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RAF MILDENHALL, England — Former and current Defense Department employees who have not seen their personal vehicles in more than two months have filed a class-action lawsuit against the …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/servicemembers-file-class-action-lawsuit-against-car-shipping-contractor-1.299486

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Jan 18, 2024 – Robert Gaylor, who served in the role from 1977 to 1979, died at his home in San Antonio, according to a Facebook post from his children. “He was a pillar of our Air Force … A leader among …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-01-18/air-force-cmsaf-galyor-obituary-12723258.html

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Apr 28, 2023 – Fourteen foreign-born men and women who joined the Air Force were naturalized during several weeks of basic training this month at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas, the service said.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-04-28/air-force-airmen-citizenship-recruits-9952549.html

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The Massachusetts native and UMass Amherst alumnus previously covered Okinawa, Sasebo Naval Base and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, for the news organization. His work has also appeared …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-02-07/okinawa-expressway-crash-claims-lives-of-two-marines-4769079.html

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A Japanese court sentenced a U.S. civilian employee at a Marine Corps base on Okinawa to four years in prison with labor, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021 – , for attempted rape and theft.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2021-10-18/aafes-marine-corps-okinawa-rape-theft-prison-sentence-3281136.html

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The Massachusetts native and UMass Amherst alumnus previously covered Okinawa, Sasebo Naval Base and Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, for the news organization. His work has also appeared …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/navy-crews-swap-ships-during-sasebo-ceremony-1.175288

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Mar 7, 2023 – The pantry is open from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, Jackson said. Patrons are allowed 10 items per visit, although the pantry has two-for-one specials and other …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-03-07/military-food-pantry-kadena-okinawa-9419263.html

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Mar 11, 2024 – “The rifle range in 1907, it’s not bad or good. It’s what we had when we had … a 1903 Springfield [rifle], which was an 1890s technology,” Jones said. “Now we have an M-16A4. The test …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-03-11/marine-corps-marksmanship-new-scoring-13285375.html

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Jan 20, 2023 – The grandson also had been a lieutenant in a junior militia group that escorted the Marquis de Lafayette on his visit to Richmond in 1824, when Poe was 15. In 1829, Poe was released from his five …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-01-20/edgar-allan-poe-military-8827651.html

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Jan 3, 2024 – Sullivan was a Boston native who grew up in nearby Quincy, Mass. He was commissioned into the Army in 1959 after graduating from Norwich and was sent to Vietnam for the first time in 1962.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-01-03/army-secretary-chief-of-staff-sullivan-12548059.html

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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/2023-02-27/navy-chaplains-destroyers-counseling-suicide-9268265.html

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May 15, 2024 – The F-16 Viper Demonstration Team aircraft sits on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., May 9, 2024 – . The new paint scheme pays homage to the YF-16 prototype that first flew at …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-05-15/viper-demonstration-team-paint-scheme-13865219.html

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The military is investigating the theft of arms from a weapons room at U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart. Panzer Kaserne, home to the garrison’s headquarters, is shown here.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/weapons-stolen-from-arms-room-on-us-military-base-in-stuttgart-1.421510

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Apr 20, 2023 – U.S. and NATO military leaders receive a tour of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a three-day summit in Torun, Poland, April 18, 2023 – .

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-04-20/army-poland-himars-9860558.html

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Nov 7, 2023 – Rand estimated that a 10 percentage point increase in advertising would yield a 1% increase in contracts. With 75,000 contracts as the prospective target, increasing advertising by 10% would …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-11-07/army-recruiting-analysis-advertising-bonuses-11970251.html

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He joined the Army in 2015, a year after graduating from high school in North Carolina. At Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., he spent his off-hours at two nearby tracks. Before drifting, he raced.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2021-10-21/fast-and-furious-drifting-okinawa-us-army-3329121.html

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U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Eric Land, center, assigned to 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Regiment, talks with Polish air defense artillery officers about the new MIM-104 Patriot surface-to …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/army-offers-60-000-bonuses-for-new-air-defense-warrant-officers-1.617625

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After training in Japan and before stardom in the U.S., Seagal ran his own aikido dojo in New Mexico, Isoyama said. It became popular with celebrities and eventually led to Seagal’s acting …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/aikido-instructor-has-shared-skills-with-soldiers-steven-seagal-1.99591

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Early onset arthritis sidelined the 7-year-old German shepherd. Riko served with Air Force security forces for five years, or 49 in dog years, according to Senior Airman Justin Young of the 374th …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-10-12/military-working-dog-retires-yokota-11677286.html

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Since Aug. 20, more than 34,900 Afghan evacuees traveled through Ramstein, having fled their homes in the wake of the Taliban’s swift takeover of the country following the U.S. military’s …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-10-31/ramstein-air-base-afghan-evacuee-departure-3437626.html

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