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Aug 11, 2024 – Soldiers from “Bison” company, as they are affectionately known, returned home Saturday after a nine-month deployment to Kuwait. Approximately 100 Alaska Army National Guardsmen assigned to …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-08-11/bison-company-nine-months-deployment-kuwait-14831293.html

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According to his Navy biography, Williams was commissioned through an ROTC program in 1984. He commanded Navy Region Hawaii and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific from 2013 through 2015, before …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/admiral-relieved-of-duty-6-months-after-taking-the-helm-of-carrier-strike-group-15-1.387975

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DonAnn Gilmore, commander of the future USS Daniel Inouye, and Simeon Yerboh, the ship’s command master chief, speak with reporters beside the ship at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Nov …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-11-18/uss-daniel-inouye-navy-destroyer-pearl-harbor-hawaii-3675508.html

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Aug 3, 2023 – By 1 p.m. Thursday, electricity had been restored to 75,000 of the 225,000 homes left without power, according to the Okinawa Electric Power Co. Approximately 1,800 employees were working to …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-08-03/typhoon-khanun-damage-military-okinawa-10925817.html

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Feb 25, 2023 – The entrance of Fort Carson, a U.S. Army installation near Colorado Springs, Colo. A Fort Carson soldier was found guilty of sexual assault and sentenced to four years confinement and dishonorable …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-02-25/fort-carson-soldier-sexual-assault-case-9248326.html

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At the time, he was commander of the 6th Psychological Operations Battalion at Fort Bragg and on leave in Colorado in 2018. Sharing his experience on the 1st Special Forces Command and 18th …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-07-21/army-col-eric-kreitz-alcoholism-podcast-2212358.html

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Apr 29, 2023 – The victims of the crash were Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Robert Eramo, 39, of Oneonta, N.Y.; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kyle McKenna, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and Warrant Officer 1 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-04-29/alaska-army-helicopter-crash-victims-9963830.html

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A Fort Eisenhower soldier’s wife who is charged with killing her infant son with a knife intends to use an insanity defense during her upcoming trial, according to court records filed in Georgia …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-07-22/fort-eisenhower-army-spouse-murder-son-14563596.html

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His Afghanistan tour made him a few days late meeting his unit at Fort Riley. The soldiers — all 10 of them — were getting mad at their new boss for being late.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/remembering-maj-hutchison-oldest-soldier-killed-in-iraq-1.92021

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After capturing a “terrorist,” special operations forces speed away from the scene during an exercise hosted by the U.S. Special Operations Command Europe at Baumholder, Germany, in 2014.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-07-15/army-baumholder-special-operations-6657954.html

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Sep 24, 2024 – Upon arrival, setting up your cell phone is extremely helpful. There are a variety of options in Italy and plans tend to be very affordable. Providers: Vodafone is available on Capodichino and Support Site in the NEX mall.Other providers available online or off-base include Tim, Wind, Ho, Iliad, Tre and Google Fi.

https://europe.stripes.com/military-life/cell-phone-options-in-naples.html

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Oct 18, 2023 – Airmen with the 319th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron prepare to move an MQ-9 Reaper into an aircraft shelter at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Oct. 13, 2023 – .

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-10-18/mq9-reaper-drones-kadena-okinawa-11745648.html

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The disciplinary process has begun for those employees who are refusing vaccines or who haven’t shared their vaccination status, he said. Undergoing counseling is the first step in the process …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2021-10-20/veterans-affairs-coronavirus-vaccine-mandate-employees-discipline-mcdonough-3314590.html

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Jun 29, 2024 – Maj. Gen. Monté L. Rone receives the 1st Infantry Division colors from Lt. Gen. Sean C. Bernabe, III Armored Corps Commander, on Cavalry Parade Field, Fort Riley, Kansas June 28, 2024 – . (Joshua …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-06-29/army-first-infantry-division-commander-14335152.html

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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — U.S. soldiers at the Grafenwoehr Training Area often notice a curious sight they wouldn’t find on bases back home. There are scores of ruins scattered throughout the …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/relics-of-germany-s-past-dot-army-s-grafenwoehr-training-area-1.486291

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The remains of buildings at what was once Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar province now fall apart due to a lack of resources to maintain them.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/welcome-to-zombieland-a-former-us-army-base-rots-in-the-hands-of-overwhelmed-afghans-1.570893

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The U.S. Army’s Smith Barracks in Baumholder, Germany, dominates the otherwise rural setting. U.S. Special Operations Command Europe’s Green Berets and Navy SEALs are slated to move from Stuttgart …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-02-06/special-operations-baumholder-stuttgart-12913875.html

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Sep 26, 2024 – For the first time, China enjoys a slight edge over the United States should war break out in Asia, according to an Australian think tank’s annual report on regional military power.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-09-25/china-military-asia-power-index-15304204.html

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Randall Tilton, who was stationed at the Naval Submarine Base New London aboard the USS South Dakota as a machinists mate 1st class, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty in Dec. 2020 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-06-22/sailor-called-vile-inhuman-creature-sentenced-to-210-years-for-rape-and-assault-of-infants-toddlers-1775371.html

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The Gold crew returned to the Sioux City’s homeport in Mayport, Fla., in December 2021 after a deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet in support of U.S. Southern Command and Joint Interagency Task …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-02-14/uss-sioux-city-gold-crew-commanding-officer-relieved-of-duty-5011973.html

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