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May 17, 2024 – An Oklahoma Army National Guard soldier pulls illegally grown marijuana plants out of their pots in Kay County, Okla., in September 2022. (Haden Tolbert/Oklahoma National Guard)

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-05-17/marijuana-testing-military-ndaa-recruits-13889432.html

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The Marine Corps on Friday identified the five air crewmen who perished Wednesday when their MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft fell into the Southern California desert east of El Centro.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-06-10/marines-osprey-crash-california-identify-6303826.html

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The U.S. soldier who died Thursday in Afghanistan from wounds in a bomb blast was a compassionate leader whose troops say he always encouraged people who are struggling to ask for help.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/soldier-killed-in-afghanistan-was-compassionate-leader-say-those-who-knew-him-1.597820

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Mar 25, 2024 – Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed Senate Bill 140, which would have raised the base student allocation by 11.5%, or $680 per student, but would have left the school district with a $21 million deficit.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-03-25/eielson-school-air-force-alaska-13422271.html

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Feb 27, 2024 – More than 800 Oklahoma National Guard soldiers received a warm welcome home from family and friends during the weekend upon return from a nine-month deployment to the Horn of Africa.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-02-27/task-force-tomahawk-returns-oklahoma-13138265.html

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May 30, 2024 – An Oklahoma school district is accused of illegally refusing to rehire a teacher after he returned from military deployment. Now the Department of Justice is suing.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-05-30/oklahoma-school-district-refused-rehire-reservist-14031115.html

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May 10, 2024 – A former National Guard soldier pleaded guilty Thursday, May 9, 2024 – , to sexual abuse of another man at Fort Sill in Oklahoma, according to the Justice Department.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-05-10/fort-sill-oklahoma-sex-abuse-soldier-national-guard-13818564.html

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Mar 19, 2024 – Col. Col. Bruce “Munch” Avriett, commander of the 552nd Air Control Group at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., died Monday. He took command of the unit July 2022.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-03-19/air-force-death-tinker-oklahoma-13361472.html

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Instead, “he chose to leave his family to come and serve,” said Janie Brady, Schwab’s niece. So, on May 12, 1944, Schwab left his wife and 2-year-old son in Oklahoma after joining the Marine …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/a-marine-who-gave-all-on-okinawa-1.91950

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Oklahoma Air National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Marshal Roberts, 28, was killed March 11, 2020 – , during a rocket attack in Iraq. Roberts served with the 219th Engineering Installation Squadron, 138th …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/airmen-describe-oklahoma-guardsman-who-died-in-iraq-as-selfless-devoted-1.630182

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Feb 1, 2023 – The world’s skies will be a little less sexy starting next year. The Air Force on Sept. 1, 2024 – , will retire its fleet of KC-10A Extenders, aerial refuelers that can also transport troops or …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-02-01/air-force-kc-10-retiring-9008591.html

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Oct 3, 2023 – Two Army soldiers were killed and a dozen more were injured when the tactical vehicle that they were riding in overturned on a dirt road 30 miles south of Fairbanks, Alaska.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-10-03/2-soldiers-killed-vehicle-crash-alaska-11581028.html

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Jun 13, 2024 – The decommissioned former USS Rodney M. Davis is hit and sunk during the Rim of the Pacific exercise in waters near Hawaii, July 12, 2022 – . (U.S. Navy)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-06-13/rimpac-navy-exercise-hawaii-14167007.html

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Nov 14, 2022 – Valenzuela, originally of New Mexico, is a supply administration and operations specialist who enlisted in 2020, Capt. Johnny Coronel, spokesman for 3 rd Logistics Group, wrote in an email Monday …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2022-11-14/marine-okinawa-alcohol-trespass-vandalism-8045431.html

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Aug 2, 2023 – Air Force Col. Kathryn Gaetke poses alongside her husband, Col. Matthew Gaetke, at Osan Air Base, South Korea, July 27, 2023 – . (David Choi/Stars and Stripes)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-08-02/air-force-husband-wife-command-change-10924224.html

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Jun 16, 2023 – He’s a native of Pennsylvania and has written for newspapers and websites in Alaska, California, Florida, New Mexico, Oregon and Pennsylvania. He studied journalism at Penn State and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-06-16/pfas-firefighting-foam-military-bases-japan-10455170.html

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Aug 14, 2024 – U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training trainees carry M4 rifles at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on Aug. 2, 2024 – . The reintroduced weapons program emphasizes constant weapon handling …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-08-14/trainer-weapons-air-force-basic-training-14860240.html

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He’s a native of Pennsylvania and has written for newspapers and websites in Alaska, California, Florida, New Mexico, Oregon and Pennsylvania. He studied journalism at Penn State and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/navy-relieves-uss-philippine-sea-skipper-less-than-two-weeks-after-massive-fuel-spill-1.630277

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The 33-year veteran and adjutant general of the New Mexico National Guard announced his retirement in a quiet ceremony at the Guard’s complex just south of Santa Fe.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-12-04/new-mexico-national-guard-commander-announces-retirement-3854905.html

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U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine scientists, University of New Mexico emergency care providers, and 5th Engineer Battalion Soldiers return from a hike to Kachina Peak in Taos …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-10-24/army-tests-how-soldiers-high-altitudes-5th-engineer-battalion-3355247.html

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