A U.S. Air Force airman assigned to the 823rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer reunites with his family at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Sunday, April 14, 2024 – .
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YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan – A town hall meeting on Thursday at the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet was inundated by a barrage of questions about the lack of health care options for civilians at U.S …
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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.
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Mar 5, 2024 – RAYONG, Thailand Seated in a cantina at a Thai navy base on Friday, a U.S. Army captain stood out for the cap insignia rarely seen on a military uniform the Buddhist wheel of dharma.
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Ruthanne Bloyd, a Department of Defense Dependents School teacher and friend of Cmdr. Charles “Keith” Springle, speaks during a memorial service at U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain.
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Jul 17, 2024 – The U.S. 7th Fleet’s flagship recently wrapped up a five-day port call on Vietnam that included a visit to the site of an Army helicopter lost during the Vietnam War.
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May 2, 2024 – An 8:09 p.m. mass text alert from the wing said a 500-foot cordon had been established around Building 714 home to USFJ and 5th Air Force and advised people to stay clear of the area.
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Alkonis was driving on May 29, 2021 – , in Shizuoka prefecture, about two hours from Yokosuka, when his car plowed into pedestrians and parked cars outside a soba restaurant in Fujinomiya.
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Nov 2, 2023 – YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan Neither war nor a global pandemic slowed construction of a $403 million combined heat and power plant that will be unveiled Friday at this airlift hub in western Tokyo.
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Jun 18, 2024 – A forensic psychiatrist testified in Yokosuka, Japan, on June 17, 2024 – , that a U.S. sailor was suffering from acute alcohol intoxication and delirium when he injured five people two years ago.
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Just a few miles from the base of Mount Fuji, the 309-acre area includes live-fire ranges, maneuver areas and a runway used for training by the U.S. military from throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
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A Royal Australian Air Force plane passes a worksite on RAAF Tindal, Australia, Sept. 1, 2022 – . The space is being expanded to accommodate aircraft as large as U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers.
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Aug 14, 2024 – A Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Dunfee, of Shadyside, Ohio, mans the USS Ronald Reagan’s rails as the aircraft carrier approaches Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Wash., Aug. 13, 2024 – .
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Jan 19, 2023 – Capt. Michael Nordeen of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde was also relieved on Wednesday due to loss of confidence, the Navy said in a separate news release.
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Jun 29, 2024 – Turinetti’s most recent assignment was as the Director for J-6 U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. Turinetti has served 30 years with the Army and previously deployed to …
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May 30, 2023 – The Philippines is developing a plan to acquire submarines, the country’s president said Friday after the navy’s 125th anniversary celebration in Manila.
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Oct 31, 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.
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May 3, 2024 – An Air Force commander in Florida ordered all airmen of the 1st Special Operations Wing step down from their duties Monday to come together and grieve the death of a fellow airman who was shot and …
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A C-130J Super Hercules with the 40th Airlift Squadron takes off from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, April 18, 2024 – , on its way to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
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BAGHDAD Middle eastern culture experts are helping 2nd Cavalry (Stryker) Regiment soldiers better understand Iraqis they meet and work with in West Baghdad.
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