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The young charmer and Minnesota Army National Guardsman was also, in the words of his platoon sergeant, Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Hjelmstad, 37, “the prettiest young man we ever loved.”

https://www.stripes.com/migration/fellow-minnesota-guardsmen-remember-soldier-killed-by-bomb-in-iraq-1.50719

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The future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (PCU LCS-21) arrives in Duluth, Minn., on May 16, 2022 – . PCU LCS-21 is a United States Navy Freedom-class littoral combat ship that will be commissioned in the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-05-16/navy-uss-minneapolis-saint-paul-commissioned-minnesota-6022710.html

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Apr 5, 2024 – Wicker, 37, never served in the military, according to an indictment filed Tuesday in a Minneapolis district court. Prosecutors charged Wicker with theft of government funds, wire fraud and …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-04-05/marine-stolen-valor-minnesota-13493957.html

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Oct 13, 2023 – Chloe Johnson. Star Tribune • October 13, 2023 – . Camp Ripley in Little Falls, seen in 2015, is one of two military sites in Minnesota known to have contaminated nearby drinking water wells with …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-10-13/pentagon-investigation-pfas-chemicals-minnesota-sites-11693962.html

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A Marine credited his father and the Marine Corps for the techniques he and three other service members used to save an accident victim from a burning wreck on Okinawa earlier this month.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-10-27/marines-sailor-save-okinawa-driver-15648091.html

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The George Washington’s 2008 arrival in Yokosuka was preceded several months by more than 240 Navy families. When the Ronald Reagan arrived to replace the George Washington in 2015 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-03-03/george-washington-carrier-yokosuka-japan-9330654.html

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A special operations Marine who died this week from injuries suffered during airborne training at Fort Benning, Ga., days shy of completing jump school, was remembered by his fellow Marines as …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/marine-who-died-during-airborne-training-is-remembered-for-his-unconquerable-spirit-1.634310

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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The U.S. military drone presence on Okinawa is growing with the deployment of a pair of Navy MQ-4C Triton maritime surveillance aircraft, according to the Japanese government.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-05-13/navy-triton-surveillance-drones-okinawa-13839485.html

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Marine Corps Cpl. Nicole Gee, second from left, a maintenance technician with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, awaits the launch of an MV-22B Osprey during an exercise aboard the Wasp-class …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2021-08-29/deaths-highlight-women-in-the-military-2703663.html

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The squadron, whose pair of KC-130s are expected to reach their total of 15 by fiscal year 2026, will be used to transport troops and refuel the base’s two squadrons of tiltrotor MV-22 Ospreys.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-01-13/marine-corps-force-redesign-hawaii-8756690.html

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Sgt. 1st Class Mark Anderson, 38, of Fargo, N.D., said one of the best features of his unit’s new headquarters is a locker room that allows soldiers to stow their combat gear at the office …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/soldiers-moving-into-new-company-headquarters-at-grafenwo-hr-1.43102

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His previous Navy assignments have taken him to Iraq, Bahrain, Diego Garcia, Japan, South Korea and Naval Special Warfare Command in California. related stories Marine who died surfing on Okinawa …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-04-11/us-navy-okinawa-uso-volunteer-presidential-service-award-5649559.html

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WASHINGTON — The Navy will deploy 260 sailors and two U.S. Naval Ships from the West Coast to help build a temporary seaport to deliver aid into war-torn Gaza, officials said Wednesday.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-03-20/2-usns-ships-260-sailors-gaza-13376025.html

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Woods joined the Navy in 2020, attending Surface Combat Systems Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill., and San Diego after completing basic training. He reported to the Leyte Gulf in August 2021 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-08-22/sailor-dies-atlantic-7066937.html

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A Marine Corps recruit gets his hair cut during receiving at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Feb. 7, 2022 – . (Tyler Abbott/U.S. Marine Corps)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2022-03-23/marine-corps-grooming-standards-hair-manicures-maternity-uniforms-5455928.html

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The Marine Corps will have a larger role in a joint U.S.-Japan virtual exercise focused on defending remote Indo-Pacific islands, Japanese officials said.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-11-13/marines-island-defense-yama-sakura-15832458.html

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YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The Navy’s newest berthing barge arrived recently at the home of the U.S. 7th Fleet to ease a shortage of living space for sailors whose ships are undergoing long …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-11-04/us-navy-yokosuka-japan-sailors-housing-barge-3501216.html

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Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., a member of the quality-of-life panel, said 45,000 members of the military community in San Diego — home to 110,000 active-duty troops — visit a food bank every month.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-04-12/house-lawmakers-ndaa-military-pay-child-care-barracks-13539152.html

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Holder was then sent back to San Diego to train on the B-24 Liberator bomber for hunting German submarines off the European coast. In the interview, he recalled contending with Messerschmitt …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/obituaries/2023-02-27/navy-jack-holder-obit-wwii-9277098.html

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San Diego, Subic, Singapore. The fuel will be loaded onto tanker ships and relocated to San Diego, Subic Bay in the Philippines, the Port of Singapore and a pair of fuel depots in Hawaii, the task …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-10-10/navy-red-hill-fuel-removal-hawaii-11664005.html

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