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Nov 21, 2022Okinawa, Japan, November 21, 2022 – Military service members and their families will celebrate the relocated and new USO Camp Schwab center opening on December 1, 2022.

https://okinawa.stripes.com/community-news/okinawa-military-community-to-celebrate-grand-opening-of-uso-camp-schwab.html

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The $15,000 recreational dirt bike, made by California’s Alta Motors, that the SilentHawk is based on weighs 267 pounds. Dzwill said he expects the added features to add another 20-30 pounds.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/electric-military-dirt-bike-project-advances-1.471426

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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — The first woman to become command sergeant major of the 101st Airborne Division will step into that role this week in Kentucky.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-05-24/BC-KY-Army-Female-Leader-1573073.html

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Sep 29, 2023Milley, 65, graduated from Princeton University before he joined the Army in 1980, but he was later named an honorary member of the class of that year at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-09-29/milley-chairman-joint-chiefs-trump-pentagon-11537597.html

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Estimates place the number of Burmese Americans in California at 30,000; the majority of expats live in large metropolitan areas such as Minneapolis-St. Paul, Indianapolis, New York, Dallas, Los …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-06-04/After-Myanmar-military-coup-Burmese-in-California-struggle-to-seize-the-world%E2%80%99s-attention-1636711.html

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Sep 12, 2024The taxpayers group began compiling the data only a few years ago. Between fiscal 2021 and 2024, they found the number of enacted congressional additions to defense research programs alone — not …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-09-12/congress-military-defense-spending-bills-15153291.html

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Jan 27, 2023Gen. Park Jeong-hwan, center, chief of staff of the South Korea army, meets with the commander of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Lt. Gen. Daniel …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-01-27/army-korea-strategy-technology-8904728.html

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The Air Force has begun fielding the new Sig Sauer 9-mm handgun to security forces units as it begins replacing a pistol model used for the past 35 years.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/air-force-security-forces-get-a-new-9-mm-pistol-for-the-first-time-in-35-years-1.634792

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The 212th MASH differs from the Army’s combat surgical hospital in its size and mobility. It has only about one-eighth as many beds and one-fourth as many people as the CSH.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/army-s-last-mash-unit-stretched-to-its-limits-in-iraq-1.4194

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Apr 5, 2024TOKYO — The U.S. Army will field newly developed missiles in the Indo-Pacific region this year with additional types in the pipeline, it’s Pacific-area commander told reporters on a recent …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-04-05/new-missile-types-army-pacific-13492198.html

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Nov 9, 2024UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions Friday on two generals in Sudan’s paramilitary force for their key roles in the war against the country’s military that …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/africa/2024-11-09/un-sanctions-sudan-generals-civil-war-rsf-paramilitary-15792367.html

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Nov 5, 2024During a recent panel discussion, Becca Wasser, a senior fellow in the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, said it appears the Houthis are waging a “cost-imposition …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-11-05/middle-east-crisis-pentagon-foreign-affairs-15749640.html

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Feb 22, 2023Originally 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/2023-02-22/suicide-navy-ronald-reagan-carrier-9211321.html

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An Army helicopter repairman died Monday of injuries he sustained a week earlier at his home at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, the Army said. Sgt. Brian Peter Sawyer, 33, assigned to the 1st Battalion …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/army-helicopter-repairman-dies-of-injuries-sustained-at-on-base-home-in-alaska-1.568420

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Dec 12, 2023Eligible active-duty pilots have until Aug. 1, 2024, to apply for the bonuses, according to the Air Force. Service officials encouraged pilots to apply early, saying that date could be shifted …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-12-12/air-force-pilots-bonuses-shortages-12337691.html

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Dec 29, 2023The body of Staff Sgt. Jake Galliher, 24, of Pittsfield, Mass., was found within hours of the crash alongside an empty life raft and wreckage from the aircraft.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-12-29/osprey-air-force-japan-search-airman-spendlove-12495033.html

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May 15, 2024Cherfilius-McCormick also said it can take VA staff 10 minutes just to log on to the sluggish computer system. The VA plans to delay replacing some aging computers under the 2025 budget.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-05-15/veterans-affairs-budget-technology-salaries-congress-13869460.html

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TOKYO — Two people, including a U.S. airman, died and a third person was injured in a fiery car crash over the weekend near Misawa Air Base in northeastern Japan.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-07-15/airman-dies-fiery-crash-japan-14490169.html

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An Air Force officer stationed in Kuwait died Wednesday in a non-combat related incident, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.. Air Force Maj. Stephen Khou, 36, of Philadelphia died at …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-05-25/airman-killed-kuwait-10236683.html

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May 16, 2023He has worked as a music reporter and editor for publications in New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and Oregon. One of his earliest journalistic inspirations came from reading Stars and Stripes as a …

https://www.stripes.com/multimedia/podcasts/military_matters/2023-05-16/sfas-preparation-david-walton-10119454.html

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