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“The entire New Mexico National Guard is deeply saddened by the loss of Lt. Col. James Willis,” said Maj. Gen. Ken A. Nava, the state’s adjutant general, in a Facebook post Sunday.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-06-27/air-force-lieutenant-colonel-dies-qatar-1862319.html

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ALAMAGORDO, N.M. (Tribune News Service) — A series of sonic booms thundered over Alamogordo skies at 9:10 p.m. Tuesday night that could be heard as far away as Cloudcroft, Mayhill and Ruidoso.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-01-26/sonic-booms-new-mexico-holloman-afb-night-flights-4425504.html

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Air Force Master Sgt. Chris Jones, head operations sergeant for the 379th Security Forces Squadron, leads a cheer for the crowd at a ceremony in Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, April 22, 2022 – .

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-04-26/al-udeid-afghanistan-379-air-wing-qatar-5776704.html

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The transformation of a rural Army garrison in western Germany into a special operations hub would move forward under the military’s 2024 budget, which calls for $64 million in various upgrades …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-03-14/baumholder-green-berets-seals-9490391.html

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The division’s soldiers led Operation Anaconda, the successful battle that began March 2, 2002, to establish a U.S. foothold in Afghanistan and push out fighters from al-Qaida and the Taliban.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-09-20/fort-drum-10th-mountain-division-army-afghanistan-2955363.html

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The Pentagon wants to pump $143 million into upgrades at a strategic air base in Jordan, more than any other overseas Air Force operational site, as the military moves to expand drone and fighter …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/pentagon-budget-calls-for-143-million-buildup-at-jordan-air-base-1.498804

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The crown prince of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, and various dignitaries from the U.S. and Bahrain stand for a group photo at Naval Support Activity Bahrain on Jan. 31, 2022 – . (Mark Thomas …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-04-21/drones-navy-bahrain-fifth-fleet-unmanned-5752654.html

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The Air Force has disconnected foam firefighting systems at more than 1,000 facilities over concerns about cancer-causing chemicals, according to the service’s Installation and Mission Support …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-03-07/air-force-pfas-firefighting-foam-9392006.html

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Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, commanding general of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, administers the oath of enlistment Jan. 21, 2023 – , to six recruits during Military Appreciation Night …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-03-13/army-budget-soldiers-pentagon-china-9484502.html

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https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-02-27/marines-japan-island-recapture-drills-13132036.html

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The militants have routinely shot with limited effectiveness at other locations where Americans are training Iraqi forces, such as al-Taqaddum near Ramadi and al-Assad near Hit.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/a-look-at-newly-established-fire-base-bell-where-marine-was-killed-in-iraq-1.400352

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At one point in the 1st AD’s April 2004 campaign against Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army, his unit cleared 200 buildings at night in a 12-hour period, Cotto said. Incredibly dangerous and …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/soldiers-training-for-iraq-by-kicking-down-doors-in-baumholder-1.34475

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Apr 10, 2023 – U.S. Central Command leader Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla visits the al-Hol camp in Syria on Sept. 9, 2022 – . Kurilla recently called the camp, which holds many of the wives and children of …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2023-04-10/isis-prison-syria-military-centcom-9758748.html

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Nov 9, 2023 – CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The U.S. Air Force has completed a transfer of MQ-9 Reaper drones to Okinawa from a Japanese air force base farther north, a Japanese defense official said this week.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-11-09/air-force-reaper-drones-okinawa-11989119.html

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The attacks inflicted minimal damage to the Khawr Al Amaya and Al Basrah oil terminals, located about 20 miles from Iraq’s main port of Basrah. Each terminal, surrounded by an approximately …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/u-s-marines-guarding-oil-terminals-in-persian-gulf-1.20070

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AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — An Air Force engineering unit whose airmen wore red baseball caps while building up many of America’s bases in the Middle East put a capstone recently on two heavy …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-10-18/red-horse-qatar-7730077.html

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The 11-year-old civil war in Syria has turned the country into a shooting gallery. The United States last conducted an airstrike there on June 27, killing Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, a senior leader of …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-08-23/biden-directed-airstrikes-target-iran-backed-groups-in-syria-7086286.html

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Oct 18, 2023 – A U.S. Air Force Task Force 99 airman, right, briefs Lebanese Armed Forces Brig. Gen. Michel Assad Al-Saifi, Air Force commander, center, during a tour of the TF-99 facility during a visit Sept …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-10-18/qatar-drones-tf99-11747088.html

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Dec 15, 2022 – Jay Bertsch, a commander at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea, Col. Douglas DeMaio, commander of the Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing, and Lt. Col. Kenneth Beadle, …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-12-15/keesler-air-force-commander-fired-8431659.html

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Feb 9, 2024 – As of Friday morning, the nine government-run dams were at 50.8% capacity, the prefectural Kurashiki dam at 48.1% and Yamashiro dam at 50.5%, according to the enterprise bureau.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-02-09/okinawa-water-shortage-military-12948677.html

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