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The base is home to more than 34 commands and activities, including U.S. 6th Fleet, NATO and special operations units. The 11,013-foot-tall volcano is about 25 miles north of the base.

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A F/A-18 Super Hornet lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea on March 19, 2024. The carrier has launched about 100 flights daily, six-to-seven …

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The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and destroyers USS Laboon and USS Gravely steam in formation with the Italian aircraft carrier ITS Cavour in the Red Sea on June 7, 2024.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2024-07-10/eisenhower-houthi-middle-east-deployment-14441518.html

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Aug 3, 2024On Saturday, Navy stopped its football practice so defensive end Chreign LaFond could get a bit of very big news: His sister, Thea, had just won an Olympic gold medal in the women’s triple jump …

https://www.stripes.com/sports/olympics/2024-08-04/navy-football-player-sister-olympic-gold-14736873.html

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May 6, 2024Members of the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment fire an M-777 howitzer during a Balikatan drill at the La Paz Sand Dunes in Laoag, Philippines, May 6, 2024. (Jonathan Snyder/Stars and Stripes)

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-05-06/philippines-balikatan-south-china-sea-13766771.html

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The timeline for closing the Navy base on La Maddalena has been moved up a few months, closing about February 2008 instead of the previously announced April 2008, according to a U.S. Navy official …

https://www.stripes.com/migration/navy-base-at-la-maddalena-may-close-months-earlier-1.59336

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Mazzone joined the Washington District and the 320th Air Expeditionary Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Md., in April 2016 and left to join Strike Command in Louisiana in December 2017.

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The Louisiana National Guard activated about 4,900 troops in advance of Hurricane Ida and received support of about 400 additional troops from three states. … Slidell, La., saw more than 15 …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-08-30/national-guard-military-bases-hurricane-ida-louisiana-mississippi-2720050.html

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He has many years of experience in journalism, digital media and broadcasting and holds a degree from the University of Utah. He is based in Washington, D.C. previous coverage US Forces Korea …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-04-27/military-sexual-assaults-report-9940513.html

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A group of new Army recruits take the enlistment oath during a launch event Wednesday, March 8, 2023, showcasing the service’s new marketing and recruiting campaign and the slogan, “Be All You …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-03-08/army-recruiting-slogan-advertising-campaign-9426423.html

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WASHINGTON — The Navy on Tuesday announced several updates to uniform policies that include a new utility boot, a cold-weather parka and a different badge for certain security officers.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-12-20/navy-uniform-changes-boots-parka-8491673.html

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Sep 20, 2023He has many years of experience in journalism, digital media and broadcasting and holds a degree from the University of Utah. He is based in Washington, D.C. Subscribe to Stars and Stripes Just …

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Staff Sgt. Garrett Sopchak, 28, of the 388th Maintenance Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, embraces Norse Heathenism, a belief system whose pantheon includes the gods Odin and Thor.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2019-08-09/air-force-says-recent-beard-approvals-have-not-sparked-an-influx-of-religious-accommodation-requests-1483456.html1

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Jul 7, 2023Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Troy Black, the top enlisted Marine, will become the Pentagon’s highest ranking enlisted service member, the Defense Department announced Friday.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-07-07/military-pentagon-senior-enlisted-adviser-joint-chiefs-10672203.html

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CCK, as the base was known, hosted U.S. forces in Taichung City from 1957 until 1979. During the Vietnam War it was home to the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, which rotated its C-130E Hercules …

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/former-airmen-who-served-on-taiwan-to-reunite-40-years-after-us-forces-departed-1.575435

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Maj. Gen. Viet X. Luong, right, passes the U.S. Army Japan guidon to U.S. Forces Japan commander Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider at Camp Zama, Japan, Friday, June 25, 2021.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-06-25/us-army-japan-change-of-command-viet-luong-joel-vowell-camp-zama-vietnam-1801979.html

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SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. Army has doubled the tour length for single soldiers serving in certain roles on the Korean Peninsula. Unaccompanied soldiers, or those who serve without a spouse …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-08-09/army-south-korea-unaccompanied-tours-14802017.html

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(J.P. Lawrence/Stars and Stripes) The U.S. Navy will start offering up to $100,000 in cash for tips leading to the seizure of weapons, drugs and other smuggled goods in the waters of the Middle East.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2022-07-04/navy-cash-reward-smuggling-6543970.html

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J.P. Lawrence Stars and Stripes • May 5, 2021 StatBond, a gel developed with military funding, may allow medics to stop arterial bleeding without the need for compression, Army Research …

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/gel-under-development-could-improve-battlefield-wound-treatment-military-researchers-say-1.672307

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