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Jul 29, 2024MOUNT BUNDEY TRAINING AREA, Australia — U.S. Marines transformed a clearing at this remote training area into a field hospital complete with an operating room and intensive care unit during …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2024-07-29/marines-field-hospital-australia-outback-14638969.html

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Nov 4, 2023The aircraft carriers Gerald R. Ford, left, and Dwight D. Eisenhower sail in formation with ships from their carrier groups, along with U.S. 6th Fleet command ship USS Mount Whitney, and Italian …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-11-04/eisenhower-ford-navy-middle-east-mediterranean-11932483.html

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Montana Army National Guardsman John Clements Newell was arrested on suspicion of raping and strangling a woman at the Fort Harrison National Guard base on Aug. 19, 2021.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-08-26/montana-national-guardsman-john-clements-newell-rape-charges-fort-harrison-2664154.html

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Apr 8, 2023The U.S. Navy released a photo Saturday of a guided-missile submarine operating in the Middle East, a show of force that comes amid growing harassment of U.S. troops in Syria and attacks on U.S …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2023-04-08/navy-submarine-suez-canal-iran-9732029.html

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The Washington Post • June 29, 2022 Troops from the 92nd Infantry Division move past a destroyed Mark IV tank on the outskirts of Ponsacco, Italy, on Sept. 1, 1944. (U.S. Army)

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2022-06-29/wwii-soldier-spike-lee-cousin-6495530.html

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Jan 11, 2024More than 20,000 American troops worked alongside their Japanese allies during Operation Tomodachi, the U.S. military response in March 2011 to a magnitude 9 earthquake in northeastern Japan, the …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-01-11/japan-earthquake-military-response-12632250.html

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Springfield News-Sun • April 26, 2022 Maj. Gen. William Cooley speaks in April 2019 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (Wesley …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-04-26/air-force-maj-gen-william-cooley-sentenced-court-martial-5806551.html

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Every week, about 600 people arrive at San Antonio on a Tuesday to begin their Air Force or Space Force journey the following day. In total, that’s about 35,000 trainees each year, with about 96 …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-10-26/air-force-documentary-basic-training-3384113.html

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The 41-year-old native of Springfield, Mass., was an operating room specialist assigned to 933rd Forward Resuscitative Surgical Company, 3rd Medical Command. He had served in the Army and Army …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-07-21/fort-gordon-lightning-strike-soldier-6723639.html

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They fix missing screws, replace panels. “We clean it, service it, fuel it. Your jet is like your car,” Ojeda said. Petty Officer 3rd Class Tiana Dalli had a similar sentiment but …

https://www.stripes.com/living/young-plane-captains-have-final-word-on-upkeep-readiness-of-navy-jets-1.31672

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Geoff Hopkins, 38, was the first hand-crank cyclist to cross the finish line, with a time of 1:54:30. One phrase kept running through his mind as the paraplegic circled the nation’s capital …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/sherry-wins-marine-corps-marathon-1.13042

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Airmen 1st Class Taylor Ziegler, left, and Tanner Patrick, both aerospace medical technicians with the 31st Medical Group at Aviano Air Base in Italy, simulate caring for a patient in an ambulance …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-07-14/31mdg-vr-tccc-virtual-training-10735960.html

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Then Company Commander Capt. Dennis Call spoke of time marked by battles — “campaigns fought and comrades lost” — as opposed to the seasons marked by the young soldiers …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/memorial-in-afghanistan-stirs-soldiers-emotions-as-they-grapple-with-combat-deaths-1.152717

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About 4,000 of the 27,000 people attached to Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, are not covered by any Tricare program, according to the base hospital’s executive officer, Capt. Jenny Burkett.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-10-12/dod-civilian-military-health-care-japan-7660246.html

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The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is seen on Aug. 10, 2023, from outside the gated campus in Bethesda, Md. An Army doctor under investigation in a sexual assault case involving at …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-08-26/army-doctor-maj-stockin-sex-abuse-11169298.html

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Tech Sgt. Nick Richards poses with the Hendy cradle prototype at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 16, 2022. The device is designed to make handling aircraft countermeasures safer.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-10-13/air-force-chaff-flare-canisters-7673493.html

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Colored oil smoke surrounds a CH-53K King Stallion at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., in 2019. The bulk of the Navy’s CO2 emissions come from ships and aircraft, but those platforms are …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-05-25/navy-climate-strategy-curb-emissions-6126159.html

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Maj. Gen. Christopher O. Mohan, the current 21st TSC commander, will be taking over the U.S. Army Sustainment Command in Rock Island, Ill., the statement said.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/army-taps-new-leader-for-21st-tsc-and-deputy-commanders-in-europe-pacific-1.663375

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Maj. Gen. Joel “JB” Vowell, commander of U.S. Army Japan, speaks to American and Japanese troops after a 3-mile run at Camp Zama, Japan, Wednesday, June 14, 2023.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-06-14/army-birthday-japan-rahm-emanuel-10430936.html

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Alexander, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., plans to live in the 42-foot, two-bedroom RV with two full baths until he retires in 2027. “There are many pros (of the new policy) for full time families like …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-03-22/navy-rv-parks-new-policy-13391129.html

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