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A Texas National Guard soldier walks along a stretch of coiled barbed wire troops placed along the U.S. border with Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Feb. 14, 2022, as part of a state border …

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Feb 29, 2024The 1st Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, based out of Fort Cavazos, Texas, has seen its deployment in Poland extended until around June. … “Our mission along the eastern flank …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-02-29/army-europe-deployment-extended-13156748.html

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott authorized Texas National Guard troops to arrest anyone breaking state laws as part of a mission to curb crime at the state’s border with Mexico. … If the mission, known …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-04-05/texas-mexico-border-mission-national-guard-troops-migrants-5591545.html

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May 25, 2023Roughly 5,500 Texas National Guard members are deployed to Operation Lone Star, which began about two years ago. At its peak in late 2021, Abbott said about 10,000 Guard members were deployed by him.

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Areas that can expect to see this activity include the Rio Grande Valley, Eagle Pass, Del Rio, Laredo and Zapata, he said. There are about 10,000 troops deployed for the mission with about 6,500 …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-04-06/texas-national-guard-border-mission-mass-migration-mexico-5604322.html

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Jun 8, 2023The work is part of the state-sponsored mission known as Operation Lone Star, which began more than two years ago to prevent illegal activity such as smuggling drugs and people from Mexico into Texas.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-06-08/buoy-barrier%C2%A0texas-mexico-border-national-guard-10379196.html

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Two Texas National Guard soldiers work Jan. 21, 2022, at an observation post near the state’s border with Mexico as part of Operation Lone Star. The mission began in March 2021 with 500 troops …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-04-29/texas-national-guard-funding-mexico-border-mission-abbott-5844496.html

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V Corps Forward marks its arrival in Poznan, Poland, with a ceremony on July 15, 2021. Plans are in the works for construction of a new $30 million U.S. Army command hub as well as a $7 million …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-09-30/us-army-poland-poznan-pentagon-budget-3074857.html

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Abraham Lincoln is currently moored at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego. (Valerie Morrison/U.S. Navy) The USO unveiled a new leisure center on the USS Abraham Lincoln on Monday, giving …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-07-09/uss-abraham-lincoln-uso-center-unveiled-14431502.html

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Ramon Torry, 55, of Irvine, Calif., admitted guilt in a plea agreement to charges of wire fraud and theft of government money in a scheme related to creating a public service announcement for the …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/ex-army-reserve-civilian-employee-stole-more-than-400-000-from-unit-sentenced-to-prison-1.600364

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Beauty product vending machines by Sugar Intoxicated, a company based out of Williamsburg, Va., were installed this year at Lackland Air Force Base and Fort Sam Houston in Texas; Forts Lee and …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2021-06-04/Vending-machines-selling-ethnic-hair-care-products-may-be-coming-to-Pacific-bases-1634549.html

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(Kendall Warner/TNS) In production behind the Enterprise is the first Navy vessel to be named after a Black American, as well as the first to be named after an enlisted sailor — Pearl Harbor …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-08-27/nations-newest-aircraft-carrier-enterprise-reaches-milestone-7121925.html

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Jul 1, 2024In a May 2023 service news release, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall explained, “The NGAD Platform is a vital element of the Air Dominance family of systems, which represents a …

https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2024-07-01/air-force-ngad-warplane-program-14357694.html

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U.S. Air Force Capt. Elizabeth Luke, 909th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, conducts pre-flight checks for a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 1, 2024.

https://okinawa.stripes.com/spotlight/kadena-ab-909th-ars-refuels-navy-p-8-poseidon.html

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Oct 23, 2024The Atlantic Power, a 250-foot anchor handling ship, floats idle off Government Cut in Miami Beach Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, after Miami-Dade Fire Rescue hoisted its captain from the vessel and took …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-10-23/captain-airlifted-cargo-ship-fall-15602000.html

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An airman from the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, boards a C-130H Hercules after completing pre-flight checks at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 4, 2011.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2021-07-02/us-military-bagram-air-field-handover-afghanistan-drawdown-2026096.html

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No major injuries were reported after a contracted fighter aircraft out of Luke Air Force Base crashed Thursday morning into a stretch of desert near the town of Buckeye, Ariz., base officials …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-02-10/military-plane-crash-arizona-luke-air-force-base-4944545.html

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A U.S. Navy officer who in the past was recognized for his leadership abilities was relieved of command of a San Diego-based destroyer this week, the seventh leader ousted by the service in two weeks.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-06-15/seventh-us-navy-leader-booted-in-two-weeks-6347990.html

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Last month, the Pentagon announced that the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group would be on duty in the Red Sea following the departure of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and its …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-07-08/houthi-red-sea-drones-roosevelt-14419468.html

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Shoemaker will oversee a base that has 37 tenant commands, including a Marine tilt-rotor squadron. About 2,300 sailors, 700 civilians, 800 Italians and 2,200 military family members work or live …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-04-29/nas-sigonella-gets-new-commanding-officer-5840371.html

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