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Aug 26, 2024 – The Virginia-class boat joined the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land, which arrived at the naval base on Aug. 16.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-08-26/nuclear-submarine-aukus-australia-14978822.html

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May 9, 2023 – Contamination has become a major point of concern on Okinawa where U.S. air bases have used the firefighting foam. Kin began annual water sampling for PFAS in 2019, the town’s spokesman said.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-05-08/okinawa-pfas-camp-hansen-marine-corps-10056079.html

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bedford, va. — Unlike many of the units that hit the shores of Normandy on D-Day, Company A of the 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, was a National Guard outfit of men from the same hometown.

https://www.stripes.com/special-reports/featured/d-day/2019-06-03/'bedford-was-hit-hard,’-but-military-legacy-remains-strong-in-town-torn-apart-by-d-day-1791418.html

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Oct 31, 2023 – He lied to the VA again in 2021, when he said he could not drive because of his injuries, according to court documents. As of December 2022, monthly benefits for a 100% disability rating range …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-10-31/army-vet-said-paralyzed-charged-fraud-11891547.html

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Mar 19, 2024 – The newest Virginia-class, fast-attack nuclear submarine is one step closer to beginning its Navy career. The future USS Idaho (SSN 799) was christened Saturday at Groton, Conn. Idaho is the 26th …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-03-19/uss-idaho-submarine-christened-13363870.html

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ARLINGTON, Va. — The work of the intelligence services is by nature secret, but veterans of the Army Security Agency — which served in World War II through the Cold War — are hoping to find …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/veteran-army-security-agency-work-was-secret-but-service-should-be-memorialized-1.529266

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Nov 13, 2024 – ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Marine Corps veteran who pleaded guilty to making ricin after his contacts with a Virginia militia prompted a federal investigation was sentenced Wednesday to time served …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-11-13/marine-corps-veteran-ricin-sentence-militia-15837793.html

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Mar 21, 2023 – In addition to its combat training mission, the fort is also home to Virginia National Guard’s 183rd Regiment, the Virginia Department of Military Affairs and the U.S. State Departments Foreign …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-03-21/fort-pickett-sheds-confederate-name-9564039.html

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Feb 27, 2023 – The Defense Department’s Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee, a group convened by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in 2022 to find ways to reverse a 15-year upward trend …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-02-27/military-veterans-suicides-gun-safety-9273892.html

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Mar 20, 2024 – The commodore of Naval Special Warfare Group 8 was relieved of his command Wednesday, the service announced. Capt. Richard A. Zaszewski was relieved by Rear Adm. Keith Davids, commander of Naval …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-03-20/naval-special-warfare-8-commander-fired-13377308.html

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Apr 26, 2024 – Friends and family of sailors onboard the USS George Washington watch as it departs from Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on April 25, 2024 – . (Billy Schuerman, The Virginian-Pilot/TNS)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-04-25/uss-george-washington-deploys-japan-13661086.html

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The Navy Exchange Service Command in Virginia Beach, Va., is making plans to replenish its stock of rank tabs, a spokeswoman said.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-09-20/navy-rank-tabs-exchange-insignia-7398688.html

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May 15, 2024 – The entrance sign of Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. Marines prevented two individuals from breaching the base May 3, 2024 – , and turned them over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-05-15/marines-quantico-immigration-ice-13868849.html

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Bourgeois, who was commanding officer of SEAL Team 8, was injured during a training exercise held Saturday off Virginia Beach. Details of the accident are under investigation, but initial …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-12-10/navy-seal-cmdr-brian-bourgeois-naval-academy-football-midshipmen-3929450.html

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Lt. Cmdr. Charles Milton Cranston Jr., shown in an undated police photo. The Navy security officer, who was arrested on sex trafficking charges in Virginia in November 2021, has pleaded guilty …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-03-24/navy-security-officer-plead-guilty-sex-trafficking-charles-cranston-5460303.html

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Jan 17, 2024 – Welcome home, USS Gerald R. Ford. The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Wednesday following an eight-month deployment — the carrier’s first combat …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-01-17/uss-gerald-r-ford-returns-home-12706728.html

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Mar 12, 2024 – Four U.S. Army ships departed Virginia on Tuesday en route to the eastern Mediterranean Sea where soldiers on board will help build a temporary, offshore port to deliver needed aid into war-torn …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-03-12/gaza-port-humanitarian-aid-palestinians-israel-13297894.html

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In 1993, he was executed in Virginia for the murder of Petty Officer 2nd Class Melissa Harrington, a 27-year-old enlisted sailor within his Virginia Beach Navy unit who had reported him to her …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-06-28/arlington-cemetery-killer-navy-officer-6484874.html

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WASHINGTON – Eight upgraded Navy Crosses and eight upgraded Silver Stars were presented Friday to Navy SEALs at a ceremony held in Virginia Beach, Va., the Navy announced.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/navy-upgrades-17-seal-medals-1.448873

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Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Tate Adamiak, a 28-year-old master at arms first class in the Navy, was convicted in federal court in Virginia on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 – , on charges of owning and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-10-26/navy-sailor-sells-machine-guns-7819643.html

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