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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/navy/2021-11-22/yokosuka-naval-base-japan-honch-cleanup-3712495.html

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Army Lt. Gen. Antonio Aguto Jr., head of the First U.S. Army headquarters at Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois, visits the 77th Sustainment Brigade, during an exercise at Fort McCoy, Wis., on Aug …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-11-08/army-ukraine-wiesbaden-germany-7970727.html

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Suit up, football fans: Army and Navy have revealed their uniforms for the 124th annual Army-Navy game, with each paying tribute to an aspect of the respective services’ rich histories.

https://www.stripes.com/sports/2023-11-21/army-navy-football-uniforms-2023-12124196.html

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Fence damage from a fatal weekend collision is seen outside Camp Foster, Okinawa, Tuesday, May 10, 2022 – . (Frank Andrews/Stars and Stripes)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2022-05-10/police-question-us-marine-fatal-car-crash-camp-foster-okinawa-5953139.html

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WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps is shrinking all infantry battalions to 811 troops by Sept. 1, the service announced Monday as part of an annual update of its Force Design restructuring.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-06-06/marines-force-redesign-battalions-infantry-10355683.html

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Soldiers across the Army are now permitted to roll up their sleeves, just as Marines, sailors and airmen do. The policy change, approved on Tuesday by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/soldiers-can-now-roll-up-sleeves-along-with-other-servicemembers-1.416811

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Jan 31, 2023 – In 2020, a Blue Star Families survey found 14% of about 4,500 enlisted active-duty family respondents reported low or very low food security, compared to 10.5% of all U.S. households, according to …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-01-31/military-pay-benefits-review-biden-9003927.html

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WASHINGTON— Marine Col. Stephen Keane has been selected to be the newest military judge to preside over the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 9/11 trial at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, the Office of …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/marine-colonel-is-tapped-to-be-the-next-judge-for-9-11-trial-at-guantanamo-bay-1.645657

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Family: wife Jeanne; six adult children and stepchildren. Education: Bachelor’s degree in public administration, Upper Iowa University, 2009. Enlisted: 1981 in …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/bio-on-sgt-major-of-the-army-raymond-f-chandler-iii-1.136213

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Air Force Lt. Col. Jamie Humphries returns the ceremonial first salute to a formation of airmen on June 11, 2020 – , at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Humphries was relieved as commander of the 1st …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-04-20/air-force-commander-fired-combat-camera-squadron-5746126.html

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Mar 20, 2024 – YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The dining facility at this airlift hub in western Tokyo is the first to take the Air Force’s highest award for food service excellence four years in a row.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-03-20/air-force-best-dining-facility-award-13371020.html

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The guided-missile destroyer was sent to challenge Vietnam’s “excessive maritime claims” in the Con Dao Islands, about 150 miles south of Ho Chi Minh City, the 7th Fleet said in a statement …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/navy-challenges-vietnamese-claims-to-seas-around-resort-island-in-south-china-sea-1.656609

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Nov 4, 2022 – A 21-year-old Fort Riley soldier is facing a murder charge in the stabbing death of another soldier at the Army base in Kansas, according to Army court documents and local police. Spc.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-11-04/fort-riley-soldiers-murder-army-7927117.html

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Feb 28, 2023 – The Kansas City Star • February 28, 2023 – Jeremy Stover, CEO of Freedom Hospice in Hiawatha, Kansas, has been arrested on allegations that he was promoting the sale of sexual relations. (LinkedIn)

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-02-28/retired-army-medic-ceo-kansas-hospice-sexual-relations-9286975.html

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The department has bought over 700 out of 2,470 F-35s it plans to acquire. Recent contracts for jets delivered through 2023 put the cost of an F-35 at under $80 million, according to the office.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-09-06/air-force-raptors-marine-f35-australia-7228421.html

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Oct 31, 2024 – Findings by the Defense Department Inspector General reveal a series of procurement missteps that allowed defense giant Boeing to overcharge the U.S. Air Force for various components of the C-17 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-10-31/bathroom-soap-overspending-air-force-15689578.html

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The system is also hampered by out-of-date provider lists, access issues and repeated Tricare rejection of routine claims, including emergency care, according to some among the 8,000 retirees and …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/tricare-scrapping-troubled-system-in-philippines-to-address-fraud-military-retiree-care-1.migrated

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The U.S. military must prepare to fight decisively if China challenges America, its allies or partners, the new commander of Andersen Air Force Base on Guam told troops moments after stepping into …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-06-10/air-force-commander-guam-china-6294350.html

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Ledet and Cooper were former co-workers, according to the police report. There were no signs of forced entry into Cooper’s off-campus apartment, which was in a gated, luxury community, Brock …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/former-marine-who-sparked-okinawa-furor-is-dead-in-suspected-murder-suicide-1.53269

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The bases receiving the upgrades are Hickam Communities at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii; Tierra Vista Communities at Los Angeles Air Force Base, San Pedro, Calif.; Tierra Vista at …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2021-07-06/air-force-upgrades-privatized-military-housing-program-2072434.html

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