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The fire aboard the USS Hue City broke out about 200 miles northeast of Bermuda on April 14, just days after the ship left Mayport, Florida, for deployment, according to U.S. Fleet Forces Command.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/uss-hue-city-s-no-2-officer-relieved-after-investigation-into-fire-1.290875

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The new policy implements legislation passed in December, which raised the minimum age for the sale of tobacco products in the U.S. by three years from 18, providing no military exemption.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/tobacco-sale-age-will-be-21-on-military-bases-ships-in-us-ports-starting-in-august-1.628963

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A joint venture between a California construction company and a Japanese developer acquired another contract for more facilities at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz as the Guam installation inches …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/load-more-stories?offset=19&count=10&total=1460

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Mar 1, 2024Neck tattoos are in, but shaved sides with a bun are out, according to the updated, clarified grooming and uniform regulations for airmen and guardians released recently by the Air Force.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-03-01/air-force-uniform-grooming-regulations-13167099.html

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Feb 6, 2024YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The first big snowfall of the season dumped nearly 3 inches of precipitation across Tokyo, including at several U.S. military installations in the area.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-02-06/tokyo-snow-military-bases-12912890.html

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Mays denies starting the fire. Prosecutors allege Mays was seen going into the ship’s lower vehicle storage area, where investigators say the fire began on July 12, 2020, just minutes before …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-12-18/gallagher-effect-haunts-ship-fire-case-navy-lesson-4013658.html

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Sep 15, 2023Lt. Gen. Sean Bernabe, commander of III Armored Corps and Fort Cavazos, made the decision Monday to withdraw two counts of the charge abusive sexual contact, which was filed against Meredith …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-09-15/fort-cavazos-court-martial-sex-misconduct-11386863.html

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The Marines, part of the 415th Civil Affairs Battalion, listen and take notes. “We’re transitioning to help others. We’re empowering people to help each other,” Marine Maj …

https://www.stripes.com/living/u-s-marine-peacekeepers-talk-with-residents-of-kosovo-to-learn-what-is-working-and-what-is-not-1.2239

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Talcott said Cron first made a shallow cut on Eccleston’s neck to torture him and the two struggled in the apartment over nearly a 90-minute period.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/airman-to-learn-his-fate-thursday-in-okinawa-murder-case-1.167978

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Jan 10, 2024Citing various government officials, the report said suspicious drones have been flying around German military posts on a weekly basis. Sites such as Klietz, where the Germans are training …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-01-10/ukraine-training-germany-drones-12620402.html

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The small command posts are a far cry from the bases where Marines worked a few years ago, added the battalion’s executive officer, Maj. Chris Caldwell.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/marines-put-minimalistic-command-concept-to-work-during-air-assault-exercise-in-japan-1.655482

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Pond provides roughly 1,600 personnel to guard Army posts in Germany, Geier said, and that’s about the number the company expects to employ through the four-year contract.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/after-protests-pond-gets-contract-to-provide-security-at-army-posts-in-germany-1.312144

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According to previous social media posts and her website that was shared on her Twitter profile before it was deleted Friday, the Marine’s first name is Dalina and she states she was raped in …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/marine-posts-video-attacking-military-s-handling-of-her-sexual-assault-1.662905

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The friends’ In 40 years of existence, from its founding in 1950 until months after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Stasi built an extensive network of around 189,000 informants, or …

https://www.stripes.com/special-reports/2019-02-24/disgraced-us-air-force-officers-were-set-up,-stasi-documents-show-decades-later-1485131.html

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May 8, 2024TOKYO — A quick response by soldiers at the home of U.S. Army Japan saved the life of a military working dog suffering from heat stroke. Yyonder, a Belgian Malinois with the 88th and 901st …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-05-07/military-working-dog-army-japan-13787842.html

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The Air Force has identified an airman who died over the weekend at the home of U.S. Forces Japan in western Tokyo as a military working dog handler with the 374th …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/yokota-airman-pronounced-dead-at-urgent-care-center-was-military-working-dog-handler-1.650848

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The Air Force had 137 suspected suicides last year, the highest number since the service began tracking suicide in 2008, officials said Friday.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/air-force-saw-record-suicide-rate-in-2019-1.617143

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However, bringing a military working dog home isn’t for everyone, and Belgian Malinois is a tough high energy breed that Schnell doesn’t recommend as a family pet. “They are definitely not …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/marine-dog-is-honored-for-combat-valor-along-with-posthumous-awards-for-three-other-dogs-two-pigeons-and-a-horse-1.607487

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May 25, 2024TAMPA, Fla. — Heavy seas battered the U.S. maritime humanitarian mission to Gaza on Saturday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said, with four vessels serving a floating aid delivery pier breaking …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-05-25/heavy-seas-batter-navy-pier-gaza-13977123.html

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Mar 23, 2024(Tribune News Service) — A 138 million pound, nearly 900-foot-long floating hospital arrived at Swan Island in Portland yesterday afternoon. The behemoth USNS Mercy is hard to miss if you’re …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-03-23/usns-mercy-portland-swan-island-13408245.html

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