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The Marines traveled light, carrying items they could pack into a helicopter or move on golf-cart sized Utility Task Vehicles, which can also be carried by MV-22 Osprey and CH-53 Super Stallion …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2021-06-03/Marines-train-on-Okinawa-Japan-for-jungle-warfare-in-the-first-island-chain-1627473.html

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Jun 4, 2023 – Iranian boats swarmed a merchant vessel in the Strait of Hormuz Sunday, leading to a distress call from the ship and the scrambling of a helicopter and a surveillance plane to the area, the U.S …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-06-04/navy-iran-hormuz-ship-planes-10334195.html

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Spc. Mackenzie L. Shay, 20, was killed in a crash. on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022 – . The accident occurred at Fort Indiantown Gap in southeastern Pennsylvania, involving a pair of cargo vehicles during …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-10-24/1-killed-military-training-accident-7797096.html

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Jul 1, 2024 – BAE Systems of York, Pa., developed the ACV under a $67 million contract in June 2019. The following year, the company received a $184 million contract for the vehicle’s full production.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-07-01/marines-on-okinawa-offload-amphibious-combat-vehicles-14352384.html

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Jan 30, 2024 – The ACV, first developed by BAE Systems of York, Pa., under a $67 million contract in June 2019, replaces the amphibious assault vehicles whose use by the Corps concluded not long after the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-01-29/marines-new-amphibious-combat-vehicle-12837410.html

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May 18, 2023 – Existing airmen and guardians can earn as many as three medals for referring recruits and new enlistees can earn quick promotions if they refer friends.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-05-18/air-space-force-recruiting-incentives-10162702.html

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VILSECK, Germany — About 200 2nd Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment soldiers returned from Iraq on Sunday in two waves to a post decorated with hundreds of signs welcoming the troops home.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/2-63-armor-regiment-soldiers-return-to-vilseck-from-iraq-1.29763

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Lt. Kevin Mullins, Surface Warfare Officer School surface navigator course leader, instructs Lt. Corey Schulz on proper sextant procedures, Dec. 10, 2015, in Newport …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/break-out-the-sextant-navy-teaching-celestial-navigation-again-1.391219

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Jul 18, 2024 – The three parades are the hallmark of Fussa’s Tanabata Festival. The mikoshi and float parade is scheduled from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday. A mikoshi is a palanquin, or enclosed litter carried …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-07-18/tanabata-festival-fussa-yokota-japan-14524874.html

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The police spokesman said Rush was walking by himself at 1:38 a.m. near a JR Sanyo Honsen railroad crossing in Shingu-cho after drinking with his friends in Shunan city.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/iwakuni-marine-dies-after-being-hit-by-train-in-shunan-1.48536

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Dec 16, 2022 – Spc. Shay A. Wilson, 28, an infantryman assigned to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Ga., has been charged with one count of murder in the shooting death …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-12-16/fort-stewart-soldier-killed-shooter-8443385.html

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https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-11-18/pier-five-yokosuka-naval-base-japan-8098472.html

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The person Heath identified as his torturer was Reynaldo Hernández, an agent of the Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence, DGCIM for its initials in Spanish, in Falcón state.

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2022-02-08/marine-veteran-accused-botched-venezuela-coup-torture-4843346.html

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Mar 22, 2023 – The Navy last week approved plans to keep the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke in service another five years, meaning the first-in-class ship will have sailed for four decades before its …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-03-22/navy-destroyer-arleigh-burke-9568960.html

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A breath test measured Little’s blood-alcohol content at 0.12%, four times Japan’s legal driving limit of 0.03%, the spokesman said. By comparison, all 50 U.S. states have set 0.08% as the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-04-18/marine-okinawa-arrest-motorcycle-collision-9837382.html

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Feb 21, 2024 – A contractor opens a fire hydrant to collect samples as part of the Navy’s drinking water monitoring program at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Jan. 31, 2024 – .

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-02-20/navy-drinking-water-safety-13066823.html

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Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille has asked the Haitian police, with the support of the country’s small armed forces and the Kenya-led multinational security force, to begin launching …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/americas/2024-07-18/haiti-police-army-kenya-forces-gangs-14528609.html

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According to reports on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022 – , a military recruiter in Texas is the suspect who shot and killed his wife and wounded an NCIS agent while she was being interviewed on Thursday.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-09-23/texas-police-kill-recruiter-fatally-shot-wife-wounded-ncis-agent-7439647.html

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On June 8, 2016, retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Rodney Lee Buentello was at Bandera City Park in Texas with his family when a teenager girl tried to cross the dam and fell into rough water below …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/marine-veteran-s-family-accepts-gold-lifesaving-medal-on-his-behalf-1.481182

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“We’ve demonstrated the ability to move forward to the second island chain 26 F-22s, 12 F-15Es and four C-130s here … on Guam or nearby,” Thomas said.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2021-07-31/air-force-army-exercises-on-guam-2396319.html

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