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May 26, 2010 marked the grand-opening of the improved USO lounge at Frankfurt International Airport located in Terminal 1, Arrival Hall C. The lounge will close permanently on April 14, 2016.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/frankfurt-airport-uso-center-is-closing-after-four-decades-1.402683

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The plane had been missing since May 23, 1969, when Sgt. Paul Meyer, a U.S. Air Force assistant crew chief stationed at RAF Mildenhall, got drunk, impersonated an officer and took off from the …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/missing-cargo-plane-stolen-by-us-airman-in-the-1960s-may-have-been-found-1.563999

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Staff Sgt. Joshua West, a diver with the Army’s 544th Engineer Team (Dive) in Kuwait, stands by one of two decompression chambers located at Camp Patriot, Kuwait.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/army-team-works-under-the-radar-and-underwater-1.55111

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NORFOLK, Va. (Tribune News Service) — The guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf returned Friday to Naval Station Norfolk for the last time as the Navy prepares to decommission the warship later …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-05-21/uss-leyte-gulf-returns-norfolk-decommissioning-13933533.html

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1st Lt. Mackenzie Corcoran, assigned to the 29th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, poses with her Jungle, Sapper and Ranger certificates at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, June 6, 2024 – .

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-09-19/woman-soldier-tabs-jungle-sapper-ranger-15238669.html

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Ford left its homeport in Norfolk, Va., on May 2 for a routine deployment, relieving the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush on duty in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa and U.S. 6th Fleet …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-01-05/ford-mediterranean-navy-middle-east-12563373.html

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An intelligence officer, Wight knew her Air Force job well. But as the senior spouse on base, “there’s no checklist to follow when someone falls apart in your arms” because her …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/spangdahlem-spouse-tops-in-the-air-force-1.111306

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The recently released Navy shipbuilding budget for 2025 is smaller than previous budgets. Del Toro, Franchetti and budget planners want to slow purchases of the frigates and Virginia-class attack …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-04-16/navy-frigates-shipbuilding-delays-13570386.html

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For more than 60 years, a story has persisted that 13 hands can be seen on the Marine Corps War Memorial, the beloved sculpture in Arlington, Va., that depicts six servicemembers raising the U.S …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/is-there-a-13th-hand-on-the-marine-corps-war-memorial-1.393520

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Li joined the Army in Virginia in August 2005 and completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C., and advanced individual training as a unit supply specialist at Fort Lee, Va.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-07-22/lewis-mcchord-army-soldier-drowning-14562779.html

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Oct 8, 2024 – David Boreanaz participated in a USO mission immersion tour in Quantico, Va. and Washington, D.C. last week. He visited the National Museum of the Marine Corps, the Pentagon and Walter Reed …

https://www.stripes.com/living/entertainment/2024-10-08/david-boreanaz-uso-military-tour-15420526.html

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He was joined aboard the USS Thomas Hudner in Mayport by Rear Adm. Brian Davies, whose Submarine Group Two will partner with the destroyers on missions from Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia as well.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-09-28/navy-mayport-norfolk-florida-virginia-task-group-greyhound-3052091.html

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Sep 20, 2024 – The $350 million jet, assigned to the 27th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., and deployed to the wing, touched down at 12:28 p.m., 18th Wing spokesman 1st Lt. Robert Dabbs told …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-09-20/f22-precautionary-landing-kadena-okinawa-15240294.html

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May 8, 2023 – During the American era, about 15,000 Filipino employees worked at Subic and another 6,000 at Clark. These days, the port employs about 2,000 people with another 100,000 working for other …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-05-07/subic-bay-philippines-navy-base-10046853.html

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Apr 18, 2024 – Lawmakers also criticized the cut of Virginia-class submarine purchases from two to one, a delay of procuring a fifth Ford-class aircraft carrier from 2028 to 2030 and de-icing capabilities on the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-04-18/navy-shipyards-warships-budget-lawmakers-13587861.html

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Sep 20, 2024 – The Truman and the other ships in its strike group will leave early next week from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., and Naval Station Mayport, Fla., according to U.S. Fleet Forces.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-09-20/truman-aircraft-carrier-deploy-middle-east-15244264.html

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Aug 15, 2024 – In a second phase of the pact, the U.S. plans to sell Australia at least three Virginia-class subs, and potentially two more, in the early 2030s.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-08-15/aukus-submarines-australia-china-14870109.html

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Mar 23, 2023 – Army Command Sgt. Maj. Carlos Evans, 38, was shot dead Tuesday, March 21, 2023 – , at a South Carolina home by former soldier, 42-year-old Charles Slacks Jr., local police and service officials said …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-03-23/army-soldier-shooting-children-9584382.html

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May 31, 2023 – Democratic state lawmakers in Virginia told The Washington Post that they were informed the deployment will cost about $12.4 million in state funds, or $3.1 million per month. House Minority …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-05-31/texas-border-virginia-south-carolina-national-guard-10293902.html

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Midshipman 1st Class Taylor Connors of Pleasant View, Utah, died Tuesday, June 7, 2022 – , in Philadelphia, according to the U.S. Naval Academy. Connors, who died while on leave, was also a 24-year …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-06-08/naval-academy-midshipman-death-marine-6276048.html

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