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https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2022-04-01/marines-navy-naples-6th-fleet-europe-5547699.html

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Houses line a street in Weilerbach, Germany, in February 2018. U.S. Army Europe has quietly introduced rules that put tighter restrictions on how its civilian workforce can use housing allowances …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/us-army-europe-civilians-face-new-restrictions-on-housing-allowances-1.518339

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Apr 2, 2024 – The final two AV-8B Harrier II pilots with the U.S. Marine Corps have finished their training, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing announced Monday.. Capts. Joshua Corbett and Sven Jorgensen on Friday …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-04-02/marines-last-harrier-pilots-13473752.html

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Jul 23, 2024 – The United States Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C., displays their precision drill maneuvers before hundreds of spectators at the Virginia …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-07-23/air-force-honor-guard-drill-team-14574077.html

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Nov 30, 2023 – The Air Force’s most senior leaders won’t be at the memorial service next week for a young airman who died by suicide, after a desperate plea from his father to have the service’s top brass …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-11-30/father-invites-leaders-memorial-ceremony-12213508.html

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Jul 26, 2023 – Capt. Les Sobol, commander of Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, chats with a Yokosuka city official ahead of a curry-tasting event at Club Alliance, July 21, 2023 – . (Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes)

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-07-26/japanese-navy-curry-yokosuka-10857768.html

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The Army is briefly suspending its bonus program enticing soldiers in certain fields to reenlist, as strong retention results have exhausted the funding for the current fiscal year.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-09-15/army-retention-bonus-suspended-11382820.html

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Dec 28, 2023 – In addition to Sebille Manor, the engineers over the summer began renovating 130 single homes in Stearley Heights, near Kadena’s Gate 2, Pruneda said. Those units, built in the 1950s, are for …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-12-27/kadena-enlisted-duplex-housing-renovation-12475758.html

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U.S. Navy warships would be welcome at a $7.5 billion navy base that Australia is building to support a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, according to Australian security experts.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-03-31/australia-nuclear-submarines-us-navy-china-solomons-morrison-5535077.html

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Marines always have seen themselves as different: America’s shock troops, with one foot on land and the other foot at sea. Marines pride themselves on being the most ready when the nation is …

https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2023-04-10/marine-corps-lost-way-9760567.html

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420th Movement Control Battalion’s vessel, Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 2018, Five Forks, and its cargo, two M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks during a communication and integration exercise in the …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/sail-army-the-unknown-career-field-of-us-army-mariners-1.214294

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The Lexington, launched in 1925 as one of America’s first carriers, went down with 35 aircraft aboard, and 216 crew members died in the battle.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/uss-lexington-first-aircraft-carrier-sunk-in-wwii-found-near-australia-1.515140

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U.S. soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division fire M4 rifles on a range in Constanta, Romania, Jan. 12, 2023 – . Elements from the divisions 1st Brigade Combat Team are preparing to deploy to Europe …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-01-23/romania-101st-10th-mountain-army-8859339.html

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WASHINGTON — A Marine injured in a suicide attack during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 choked up as he told House lawmakers on Wednesday that he had spotted the suspected bomber …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-03-08/afghanistan-withdrawal-marine-kabul-republicans-9428199.html

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Thousands of soldiers from the United States and the Philippines began a three-week exercise Monday on the island of Luzon to hone warfighting skills, including jungle operations.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-03-13/philippines-military-exercise-salaknib-9477974.html

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Spc. Donald Anthony Wilder on a September, 2005, scuba trip to Mexico with his family. It was their last vacation together; Wilder died of alcohol poisoning on Jan. 8, 2006.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/soldier-died-of-alcohol-poisoning-was-anyone-else-to-blame-1.76465

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For the first time since U.S. troops arrived in Europe during World War II, a German general will serve as chief of staff of U.S. Army Europe.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/in-historic-first-german-army-general-appointed-usareur-chief-of-staff-1.296324

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An F-16 Fighting Falcon jettisoned two fuel tanks during an in-flight emergency this week at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The jet, assigned to Eielson’s 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, was …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-05-30/f16-flight-emergency-eielson-alaska-14024433.html

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Ten months ago, 2nd ID’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team (Strike Force) paraded in the same place for the last time before deploying to Iraq. The only difference this time was the color of the …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/higgins-new-combat-team-most-powerful-in-army-1.34650

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Apr 13, 2024 – The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) is moved to an outfitting berth in Newport News, Virginia, on April 8, 2024 – . (Simon Pike/U.S. Navy) (Tribune News Service) — The …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-04-13/uss-stennis-leaves-dry-dock-13546048.html

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