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Feb 16, 2023ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Tribune News Service) — Actor Tom Cruise is famous for insisting on performing all of his action scenes. There is no stunt double when Cruise jumps out of an airplane during the …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-02-16/navy-blue-angels-pilot-frank-weisser-top-gun-9163277.html

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Tribune News Service) — Emma Single wiped tears from her eyes as she greeted her family on the grass behind the statue of Tecumseh. The plebe was hardly the only one. Parents and …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-08-14/naval-academy-plebe-summer-parents-weekend-2021-2549830.html

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Aug 15, 2023Adm. Lisa Franchetti, left, relieves former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday of his post Aug. 14, 2023, at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-08-15/navy-cno-franchetti-gilday-austin-11055235.html

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Mar 27, 2024More than 1,100 members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will assist in clearing the Fort McHenry Channel in Maryland’s Patapsco River following the collapse Tuesday of the Francis Scott Key …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-03-27/army-corps-engineers-baltimore-bridge-13439129.html

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He was commandant at the academy in Annapolis, Md., from 2015 to 2017, his biography states. He also served with Marine Forces Central Command, Marine Forces Pacific and as military assistant to …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2022-06-24/marines-okinawa-liszewski-bowers-6443914.html

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Tribune News Service) — The midshipman who previously faced expulsion from the Naval Academy for a series of offensive tweets graduated Friday as a member of the Class of 2021.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-05-29/After-lawsuit-settlement-with-head-of-Naval-Academy-midshipman-who-had-faced-expulsion-over-tweets-graduates-1602390.html

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Apr 2, 2024Wanjiru is a reserve Marine assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 472, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, in Chicopee, Mass., the 4th Wing confirmed in a statement to …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/coast_guard/2024-04-02/coast-guard-search-marine-suspended-13473179.html

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Maj. Gen. Ricky Rupp, shown here at Joint Base Andrews, Md., July 23, 2020, will become the new commander of U.S. Forces Japan and the 5th Air Force.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-08-19/ricky-rupp-us-forces-japan-yokota-schneider-tokyo-2600647.html

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Nov 11, 2024A satellite image shows Israeli forces digging along the Alpha Line separating the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from a demilitarized zone in Syria patrolled by United Nations forces on Nov. 5, 2024.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2024-11-11/israel-military-demilitarized-zone-syria-15813410.html

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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Underground mapping software developed by airmen at this airlift hub in western Tokyo took first place at a competition aiming to promote innovation and creativity …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-03-22/air-force-innovation-underground-mapping-9577656.html

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CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa – A decision to train Japanese troops with U.S. Marines in force-on-force exercises near Mount Fuji may have cost a Japanese colonel his career.. Col. Rikiya Kondo, who …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-01-15/kondo-japan-marines-force-on-force-8775224.html

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Tribune News Service) — President Joe Biden has appointed six new members of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors, including two former academy commandants and the son of …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-02-09/naval-academy-board-visitors-biden-appointees-4891568.html

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A flight surgeon inspects an airman’s neck and face during a shaving waiver course at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., March 15, 2018. (Colville McFee/U.S. Air Force)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2021-07-15/air-force-shaving-waiver-beards-black-airmen-2163337.html

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The 15th Brigade sent 130 personnel and the Air Self-Defense Force sent nine, according to the spokesman from Ishigaki city. The event is held every year on the date of the Great Yaeyama Tsunami …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2022-05-02/japan-earthquake-tsunami-evacuation-drill-us-marines-5866600.html

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The Navy is preparing to introduce yet another clothing item to the fleet — a two-piece flame retardant uniform that aims to be “a common sense alternative to coveralls,” according to a U.S …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-10-04/navy-uniform-coveralls-2poc-7579031.html

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Soldiers stand in formation before a training event at Fort Knox, Ky., Sept. 9, 2021. The Army can now opt to allow enlisted soldiers with 20 or more years of service who are facing separation for …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-10-01/Army-enlisted-misconduct-retirement-policy-3086688.html

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Sep 26, 2023The federal government on Monday agreed to pay Guam $48.9 million for costs associated with cleaning up a toxic, former Navy landfill that was handed over to the island 53 years ago.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-09-26/guam-ordot-dump-cleanup-lawsuit-11495268.html

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A U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider made an appearance this month at Osan Air Base, South Korea. The gunship, assigned to the 4th Special Operations Squadron out of Hurlburt Field, Fla., flew to …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-06-25/ghostrider-ac-130j-air-force-hurlburt-osan-south-korea-14298134.html

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Feb 28, 2023Col. Gregory Mayer, shown in an official photo from 2022, was recently dismissed from his position as commander of the 5th Mission Support Group at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-02-28/minot-commanders-dismissed-mayer-welch-9281116.html

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Navy Exchange Service Command’s Afloat Personal Telecommunications Service, or APTS, will end Dec. 31, 2021, after providing call service aboard Navy ships for more than 25 years.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-12-14/us-navy-exchange-afloat-phone-service-apts-3973526.html

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