Military News

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric M. Smith, seen here at a May 29, 2024 – , town hall meeting in Naples, Italy, said June 21 that a new littoral regiment is planned for Guam.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-06-24/guam-marines-littoral-smith-japan-14280738.html

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Feb 22, 2024 – Originally 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/2024-02-21/navy-sailor-espionage-charge-japan-13076418.html

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A Maryland woman who joined a family scheme that defrauded the Department of Veterans Affairs of at least $1 million was convicted of federal charges and now faces up to 15 years in prison.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-08-18/navy-wife-veterans-affairs-fraud-conviction-7026022.html

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Originally 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/2022-05-13/nightclub-off-limits-yokosuka-naval-base-japan-illicit-activities-5987306.html

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Jun 5, 2024 – A five-person flight crew quickly loaded into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and left Joint Base McGhee-Tyson in Knoxville en route to the hiker. Flight paramedics lowered to the ground to assess …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-06-05/tennessee-national-guard-flight-crew-rescues-two-different-hikers-in-same-day-14091878.html

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Wyatt Olson is based in the Honolulu bureau, where he has reported on military and security issues in the Indo-Pacific since 2014. He was Stars and Stripes’ roving Pacific reporter from 2011 …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2021-06-05/Gen.-Charles-Flynn-brother-of-former-national-security-adviser-takes-reins-of-US-Army-Pacific-1639908.html

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Wyatt Olson is based in the Honolulu bureau, where he has reported on military and security issues in the Indo-Pacific since 2014. He was Stars and Stripes’ roving Pacific reporter from 2011 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-04-17/us-army-pacific-prepositioned-afloat-equipment-stocks-logistics-5720025.html

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Nov 7, 2023 – Wyatt Olson is based in the Honolulu bureau, where he has reported on military and security issues in the Indo-Pacific since 2014. He was Stars and Stripes’ roving Pacific reporter from 2011 …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-11-07/flynn-army-pacific-training-china-11967266.html

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The smaller “base” configuration would employ about 400 soldiers and use 18 acres. Hawaii is being considered solely for the base configuration due to land restrictions, the assessment states.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-06-22/multidomain-task-force-army-comment-6429605.html

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Oct 25, 2024 – Wyatt Olson is based in the Honolulu bureau, where he has reported on military and security issues in the Indo-Pacific since 2014. He was Stars and Stripes’ roving Pacific reporter from 2011 …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-10-24/navy-shipyards-power-microgrids-15619497.html

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May 2, 2023 – Wyatt Olson is based in the Honolulu bureau, where he has reported on military and security issues in the Indo-Pacific since 2014. He was Stars and Stripes’ roving Pacific reporter from 2011 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-05-02/air-force-academy-cadet-death-9994058.html

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Dec 23, 2022 – The Navy is recommending the best way to handle the 80-year-old underground fuel storage tanks at the Red Hill facility in Hawaii is to leave them empty and inactive, according to a letter from a …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-12-23/navy-fuel-tanks-red-hill-8524985.html

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May 17, 2024 – Army Brig. Gen. Patrick Costello, commander of the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, speaks at the Land Forces Pacific, or LANPAC, symposium on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii, May 15, 2024 – .

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-05-16/army-guam-missile-defense-system-13882301.html

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Mar 27, 2024 – Army Brig. Gen. Patrick Teague, U.S. defense attaché to China, speaks during U.S. Army Pacific’s first class in the China Way of War at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, on Feb. 9, 2024 – .

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-03-27/china-war-course-army-pacific-booz-allen-13436722.html

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FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii – The Marine Corps confirmed Monday that a 21-year-old who died last week after being hit in a Honolulu pedestrian crosswalk was a corporal at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2021-06-14/Marine-Corps-corporal-dies-after-being-struck-by-van-in-Honolulu-crosswalk-1695486.html

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Wyatt Olson is based in the Honolulu bureau, where he has reported on military and security issues in the Indo-Pacific since 2014. He was Stars and Stripes’ roving Pacific reporter from 2011 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-04-01/hawaii-schofield-sharp-fusion-directorate-sexual-harassment-5545443.html

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Gen. Charles Flynn, right, commander of U.S. Army Pacific, hands the colors of the third Multi-Domain Task Force to Col. David Zinn during a ceremony at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022 – .

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-09-23/army-multidomain-task-force-hawaii-7445407.html

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Sep 29, 2023 – A “soldier transitioning from active duty” was arrested Thursday evening on suspicion of being the “armed individual” who spurred shelter-in-place alerts for two Hawaii bases, according to …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-09-28/armed-individual-army-base-hawaii-11528920.html

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Wyatt Olson is based in the Honolulu bureau, where he has reported on military and security issues in the Indo-Pacific since 2014. He was Stars and Stripes’ roving Pacific reporter from 2011 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2022-06-28/marine-corps-littoral-regiment-hawaii-6481372.html

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May 15, 2024 – Gen. Charles Flynn, commander of U.S. Army Pacific, speaks to reporters during a news conference at the LANPAC Symposium on Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, May 14, 2024 – .

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-05-14/land-forces-army-pacific-flynn-13860415.html

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