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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/theaters/europe/paratroopers-under-investigation-after-death-of-fellow-soldier-1.551309

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Blair’s death, confirmed Monday by the Pentagon when Dover Air Force Base in Delaware announced that Blair’s family had approved media coverage of the return of his remains, is the …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/near-the-pakistan-border-an-ambush-kills-a-beloved-soldier-1.92680

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The 13 service members’ remains arrived Sunday at Dover Air Force Base, Del. President Joe Biden, his wife, Jill Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and other administration officials stood …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2021-08-30/vigil-marine-corps-japan-kabul-bombing-afghanistan-2715338.html

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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/multimedia/podcasts/military_matters/2022-07-05/fast-take-michael-froede-podcast-6549018.html

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Sep 28, 2023He 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/multimedia/podcasts/military_matters/2023-09-28/military-matters-goodbye-11510561.html

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Mar 14, 2023He 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/multimedia/podcasts/military_matters/2023-03-14/seth-harp-fort-bragg-9425834.html

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Cmdr. Jeromy Pittmann, 53, of Pensacola, Fla., appeared in a New Hampshire U.S. district court on Friday, the Justice Department said in a statement that day. If convicted, Pittmann faces up to 20 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-03-15/navy-reserves-commander-facing-bribery-fraud-charges-in-scheme-involving-special-visas-for-afghan-citizens-5352464.html

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Rep. Mark Takano of California, the top Democrat on the committee and a former chairman of the panel, warned fellow committee members last month against “reckless” actions that could ruin the …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-02-06/veterans-affairs-sexual-harassment-diversity-house-12921417.html

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A Marine on Okinawa faces up to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty to driving recklessly prior to a crash that killed a Japanese pedestrian last year.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2023-05-16/marine-okinawa-wreckless-driving-death-10132523.html

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The decision was a “breakthrough in bilateral negotiations on the return of land lots the U.S. Navy occupies in Yokohama,” the report stated.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/navy-won-t-comment-on-reports-that-kamiseya-facility-will-close-1.6429

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But it’s the British health system that worries Nadeau the most. “I just hear these horror stories about how long you have to wait,” she said.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/navy-community-around-london-wondering-what-else-it-can-do-without-1.42750

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Soldiers reenlisting in the Army will soon have a one-year window before their contracts expire to do so, instead of 15 months, the service said.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-09-27/army-retention-reenlist-soldier-contract-3037273.html

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(Joseph Giordono / S&S) Members of the Djiboutian army’s administrative corps stand at attention during the ceremony marking the donation of patrol boats Thursday morning. (Joseph Giordono / S&S)

https://www.stripes.com/migration/u-s-donation-of-patrol-boats-beefs-up-djibouti-s-navy-1.50402

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(Joseph Xu/University of Michigan) CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — It seemed like science fiction when the first prosthetic leg was surgically implanted in a post-9/11 veteran two years ago in Utah. Now …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/navy-program-aiming-for-intelligence-in-prosthetics-1.511211

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Boeing plans to end production of its F/A-18 Super Hornet, the fighter jet that wowed movie audiences in last year’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” after more than 2,000 deliveries over 40 years.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2023-02-23/boeing-retire-super-hornet-fighters-9231745.html

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Capt. Jeff Kuss takes off and accelerates to perform a low transition/split S on takeoff at the Spirit of St. Louis Air Show on May 14, 2016. (Andrea Perez/U.S. Navy) Capt. Jeff Kuss.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/navy-finds-pilot-error-fatigue-to-blame-for-blue-angels-crash-1.429316

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Dec 14, 2023Sgt. Fabio Santana, assigned to the 100th Military Working Dog Detachment, briefs troops during a missing prisoner exercise at Sembach Kaserne, Germany, Dec. 14, 2023.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-12-14/jailbreak-exercise-sembach-germany-12359272.html

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Apr 26, 2024The United Kingdom will spend at least $6.5 million to improve road safety near two bases hosting the U.S. Air Force. The work is to be carried out near RAF Barford St. John, Oxfordshire, and RAF …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2024-04-26/road-safety-uk-bases-13666925.html

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Apr 8, 2024(Joseph Barron/U.S. Air Force) An Army chief warrant officer who was stationed in Alaska has pleaded guilty after inappropriately touching two teenagers during commercial flights last year.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-04-08/army-alaska-flight-misconduct-13511849.html

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Jun 2, 2023″He is home,” said Capt. Joseph Anaman, an Army chaplain from nearby Fort Cavazos who presided over the burial ceremony. Dozens gathered in the cemetery to pay respects to Williams and his …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-06-02/wwii-texas-soldier-burial-hurtgen-forest-10317448.html

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