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Apr 3, 2024 – WASHINGTON — Service members and their families at 14 military installations can now move to their next duty stations using a new streamlined system for shipping their belongings designed to …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-04-03/military-families-troops-moves-new-system-13481071.html

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In a case of stolen valor described by a U.S. District Court judge as “nefarious,” the former captain in the Idaho National Guard was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, Wash., last …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/soldier-whose-stolen-valor-scam-began-in-iraq-will-end-in-prison-1.472080

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Jun 21, 2023 – Army Pfc. Rondale Henricks, 21, pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter Friday, June 16, 2023 – , and was sentenced to 34 months in prison for the 2020 deaths of two women in Washington state, where …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-06-21/soldier-lewis-mcchord-illegal-racing-women-killed-10510118.html

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Army Col. Charles Bergman, second from right, was one of the first on the scene June 3, 2022 – , at a catastrophic train derailment near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, that killed five people and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-06-09/german-train-crash-army-rescue-6284388.html

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May 16, 2023 – Joint Base Lewis-McChord is about 10 miles southwest of downtown Tacoma and 35 miles southwest of Seattle. The base is home to several Army and Air Force units and the Yakima Training Center — a …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-05-16/apache-helicopter-crash-washington-soldiers-10139425.html

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An Army Ranger assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., was arraigned Friday on charges of murder and kidnapping for beating to death a female security guard at a Tacoma office building …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-07-23/army-ranger-murder-tacoma-lewis-mcchord-security-guard-2260867.html

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“Super Garuda Shield 2023 builds on last year’s tremendous success,” Gen. Charles Flynn, U.S. Army Pacific’s commander, said in a statement posted Tuesday by the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-09-01/super-garuda-shield-indonesia-china-11232163.html

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The unit, led by Capt. Miata Schenaker, is evidence that “the Army can fight on land, air and sea,” U.S. Army Japan commander Maj. Gen. David Womack told dignitaries gathered at the dock.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-02-08/army-watercraft-company-reactivates-japan-12936800.html

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From Jan. 1 to March 31, 94 active-duty service members across the armed forces killed themselves, according to a Defense Department report released in July.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-09-29/dogs-navy-suicides-mental-health-11530707.html

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A 173rd Airborne Brigade soldier who was AWOL for nearly a week after walking away from Aviano Air Base is in military custody, officials said.. Pvt. Angel Gonzales turned himself in Thursday at …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-03-14/awol-soldier-embassy-rome-13315058.html

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A Senate investigative panel is requesting interviews with Coast Guard personnel to elaborate on 2018 planning documents that led service leaders to bury a report on the yearslong mishandling of …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/coast_guard/2024-02-16/coast-guard-academy-sex-assault-senate-13027864.html

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Snow lies about the Ogden Gate for U.S. Army Garrison Fort Riley in Kansas. The wife of a Fort Riley soldier who died Monday, Feb. 19, 2024 – , has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-02-23/wife-murder-fort-riley-soldier-13096462.html

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Sister Jennifer Ramirez, left, and Lourdes Lara, mother of Chrys Carvajal, the 19-year-old National Guard member killed, hold a banner with Carvajal’s photo on it during a rally for peace at …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-06-07/national-guard-cadet-killed-chicago-14113706.html

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YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — With prayers, flowers and kind words, 187 sailors who died on duty throughout the Navy in the past year were remembered Thursday at the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-09-19/bells-across-america-yokosuka-japan-15229707.html

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Dec 18, 2023 – All of the charges stemmed from two incidents that occurred Sept. 24, 2022 – , at Fort Johnson, and Nov. 25, 2022 – , in Rosepine, La., according to court records.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-12-18/sexual-assault-charges-dismissed-5-soldiers-12401798.html

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Apr 25, 2024 – Based in Stuttgart, Germany, he previously worked for newspapers in New Jersey, North Carolina and Maryland. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. Subscribe to Stars and Stripes Just 99c …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-04-25/dodea-discrimination-report-13653164.html

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Jan 10, 2024 – The strongest of those, a magnitude 4.2 quake on Sept. 27, did little damage but sparked fears that a seismic crisis might be underway for the first time in more than 40 years.. The last major …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-01-10/navy-naples-volcano-italy-12621839.html

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U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos, right, the commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks with Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, the commanding general of the International Security Assistance Force …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/two-marine-generals-fired-in-wake-of-brazen-taliban-attack-on-camp-bastion-1.244316

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Born in New Jersey but raised about 50 miles northwest of Boston in Fitchburg, Mass., Valentin was family oriented and enjoyed working and playing basketball and video games, Ortiz said. He had …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-09-02/marine-okinawa-death-skull-fracture-7187722.html

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Nov 30, 2023 – A civilian engineer serving on a Navy transportation vessel has filed a lawsuit claiming she was sexually assaulted by the ship’s captain in her bed — an attack she said the service could have …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-11-30/navy-sexual-assault-ship-12215721.html

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