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A pilot from the 34th Bomb Squadron boards a B1-B Lancer as part of exercise Combat Raider 21 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., July 20, 2021 – .

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-07-21/ellsworth-air-force-base-training-exercise-2212680.html

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An upstate New York native who served three years in the U.S. Army before graduating from the University of Arizona, she previously worked at The Anchorage Daily News and The Seattle Times. Over …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-08-23/aviano-airman-dui-teen-killed-7078822.html

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Mar 20, 2024 – Rachel Tozier, 31, and Will Hinton, 28, qualified for the Paris Olympics in trap shooting during USA Shooting’s Shotgun Olympic Trials in Tucson, Ariz. Joe Fleming

https://www.stripes.com/sports/2024-03-20/soldiers-shooting-olympics-paris-13373562.html

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AUSTIN, Texas — A Fort Bliss soldier has been charged with murdering his wife, also a soldier, after an incident more than a week ago at the Texas base led to her death, Army officials announced …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/fort-bliss-soldier-charged-with-murdering-his-wife-also-a-soldier-1.577081

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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — A Japanese court on Friday sentenced a U.S. Marine to a suspended, two-year prison term for assaulting two Japanese people, one a 76-year-old woman, in …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-02-16/marine-iwakuni-punch-sentence-13021858.html

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The bulk of troops announced in March came from Fort Stewart, Ga., and units from Fort Bliss, Texas, and then-Fort Bragg, N.C., joined rotations to strengthen NATO to deter Russian aggression. The …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-08-21/army-brigades-deployments-middle-east-europe-11116001.html

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Rose L. Thayer is based in Austin, Texas, and she has been covering the western region of the continental U.S. for Stars and Stripes since 2018.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-05-21/army-dead-soldier-fort-campbell-homicide-13927031.html

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Oct 31, 2023 – U.S. Marines deployed to Australia are back home after concluding a six-month training rotation, the Marine Corps announced Monday. The 2023 iteration of Marine Rotational Force-Darwin — the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-10-31/marines-rotational-force-darwin-australia-11890074.html

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A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, displays a bat insignia during a flight at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-07-01/iwakuni-marine-242-f-35b-bat-japan-14352032.html

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Fort Hood soldier Cpl. Nakealon Keunte Mosley, 24, was indicted Wednesday by a grand jury in Bell County, Texas, on a charge of murder in the death of a fellow soldier who was the mother of his …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-11-12/fort-hood-soldiers-murder-charge-3596758.html

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Rose L. Thayer is based in Austin, Texas, and she has been covering the western region of the continental U.S. for Stars and Stripes since 2018.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-01-10/military-spouses-defense-department-employment-leave-policy-12624737.html

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AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas teenager who said a Marine Corps recruiter sexually abused her while she was high school senior eager to enlist filed a $5 million claim Thursday against the service …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-02-15/marine-corps-recruiter-teenager-sexual-abuse-13017689.html

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U.S. Air Force trainees guard a tent during a scenario at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, Texas, on Oct. 26, 2022 – . PACER FORGE is the new field training component for Air Force …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-11-23/air-force-changes-basic-training-field-deployment-8159771.html

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Spc. Michael Leonard Moore, 35, was arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of his 34-year-old girlfriend. Moore, a soldier assigned to the 68th Engineer Construction Company at …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-09-22/fort-hood-soldier-murder-charge-7432216.html

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Dec 29, 2023 – A 40-year-old Air Force master sergeant in Arizona is accused of pointing a gun at a teenage driver in suburban Phoenix during a recent road rage episode, and video footage from the driver’s …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-12-29/air-force-first-sergeant-road-rage-12497906.html

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19, Tucson, Ariz., 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment Killed April 6 in Baghdad when a roadside bomb hit his truck. The youngest man in his unit, Lopez-Rodriguez had only been with his unit for …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/remembering-the-fallen-dagger-brigade-soldiers-killed-in-action-1.migrated

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Oct 13, 2023 – A U.S. Air Force attack jet known for close air support in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is being deployed to the Middle East as Israel ramps up operations in Gaza in response to the invasion by Hamas.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-10-13/warthogs-israel-gaza-11689028.html

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Sep 13, 2024 – Marine Corps Forces Pacific, headquartered at Camp Smith, Oahu, includes the I Marine Expeditionary Force based in California and Arizona and the III Marine Expeditionary Force based in Hawaii and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-09-13/pacific-marines-new-commander-15160222.html

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A flyer depicts U.S. Army Pvt. Richard Halliday, who has been missing from Fort Bliss, Texas, since July 2020. (Daniel Borunda, The El Paso Times/TNS)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-02-05/Too-many-deployments-to-blame-for-stress-on-Fort-Bliss-battalion-investigation-finds-1517135.html

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Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, who represents Houston, tells media gathered outside the gate to Fort Hood, Texas, on June 23, 2020 – , that Army investigators believe Spc.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-06-14/Army-considers-increasing-public-affairs-staff-training-in-aftermath-of-Guillen-case-1692007.html

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