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Sep 5, 2024 – He has worked as a music reporter and editor for publications in New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and Oregon. One of his earliest journalistic inspirations came from reading Stars and Stripes as a …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-09-05/okinawa-us-marine-sexual-assault-japan-15075137.html

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Jul 18, 2024 – He has worked as a music reporter and editor for publications in New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and Oregon. One of his earliest journalistic inspirations came from reading Stars and Stripes as a …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-07-18/marines-okinawa-sobriety-checks-liberty-14525100.html

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Jan 19, 2024 – The Navy plans to expand its partnership with Japanese shipyards to allow for more significant warship repairs, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Friday …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-01-19/navy-ship-repair-japanese-shipyards-12724715.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/army/2021-08-26/afghanistan-hines-173rd-paratroopers-kloepper-2664315.html

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Nov 14, 2024 – NEW YORK — When Daniel Penny wrapped his arm around the neck of a homeless man on a Manhattan subway last year, the 25-year-old veteran appeared to be deploying a non-lethal chokehold long …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-11-14/marine-veteran-fatal-chokehold-nyc-subway-15848157.html

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Jun 9, 2023 – A drag queen brunch at Yokota’s Enlisted Club on May 7 completely sold out and drew 70 attendees. Drag queens from Tokyo performed, said Saint-vil, of New York, N.Y.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-06-09/drag-shows-military-bases-japan-10382694.html

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Staff Sgt. Liam A. Flynn, 33, of Queens, New York, was born in Reading, England. He enlisted in the Marines in 2002, and was assigned to Camp Lejeune. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan, earning …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/7-marines-killed-in-helicopter-crash-are-identified-1.334474

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Sgt. 1st Class Elizabeth Marks prepares for the women’s breast stroke finals, in which she took a gold medal, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex at Walt Disney World, Orlando, Fla., on May …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-07-21/olympics-paralympic-tokyo-army-soldiers-marks-swimmer-2220734.html

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Marine Corps Community Services co-hosts the 1.9-mile event at Atago Sports Complex, a facility shared by Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and neighboring Iwakuni city.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-06-25/neon-fun-run-marine-corps-japan-10551690.html

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The Navy gave the contract to the Transoceanic Cable Ship Co. LLC of Baltimore, for work on submarine cables around the world, the Pentagon announced in a news release Jan. 18. This agreement is …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-01-28/transoceanic-cable-navy-contract-defense-department-4441296.html

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Cmdr. Cameron Dennis, then commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer USS Howard, receives his Command-At-Sea pin during a change-of-command ceremony in Yokosuka …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-02-06/navy-destroyer-commander-fired-japan-12918368.html

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Her husband, Sgt. 1st Class William Grant DePew died in Colorado in 2020 while serving as an intelligence sergeant for Fort Bragg’s 3rd Special Forces Group.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-06-02/fort-liberty-bragg-sunset-walk-army-10314978.html

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The Marine Corps wants “an independent, scientifically credible study of the models of entry-level military training to identify potential alternatives to increase gender integration of entry …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/university-of-pittsburgh-to-study-gender-integration-at-marine-corps-boot-camps-1.649327

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Chief Master Sgt. Jeremiah Grisham, the command chief of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on June 14, 2022 – .

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-06-23/ramstein-command-chief-shares-message-hope-6433019.html

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RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Maj. Gen. Randall Reed made his final commander’s call Tuesday as the leader of the 3rd Air Force, bidding goodbye with thanks to his staff, his boss and the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-05-18/third-air-force-commander-bids-farewell-6043156.html

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Senior Airman Yasmin Evans, 22, and Senior Airman Taylor Ashley, 24, were both assigned to F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., when they were killed early Saturday morning in a head-on collision in …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-11-02/air-force-airmen-car-crash-killed-wyoming-colorado-3469241.html

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The indictment was filed in U.S. district court in Omaha, Neb., on Feb. 21 and did not identify the alleged co-conspirator.. Slater retired from the Army in 2020 and took a job as a civilian …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-03-05/honeypot-air-force-ukraine-13212787.html

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Stephen Hornik stands inside the passenger terminal at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on Nov. 10, 2023 – , near the spot where last month he helped save the life of an unconscious …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-11-13/ramstein-airman-helps-save-lives-12033852.html

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Of Jirisan’s 104 apartments, 72 are three-bedroom units, each 1,800 square feet; 32 are 2,100-square-foot, four-bedroom units; five meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/family-apartment-building-opens-at-osan-air-base-1.80600

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An early-warning mountaintop radar in Kurecik, Turkey, manned by the U.S. Army, also is part of the network. The Poland site can defend against short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-07-11/us-navy-missile-defense-poland-14451131.html

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