant coach appearing in the video with the students “was removed from that role immediately,” Stephen Smith, a spokesman for the Department of Defense Education Activity …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-03-07/spangdahlem-baseball-racist-slurs-9397835.html

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The groups argue that VA Deputy Secretary Tom Bowman is the appropriate person to fill in as acting secretary until the Senate confirms a permanent leader. The Senate confirmed Bowman in August to …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/lawsuit-claims-trump-s-selection-of-wilkie-as-acting-va-secretary-was-unlawful-1.524799

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