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Starlink works with the Air Force’s secure internet routers used for secret communication, he said. The Air Force has its own satellite internet system called Hawkeye that’s a lot more …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-03-21/starlink-spacex-air-force-communications-9558606.html

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The United States Naval Academy welcomes the incoming Midshipmen 4th Class, or plebes, of the Class of 2023 during Induction Day 2019 on June 27, 2019.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2021-08-15/naval-academy-commandant-mcdonough-conversations-2565221.html

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National Guard Soldiers from the Minnesota-based 34th Infantry Division pack a U.S. Air Force-operated C-17 in August following the completion of their mission in Kabul, Afghanistan.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-10-17/minnesota-national-guard-commander-details-mission-evacuate-afghan-refugees-3273421.html

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YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A sailor died after plunging from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington onto another ship in Hong Kong Harbor, Navy officials said Sunday.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/gw-sailor-dies-after-falling-from-deck-onto-barge-during-hong-kong-port-visit-1.183010

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Mar 17, 2023An Air Force F-22 Raptor, left, parks beside another jet at Clark Air Base, Philippines, in this photo tweeted by the. U.S. Embassy, Thursday, March 16, 2023.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-03-17/f-22-raptors-clark-air-base-philippines-9520042.html

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YAKIMA, Wash. (Tribune News Service) — Eight wells serving 12 homes near the Yakima Training Center had higher-than-recommended levels of chemicals used in firefighting efforts, based on testing …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-10-14/contamination-pfas-found-8-wells-yakima-training-center-army-3242469.html

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Mar 2, 2023The Air Force style authorities have spoken: neck and hand tattoos are in, beards are still out. The new version of the service’s dress and appearance standards policy allows tattoos up to 1 …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-03-02/air-force-approves-neck-hand-tattoos-9319649.html

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U.S. soldiers fire a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System in Oskbol, Denmark, in 2023 as part of exercise Dynamic Front. This year’s edition of Dynamic Front began Feb. 5, 2024, and is the Army’s …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-02-05/army-europe-artillery-dynamic-front-12903750.html

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AUSTIN, Texas — The mother of a Fort Hood soldier who died while asleep in the barracks has filed a $32 million wrongful death claim against the Army for overmedicating her son after identifying …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-12-22/fort-hood-soldier-wrongful-death-8511702.html

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There were seven suicides among soldiers in Alaska in 2020 and eight in 2019. “Getting a handle on our suicides is our top priority,” Maj. Gen. Brian Eifler, the commander of U.S. Army Alaska …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-12-07/suicide-spike-army-alaska-mental-health-problem-worse-3890743.html

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, at the Pentagon on Nov. 10, 2011. Panetta announced on Dec. 12, 2012 that two Army combat brigades will be withdrawn from Europe.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/panetta-2-army-combat-brigades-will-leave-europe-1.165867

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The Red Cross talks could pave the way for higher-level talks between the Koreas. “Red Cross talks for family reunions are the biggest gift that North Korea can give to South Korea,&rdquo …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/talks-collapse-between-north-south-korea-military-leaders-1.134236

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Harrington, a New Jersey native who became an Army officer through ROTC while attending college in New Jersey, has previously served as deputy commander of the 1st Armored Division at Fort Bliss …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/harrington-assigned-to-head-us-army-africa-1.394542

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Serving as a security controller during the attack, a 140mm rocket landed 10 feet from me, barely missing the building I was in. Viet Cong sappers attacked the hospital on the north end of the …

https://www.stripes.com/special-reports/vietnam-stories/norm-king-air-force-1.327334

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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday hands the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy cutlass to MCPON James Honea during a ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy, Sept. 8, 2022.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-09-15/navy-mcpon-honea-gilday-smith-7341835.html

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Cannons are fired during a ceremony at Sembach Kaserne, Germany, on June 20, 2024, during which Brig. Gen. Curtis King assumed command of the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command from Brig …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-06-20/missile-defense-europe-change-14241520.html

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Most of his career was spent as an aerial combat photojournalist with the 3rd Combat Camera Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He is also a Syracuse Military Photojournalism Program and …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-03-25/afcool-certifications-education-air-force-13422016.html

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Rose L. Thayer is based in Austin, Texas, and she has been covering the western region of the continental U.S. for Stars and Stripes since 2018.

https://www.stripes.com/migration/training-resumes-for-air-force-unit-after-crash-in-texas-1.548662

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EAGLE PASS, Texas — About 500 Texas National Guard troops were sent home during the last two months from a security mission along the border with Mexico as military officials shift their …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-06-02/texas-troops-mexico-border-migrants-6214172.html

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Texas National Guard troops have begun to clear land for construction of a border wall under the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott. About 60 of the more than 1,000 troops deployed on state orders are …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-08-26/texas-national-guard-troops-border-wall-Mexico-abbott-2679211.html

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